And all because the lady loves.... the Fort William Mountain Festival!

If you missed last week's fantastic publicity about the launch of the 2007 Fort William Mountain Festival, here's another chance to have a look at some of the mad antics that the brave souls of the organising committee and friends got up to at the Inchree Falls, Onich to promote the festival. The event was a huge success, gathering column inches across the national press and securing UK-wide notoriety for Maddy! (here she is in The Times).

'Highland Maddy' Harris (as the Daily Record named her) riding her bike on a zipwire across Inchree Falls!

Ben Starkie of Vertical Descents making vertical white-water paddling look easy!

The festival was certainly launched with a splash! For 2007 the festival has expanded into two weeks of events with a mountain culture theme - as well as lectures by top climbers, kayakers and others, there will be a packed programme of films, workshops, the Banff Mountain Festival World Tour, gaelic song, theatre, writing and art. Check out the programme online or download a PDF copy from www.mountainfestival.co.uk/programme.htm -Lisa

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