Banff Mountain Festivals
Committed 2: Grit Kids

Alpine Club of Canada Award for Best Film on Climbing
Sponsored by the Alpine Club of Canada ($2000)

Committed 2: Grit Kids

UK, 2008, 22 minutes

Directed by Paul Diffley

Produced by Dave Brown

Production company: Hot Aches Productions

Teenagers Pete and Katy Whittaker burst onto the U.K. climbing scene with a series of spectacular ascents on gritstone. One evening after school, with his whole family assembled to watch, Pete attempts a terrifying and truly iconic line at Burbage South.

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“Even for a jaded climber like me, the film made my palms sweat. It’s always difficult for a filmmaker to make a climb look as difficult as we know it is, but this film pulled it off,” says jury member Jim Donini.