Neil Bentley
Neil came to Sheffield Uni in '87 to study rock climbing, culminating in the first E10 on gritstone just 5 miles outside the city (Equilibrium, 2000).
He has starred in three award winning climbing films, Hard Grit; Blood, Sweat and Bagels and Equilibrium. Highlights include climbing stunt double to Matt Damon (The Bourne Identity, 2001); keeping Jonny Depp out of the chocolate river (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2005), and doubling for Dennis Waterman (Where the Heart is xmas Special!).
His passions continue to include climbing, racing his road bike up extreme hills, running off road in the beautiful Peak District, surfing on Yorkshires superb East coast reefs and watching great films at ShAFF!
www.foundryclimbing.com - Both Sheffield's and the UK's original large scale indoor climbing centre, providing excellent climbing for all abilities and ages.
