our first telluride festival...

So it's finally here- after eight months of living in Telluride we've been to our first festival. Mountainfilm kicks off the four month long festival season every Memorial Day Weekend. The festival is in it's 29th year and I can see why it's such a long running festival. We've attended films, lectures and even an ice cream social plus enjoyed the new ambiance around town. Pray flags adorn the town and people scamper around with festival programs making their way to one of the four venues to see the next event. Sometimes the lines are enormous and sometimes you walk right in. The programs are intense and range from notables like Kit Delauriers who was the first person (and a girl to boot!) to ski the Seven Summits which are the highest points on each continent to David Breashears who filmed the IMAX film on Everest during the notable(and deadliest) 1996 season. I met John Harlin III who climbed Eiger 40 years after it killed his father. We had gone to the presentation and I bought the book and had it signed. Last night we enjoyed some free Fat Tire and watched the 1974 Eiger Sanction with Clint Eastwood. I think this may turn out to be my favorite Telluride Festival. I like the people this one brings in. It's pretty cool to be surrounded by folks who have some very impressive resumes.

Mu-nee in our herb jungle and Chaos cruising in the truck...