Friday Evening: Jim Ewing
Rebuilt, Still Climbing
A lifetime of climbing rarely unfolds in a straight line. This presentation explores what it means to continue when the original path—and even the original body—has changed. Rather than focusing on “bouncing back,” Rebuilt, Still Climbing tells a story of rebuilding, adaptation, and intentional redesign.
Drawing on lived experience as both a climber and an engineer, Jim Ewing reframes resilience not as a return to what once was, but as the creative process of reimagining what comes next. When familiar systems no longer work, new ones must be built—physically, mentally, and emotionally.
Through reflection, practical insight, and personal narrative, Jim invites participants to consider how they respond to disruption, injury, or major change. It offers a grounded perspective on navigating loss, embracing limitation, and cultivating forward momentum when the old framework is gone.
Rebuilt, Still Climbing is ultimately about continuing the ascent—by redesigning from the inside out, honoring the process of change, and discovering strength in adaptation.
Presented by Jim Ewing
- $27 advance tickets
- $30 day of (based on availability)
- Indoor presentation
- Doors open at 7 pm. Show to begin at 7:30 pm. Approx 2.5 hour duration.
Saturday Evening: Kevin Lindlau & Marcus Garcia
Beyond The Climb
A keynote presentation, film and conversation with Kevin Lindlau and Marcus Garcia, exploring the quiet poetry of mentorship in climbing.
Kevin began climbing under Marcus’s guidance twelve years ago, a partnership that grew from instruction into shared vision. From the U.S. to Bosnia and Herzegovina, they carve new drytool and mixed routes while shaping mentorship for the next generation. Kevin went on to become the first U.S. male athlete to reach a World Cup Finals and has since climbed some of the hardest drytool routes in the world.
This film is a story of connection, courage, and echoes that carry far beyond the climb.
Presented by Black Diamond
- $27 advance tickets
- $30 day of (based on availability)
- Indoor presentation
- Doors open at 7 pm. Show to begin at 7:30 pm. Approx 2.5 hour duration.
Location & Directions
Theater In The Wood
Evening festivities take place at the Theater in the Wood, at Believe in Books Literacy Foundation.
41 Observatory Way
Intervale, NH 03845
- The address does not work on GPS devices, use the GPS coordinates of 44.101547 and -71.153641
- There is limited parking available, PLEASE CARPOOL
Theater in the Wood From IME/IMCS
- From IME/IMCS, travel North on Rt 16 for 3.9 miles
- Take a left onto Observatory Way directly after White Mountain Self Storage (across from Town Hall Rd)
- Follow Ice Fest banners to event location
- Please contact MWV Ice Fest for handicapped parking details