The Asgard Project.

The Asgard Project is a ground breaking film which follows top climber and Berghaus sponsored athlete Leo Houlding's ambitious expedition to make the first free ascent of Mt Asgard's daunting north face - regarded as one of the most difficult big walls in the world.

For most of the year the fjords on Baffin Island are filled with frozen sea ice, but for a short period in the summer the ice melts and with 24 hours of daylight the area becomes a climbers paradise with mile high granite walls and amazing scenery.

To reach Mount Asgard top climbers Leo Houlding, Sean 'Stanley' Leary and fellow Berghaus athlete Carlos Suarez sky dive into the heart of Baffin Island, in the Arctic Circle, whilst the film and rigging crew take on the gruelling 5 day trek carrying 30kg packs. The story gets off to a spectacular start as the plot twists and unforeseen problems come thick and fast in this unrelenting epic.

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What critics said:

  • "The only two words that come to mind are 'Bloody Hell!'. What sheer guts and courage. Absolutely Brilliant! -" Richard Branson
  • "Combines sumptuous photography and jaw-dropping mountainscapes, (illustrated by) an amazing sequence of the aurora borealis towards the end of the film." - Outdoorsmagic
  • "This kind of thing doesn't come along very often." - Ed Douglas - Climber Mag
  • "It is a masterpiece of adventure filmmaking." - Planet Fear
  • "Arguably the most ambitious climbing documentary film of all time." - Dave Pickford
  • "Taking mountain film to a new level of cinematography and story telling." - LLAMFF
  • "The Asgard Project was by far and away the best film in the festival, the film makers made our job easy. It is an expedition film that watches like a blockbuster". - Festival Jury. Slovenia Mountain Film Festival