This week's Friday Night Video is the online premiere of the award-winning film from Jessie Leong, The Last Forgotten Art. The film follows crack aficionados, Mel, Vicky and Steve, in their pursuit of the unusual which eventually leads them to Ramshaw Rocks in the Peak District.
Ranging from VS to E4, the climbs not only require brute strength and mental fortitude, but a sense of play and tough skin to succeed in tackling some of the roughest, maddest, widest cracks in town.
Join us for the premiere at 5pm:
'The Last Forgotten Art' is a film directed and produced by award-winning filmmaker Jessie Leong, about finding a connection to oneself, nature, and the bond formed through sharing a rope.
Vicky (featured in the film) is planning a fun, free, and informal competition for the crack climbing community throughout April. Read more about it here.
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What a lovely film! Hearty thanks to all those involved.
I have vivid memories of my first visit to Ramshaw on some long-lost summer afternoon in the '70s. We arrived, ahem, somewhat well refreshed. Only a little crag. A spot of carefree soloing. Cut-down denim shorts. Too hot for tee shirts. What could possibly go wrong?
The answer is - a lot! Sure enough, the crag fought back. And some of us fought back too. I returned to Bradford with some 'interesting' battle scars and an awful lot of respect for such a little crag.
Mick
Brilliant film. I love watching a climbing film where the people are actually climbing something that I've got a realistic chance of ever doing as opposed to something desperately hard which 99%of climbers will never be able to achieve.