£10 donation for event entry.

Join us to hear tales of travelling through Pakistan, one of adventure travel’s best kept secrets, with author and filmmaker Mick Conefrey, journalist Matthew Green and Wild Frontiers founder Jonny Bealby.

The evening, to be held at the Pakistan High Commission in London’s Knightsbridge, will also help raise funds for the Wild Frontiers Foundation sponsored school in the remote northern Pakistan village of Baleygon.

When:Thursday, 28th April 2016

Where:Pakistan High Commission
                34-36 Lowndes Square, London, SW1X 9JN

Time: 6:30pm for a 7pm presentation

Entry: £10 donation to the Wild Frontiers Foundation Baleygon School campaign

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About the Speakers

Author and filmmaker Mick Conefrey
Mick Conefrey has been making documentaries for over 20 years, mainly for the BBC but also for Channel Four, Five, and in the US, Discovery and the History Channel. His particular interest in telling stories about exploration and mountaineering is revealed by his latest book, The Ghosts of K2. It tells of thrilling expedition attempts to climb this mighty mountain, the failures and the triumphs, including the first ever ascent, bringing to life the hardships of making it up ‘the impossible mountain’.

Journalist Matthew Green
Matthew spent five years reporting for Reuters in East Africa, writing his first book The Wizard of the Nile which documents his search through Uganda’s War Zone for Joseph Kony. He then moved to become South Asia Security Correspondent for the FT, focusing on Afghanistan and Pakistan, reporting out of Kabul and Islamabad. Last year, he trekked over the remote Hispar Pass in the Karakoram mountains, where he crossed the quasi-mythical plateau of deeply packed ice, christened Snow Lake and over a perilously narrow ice bridge.

Wild Frontiers Founder Jonny Bealby
It was in Pakistan that Jonny was inspired to set up an adventure travel company, making Pakistan both the brainchild of Wild Frontiers and its first ever destination. He has been back well over 20 times since then, with close friendships established in northern Pakistan. In his opinion, there is no better adventure travel destination. From the wide open space and freedom felt on the Shandur Pass, where the mountains of the Hindu Kush transform into the steppes of Central Asia to the magical landscapes in and around the Hunza Valley, surrounded everywhere with magnificent peaks. Jonny wrote For A Pagan Song about travelling across remote Pakistan (and India and Afghanistan), following in the footsteps of his two heroes from literature, Kipling and Dravot.

Samosas and tasty Pakistani tea will be provided on the night. Authors will be available for signing their books on the night.