84-year-old Captain Bob Shepton might be familiar from the Wild Bunch films, in which he skippered his 33ft yacht Dodo's Delight on sailing and climbing trips with Nico Favresse and his motley crew. Bob has led a varied and interesting life, as a reverend, outdoor instructor, sailing and climbing trips to Greenland, Piolet d'Or winner and Yachtsman of the Year award winner. In 2017, Captain Bob sailed to the remote Scottish island of St Kilda on a new-routing trip with Dave MacLeod and UKC's Natalie Berry. A film featuring the trip 'Undiscovered' premiered at Kendal Mountain Festival.
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Open any Scottish guidebook and one name will be credited with some of the hardest lines, typically in hard-to-get-to corners of Scotland, far off the radar of other new-routers. Dave MacLeod is synonymous with Scottish first ascents and signif...
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Just thought the viewers of this might also be interested in these Tilman films I found yesterday:https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-mischief-in-greenland-onlinehttps://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-mischief-goes-south-1966-onlinehttps://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-mischief-goes-south-rushes-1966-onlinehttps://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-greenland-voyage-onlinehttps://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-greenland-expedition-with-sea-breeze-1971-onlinehttps://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-lymington-to-greenland-onlinehttps://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-greenland-expedition-with-sea-breeze-rushes-1971-online
...and one of the best films ever to come out of Reel Rock (bearing in mind all of the reel rock films are amazing)
https://www.redbull.com/int-en/episodes/dodos-delight-part-i-reel-rock-s03-e02
https://www.redbull.com/int-en/episodes/dodos-delight-part-ii-reel-rock-s03-e03