Nick Brown

Life on Hold is a UK bouldering film from Outcrop Films. It follows Britain's top climbers and visiting stars around the UK, tackling some of the highest and hardest problems around. From the tough, mentally challenging highballs on the gritstone edges, to the short, powerful, esoteric testpieces of the limestone and everything in between.

The 1980's saw climbing standards rise exponentially. At the start of the decade, 7b+ was cutting edge, but by the end of the '80s 9a was the new world standard. By the end of the decade, the sport had changed beyond recognition and a paradigm was set for future generations. A small group of climbers would do anything to climb full-time: sleeping in sheds underneath crags, shoplifting for food and clothes, and living off the dole. These climbers were living outside the rest of society and went on to become the most influential figures in the history of British climbing.

Mina Leslie-Wujastyk does battle with the epic rock climb 'Godzilla' (8b), in Waterfall Boven, South Africa. Filmed and directed by Nick Brown. Produced and edited by Jen Randall. Mina has over the past decade firmly established herself as one of the UK’s strongest female climbers. She has quickly made multiple significant female first ascents of bouldering and sport test pieces both in the UK and abroad. Mina is most well known for her prolific worldwide bouldering resume and being a real driving force behind standards in the UK for nearly a decade.

First episode of BBC's Earth's Natural Wonders: Living on the Edge. The first of two programs in which cameras explore some of the most inhospitable places on the planet and the people who live there, including a team of Sherpa roping a route up to Mount Everest, farmers fighting pitched battles to save their crops from marauding elephants on the slopes of Kilimanjaro, or conservationists trying to ensure a condor chick’s survival on Grand Canyon. In the Everest section, the film crew follows a team of Icefall Doctors, the Sherpas who are responsible for securing and making possible the route to Everest through the notorious Khumbu Icefall, while installing ropes and stairs to cross the huge crevasses of the glacier.

Tomorrow I will be gone is a documentary about bouldering that takes place in Rocklands. It was directed by Nick Brown in 2011 and produced by Outcrop Films. It features Micky Page, David Mason, Mina Leslie-Wujastyk, Lucinda Whittaker, Sam Whittaker, Scott Gibson and others.