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Chris Sharma Aus Tour 20-Mar-2013 At 11:14:34 AM tskinner

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On 20/03/2013 jono_1 wrote:
>So that is $138 for a couple. Come on that is a lot of money and seems
>expensive for a slide show. It would have to be a really entertaining talk.
>I have never heard Chris Sharma give a talk so can't comment.
>
>But I would consider paying $30-40 to hear Henry Barber, Kurt Diemberger
>(2 first ascents of 8000m peaks), Chris Bonnington, Doug Scott etc give
>a talk with a few slides thrown in. Luckily they only charged $10-20 when
>I saw them and they didn't rely solely on slides to give their presentation.
>They were story tellers.
>
>Does anyone remember Kurt Diemberger giving a talk at the Blueys climbing
>festival in the mid-90s. He had 20-30 slides for an hour and half or so
>talk and was totally captivating. A real story teller.
>
>How about an old-school venue like a pub, scout hall or community hall.
>Surely that would bring down costs.

Just a little bit of info here. The VCC put on the Henry Barber slideshow and talk when he was out here last. Can't remember how much we charged, but the money from the ticket sales went to Henry. The VCC paid for all the costs of hall and equipment hire. We did it in a church hall in Hawthorn. Again don't remember how much this was but it wasn't just a couple hundred bucks. If this had been added onto the ticket sales with what Henry required, it would have jumped up the price a fair bit.