The Story of William Chan and The Lama Crag

(FULL-LENGTH FILM: 13 mins)

▎攀岩，攀岩，什麼是攀岩？

一般人會覺得攀岩就是一種非常危險運動，人類挑戰極限，或者是挑戰高峰等；也有人說只不過是力量，只要力大就能攀岩；也有人説攀岩是一種生活態度，是一種你喜歡做的事情。究竟答案是什麼? 我也不知道。我曾經聽說一個故事，有兩個攀岩的外國人，一起去中國挑戰一條200米左右的Mulit Putch (多段式），完成後下山，突然之間，有一個農夫走過來跟他們說，這個山的旁邊，有一條山道可以走路上山頂，你們為什麼這麼辛苦要攀爬上去呢？兩個外國人不知怎樣回答。 究竟攀岩是什麼？

▎上一套紀錄片(第六集)，已經是半年前，今次出品的短片名叫 6.87 INCHES，故事講述爬石人William 把工作辭掉，離開老家香港，世界各地到處旅遊攀岩，之後為了生活，回來香港努力工作賺錢。同一時間，Willam 聽說有一條很特別的Off-Width 路線，比較少見，於是他就下定決心去挑戰。徘徊在生活與夢想之間的他，究竟最後能不能完成呢？希望這個短片裏面，能夠樣大家找到答案。

 I directed this film, 6.87 INCHES, after my friend William tell me there is a very special crack climbing route in Hong Kong call “Lama Crack”, me and William know each other for many years, I know him work so hard for earn money for travel/climb around the world. On the other hand, I watch couple of climbers climb the Lama Crack and can not finish it, I realise that this route is special and definitely not for the beginner climbers. So i have decided to shoot / record how William finish this route in between work, training and climb. 

To make this short film, I wanted the viewer to experience how special the climber’s life is, sacrifice things to finish one goal.

CLIMBING DOCUMENTARY PROJECT

KAREN CHAN PHOTOGRAPHY

TRAVEL4CLIMB

故事 STORY

TONY CHEUNG

特別鳴謝 SPECIAL THANKS

ANGEL LIU

ANGEL WONG

ROCKY LOK

CHRISTOPH BODE

BEN WOO

CLIMBER LAND CLIMBING GYM

IAN HO

MAN KIN KWOK

TSZ SAN LAM

照片及影片提供 Extra PHOTOS AND VIDEOS

ALEX RESHIKOV

CHRISTOPHER MILLER

JOEL YATMAN YIU

PETER CHAN

SUKMOO LEE

WINNIE IEONG

WONG KWOK LUEN

特別協助PRODUCTION ADVISOR

SUMMER SU

拍攝 CAMERAS

KAREN CHAN

TONY CHEUNG

音樂 MUSIC

Howling At The Moon BY Fine Us 

Magic Forest BY Itamar Doari

Awake East Africa BY Hans Johnson

Clarity BY Ian Post

Counting The Money BY Ian Post

A New Day BY Lane King

Ancient Sailing BY Ziv-Moran

後期製作 POST-PRODUCTION

KAREN CHAN

TONY CHEUNG

剪接 EDITING

TONY CHEUNG

特別效果 PHOTO SPECIAL EFFECTS

KAREN CHAN 

翻译 TRANSLATION

JI YUN

JESSICA WONG