Event: On the Trail of Genghis Khan: Film Screening and Talk
Date: Saturday March 14th
Time: 19:00-21:00pm
Price: 80 RMB/60 RMB (includes a drink)
Tim Cope is an award winning adventurer, author, and filmmaker with a passion for the traditional cultures of Central Asia and Russia. His book, On The Trail of Genghis Khan, has been hailed as a modern classic, and his documentary of the same name has won numerous international awards. Join Tim for a presentation, then a screening of the film followed by a discussion.
Tim has studied as a wilderness guide in the Finnish and Russian subarctic, ridden a bicycle across Russia to China, and rowed a boat along the Yenisey River through Siberia to the Arctic Ocean. Tim’s most renowned journey was a three-year, 6000 mile journey by horse from Mongolia to Hungary on the trail of Genghis Khan – a quest to understand the horseback nomads of the great Eurasian steppe. In 2005, Tim was made a fellow of the Royal Geographic Society, London, and leads regular trekking expeditions with World Expeditions. Interested Click here to visit Tim’s adventure photo gallery and here to hear him talking about his adventures.
Tim travels to China as part of the Australian Embassy Beijing’s Australian Writers Week.
Interested in having your own Mongolian Adventure? Join The Hutong team this July for a five-day journey across the Vanishing Steppe of Inner Mongolia!
