Dringo i'r Eithaf: Climbing to the Limits
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- čas přidán 17. 08. 2020
- An emotionally-charged documentary about brilliant young Welsh rock climber, Ioan Doyle.
The film, directed by Llanberis-based filmmaker and climber Alun Hughes, portrays climber Ioan Doyle as he tackles his most challenging climbs yet during his first summer of real rock climbing.
Dringo i'r Eithaf follows Ioan (16 at the time) from Bethesda, Gwynedd, as he tackles hard trad climbs in Snowdonia, his first 8a in Kalymnos and the big walls of Yosemite Valley.
The programme also gives a vivid portrayal of Ioan's mother Catrin, who has to cope with her own fears as her son's ever-soaring ambition as a climber leads him to tackle ever more challenging climbs.
Dringo i'r Eithaf (Climbing to the Limits) was originally produced for S4C and was a programme in the Wynebau Newydd series first broadcast in 2008.
The film won multiple awards: top prize in the Tegernsee International Mountain Film Festival in Germany, the prestigious Spirit of the Festival award at the 2009 Celtic Media Festival, both The Special Jury Award and The Slovenian National Television Award at the 2009 International Mountain Film Festival held in Domzale, Slovenia and the Camera Alpine Gold Award at the Graz Film Festival in Austria.
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This is the first climbing film I've watched where the obstacle the climber needs to overcome is shit belaying! I'm in tears haha
Gri gri's should be banned.
What a beautiful film. The soul of climbing hard routes.
Lovely film, I love that it was spoken in Welsh, although I don't understand a single word.
Keep your roots
Lovely to hear a language spoken naturally that i have no experience of
Also great climbing 🤙
What a wonderful film! Thank you for the English subtitles!
Aw, man this is epic!
Thanks for posting this, climbing is my passion and this fella seems to have shit loads of it, new talent is good, keeps the vibe alive x
What a great kid 👍 brilliant film
Well done. Keep up the good work!
Just looked him up and found almost nothing. Don't know if he still climbs. He's married to a lovely gal and has a cute little toddler. Who knows what his passion may be at this point in his life.
'he has to be the best or nothing at all' maybe that was the problem.
There’s another documentary about him, think it’s linked in the description. Looks like he’s farming and climbing occasionally now!
So at the time there was no concept of "brake hand"?
She knew he wasn't going to fall ;)
@@waspgaming9077 He felt.
Be quiet
gret gweld ffilm ddringo cymraeg!
Can't help but wonder why he never went pro? Looks like he definitely had the talent
Didn't he say farming took over and it's hard to train when knackered after a day's work?
Cofio hwn fel hogyn ifanc! Un or rhesymau gesh i mewn i ddrigo
Yes Dafs, cytuno!
"His mother is literally holding him back"
Ho hum.
anyone know the route at 13:27 ?
True Clip, think it's 7b+.
Desperate for 7b+ as well!
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How to isolate your audience.... film it in a language that no one speaks....mint.
Read the subtitles.
@@HenwrMwyn i did.... But people don't like subtitles. Everyone in it speaks English perfectly.
Understand. But it was filmed over a decade ago for S4C. North Wales has always been a haven to rockclimbers and mountaineers, but as long as I remember, there are very few Welsh voices to be heard at the crag or the path - which has always amazed me as Gwynedd was around 75% Welsh speaking at the time of filming. This programme just serves as a reminder that there is a core Welsh speaking climbing community tackling notable and difficult routes. I watch videos from around the world, and it doesn't at all bother me whether its filmed in Italian, German, Nepalese, etc. As climbers, we respect the environment and acknowledge our impact on it, but the local culture and language are also part of that landscape and environment.
@@HenwrMwyn understood but my point was just, if you want to isolate the audience speaking in a language hardly anyone speaks is a good way to do it. If the film is intended to be self serving thats fine but talking in English would bring it to a much bigger audience. That's all im saying...
We'll most probably never agree on this. Personally, I express my happiness and vent my frustrations in Welsh, just like the people featured in this film. If they were asked to speak in English through out, you're in danger of losing the natural and honest feel there is to the film. Whatever language is used must stay, to ask them to speak between each other in their second language would only be for the viewer's convenience rather than give a true portrait of the individuals.