BritRock 2024

Brit Rock is back for 2024 with another stunning line-up of the UK’s best climbing and adventure films! Three exhilarating films capturing an array of hardcore action, pioneering spirit and some proper madness. Nose Job (50 mins) Alex Waterhouse and Billy Ridal are two recently retired competition climbers that attempt to apply their indoor skills to real rock in the most extraordinary fashion. With almost no traditional climbing experience and barely a multi-pitch climb between them, our audacious duo set out to be the first Britons to make a free ascent of the world famous Nose on El Capitan, Yosemite. The route was first climbed by Lynn HIll in 1993 and has subsequently only received eight ascents in 30 years. To say the odds were stacked against them would be an understatement comparable in size to the route itself! Hold tight as this action packed movie tracks this most unlikely of journeys to success. Features contributions from Lynn Hill, Hans Florine and Leo Houlding. Climbing Blind II (35 mins) Following on from our first ‘Climbing Blind’ film (2019) where we saw blind climber Jesse Dufton and sight guide Molly Dufton ascend the iconic Old Man of Hoy, this sequel picks up the story of Jesse’s incredible climbing career. Born with a rare genetic disease - retinitis pigmentosa - Jesse no longer receives any useful information from his eyes. Despite this, Jesse’s climbing has continued to progress. As well as competing on the para-circuit and making first ascents in Morocco, Jesse has managing to on-sight several E2s. This season, Jesse’s ambition is set on a successful on-sight of an E3, choosing the infamous ‘El Matador’ rated 5.12d (E3/4) on the spellbinding Devil’s Tower in Wyoming, USA. What unfolds is one of the most remarkable feats of persistence and human endeavour you will ever witness. As terrifying as it is inspiring, Jesse takes several leader falls on route to the summit in a gruelling encounter of the blind kind. Freja's Back (25 mins) All-round climber Freja Shannon is back again for 2024. In the late alpine season of 2023, Freja took a serious fall on the committing North Face of the Droites in the French Alps, resulting in a broken back. This film tell’s Freja’s story of initial horror and doubts to full physical recovery. In Freja’s inimitable style and despite the physio’s prognosis, Freja returns to walking and then climbing in an unusually short time frame. We follow the ups and downs of Freja’s rehabilitation, and go on a near calamitous ascent of The Forbes Arete (Aiguille du Chardonnet), which sets up the main objective in the Swiss Alps. Here, Freja attempts an ascent of ‘Ave Ceasar’ an immaculate 7c trad route on the spectacular Petit Clocher du Portalet. All tickets are £15/adult, £10/child regardless of where you sit, so get in quick to get the best seats!BritRock 2024 showing at: November 7, 7:30 pm
BritRock 2024

Location: Highland CinemaCameron Square, Fort William, Highland, PH33 6AJ2

2024-11-07T19:30:00+00:00PT2H20M2024-11-07T22:05:00+00:00109BritRock 2024"
Highland Cinema