ShAFF: Climb Films 1 12A

The first of 3 Climb Films sessions at Sheffield Adventure Film Festival (ShAFF) 2025.

1. The Risk Business - Chasing Pete Whillance 32 minutes

   Filmmaker Dom Bush explores his personal relationship with risk and reward by telling the story of one of his climbing idols, Pete Whillance.
   An understated pioneer of hard, bold, face climbing, Pete established some of the hardest traditional routes in Britain through the late 70's and 80's. He is also one of the most prolific new routers in British history, with roughly 1400 new routes to his name.
   At 76, Pete continues to seek adventure and establish new rock climbs climb across the British Isles.

2. Captains On El Cap 53 minutes

   Seb Berthe dreams of climbing the Dawn Wall, the most difficult route in the world. To get to the foot of El Capitan, in the United States, Seb has no intention of taking a plane! Quickly, a team of 6 climbers, 2 sailors and a dog forms to take up a challenge and realize a dream: to reach the Americas on a sailboat to climb the legendary walls of Yosemite! It is by experiencing the long pace of sailing that they cross the Atlantic, then on board a dubious Mexican jalopy van that they learn to know each other. When they arrived at the foot of El Capitan, the team supports Seb in his extraordinary challenge. His push on the Dawn Wall becomes a collective climb. At the same time, everyone prepares to take up his own challenge and the feat takes place where no one is looking. The commitment and authenticity of a team that barely knows each other is reminiscent of the atmosphere of the first epic stories of vertical exploration.