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Sport

Huck’s guide to Kendal Mountain Festival 2025

Share the Adventure — From film premieres to late-night parties, here are our circled events over the jam-packed weekend.

Written by: Huck
Film

The Alpinist is a nail-biting & heartbreaking climbing doc

New heights — In 2018, the alpinist Marc-André Leclerc died after climbing an ascent in Alaska. Amid the release of a new film tracing his legacy, climber Brette Harrington looks back on what made Marc, her boyfriend of six years, such an extraordinary figure.

Written by: Rhys Thomas (interview)
Activism

The climber who conquered the cliff that paralysed him

Disabled not unable — After an accident while attempting to ascend the notorious sheer faced Totem Pole climb 18 years ago, Paul Pritchard was told he would never climb again. But last year he returned to Tasmania determined to conquer the climb that paralysed him.

Written by: Paden Vaughan

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