Weekly Watchlist - Week 6 - ShAFF

North of Known

A paragliding traverse of the Alaska Range

A glorious, truly epic tale of surviving an extremely challenging flight over Alaska. A dramatic, exciting story with great characters. Also, some great fishing action!

Paul Hodgson Music Judge

What an incredible film probably the biggest Adventure in the festival must watch for this festival.

Ed Birch Director of Salt-Street productions

Another hero of longevity.

Claire Carter Writer, Film Officer for Kendal Mountain Festival, 'Creative Consultant'.

2015 National Geographic Adventurer of the Year Gavin McClurg is back with one of the most absurd and preposterous expeditions that has ever been undertaken- a full unsupported traverse of the Alaska Range by foot and paraglider. The expedition has been a dream for Gavin and was planned over a six year period. But no one has flown this far north in Alaska and the protagonists have no idea if it is even possible. Using nothing but their wings and dogged perseverance, and filmed by a skeleton crew in one of the most vicious and inhospitable places on Earth Gavin and his partner Dave Turner struggle through a vast frontier that has way more Grizzlies than people, no infrastructure, brutal weather and their own difference of opinions. The viewer is enveloped into the team's world of ice and snow, and they are treated with a tumultuous but eventually successful journey through one of the most visually stunning places in the world. A Red Bull Media House production, filmed and edited by ReelWaterProductions.

Guilt Trip

The Salomon team is feeling guilty. They travel the globe in search of snow while the climate continues to change.

The only thing greater than this group of skier's desire to claim a first ski descent on Greenland's second highest peak, Mont Forel, is the size of their carbon footprint to get there. Loaded with guilt, they bring along renowned climate scientist, Alun Hubbard, to gather data to help determine how much the Greenland ice sheet is contributing to global sea level rise. The entire expedition is threatened, however, when they arrive in Greenland to record warm temperatures for the Arctic and discover their objective is beyond the range of all available aircraft.

Boys In The Bugs

Matt Segal and Will Stanhope have spent a decade climbing the world's hardest cracks. Now they travel deep into the Canadian wilderness to the infamous Bugaboo Mountains where they are looking for the ultimate next-level crack climb.

Matt Segal and Will Stanhope have spent a decade climbing the world's hardest cracks. Crack climbing is a bold, traditionalist discipline in which climbers “jam” their hands, feet and even entire bodies into cracks, while skillfully protecting themselves from a fall by placing their own removable gear in the rock. In an age of elite athletes, fad diets and training regimes, Matt and Will harken back to the old school of climbing, where guts and spirit make up for their lack of planning and healthy lifestyle. Now they travel deep into the Canadian wilderness to the infamous Bugaboo Mountains where they are looking for the ultimate next-level crack climb – following a long, thin break in the rock so narrow that only the tips of their fingers fit inside. It’s the beginning of an epic, multi-year quest that will change their lives.

Danny McAskill's Wee Day Out

Want to see what Danny MacAskill does on his day off?

If you're a Shaff regular you'll have high expectations for a Danny MacAskill film – fortunately his Wee Day Out doesn't disappoint. Packed with innovative new stunts, beautiful Scottish vistas and a suitably high production value this is one to get your stoke on and think about how you can get better at falling off.

Zena Toscani

Viral for a reason, don't miss this on the big screen.

Claire Carter Writer, Film Officer for Kendal Mountain Festival, 'Creative Consultant'.

"Wee Day Out" explores the rural landscape around Scotland in a film that sets out to capture the simple fun of a ride in the country with moments of incredible riding and a touch of humor. Danny pulls off never-seen-before tricks, most of which would normally be assumed impossible on a mountain bike, like leaping onto a single train track, turning a hay bale into a giant unicycle, riding over a cottage, and disappearing into a 6ft puddle. Oh, and keep an eye out for a cameo from Danny's dad, Peter!

Song: ’National Express' performed by Divine Comedy, Written by Neil Hannon, Published by Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd. Courtesy of Divine Comedy Records UK Ltd

Mt. Marathon

One of the oldest, fastest, hardest, toughest… and shortest mountain races in the world.

Every 4th of July thousands of people descend on the small harbour town of Seward, Alaska to witness one of the oldest, fastest, hardest, toughest… and shortest mountain races in the world. For years, Rickey Gates has been churning out war stories and legends of the annual Mount Marathon Race to anyone that would listen. In 2015, in the race’s centenary year, Kilian and Emelie finally did.