Niall Grimes at Kendal

Posted by Niall Grimes on 15/12/2010
Niall tackles Kenton Cool.

Our man Niall Grimes was at Kendal Film Festival this year - taking on big stars of the climbing world in front of the camera.

Niall got up close with 'rock stars' such as Ron Fawcett, Steve McClure, Martin Boysen, Kenton Cool and Leo Houlding.

View all the interviews on the planetfear site

Filmed and edited by pF's editor Dave MacFarlane.

 




 



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