Today Year 8 students were kept enthralled by the author and film-maker Matt Dickinson. In 1996, along with Alan Hinkes, he made a successful ascent of Mount Everest. Students were given an insight into all that is involved in making such a climb.
He became the first British film-maker to film on the summit and return alive, and his film called Summit Fever has now been seen by more than twenty million people worldwide. It is acclaimed as a compelling story of human triumph and disaster. "The Death Zone" is his written account of the expedition and is available from the Library for you to read.
