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October
16, 2002
CSUS
to host extreme film fest
Extreme
sports anyone? Rock climbing, mountain biking, wind surfing and
flying can all be witnessed when the Vancouver International Film
Festival comes to California State University, Sacramento at 7 p.m.,
Sunday November 3.
The event is a fundraiser for the recreation and leisure studies
department scholarship fund, and will be held in University Union
Ballroom 1.
The movies are as follows:
- "Salathe:
Blood, Sweat and Bagels" follows a free-climb attempt of
the Salathe Wall on El Capitan in the Yosemite Valley.
- "Realization"
shows Chris Sharma climb one of the most difficult natural rock
routes in Southern France.
- "Pilot
Notes 1" features Robert Fulton flying over remote mountain
ranges in South America.
- "Dirt
Divas" tracks several female mountain bikers as they ride
and race throughout the United States and Canada.
- "Camanchaca"
documents windsurfing on high-elevation lakes in South America.
Ticket holders are also invited to attend a seminar on the physiological
aspects of outdoor recreation from 6 to 7 p.m. in the same location.
CSUS professors Daryl Parker and Roberto Quintana will be speak.
Tickets are $10 general and $8 for students and are available at
the CSUS Tickets Office at 278-4323 and Tickets.com at (916) 766-2277.
For additional media assistance, call CSUS public affairs at (916)
278-6156.
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