"In one legendary week on Ben Nevis in 1960 Jimmy Marshall and Robin Smith advanced Scottish winter climbing a full ten years. On consecutive days they climbed six first winter ascents, including the mini Alpine-route Orion Face Direct (V, 5), while also making the second ascent of Point Five Gully (V, 5) for good measure. The fact they achieved all this by cutting steps up the snow and ice appears, from the remove of the 21st century, to be almost unbelievable. Marshall's skill was such that he could lead routes almost faster than some of his talented seconds could follow."
'Who's who in British Climbing' , Colin Wells

Exactly 50 years on we set out to film Dave MacLeod and Andy Turner repeat all the routes that Smith and Marshall climbed in that one week. We got some great footages which will be cut with some classic and rare interviews.

Due for release autumn 2010.

"A collection of fantastic climbing tales... every shot is saturated with the emotion of the climber" - Stone Country Full Review

The latest release from the multi-award winning Hot Aches Productions, the makers of E11 and Committed. This collection of four films features world class climbing from the UK, Canada and Madagascar.

Set in the post industrial landscape of disused Welsh slate quarries, three very different climbers battle their way up some unusual climbing. Matt Segal, Hazel Findlay and Johnny Dawes take it in turn to crimp, palm, squirm and wriggle their way up the esoteric route, Gin Palace. But whose technique will prove successful?

Winner of 'People's Choice' and 'Best Climbing Film' at the Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival
Kevin Shields is known as the 'one handed climber'. Despite being born with most of his left hand missing Kevin has shocked the climbing world with some daring and inspirational ascents. The film exposes Kevin's motivations and follows his progression through the climbing grades, culminating in a gripping and palm-sweating attempt to solo E6 in Glen Nevis.

The West Face of Karimbony in the Tsaranoro Massif is home to one of the world's hardest big-wall free climbs, "Tough Enough?". James McHaffie and a team of top UK climbers head to Madagascar to find out if this route is indeed tough enough.

Winner of 'Best Short Film' at the 2010 Squamish Mountain Festival
World class climber Sonnie Trotter teams up with world class belayer Cory Richards to take on the Squamish classic, 'Presto'. The film examines what it takes to belay on some the world's hardest climbs.

"If a climbing film is judged by what it inspires, then this one lights the flame within." - Stone Country Full Review

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"... very impressive, and very inspirational." - Mick Ryan - UKClimbing.com Full Review

Committed Volume II showcases five of Britain's best climbers on a spectacular array of hard routes; the terrifying Walk of Life, one of Scotland's toughest winter routes, gritstone's best "last great problem", the youngest female ascent of an E7 and the world's maddest mantel; it's all here.

"This film had my jaw dropping, my palms sweating and at times my heart threatening to pack up, but above all this film had me inspired. Superb. Highly recommended" - Ian Parnell Full Review

This is the greatest work to date from the Hot Aches team. Five separate films totaling 110 minutes are packed into this DVD collection.

"The quality of production is superb and the film stories are future treasures of climbing documentary." - Stone Country Full Review

"This is impressive. Authentic. More than that I was quite moved. I was gripped. Engaged. My palms sweated." - Mick Ryan - UKClimbing.com Full Review

"All in all Committed II is superb, definately Hot Aches best film to date, capturing the real life tales behind the headline ascents and putting story telling back at the fore front of climbing film making. Highly recommended." - Ian Parnell Full Review

"All in all, this is a an essential DVD for any climber's collection and one to return to when you are needing some inspiration for pushing your own limits!" - Stone Country Full Review

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5 films Total Length 110 mins

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"another palm-wringing adventure through extreme British trad climbing"
Stone Country - Full Review.

A New Era of Hard Trad

The multi award winning Hot Aches team present - a year at the cutting edge of hardcore trad climbing.

Featuring Britain's best rock climbers, plus top overseas visitors, Committed packs in over 200 'E' points of action: The hardest and most dangerous ascents that have been grabbing the climbing headlines across the world.

It examines the diversity of climbing style and locations that together, make the British Trad scene unique and respected around the world.

