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Natalie Berry is one of the UK’s top female sport climbers, with an impressive career in competition climbing. But despite growing up in Scotland—home to some of the world’s best traditional and winter climbing—she had never ventured into the mountains. Transition follows Natalie over the course of a year as she steps out of her comfort zone, learning the art of traditional climbing, winter mountaineering, and skiing under the mentorship of renowned Scottish climber Dave MacLeod.
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00:15After about 12 or 13 years of mainly being an indoor climber, I think I'd just like to
00:20do something different. I've lived in Scotland for almost all my life. I just wanted to be
00:27able to access the mountains. Britain has got a rich heritage of tri-climbers. I would
00:35like to take part in that. You've got to feel comfortable climbing at your limits above dodgy
00:45gear placements. I think I was thrown in at the deep end.
01:03In a handful of tri-climbers, you have to have that ability to just push into the reds.
01:10Winter climbing is such a different game to any other type of climbing. It couldn't be
01:15more different from going to the climbing wall. I think quite a lot of winter climbers probably
01:22question what they're doing, like, on every pitch.
01:25I think I'll be en route.
01:26Nice.
01:27Yeah.
01:47Whoa.
01:48Whoa.
01:49Whoa.
01:50Whoa.
01:51Whoa.
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01:52Whoa.
01:52Whoa.
01:53Whoa.
01:53Whoa.
01:55Whoa.
01:59Sit.

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