Hot Aches Productions are due to premiere their latest film Redemption: The James Pearson Story at Kendal Mountain Festival on Friday 21st November. A teaser has been released today. 

The film follows James and his early climbing career highlights up until his ascent of Rhapsody E11 at Dumbarton Rock (UKC News Report) in September this year. After having climbed The Walk of Life (E9 6c) in 2008 and given it the overly-ambitious grade of E12 - which was subsequently downgraded to E9 by Dave Macleod - James began to question his position as a top-end trad climber amidst scepticism from the British climbing community.

After leaving the UK to start a new life in Europe, James became more all-rounded as a climber and broadened his horizons. However, there remained one route which signalled unfinished business for James - Rhapsody (E11 7a). Having previously dismissed the route and declared himself unmotivated to try it in 2008, James felt that by finally climbing Rhapsody he could redeem himself as a climber.

You can buy tickets for the premiere here. 

A full trailer for the film will be released next week, which will be shared on UKC alongside an exclusive interview with directors Paul Diffley and Chris Prescott, plus our impressions from the test screening attended last week.