People of the Mountains | Benefis — Art of the High Path

We invite you to the benefit of Mariusz Sprutta, the only Poznaniak who stood on the top of the tenth mountain of our planet, Annapurna I (8091 m above sea level), considered one of the most difficult and dangerous mountains in the world. He did this on October 23, 1991, after a solo climb. * On the 35th anniversary of the expedition, Mariusz, together with the Highlander band Jig Reel Maniacs, invites you to a meeting entitled “Art of the High Path”, a story about the sporting entrance to the eight-thousandth, a show of author's photographs from the High Mountains with music and a concert for the final of the benefit meeting.* PROGRAM * 1st lecture “The Art of the High Path” — a memory of the Himalayan expedition of 1991, a story about the caravan, the participants of the expedition and the team climbing the southern wall of Annapurna I (8091 m above sea level) — speaker: Mariusz Sprutta * 2. “People and peaks of the Himalayas” — slideshow with live illustrative music “Himalayas and Karakorum in the lens of an analog camera” a. mountain people, landscapes, climbing b. portraits of Himalayan mountaineers photographs: Mariusz Sprutta/music setting: Jig Reel Maniacs * 3rd concert Jig Reel Maniacs — Celtic fusion/World music: www.jrm-jig-reel-maniacs.pl music inspired by Celtic tradition and more* * PERFORMERS* Mariusz Sprutta — born in Wągrowiec, geomorphologist, speleologist, polar explorer, taternik and retired himalayist, who — besides mountains of Poland, Alps and Spitsbergen — he climbed in Turkey, Nepal, India, Tibet and Pakistan, in the Himalayas and Karakorum, on seven eight-thousandths, and stood on two: Annapurna I (8091 m above sea level) and Gasherbrum II (8035 m above sea level), both of which he climbed alone, without the aid of oxygen from the cylinder, and on the latter in Alpine style. * He studied Glacial Geology and Geomorphology and Paleogeography of the Quaternary at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. After his studies, he went to Asia, where he spent nearly 10 years living, visiting and getting to know countries such as Nepal, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.* For the last 4 years, in cooperation with Rialto Cinema, he has been organizing a series of meetings PEOPLE OF THE MOUNTAINS. He is also an active musician, playing music inspired by the Celtic tradition embellished with jazz, funk and chill-out; leader and manager of the Jig Reel Maniacs band. * He lives in Poznań and works in Wielkopolska, professionally serving people who lose limbs (in accidents, due to amputations necessary due to atherosclerosis, diabetes, necrosis, and other causes, e.g. cancer), supports psychologically, mentally, organizationally and administratively and finally — thanks to a great team of technical orthopedics specialists: https://www.facebook.com/ortopunktPL — helps with the supply of prostheses.* JRM — Jig Reel Maniacs: https://www.facebook.com/jigreelmaniacs Jig Reel Maniacs (JRM) is a thirty-six-year-old band, inspired by Irish and Scottish music, combining traditional Celtic notes with diverse arrangements, referring to many musical trends; a group of instrumentalists who consciously and with experience, presents diverse and interesting sounds, based on rich instrumentation. In two words: Celtic fusion. * Band composition: * Michał Jankowski — acoustic guitar; Aleksander Brych — Irish transverse wooden flute, hulusi; Michał Mazur — low/high whistles, bagpipes, dudaire dubh and other wind instruments; Wioletta Giedziun — violin; Filip Wyrwa — drums; Mariusz Sprutum Bass guitars, vocals. * More about Jig Reel Maniacs on the official website of the band: https://jrm-jig-reel-maniacs.pl * * REVIEW * A few words written after the premiere of the project, which took place at the Rialto Cinema in Poznań on November 23, 2023: * “Wonderful evening. Congratulations on your resume and stories. The music is incredibly efficient. Fantastic fit. Excellent, proficient and punctual instrumentalists with a deep knowledge of style or even musical language. In improvisations, a lot of freedom and shaking with ornaments pulled out one after the other, like aces from a sleeve. A band glued together in one organ, playing not only evenly, always at the pace and on time, but still expressively and with a sultry accent. Sometimes it even seemed that the violinist was sawing the instrument in half.” Cezary Bera * * MEDIA PATRONAGE * Głos Wielkopolski Poznań nasasto.pl Radio Poznań TVP3 Poznań * * PARTNERS High Mountain Club in Poznań Wielkopolski Klub Wielkopolski Cave Tatry Club * FRIENDS of MOUNTAINS series KARMA Grunwald BLOK LINE Climbing Spot Center Rezon Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences UAM in Poznań Tuttu - specialists in clothing and hiking equipment Mountain shop ALPIN 9c.pl - mountain and hiking shop Grażyna Bittner & Piotr Bittner Fotekeu Trekker Aleksandra Knychas & Przemo Marek Knychas Radio Weather Radio Emaus Radio Afera Sport TVP3 Poznań Photocultural Wielkopolska news magazine Local Fyrtel Poznań Oral History Archive Centre for Cultural Information Poznań