Berghaus Women in Adventure 2019 - Episode 5: Anna Taylor

Berghaus’ sell-out event at Kendal Mountain Festival 2019 – ‘Women in Adventure’ bought an inspirational line-up of athletes and adventurers to the main stage. If you weren’t lucky enough to get a ticket, watch the sessions in our miniseries. Episode Five Berghaus athlete Anna Taylor joined the session via live satellite in the Guyana jungle. Anna joined Leo Houlding to tackle Mount Roraima, 2810m (05° 15.297’N, 60° 44.113’W, 281 Om) - a tepui (flat top mountain) that sits on the border between Brazil, Venezuela and Guyana, deep in the Amazon rain forest. -This is the location that inspired Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic work of fiction ‘The Lost World’ (we strongly recommend the audio book) and more recently the Disney animated movie ‘Up’ (warning: tear jerker). -The country of Guyana has one of the highest levels of bio-diversity in the world and is 80% covered in forest. - South Americas deadliest snake, the fur de lance and its huge cousin the Bushmaster call this area home. - Roraima’s prow was first climbed with extensive aid in 1973, by a team of British climbing legends, including Hamish MacInnes, Don Whillans and Joe Brown, and documented in a BBC documentary.