In this week’s Friday Flick Pick, filmmaker Dan Cheetham gives us an intimate look into the life and role of climbing for one of the UK’s top female climbers, Mina Leslie-Wujastyk.
In this beautifully shot short, Mina reflects on challenges encountered in her life and how her relationship with climbing has been shaped during those events; both teaching her to manage expectations and adapt to the feeling of failure. As Mina prepares to take on her hardest route yet—Rainshadow (9a) in Sheffield, England—we see that those lessons magnify futher.
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