Rich Heap Profile

Name: Rich Heap

Age: 33

Profession: Filmmaker (!)

Number of years climbing: 13 years, started in 1988 whilst at Salford Uni.

Favourite crag and why?
Maybe the Tor (Ravens Tor) or Buoux just because I have the most memories there.

Favourite bouldering area and why?
Favourite area has to be Font, cos. it¹s so extensive, has improbable slopers and it always feels like you¹re on holiday when you go there, which is adding up to be about three times a year of late. The place I go to most is, at the moment, Stanage Plantation just cos. it¹s so close to home and is great to escape to at 5 in the afternoon. During the making of 'Stick It' most memorable areas were Glen Nevis (cos. I really needed a dose of the mountains at the time), the Bowderstone (couldn¹t believe I hadn¹t met it¹s steepness before) and Wales in general, the joy of the trips coming out in the footage I think. The grit in Yorkshire is also bloody good too.

Favourite film?
Don¹t really have a favourite film, don¹t seem to watch them more than once and none stand out as having changed my life. I remember them mostly for the time I saw them. Well into Indie American scene (Oliver Stone, Todd Soldonz, Neil La Brute) and the English equivalent Shane Meadows. Just like the idea of guerrilla seat of your pants filmmaking.

Favourite band or album?
Probably Belle and Sebastian's - are you feeling sinister. At least this week. Geez I¹m not very good at committing.

What was the last book you read and did you enjoy it?
Last two books were Tony Parsons - 'Man And Boy' (all right but not as good as the Nick Hornby book, 'About A Boy', that covers the same ground) and Earnest Hemmingway¹s 'The Old Man And The Sea' which was awesome.