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Feature film — 1985

Lakeland Rock - Raven Crag: Closing the Gap (1985)

10.00h 45mDocumentary

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Jill Lawrence and Gill Price, members of the women's climbing club Pinnacle Club, made the first female ascents of difficult routes, laying the foundations for what would develop in the 1980s. In 1984, in the Lake District, Gill Price and Jill Lawrence were filmed climbing Empire E3 6a at Raven Crag, Thirlmere, for a Channel 4 program, Lakeland Rock, with Chris Bonington, broadcast on Channel 4 on 25 May 1985. This event marked a turning point in British women's climbing, as few, if any, women appeared on television climbing difficult sport routes.

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Director: Paul Berriff

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Cast & crew

Jill Lawrence as Self

Jill Lawrence

Self

Gill Price as Self

Gill Price

Self

Chris Bonington as Narrator

Chris Bonington

Narrator

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