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Filmmaker Alastair Lee turns the camera on himself in this deep introspective story of triumph through adversity. Perceived as a successful man with the perfect life, Al experiences unexpectedly dark times. Fearing he will lose everything, we watch a man on the brink claw his way from despair, using climbing and training to find peace and salvation. Having never been the greatest of climbers, Al demolishes his inner punter – attempting to fulfil his potential by setting his sights on routes he’s spent 30 years avoiding.
Transcript
00:11Wyddup is my spiritual home. It's the first rock I ever climbed some 30 years ago. The discovery of rock
00:18climbing set my life on an incredible course. It gave me a sense of purpose and direction that I needed
00:25as a young man.
00:26But we don't need a lot. I love the feeling of moving on rock. I kind of enjoyed getting scared
00:35and dealing with that. And by default you end up in the world's most beautiful places. It just brought so
00:43much to life.
00:53Then something happened that made me lose all interest in this. And in everything else in my life. In fact,
00:59it made me lose interest in living full stop.
01:04The Christmas of 2022 came along. It gave me just about the worst present I could imagine.
01:09Oh, I'm very scared. Why not? I'm coming off here. Come on, mate. Oh, fucking no way.
01:20Heartbreak. The trauma of a family breakup tore my life apart. Shit. I was pretty screwed. And I feared this
01:31could be the end of me. I'm filmmaker Alastair Lee.
01:34I hate myself. And this time I turned the camera on myself. I'm not gonna die. As I work back
01:40from the depths of hell.
01:42By climbing rocks.

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