High Hazard

Where mountaineers are made.

Overview

Britain's first complete rock climbing film, by Stanley Watson. A film about climbing in the Lakes. Norah Johnstone, a teacher at Keswick Grammar School and later Watson's wife, starred as a Victorian climber. The film includes footage of Stanley Watson himself climbing Kern Knotts blindfolded and a young girl, Vivian Verity, whose first climb at aged 9 was up Napes Needle. Stanley Watson is a keystone in the history of British climbing. He established the British Mountain Guides Organisation in 1930.

Top Cast

George Abraham

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Stanley Watson

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Vivian Verity

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Jerry Wright

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Helen Johnstone

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Norah Watson

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Dunbar Usher

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Le Breton Martin

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