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Joe: A Profile of a Mountaineer

1968Documentary

Portrait of British mountaineer Joe Brown, who demonstrates his climbing technique and discusses his philosophy of climbing. The film was shot in and around Llanberis, where he lived, and on the cliffs of South Stack Lighthouse in Anglesey. Brown is regarded as the outstanding pioneering English rock climber of the 1950s and early 1960s. He established an unprecedented number of classic new routes in Snowdonia and the Peak District that were at the leading edge of the hardest grades. He made the first ascent of Kangchenjunga in 1955 and and other big achievements in the Alps and Himalayas.

Release1968-01-01
StatusReleased
Original languageEN
SpokenEnglish
DirectorStanley Williamson
ProductionBBC
Popularity1
TMDB ID1730932

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