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5 things to do on the North Shore this weekend

What’s wilder than conquering one the most challenging and iconic long-distance trails? Doing it by mountain bike.
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What’s wilder than conquering one the most challenging and iconic long-distance trails? Doing it by mountain bike. In Mountain Biking The Annapurna Circuit - Bikepacking the World’s Biggest Pass, four women tackle the 10-day 230-kilometre journey, crossing over Nepal’s Thorong La at 17,769 feet. The group’s film is being screened, along with a presentation by its participants, as part of the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival showing at Centennial Theatre tomorrow at 7:30 p.m.

For B.C. Heritage Week, check out The Many Histories of the Site we call Ambleside, a deep dive into the stories and many histories of the Ambleside neighbourhood in West Vancouver, with presentations given by representatives from the Squamish Nation and the West Vancouver Historical Society, followed by a lively discussion taking place at the Ferry Building Gallery Sunday between 2 and 4 p.m. Cost: $10. Reservations are encouraged as seating is limited

Another heritage week gem, local filmmaker George Orr will be introducing and screening his documentary about the fatal 1958 Second Narrows Bridge collapse, called The Bridge, at West Vancouver Memorial Library on Sunday from 2 to 3:30 p.m.

As part of Capilano University’s Global Roots Series, Australian roots-blues-folk hybrid guitar player Jeff Lang will be performing at St. James Hall in Vancouver tonight at 8 p.m. Blending a musical and vocal style that’s equal parts Ry Cooder, equal parts all his own, it’ll be sure to be a display worth leaving the North Shore for. Tickets: $25-$30

He’s taken thousands and thousands of photos of ships over the last three decades. Now, Rod Logan has his own exhibition featuring his work, called 10,000 Ships, on display at the Polygon Gallery in Lower Lonsdale until March 31. The display features some 10,000 ships by “ship-spotter” Logan, which have entered the Burrard Inlet since the early 1980s. Logan is set to attend a reception for his show at the gallery tomorrow from 1 to 3 p.m. Free admission.