Intimacy and Distance

Conceived, directed and produced by Ed Baxter. Co-produced by Chris Weaver. Over five hours boulder-champion Gaz Parry and relative novice Kate Mills climb the forbidding cliff face of the Col d’Ifac, Alicante, while veteran soloist Jim Perrin meditates on the meaning of climbing from a studio in Caudeval, France. Gaz can't hear Jim. Jim can't hear Gaz. The two meet only in radio, on an equal footing with the production team and the listener. A long-form collage of spaces, experiences and tones. Engineers: Chris Weaver, Nick Hamilton, Bob Drake, Michael Sinden. Commissioned by Radia.