Help rebuild devastated schools and villages in Nepal by attending the screening of Everest Sea to Summit . Winner of 8 International Documentary Film Prizes - Everest Sea to Summit will be presented by the Film's Maker and Duke of Ed Gold Award Holder Michael Dillon AM this Saturday evening 8th August at Rouse Hill at 5pm.
Everest Sea to Summit is the most internationally awarded adventure documentary of all time created by the world's leading mountaineering film-maker Michael Dillon. Join us in this fundraising screening to support the people of Nepal as they rebuild their lives following the devastating earthquakes in April.
The film follows Australian Mountaineer Tim Macartney-Snape's 1990 achievement of climbing the entire height of Everest. Starting at sea level in the Bay of Bengal, walking across India and finishing with a sole ascent of the world's highest peak with out bottled oxygen.
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