IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF NOMADS IMAGES BY TIM COPE STORY BY JOANNA CROSTON
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Banff Mountain Film Festival 2013 / 2014
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T SEEMS THAT the tale of Australian Tim Cope’s epic three-year 10,000-kilometre journey on horseback from Mongolia to Hungary cannot be contained within a single medium. Instead, Cope has chosen to tell his story in film, in words, and in images. His film, On the Trail of Genghis Khan won the People’s Choice Award at the 2011 Banff Mountain Film Competition, and was a favourite at Festival Tour screenings. That same year, The Banff Centre offered Cope a Paul D. Fleck Fellowship to support his book about the trek. The result, On the Trail of Genghis Khan: An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads, was published in September 2013. Cope brought