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The Long Hope (2011)
Directed by Paul Diffley
“The story behind the hardest sea cliff climb in the world”
Documentary · 1h 15m
St John’s head on the Island of Hoy is a wild and remote 1150 foot 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.Macleod’s historic new climb, The Longhope Route Direct (E11), is captured close-up with the latest HD cameras and contrasted with the challenges of Drummond’s first ascent through interviews and archive material. The film also follows Drummond, now in his late sixties and suffering from Parkinson’s disease, as he makes a pilgrimage back to St John’s Head to look upon the route one last time.
Cast
Dave MacLeod
Crew
- Director
- Paul Diffley
Details
- Release date
- 2011-11-01
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Hot Aches Productions