- Title
- The Long Hope
- Language
- Dauer
- 60 min
- Director
- Paul Diffley (Gro)
- Category
- Climbing on rock and ice
- When & Where
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Wednesday,
14. Nov. 2012 from 17:00 / Schubert Saal 3
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- Photos
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- Description
- St John's head on the Island of Hoy is a wild and remote 350 meter sea cliff. It was first climbed in 1970 by climber and poet Ed Drummond together with Oliver Hill. They took 7 days to climb the cliff, sleeping on ledges and in hammocks along the way. Now, 40 years later, one of the World's top climbers, Dave MacLeod, sets out to climb the cliff in a single day, finishing with a new desperately hard final pitch up the headwall. His “Longhope Route Direct” (E11), is captured close-up contrasted with the challenges of Drummond's first ascent. Drummond, now in his late sixties and suffering from Parkinson's disease, makes a pilgrimage back to St John's Head to look upon the route one last time.
- Awards
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Kamera Alpin in Gold 2012
Minutes of the jury
What we like about this film is that it does so much more than portray the longest climb in Britain. It establishes a historical continuity in which the presence and words of Ed Drummond are a movingly thoughtful contribution that expresses a wider vision on the world. The film conveys the different climbing visions of the historical first ascent and of the current top British climber, from the poetic super wide angle to the micro-focus on the rock.
