In reply to UKC News:
Massive thank you, all who have taken the time to watch or comment. Making this has been ongoing in my spare time for nearly three months, and Mountain Equipment have been more than generous to support it.
I put this on Facebook a couple of days ago;
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"I can't believe it!", as Dave's words on the summit at the end of the 24/8, might equally apply to making this film. Nearly three months in the pipeline, I've had a bloody blast making this thing.
Just filming the thing in the first place was a logistical mountain, with all the right cameras, mics and lights to be in the right place at the right time. Then to follow Dave carrying all that plus walking gear, winter gear, then food and water on top. Walking 40-odd kilometres on the most perfect winter day, witnessing some of the most impressive climbing I can remember, then over the Munros by night to get back to civilisation in the following dawn twilight.
Afterwards there were the days spent filming in Glen Nevis with the thaw and snow melt roaring off the hills. The interviews, weeks of editing, and laterally writing the music with help from good friends and family.
So 24 hours condensed into 15 minutes - I think this'll be up there with one of the most gratifying things I've done for a while.
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In March, Dave MacLeod completed a long-held ambition to complete what he called his '24/8' challenge - climbing a Font 8A+ boulder, an E8 trad route, an 8a sport route, a VIII,8 winter route and 8 Munros within 24 hours. Fortunately conditions across the five disciplines aligned and Dave managed it in just 18.5 hours. A film documenting the big day by Kevin Woods has just been released.
