The Banff Centre Mountain film and Book Festival is world renowned for bringing the top adventurers from around the world to celebrate mountain culture and share their stories on stage in Banff, Canada. Each episode we’ll dig through the festival archives to revive some of our favourite presentations. Over the years we've spoken to hundreds of incredible adventurers who've shared their spectacular and moving stories. We’ll go back in time and hear stories from some of the world’s top mountain athletes, adventurers and storytellers such as Lynn Hill, Jimmy Chin, Cory Richards and many more.
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The Banff Centre Mountain film and Book Festival is world renowned for bringing the top adventurers from around the world to celebrate mountain culture and share their stories on stage in Banff, Canada. Each episode we’ll dig through the festival archives to revive some of our favourite presentations. Over the years we've spoken to hundreds of incredible adventurers who've shared their spectacular and moving stories. We’ll go back in time and hear stories from some of the world’s top mountain athletes, adventurers and storytellers such as Lynn Hill, Jimmy Chin, Cory Richards and many more.
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October 16, 2025
E12: Craig Childs | BANFF @Altitude Podcast
<p>Author, spoken-word artist and adventurer Craig Childs has written more than a dozen books on science, nature and personal experience. In his book Atlas of a Lost World: Travels in Ice Age America, Child follows ancient migration routes on foot, pursuing early Pueblo passages across the American Southwest, and he traces the paths of first peoples as they migrated into the Americas during the late Pleistocene. In 2019, Childs brought Atlas of a Lost World to Banff as part of our Book Festival. Sit back and enjoy the artistry of Craig Childs as he intertwines his own words, poetry and adventures with ancient history.</p>
October 9, 2025
E11: Climbing Through Barriers: Kai Lightner, Mikhail Martin, Erynne Gilpin, and Bethany Lebewitz with James Edward Mills | BANFF @Altitude Podcast
<p>In 2019, we kicked off the Festival with a fabulous panel of folks working to bring diversity to climbing and bridge gaps to create a richer, more welcoming and inclusive outdoor community where everyone is celebrated. The discussion featured Kai Lightner, Mikhail Martin, Dr. Erynne Gilpin and Bethany Lebewitz. Kai Lightner is a professional rock climber who started the organization Climbing for Change in 2020. Mikail Martin was one of the founders of Brothers of Climbing. Dr. Erynne Gilpin is a Métis educator, filmmaker and community-based researcher who founded Indigenous Womxn Climb. Bethany Lebewitz founded the organization Brown Girls Climb. This episode is hosted by author and journalist James Edward Mills.</p>
October 2, 2025
E10: Beth Rodden with Eva Holland | BANFF @Altitude Podcast
<p>Beth Rodden is one of the best rock climbers of our time, and a globally recognized ambassador for the outdoor community. She has achieved a number of notable free climbs on El Capitan and also established the most difficult first ascent of a crack climb ever done by a woman. She has been climbing for thirty years, and she hopes to be climbing for thirty more. In 2024, Rodden’s memoir A Light through the Cracks: A Climber's Story was published, an inspiring book about overcoming devastating trauma, refusing to be held hostage by fear, and taking a leap toward healing. From the 2024 Festival, presenting Beth Rodden in conversation with journalist and author Eva Holland.</p>
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