BMCTV film Operation Moffat has been shortlisted in the imagery category for the Women’s Sport Trust #BeAGameChanger awards. Operation Moffat takes inspiration and wit from the colourful climbing life of Britain’s first female mountain guide Gwen Moffat – now 91 years old. Read more »
There’s been a buzz coming from BMC TV. Imagine the sound of bare feet rasping over grit, cold water scraping the lungs, the sarcastic sigh of a 92 year-wise mountain woman considering another stupid question. This is the sound of Operation Moffat. Read more »
“Doctors aren’t always right; sometimes they write you off,” says Emily Ward, the star of Patience, a BMC TV film. And she should know: overcoming injury after injury, and breast cancer, Emily has kept on reaching for summits. Read more »
A BMC TV commissioned film by Jen Randall has just won the Channel 4-sponsored Best Short Film prize at Kendal Mountain Festival. We talked to Jen Randall, currently on cloud nine, to find out more. Read more »
Jen Randall is a rising star in British outdoor filmmaking. As her long-awaited new film, Project Mina, is set to be unveiled at the Women's Climbing Symposium on 27 September, we asked Claire Jane Carter to track Jen down, drag her out from the dark side of the lens and find out just what makes her tick. Read more »
Over 130 pitches of climbing up to E6 6c, 23.6 miles of off-road running between 17 crags and 22hrs 36mins of sweating. Who on Earth would want to climb all the Brown and Whillans routes in East and Western Grit in a day? Sarah Stirling talks to Tom Randall about his monster day out with Pete Whittaker on Tuesday. Read more »
'Offwidth crack': a phrase to strike fear into the heart of most climbers. Often painful and hard work, their murky delights have been left behind by modern climbing. But Tom Randall thinks it's time you investigated this almost-forgotten art. Read more »
The Second International "Trad" Climbing Meeting, organized by the Club Alpino Accademico Italiano (CAAI), will take place from the 16th-22nd September 2012. Read more »
Italy's first International Trad climbing meet was organised by Mauro Penasa. It was held in the Orco valley Torino from the 19th to the 25th of September 2010. The BMC was represented by Lucy Creamer and Tom Randall. Read more »
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