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MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release – June 24, 2008 CLIMBERS HONOURED WITH MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL AWARD JULY 17 The Squamish Mountain Festival will honour climbers of the past and present with an award named in honour of one of the pioneers of Squamish climbing. The Jim Baldwin Memorial award is sponsored by Mountain Equipment Co-op and will be presented annually to the climber or team of climbers that demonstrate boldness, innovation or significance in the climbing of a new route in the Squamish area. Each year the award will be presented to a past and present day recipient. “The idea was to commemorate the ground-breaking climbs of past generations while at the same time acknowledging the great climbs that are still happening out there today,” said festival producer, Ivan Hughes. The award in named for Jim Baldwin who was involved in many first ascents in Squamish, including Peasants’ Route in 1958, the area’s first technical climb. He wrote the first Squamish climbing guide, and made the first ascent of Grand Wall with Ed Cooper in 1961. Baldwin then traveled down to Yosemite Valley where he participated in the first ascent of Dihedral Wall on El Capitan in 1962 where it was only the third route on that cliff. He died in a rappelling accident on Washington Column in 1964, and is commemorated by a bronze plaque at what is now known as Memorial Ledge, above the Apron. A large steel and granite trophy has been commissioned for the award that will stand almost 3 feet tall and be inscribed with the winners’ names and the routes they completed. It will be on display at the Squamish Adventure Centre following the festival. The festival will present the award to the past and present day recipients at the Howe Sound Brew Pub on Thursday, July 17 as part of the Steep Shot Climbing Photography competition night. Tickets to the event are available on-line at www.squamishmountainfestival.com or at Valhalla Pure, Climb On and the Squamish Adventure Centre.

Reel Rock film Tour is in Squamish on Saturday, Sept. 1st and Tommy Caldwell is presenting. www.squamishfilm.com

Tommy Caldwell is coming to Squamish (he promises to be here!) to present a multi-media slideshow as part of the Reel Rock Film Tour on September 1, 2007 at the Eagle Eye Theatre. The Reel Rock Film Tour features 2 films, KING LINES and COMMITTED. KING LINES Chris Sharma's Search For The Planet's Greatest Climbs Groundbreaking producers Josh Lowell of Big UP Productions and Peter Mortimer of Sender Films have teamed up to create KING LINES, pushing climbing films to a new dimension (and winning an Emmy Award in the process). Filmed on location in Spain, France, California, Venezuela, Greece, Utah, and Mallorca, KING LINES captures Chris Sharma's most outrageous ascents and visionary projects, and explores his fascinating lifestyle as a nomadic professional climber and global citizen. Dani Andrada, Dave Graham, Ethan Pringle, Melissa Lacasse, Jibe Tribout, and other outstanding climbers are also profiled. film highlights: * The first ascent of Es Pontas, a spectacular free-standing arch in the Mediterranean, and the hardest deep water solo in the world * Fantasy bouldering on top of the mystical tepuy mountains of South America. * Sharma's current project, Mutant Message, which will be the hardest sport route ever climbed. * Plus: Multi-pitch madness in the Verdon Gorge; Searching for sea cliffs in Greece; Highball bouldering in Bishop; Big-wall trad climbing in Zion; Smoking the competition in Barcelona; and much more... COMMITTED From Hot Aches Productions, makers of E11, Committed celebrates a new era of hard and dangerous UK trad climbing. This short excerpt from the feature-length film includes heinous runouts, hairball first ascents, and horrific falls. Tickets are $15 and are available in Squamish at Valhalla Pure and Climb On and on-line at www.squamishfilm.com See you there!

2007 Squamish Mountain Festival looking for the world’s best mountain adventure films (Squamish, BC – March 12, 2007) The Squamish Mountain Festival, SQUMF 2007, is looking for the world’s best mountain adventure films. Presented by Arc’teryx, SQUMF 2007 will be held July 13 to 21, 2007 in Squamish, BC. SQUMF is looking for films that are cinematically spectacular and have a strong story line. They can be about any aspect of adventure in a mountain environment--be they the best, boldest and most daring climbs, rides, jumps and lives lived. This is a competitive film festival with prizes awarded in four categories: Grand Prize, Best Film on Climbing, Best Film on Mountain Adventure, Best Canadian Mountain Film. More than 20 finalists will be screened over the festival week and over $2,000 CDN in cash and prizes will be awarded. Film submissions will be accepted until Friday, May 18, 2007. Entry forms and information are available at http://www.squamishfilm.com The Squamish Mountain Festival is the ultimate arena to showcase your film in front of an audience that truly understands and appreciates living the adventure. Situated in the “Outdoor Recreation Capital of Canada”, during the peak of the climbing season, it promises to be an enthusiastic crowd. In 2006, capacity crowds enjoyed the Squamish Mountain Film Festival with local climbing legends Peter Croft and Sonnie Trotter and a dozen international mountain films. This year the film festival has partnered with the Squamish Climber’s Festival to bring an entire week of speakers, films, and presentations as well as competitions, clinics, trail runs, pancake breakfasts, yoga stretches and adopt-a-crag days. With some of the world’s top climbers in town to present and take in the climbing, it promises to be an exciting week! SQUMF 2007 carries on the tradition of prior festivals in Squamish including the Climber’s Festivals (2006, 2001, and 1986), the Petzl Roc Trip (2005), and the Squamish Mountain Film Festival (2006). The Squamish Mountain Festival is presented by Arc’teryx, and sponsored by Black Diamond, Gripped Magazine, La Sportiva, Climbing Magazine, Maxim, Urban Climber and Mountain Equipment Co-op. All proceeds from the festival go to the Squamish Access Society and the Climbers Access Society of BC. Media Contact: Ivan Hughes Festival Coordinator, Squamish Mountain Festival info@squamishfilm.com

From the CBC website... DOCS ON THE COAST - BRITISH COLUMBIA Thursdays on CBC-TV at 7 p.m., June 10 to August 12 Thursday, July 8 at 7pm IN THE SHADOW OF THE CHIEF Ivan Hughes’ award winning film about two mountain climbers in 1961 who make the first straight-up-the-middle ascent of the previously unconquered Stawamus Chief Mountain in Squamish, B.C. for more info on the film visit; www.fringefilmworks.com