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Art of climbing: Dan Shipsides

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02/06/2008

Our unique "Art of Climbing" series continues. Here, Sculptor Dan Shipsides talks about how he exhibits climbing moves in a gallery.
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Art of Climbing: Shelly Hocknell Zentner

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02/04/2008

Shelley Hocknell Zentner has been painting and drawing since the age of twelve. Talent and an early commitment led to a degree, then setting up a studio in North Wales. A fascination with the human form, and inspirations from Michaelangelo and Rodin, led to a phase of paintings that sought to express the movement of climbers, resulting in muscular and dynamic oil paintings.
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Art of climbing: Jim Curran

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08/01/2008

Jim Curran has been around on the British climbing scene for over forty years. Over that time he has sought, and succeeded, to express himself creatively through a broad range of work. As a cameraman he has filmed 15 mountain-based documentaries, ranging in subject from Everest to the remote Scottish islands of St Kilda and Hoy, via the Andes, Caucasus and Atlas mountains.
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Art of climbing: Neal Beggs

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03/09/2007

Neal Beggs was born in Larne, Northern Ireland in 1959. He became a climber at the age of 14, and at 16 led Cenotaph Corner - in his own words, “a minor big deal at the time”. He had several alpine seasons in his late teens and early twenties, before drifting out of climbing. In his early thirties, Neal discovered art, and soon found a subject in his reawakening love for the mountains.
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Ancient secrets

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03/01/2001

From mountain peaks in sparkling sunshine, to rolling moors enveloped in a misty murk, Britain offers an unrivalled variety of landscapes and accompanying weather. This diverse scenery has been moulded over many millions of years by the various forces of nature and its creation is a compelling tale. In this feature, Kate Ravilious pokes around the nooks and crannies of the Yorkshire Dales and the Peak District to reveal an exotic and tumultuous history.
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