This event consists of film screenings and offline exchange activities. The film screenings are divided into four sessions, including a Kendal Special Session, featuring a total of 17 outdoor visual works, with nearly a thousand Peking University faculty and students participating and giving enthusiastic feedback. The screened films cover a wide range, involvingskiing,cycling,mountaineering,rock climbing, paragliding, and more, with several unreleased films also included.
The highly anticipated Pakistani film "K2 and the Unsung Heroes" presented a unique perspective on the relationships between people, society, and nature in the sport ofmountaineering. Lasting 60 minutes, the film depicts the hardships of the porters who assist in climbing K2. Continually putting aside tragic memories, they choose to return to K2, carrying heavy loads on their backs, providing what help they can to climbers, yet receiving far less compensation than international expedition leaders. They stand on the sidelines of victory’s history—they are the unsung heroes of the mountaineering world.
The French film "Adrenaline" tells the extreme outdoor story of Gillian "Yonay." From stories of friendship on the glaciers of Mont Blanc to the harsh natural conditions and raw power of Mount Elbrus, the film portrays the protagonist’s continuous efforts to push personal limits and rewrite speed-climbing records, with such daring actions culminating in an attempt to break the iconic record for the Matterhorn speed run.
Additionally,skiingShorter films such as the color-themed "Rainbow Glow," the mountain biking film "Spine," and the high-altitude flight film "High Altitude Ballet" also received high praise. One audience member summarized their viewing experience as: “Either you’ve never heard of it, or it blows your mind.” Outdoor sports such as skiing, paragliding, high-altitude flying,off-roadrunning, and traditional rock climbing have entered the everyday lives of audiences in a completely new light.
The film screening event also featured a special session for veteran members of the Mountain Eagle Club. Over its 26-year history, the Mountain Eagle Club would not be what it is today without these long-time members who care about the club’s development and contribute ideas and effort. When lively and adorable “Eagle Second Generation” visited the home of the Mountain Eagles—the cliff located north of Peking University’s Yiti Building—the emotional connections among people inherent in team-based outdoor sports spoke volumes. This is the bloodline of the Mountain Eagles, and the core of outdoor culture.
In addition, the event included offline activities such as a sharing session with extreme sports enthusiasts, “Explore Beijing,” and funrock climbing. The sharing session held at Peking University’s Yingjie Exchange Center invited Graham and Scott, the first climbers to summit unnamed peaks in the Karakoram Range, who shared stories of their climbs on unclimbed peaks in Pakistan. The sweet couple Hannah and Patrick recounted their 2,500-kilometer honeymoon bike ride from south to north across the United States. Sham, who is both a top paraglider pilot and a filmmaker, was also present, sharing stories of filming outdoor movies around the world from high above. The session brought the brave individuals featured on screen to the event, engaging warmly with the audience and offering delightful surprises in a more intimate way to outdoor enthusiasts.
Outdoor sports are developing rapidly in China, and various types of extreme sports are also on the rise. As a leading university mountaineering club in China, Peking University’s Mountain Eagle Club, together with Peak Outdoor School and in collaboration with the Kendal Mountain Festival, organized this public welfare event. It reflects the popularization and internationalization of outdoor sports, and presenting the richness and diversity of outdoor sports through the medium of film is commendable and worthy of promotion.
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