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Chris Sharma Aus Tour 20-Mar-2013 At 9:41:40 AM jono_1

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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.