[b]Exploring the Chinese Tien Shan[/b]

Exploring the Chinese Tien Shan

a talk by Paul Knott. Entry $10.

Christchurch Polytech, D Block, Madras Street. Sat 18 October 8pm-10pm

In August this year Guy McKinnon, Bruce Normand and Paul overcame China's Olympics paranoia and gained permission to climb in a virtually unknown part of the Tien Shan mountains. Here we found a wealth of unclimbed 6000m summits, seen until now only in low-resolution aerial shots on Google Earth.

Paul will show slides of these imposing mountains, and talk about the surprises, successes and frustrations of our adventure.