Hard Grit (1997)

Directed by

Richard Heap

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

53 min

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows climbers tackling dangerous traditional and solo routes on gritstone in England's Peak District. It shows real attempts with both success and failure, including a dramatic fall early on.

intenserawfocuseddocumentary-stylegrittyawe-inspiringquietly suspensefulvisceral

What happens

Hard Grit is a 1998 British rock climbing film directed by Richard Heap and produced by Slackjaw Film, featuring traditional climbing, free soloing, and bouldering on gritstone routes in the Peak District in Northern England. It is considered an important film in the genre and regarded as a historic and iconic film. The film starts with a dramatic fall by French climber Jean–Minh Trinh-Thieu on Gaia at Black Rocks. Hard Grit won ten international film festival awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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