The Awards Gala for 2024 Photo-Competition took place on 2 February in the auditorium of Faculty St. Jean in Edmonton, thanks to the kind invitation by Witek Kurpiński. In spite of the very cold weather (-25C), the Gala attracted about 40 people interested in mountain film and photography.
"Moon Walk Without Moon"
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Our New Year's Eve wasn't exactly a pre-dawn alpine start. We were operating on a more civilized 10 AM departure from the ACC lodge. After all, Ha Ling, while worthy challenge, wasn't Everest. We weren't expecting to summit by brunch.
Waking
up at 8:30 allowed for the usual lodge morning rituals: the mad dash for a
vacant bathroom (a small victory in itself), the kitchen scavenger hunt (where
*are* the plates this time?), and breakfast with the other intrepid
adventurers… or, well, just us. It seemed everyone else was either already
conquering some other peak or wisely choosing to sleep in.
Category R - "Reels" - Andy Rutkowski Award
1st Place - "Om Namah Shivaya butterflies" - by Piotr Rajski
Category N - "Full Movie Feature" - Boris Bokov Award
1st Place - "Hiking Tent Ridge Horseshoe Trail" - by Andy Rutkowski (25:14)
Category L - "Video with a Twist" - Beata and Andrzej Jędrych Award
1st Place - "The Raven of the Delicate Arch" - by Piotr Rajski
Category I - "The Monuments of Nature" - Barbara Walter Award
1st Place - "Two Thousand Years Old Twins" - by Basia Krzymień
