Editor’s note: Mountainfilm in Telluride Festival Director David Holbrooke took a few minutes from his crazy schedule to share what’s happened this week as he prepares for the Big Weekend, May 24-27, 2013. This has been a peculiar week because program director Emily Long and I are starting to notify filmmakers about whether their films…
Dedicated to educating, inspiring and motivating audiences about issues that matter, Mountainfilm in Telluride is now accepting film entries for the its 35th annual festival, May 24- May 27, 2013. Submit your film to be considered for one of the longest-running film festivals in North America. Started in 1979, Mountainfilm in Telluride celebrates mountaineering and…
The question I ask after every festival is this: What sort of impact did this year’s edition of Mountainfilm in Telluride make? Of course the answer is never simple to quantify because intangibles such as inspiration are tough to measure. We do know that many people in our audience have experiences at the festival they describe…
Nearly 72,000 people voted for National Geographic Adventure’s People’s Choice Adventurer of The Year for 2012. The winners are Sano Babu Sunuwar and Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa, who with second-hand equipment, a tiny budget and no corporate sponsors, climbed Everest, descended with paragliders and paddled to the sea in an adventure they called “The Ultimate Descent.” Many who…
While in medical school at Harvard, Geoff Tabin applied for a leave of absence because he wanted to join a climbing expedition for a first ascent up the east face of Mount Everest. An ophthalmologist called him a “moron” and steered him, instead, toward a high-altitude ophthalmologist research project in Nepal. Thus, by merging climbing…
Spooked by the wave of regime change around the world, the Chinese government is cracking down hard on the Tibetan people. Inspired by Time magazine’s 2011 recognition of the power of “The Protestor,” Tibetans — mostly monks — have been fighting back in the most desperate way: by setting themselves on fire. According to an Associated Press report, “Monasteries, which…
Traditions Change: Birthrates Drop in Latin America and Asia The Washington Post recently reported on plummeting birth rates in Brazil, a country with traditionally big families.The consistency of this swing across such a large, economically, geographically and politically diverse country was striking to demographers. It reflects an even larger trend across much of Latin America,…
Does the Ocean Impact Our Brains Neurologically? Editor’s note: Inside Mountainfilm in Telluride are blogs posted by Mountainfilm director David Holbrooke and his associate Lise Waring. Short but always sweet, TIO puts them up whenever they appear in our DropBox. Enjoy. Have you ever noticed that catching a whiff of the ocean makes you feel…
An Update from Outside Magazine Audiences at Mountainfilm in Telluride have known about Greg Mortenson and his book Three Cups of Tea for nearly a decade because he’s been a guest at several festivals. Ten months ago, reports by “60 Minutes” and Jon Krakauer shattered Mortenson’s past, present and future with allegations of financial impropriety and personal fabrications. Mortenson…
Editor’s note: Inside Mountainfilm in Telluride is the start of a new series on Telluride Inside… and Out. On a semi-regular basis, look for posts from Mountainfilm director David Hobrooke and other players on his team. Mountainfilm in Telluride takes place Memorial weekend, Friday, May 25 – Sunday, May 28, 2012. If we were to…