The Asgard Project

The Asgard Project – Session 4 (Friday, October 8, 7-10pm)

UK, Baffin Island, 2009, 65 minutes

Director/Producer: Alastair Lee

“The Asgard Project is a ground breaking film which follows top climber and Berghaus sponsored athlete Leo Houlding’s ambitious expedition to make the first free ascent of Mt Asgard’s daunting north face – regarded as one of the most difficult big walls in the world. Working with leading film maker Alastair Lee the film premiered at the Kendal Mountain Festival on 20th November.

For most of the year the fjords on Baffin Island are filled with frozen sea ice, but for a short period in the summer the ice melts and with 24 hours of daylight the area becomes a climbers paradise with mile high granite walls and amazing scenery.

To reach Mount Asgard top climbers Leo Houlding, Sean ‘Stanley’ Leary and fellow Berghaus athlete Carlos Suarez sky dive into the heart of Baffin Island, in the Arctic Circle, whilst the film and rigging crew take on the grueling 5-day trek carrying 30kg packs. The story gets off to a spectacular start as the plot twists and unforeseen problems come thick and fast in this unrelenting epic. Once the team commit to the wall the drama only increases…”

Website:  http://www.theasgardproject.com/

Awards:

Best Mountaineering Film,  4th International Mountain Film Festival (Slovenia 2010)

Best Film Overall,  Squamish Mountain Festival (BC 2010)