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Namibia Speaking Tour
Can climbing give you access to understanding outside of the vertical? What if you have to go to Namibia to find out? In May, 2009, Majka Burhardt led a small team of explorers into a landscape of translucent scorpions, laser sharp granite cracks, 1.7 meter-long cobra tracks, and the Himba people--one of the last great Southern African pastoral tribes, all in the name of first ascents and cultural connection.
- To schedule Majka's Namibia show, please email her at mb@majkaburhardt.com.
- More about Majka as a Speaker
- Reviews
- Upcoming Events
- Please scroll down for an extended description of her Namibia talk.
THE FILM
Waypoint Namibia DVD $14.99* |
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Waypoint Namibia The Slideshow: Big Walls, Desert Mirages, and Perseverance in the Damaraland and Beyond.
Can climbing give you access to understanding outside of the vertical? What if you have to go to Namibia to find out? In May, 2009, Majka Burhardt led a small team of explorers into a landscape of translucent scorpions, laser sharp granite cracks, 1.7 meter-long cobra tracks, and the Himba people--one of the last great Southern African pastoral tribes, all in the name of first ascents and cultural connection.
Climbers get dirty; they hike, carry heavy packs, and commit to landscape in a way that is understood by people who have to do the same to forge a life. Except climbers do it with thousands of dollars with of gear. They do it with the fewest material possessions around.
Namibia is Africa’s newest independent country and was the first country in the world to mandate conservation in its constitution. As one of the least populated countries in the world, and one of the most progressive in Africa, Namibia combines peace, stability, and accessibility with rugged wildness and remoteness. In the past decade, Namibia has also developed a globally renowned system for resource management that pairs the conservation of natural lands with the economic stability of rural communities. How does adventure complement, and conflict with, environmental understanding? Majka Burhardt shares her story of connection with a country in Africa that impacts policy and economics from Mongolia to the United States.
Majka has spent a decade translating her pursuits of adventure to the broader world. To do this, she keeps taking climbing to unlikely places, and creating an experience beyond the climbing. Majka calls it making adventure "additive": when adventure goes beyond exploration and toward cultural and environmental connection. Is it too much? Is it not enough? Find out what Namibia taught her as an answer.
Previous Namibia Speaking Events:
November 9th, 2009
Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Decebmer 12th, 2009
Bozeman Ice Fest, Bozeman, Montana
7:30 PM, Emerson Cultural Center
January 8th, 2010
Ouray Ice Fest, Ouray, Colorado
January 12th, 2010
Osprey Packs Fundraiser for the Colorado Environmental Coalition
Dolores, Colorado Dolores Community Center, 6:30 PM
January 16th, 2010
Wild And Scenic Film Festival,
Nevada City, California.
January 26th, 2010
Dartmouth University, Hanover, New Hampshire
Collis Common Ground
8 PM
February 4th, 2010
Tilton School
Tilton, New Hampshire
February 9th, 2010
Phillips Exeter Academy,
Exeter, New Hampshire
February 11th, 2010
Burlington, Vermont
Brought to you by University of Vermont and GearX
Dudley Davis Student Center, Livak Ballroom
6:30 Details
February 20th, 2010
International Mountain Equipment
North Conway, NH
7 PM
March 11th, 2010
Williams College
Williamstown, Massachusetts
7:30 PM, Brooks Rogers
April 5th, 2010
Middlebury College
Middlebury, Vermont
7 PM, Axinn 229
April 6th, 2010
White Mountain School
Littleton, New Hampshire
May 15th, 2010
Patagonia Store
Denver, Colorado
*A National Outdoor Leadership School Reunion and Public Event
August 2nd, 2010
Patagonia Boulder, and Adventure Film "First Monday" Series.
7:00 Doors, 7:30 Show.
October 15th and 16th, 2010
Expedition Details
- Snapshots-in-time of the Namibia expedition process, including pre, during, and post trip posts and video.
- Climbing Route Descriptions and Information.
- Expedition Completion Press Release
- Links to Team Members: Chris Alstrin, Filmaker Gabe Rogel, Photograher, Peter Doucette, Climber, Kate Rutherford, Climber.
*5% of your purchase of “WayPoint Namibia” will be donated to the Integrated Rural Development and Nature Conservation, an organization that strives to improve the lives of rural people by diversifying the socio-economy in Namibia's communal areas to include wildlife and other valuable natural resources. (Read More)
Namibia 2009 was supported, in part, from:
The Mountain Grant Program of The Banff Centre.
With additional Support Provided by: