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Fort William
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Festival news
See footage from the first day of the Smith/Marshall re-enactment
Dave MacLeod and Andy Turner are currently high on Ben Nevis with film crew in tow, re-enacting the famous Smith/Marshall week on the Ben fifty years to the day, especially for the Fort William Festival.
Thanks to the Lochaber Athletics Club, runners have been up to the pop-up editing suite in the CIC Hut and have brought down some photos and footage for us.
You can follow Dave and Andy's progress here.
FEATURES
FESTIVAL PATRON - The Fort William Mountain Festival are delighted to announce that Dave 'Cubby' Cuthbertson, a climber, mountain guide and mountain photographer, who has been inextricably linked to the development of cutting edge climbing in Scotland for the past two and a half decades, is the Patron of the Fort William Mountain Festival.
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MOUNTAIN CULTURE AWARD - Jimmy Marshall, the architect of modern Scottish climbing, has become the third person whose contribution to mountaineering and Mountain Culture is recognised by the prestigious Scottish Award for Excellence in Mountain Culture.
Festival news
Our runners on Ben Nevis have been busy!
See footage from the first day of the Smith/Marshall re-enactment
Highlights
Jimmy Marshall Night - Join Andy Turner and Dave MacLeod to find out how they got on attempting to repeat Jimmy Marshall and Robin Smiths famous week on the Ben, exactly 50 years on, featuring filmed interviews with Jimmy and footage from MacLeod and Turner's attempts.
