The Pinnacle
The Pinnacle
Paul Diffley
United Kingdom / 2010 / 62'
The Pinnacle
Paul Diffley
United Kingdom / 2010 / 62'

In February 1960, during what would become a legendary week on Ben Nevis in the British Isles, Jimmy Marshall and Robin Smith made six first winter ascents in six days, including the Orion Face and the first one-day climb of Point Five Gully. Exactly fifty years to the day, Dave MacLeod and Andy Turner embarked on an attempt to repeat all of the routes that Smith and Marshall opened in that famous week, one that went down in mountaineering history.

Director

Paul Diffley

A producer and director, in 2003 together with Dave Brown he founded an independent video studio, Hot Aches, specialising in filming sports adventures and exploration in extreme conditions. His film "E11", also presented at the TrentoFilmfestival in 2007, was one of the most successful films on climbing in the last few years, receiving no less than thirteen international awards. Paul also works for British and American television, dealing above all with filming and extreme locations.

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