Having recently enjoyed seeing five Hot Aches climbing movies in quick succession,I was well primed for the keenly anticipated account of Robin Smith and Jimmy Marshall's early sixties historic tour de force on the Ben- re-enacted by Dave Macleod and Andy Turner- in The Pinnacle See Review. Unlike the earlier films which were essentially structured around the activities of many of the UK's leading rock jocks-The Pinnacle was something of a creative departure in that it explored events half a century removed from the jaw dropping gymnastics on display from young climbers like James Pearson, the aforementioned Dave Macleod,Hazel Findlay and James McHaffie- strutting their stuff in films like Committed (1 and 2) and Monkey see-Monkey Do.
Now Hot Aches El Supremo, Paul Diffley is calling on the UK climbing community to come forward with their suggestions for subjects and climbing events which would lend themselves to other Pinnacle style historic recreations.
From the top of my head...What about Colin Kirkus's death defying solo on Craig Lloer in North Wales ( See Footless Crow August 2010.) or John Streetly's Bloody Slab epic on Cloggy where on the first ascent of this classic extreme, he was forced to untie- because no one could follow him- and solo to the top of the 600' cliff in the rain !
Now you've got the gist of what it's about, feel free to head over to the Hot Aches blog site and put forward your suggestions.
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