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Hi

People keep asking me, so thought I post it on the forum. Ella's climbing El Cap program is on tomorrow night at 5.45 on CBBC. Should also be on Iplayer soon after. Doc is very funny, moving and even a bit scary (not that anything scary happened) and is much more than a kids TV program.

Interview with Ella and more details on the BMC website here: http://www.thebmc.co.uk/my-life-ella-kirkpatrick-climbing-el-cap-yosemite-t...

Also micro website designed to direct kids who want more info on climbing http://ellakirkpatrick.com

cheers

Andy

In reply to andy kirkpatrick: As someone who asked about this originally, thanks for giving us the heads up. I shall hunt on iPlayer later in the week.

In reply to andy kirkpatrick:

Nice one Andy - Little Ent is well excited (so am I actually!)

E

In reply to andy kirkpatrick:

Looking forward to it!

In reply to andy and Ella kirkpatrick:

Smashing micro website link too. Very inspirational even to a middle aged adult.

La Sham

In reply to andy kirkpatrick:

Just a reminder for those of you who are interested, this is starting in a few minutes.

K

In reply to K.W.: weird, just nearly bumped into the OP at Manchester Piccadilly!

In reply to andy kirkpatrick: That were great, thanks for posting.

In reply to andy kirkpatrick:
good show and keeping up the family tradition

In reply to koolkat: That was brill. One of the most accurate accounts of climbing in the media and it was broadcast on children's TV.
Cracking film.

In reply to andy kirkpatrick: Well Done Ella!did you go and look for your Ipod?

Here's the iPlayer link for those interested: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01qsmh6/My_Life_Series_4_The_Big_Clim...

In reply to andy kirkpatrick: Cracking Andy, tell "El Cap" Ella well done from Geordie land, So when are you coming up to the county A. for some cranking? & B. to give us a fun evening's talking to??

In reply to andy kirkpatrick:
gets coat , but wats she done on grit :-P

In reply to andy kirkpatrick:
That was great, now along with your books and her story I really want to try a big wall.

In reply to andy kirkpatrick: Its on iplayer now, just checked.

In reply to andy kirkpatrick: That was great- watched it with my kids who loved it

In reply to andy kirkpatrick:

Brilliant, well done Ella.

What route, Zodiac?

In reply to andy kirkpatrick:

Superb narration too. I think she's got a great future in television .

Surprising as Dad has a face for radio :oD

In reply to andy kirkpatrick: top prog, andy - will be making sure my two watch it. I remember chatting to you at a talk you did in bolton not long after Ella was born - we were comparing notes on nappies and bottle feeding - don't they get big quick?

That was good. Narrated by a mind a lot older than the 13 year olds about here.

In reply to Southern Man:

Tangerine Strip

In reply to andy kirkpatrick:

I have just watched it, great achievement for Ella and I thought a well put together half hour of TV, really good narration.

Perhaps more important than me liking it, my girlfriends 11 year old, loved it as well.

In reply to The New NickB:

Cool, ta.

In reply to andy kirkpatrick:

I saw you and Ella talk at Kendal, she seemed as un fazed by a room full of several hundred hairy outdoor types as she did by El Cap.

In reply to The New NickB:

Shouldn't that be Tangerine Trip, or have I missed something (probably, it did look very hot)?

In reply to andy kirkpatrick:

The girl did good! She must have arms like Popeye after all that jugging!

Well done Ella, great commitment.

In reply to andy kirkpatrick:

It was really very enjoyable to watch.

I was particularly impressed by the comment about twenty-one (ish) minutes in, where your daughter rather succinctly summarises the entire event - and anything remotely like it, but then plows on to a free climb finish. Gutsy lass.

Thanks for posting it.

In reply to Mark Collins:

You are probably right!

In reply to andy kirkpatrick: totally agree, a great show. usually I try and make sure when I see my daughter we stay clear of the TV, my mission is to return her to her mum tired, muddy and smiling, maybe this show is the exception.

Does Ella want to be the figurehead for my kids climbing gear?

In reply to andyb211:
+1, another Lecture in the North East Please Andy.

Really enjoyed My Life

In reply to andy kirkpatrick: Well done Ella. Well done Dad although you failed to catch her ipod! tut tut!

In reply to andy kirkpatrick:

Is it me, or did that program provide far more information than an equivalent would aimed at non-climbing adults?

In reply to andy kirkpatrick:

Just watched in iPlayer - really enjoyed it.

I'm not sure what was most amazing - Ella's performance (both in climbing El Cap and in front of the camera) or seeing Andy not talking!!

Cracking show - well done to all involved.

Cheers,

Si

In reply to andy kirkpatrick:

Frankly world class dad work.

In reply to andy kirkpatrick: Well done Ella, fantastic video!!