The featured climbs include numerous hard first ascents, audacious repeats and bold solos

From the sea cliffs of Scotland, to the gritstone test pieces of England, to the mountains in Ireland and Wales...

Consistent is one theme: Committed.

"a very good film... one which you will watch over and over again"
Cubby Images - Full Review.

"a really enjoyable film, portraying the full spectrum of British climbing, from mountain crags and sea cliffs to gritstone"
UK Climbing - Full Review.

"I have only good things to say about this movie... you can really see it in the climbers eyes"
8a.nu - Full Review.

"The Hot Aches crew have managed to bring together a staggering breadth of characters and climbs."
UK Climbing - Full Review.

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"An alarming insight into the utterly obsessive psyche of world class climbers... Compulsive viewing." - Joe Simpson

Synopsis
E11 tells the story behind the first ascent of Rhapsody, a route considered to be the hardest tradition rock climb in the world. Told in an offbeat dramadoc style the film attempts to understand what it takes to climb a route of this standard. E11 strives to get inside the head of its first ascentionist, the understated yet quite remarkable Dave MacLeod. Oh yeah, it's also packed full of ankle smashing, gear ripping, monster falls!

"One of the best climbing films ever made. heart-pounding reality"
Climbing Magazine (USA) - Full Review.

"E11 may be the best climbing film I've ever seen"
Rock and Ice (USA) - Full Review.

"This is, hands down, one of the very best climbing movies I've ever seen. It's up there with the best from the Lowell brothers... Watching 'E11' should be compulsary"
8a.nu - Full Review.

E11 is available from outdoor retailers worldwide. It is also available to purchase direct from our web shop.

North American DVD
A North American version (NTSC) is now available from our distributor Vista Cerro Productions.

Trailer
The trailer for E11 is available here.

"A superb new climbing film that will surely go down as one of the greats"
Planet Fear - Full Review.

"I'm sure E11 will quickly become a classic"
Cubby Images - Full Review.

"Hot Aches have done a terrific job in not just documenting how one of the hardest rock climbs in the world was climbed but they have painted a colourful portrait of the man and woman behind that route. Anyone will be engrossed by this story"
UKClimbing.com - Full Review.

"In its quieter moments, it is a love story that involves climbing; in its spectacular moments it is an unsurpassed climbing film that sweeps everything before it..."
Stone Country - Full Review.

International
We will be distributing in US, Canada, Europe, Japan and Australia. Potential distributors and retailers can contact us here. A North American version (NTSC) is now available from our distributor Vista Cerro Productions. All DVDs will have subtitle view options in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian.

Cordee is the UK distributor of our DVDs.

Full Credits

For Media, an electronic press kit is available here.

The DVD extras include many of MacLeods other hard ascents from the year including bouldering font 8bs, Sport f8b+ and f8b solo!

Film length 42 minutes
Extras 35 minutes
Price £ 18.99

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Synopsis
All Mixed Up is a gripping tale of two female climbers from Scotland as they push their limits to see if they have what it takes in the spectacular Canadian Rockies. Tackling some of the steepest and toughest routes in the country, their roller coaster ride of self-questioning and sheer bloody-mindedness dressed up as determination is an inspirational story of success in the hard world of winter mixed climbing.

Fiona Murray, released from her day job in Edinburgh, spends a full winter season in the snow and ice working increasingly difficult routes. In contrast, Flo Babolat is on a flying visit and has just one short week to realise her ambitions. Share in their frustrations and achievements as their efforts culminate in the hardest ascents by a British female.

Also featuring a cute wee dog.

Also includes 'Fools With Tools'
Fools with Tools is a fast flowing climbing film which doesn't take itself too seriously. The film focuses on the efforts of a group of relatively unremarkable but determined climbers from Edinburgh and their attempts to repeat Scott Muir's dry tooling test piece Fast and Furious. The film follows the fools from their indoor training, past the easier warm up routes, to finally show their attempts on Fast and Furious itself. It combines a self-deprecating sense of humour with genuine human emotion that surfaces when climbers push themselves to their own physical and mental limits.

"Splendid film... a saga of rock lust and training obsession... just the right tone of self-parody and quirkiness"
- Colin Wells, Climb Magazine.

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