The Keswick Mountain Festival is an annual festival held in May in Keswick, Cumbria, England. The festival was first held in 2007.Victoria Brenan
"Celebrities lined up for Keswick mountain festival"
timesandstar.co.uk, 16 May 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012 In 2012, the festival ran from 16 to 20 May and included guided walks, triathlons, kayaking, the "Keswick Sportive" (for cyclists), as well as the

Borrowdale Borrowdale is a valley and civil parish in the English Lake District in the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria, England. It lies within the historic county boundaries of Cumberland. It is sometimes referred to as ''Cumberland Borrowdale'' ...

Trail Run and the

Latrigg Latrigg is one of the lowest fells in the Lake District in North West England, but is a popular climb due to its convenient location overlooking the town of Keswick and the beautiful views down the valley of Borrowdale from the summit. It is th ...

Fell Race."Keswick Mountain Festival reveals biggest ever programme"
thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk, 19 April 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012 Speakers at Keswick's Rawnsley Centre included

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, Sir

Chris Bonington Sir Christian John Storey Bonington, CVO, CBE, DL (born 6 August 1934) is a British mountaineer. His career has included nineteen expeditions to the Himalayas, including four to Mount Everest. Early life and expeditions Bonington's father, ...

, Monty Halls and

Cameron McNeish Cameron McNeish FRSGS is a Scottish wilderness hiker, backpacker and mountaineer who is an authority on outdoor pursuits. In this field he is best known as an author and broadcaster although he is also a magazine editor, lecturer and after dinn ...

. In addition, there was as an evening with the

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and its president

Mick Fowler Michael Fowler (born 1956) is a British rock climber, ice climber, mountaineer, and climbing author. Fowler was voted the "Mountaineers' Mountaineer" in a poll in ''The Observer'', and with Paul Ramsden, won the 2002 Piolet d'Or (or Golden Ice ...

. The temporary Keswick Mountain Festival Village is sited on the shores of

Derwentwater Derwentwater, or Derwent Water, is one of the principal bodies of water in the Lake District National Park in north west England. It lies wholly within the Borough of Allerdale, in the county of Cumbria. The lake occupies part of Borrowdal ...

. According to ''

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'', the festival is "one of the few places on the planet where

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and

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might actually help you to pull".Joanne O'Connor
"Keswick Mountain Festival"
''The Guardian'', 15 April 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012

References

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External links

Official website
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