Considered one of the all-time best climbers, Leo Houlding is world renowned for audacious ascents of epic faces and, following his recent expedition to become the first to complete an ascent on the north west face of the Mirror Wall in remotest Greenland, he brings a brand new ‘audience with…’ style lecture show, Reflections: The Mirror Wall, which arrives at the Chrysalis Theatre at Willen on Monday (November 7).
If modern British adventure has a face, it looks a lot like Leo Houlding. A climbing prodigy, who started by scaling the Old Man of Hoy at just ten years old and becoming the British Junior Indoor Climbing Champion at sixteen, 34-year-old Leo has climbed the most difficult and highest mountains in the world
A veteran of scores of epic ascents, including Everest, Leo specialises in free climbing the most technical peaks and biggest walls in the world. Also an experienced base jumper, Leo pushes the limits of exploratory adventure by taking the ultimate in extreme sports to the most extreme environments.
In short, Leo has ventured to many of the harshest environments on Earth, to climb the toughest mountains and big walls on Earth, including Ulvetanna in Antarctica, considered to be the hardest climb in the world
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Speaking about the climbing ace, Sir Richard Branson, not averse to the odd challenge and difficult feat himself, says: "The only two words that come to mind are 'bloody hell!' What sheer guts and determination!"
In Reflections: The Mirror Wall, Leo discusses the contrast between adventure TV and adventure film, and reflects on the conflict between a life of extreme adventure and the responsibilities and homely joys of new fatherhood, juxtaposed against the undying drive for the next great quest through the narrative of his aptly named Mirror Wall expedition...
To book tickets call the Box Office on 01908 235505 or visit the website here
