Cast
Jill Lawrence
Self
Gill Price
Self
Chris Bonington
Narrator
Crew
Paul Berriff
Director
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Lakeland Rock - Raven Crag: Closing the Gap
Documentary
Lakeland Rock - Raven Crag: Closing the Gap
1985
0:45
★ 10
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In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Jill Lawrence and Gill Price, members of the women's climbing club Pinnacle Club, made the first female ascents of difficult routes, laying the foundations for what would develop in the 1980s. In 1984, in the Lake District, Gill Price and Jill Lawrence were filmed climbing Empire E3 6a at Raven Crag, Thirlmere, for a Channel 4 program, Lakeland Rock, with Chris Bonington, broadcast on Channel 4 on 25 May 1985. This event marked a turning point in British women's climbing, as few, if any, women appeared on television climbing difficult sport routes.