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Don Whillans' Last Climb (1985)
Directed by Ian Wooldridge
Documentary, Adventure · 30m
Don Whillans and Joe Brown climbing Cemetery Gates (E1) on Dinas Cromlech in the Llanberis Pass. They made the first ascent 32 years before. They were good friends since they met in 1951. Tragically this was Don's last major climb as he died a few months later. Don Whillans, was a leading climber of his generation. Whillans climbed the Bonatti Pillar of the Dru and made the first ascent, along with Chris Bonington, Jan Długosz and Ian Clough of the Central Pillar of Freney on Mount Blanc. In 1962, with Chris Bonington, Whillans made the first ascent of the Central Tower of Paine, Patagonia. Later, with Dougal Haston, he made the first ascent of the south face of Annapurna. Whillans was known for his humour, safety and heavy drinking.
Cast
Don Whillans
Joe Brown
Crew
- Director
- Ian Wooldridge
Details
- Release date
- 1985-01-01
- Runtime
- 30m
- Genres
- Documentary, Adventure
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- BBC