High Hazard

Name: High Hazard
Genre: Adventure, Documentary
Duration: 18 min
Cast: George Abraham, Stanley Watson, Vivian Verity, Jerry Wright, Helen Johnstone

"Where mountaineers are made"Movie

StarringGeorge AbrahamStanley WatsonVivian Verity

DirectorStanley Watson

NR 18 minAdventure, Documentary

Plot

Britain's first complete rock climbing film, by Stanley Watson. A film about climbing in the Lakes. Norah Johnstone, a teacher at Keswick Grammar School and later Watson's wife, starred as a Victorian climber. The film includes footage of Stanley Watson himself climbing Kern Knotts blindfolded and a young girl, Vivian Verity, whose first climb at aged 9 was up Napes Needle. Stanley Watson is a keystone in the history of British climbing. He established the British Mountain Guides Organisation in 1930.

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