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Margo Talbot: Cold Passion
Saturday, February 21, 2009

VIMFF Women and/in Climbing Evening, 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
Centennial Theatre, 2300 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver, tel (604) 984-4484
Tickets $ 17 in advance, $ 19 at the door
Also on the same evening: Majka Burhardt’s “Vertical Ethiopia” multimedia presentation; and screening of other VIMFF films.


Have you ever wondered what would draw someone to play and work in some of the coldest environments on the planet? From ice climbing in the Rocky Mountains of North America to guiding groups to the South Pole and up the highest peak on the Antarctic continent, Margo takes us on a journey into inner space, exploring how these environments shape our psyche and why they are so important for our future.

Nature is the perfect medium for getting in touch with your fundamental power. People throughout the ages and across all cultures have tapped into the unseen forces of Nature and used this knowledge to further their own evolution as well as to share their vision with the world at large. Margo’s strongest relationship in her life is with the living landscape, and this affinity is more strongly felt in the wildest and most remote reaches of the planet. Not only are our collective actions depriving us of this experience, but we are also depriving future generations of this as well, which is the greater sin. Join Margo in a journey to the outer limits of the healing power of Nature.



Margo Talbot
Margo is a climber from western Canada whose favorite medium is ice and alpine. She has traveled and climbed extensively, from the High Arctic to Antarctica. She is a guide for Chicks with Picks and runs a women’s adventure company called “The Glitter Girls” (www.glitter-girls.ca). Margo is the author of numerous first ascents of waterfall ice in Canada, as well as the main contributor to “Waterfall Ice Climbs in the Canadian Rockies”. When not guiding and climbing, Margo enjoys reading, writing and ski touring around her home turf in the West Kootenays.

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