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A brand new climbing and adventure night is heading to Newcastle and London this Autumn.

The North Face® Summit Tour arrives in Newcastle (15th) and London (17th) in November 2014 and will showcase some of the best new climbing films. This includes the European film premiere of "Always Above Us" (the latest climbing film from Sherpas Cinema) as well as talks from James Pearson and Caroline Ciavaldini on their travels and epic climbing endeavours, both past and present.

The films that will feature on the Summit Tour include:

Always Above Us – EUROPEAN FILM PREMIERE
As the 2013 ice-climbing season rolled around, one of the most difficult ice climbs in the United States was opened up for the first time in 5 years: Winter Dance in Hyalite Canyon in Montana. In years past, climbers would hike around to the top of Winter Dance and then climb the final pitch of ice. In December 1998, less than a year before his untimely death, Alex Lowe did the first ascent of the entire waterfall climb. 15 years later, looking to honour their friend, alpine climbers Conrad Anker and Kris Erickson set out to create a mixed climbing route that tackles the overhanging rock just adjacent to the route that Alex climbed.

Zembrocal – Back to Reunion Island
Five climbers from each corner of the globe; Caroline Ciavaldini, James Pearson, Sam Elias, Jacopo Larcher, and Yuji Hirayama, attempt to open a new climbing route on Reunion Island – a small mountainous island in the southern Indian Ocean. Reunion is the childhood home of Caroline, and after traveling the world for several years as a professional climber, she returns to complete the epic climb. By working together as climbers and friends, the team is able to open, ground-up, one of the hardest multi-pitch rock climbs in the world.

Spice Girl
Having mastered the sea-cliffs at home in the UK, Hazel Findlay teams up with Emily Harrington to tackle the massive, untamed bigwalls of Taghia Gorge, Morocco. Spice Girl gives a great insight into the psyche of one of Britain's best female climbers.

Sufferfest
In Sufferfest, Alex Honnold and Cedar Wright embark on a wholly human-powered adventure to link and climb all of California’s 14,000-foot peaks. Utterly new to biking, the quirky yet endearing duo push themselves to their absolute limits in pursuit of success. Having grossly underestimated the scope of the challenge, Alex and Cedar soon spiral down a rabbit hole of sunburn, suffering, and a seemingly endless test of their mental and physical endurance.

Event dates:
• 15th November Newcastle, Mill Volvo Tyne Theatre
• 17th November London, Conway Hall

For tickets and information:
Newcastle – http://www.ldmountaincentre.com/summit-tour-i96
London – http://www.ellis-brigham.com/advice-inspiration/blogs/the-north-face-summit...

PLUS loads of awesome Summit Series prizes from The North Face ®.