At the VIMFF, I ran into Rob Wood who made the first British ascent of the Nose of El Capitan in 1968. He asked me to publish the movie of their historical Baffin Island Expedition in 1971. Here it is with some background info.
“A Dangerous Alternative”
1971
Filmed and edited by Mick Burke
Sound editing by Gunnar Stromsholm
Produced by John Player & Sons, Nottingham,
Summary:
“Eight young mountaineers went to look for an alternative to modern society by climbing on the Baffin Island wilderness in the Canadian Arctic in 1971.”
Climbers:
Pat Baird, Ray Gillies, Dennis Heneck, Phil Koch, Guy Lee, Doug Scott, Steve Smith, Rob Wood
Music from “King Crimson”:
Epitaph
In the Court of the Crimson King
I talk to the wind
Moonchild (the dream and illusion)
