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2000
John Catto
(United States)
Videographer John Catto
recently won an Emmy for his work behind the camera on a National Geographic EXPLORER
television segment, "Hitting the Wall," which documented a 23-day climb of Great
Sail Peak on Baffin Island in Canada's far north. Catto was named winner of
"Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft in News and Documentary Programming -
Electronic Cameraperson."
Catto, owner of Basalt's Alpenglow Productions, was part of the
seven-person climbing team sponsored by National Geographic and outdoor
equipment manufacturer The North Face to make the first ascent ever of
Great Sail Peak, an isolated, sheer-sided, ice-cut granite mountain that
towers 5,300 feet above sea level.
Catto, who lives in Basalt with his wife, Jennifer, and two children, is no
stranger to capturing adventures on film. He has also traveled to remote
places in Iceland and Myanmar for National Geographic Television. Currently
airing on cable's TBS Superstation is Catto's camera work on a National
Geographic documentary about the lost tombs of the Peruvian Cloud People;
the Peru expedition is also featured in the September issue of National
Geographic. Catto's next assignment brings him to Tibet to follow three
elite climbers from The North Face as they attempt to summit three sacred
unclimbed peaks in the former Kingdom of Muli.
Catto's other film projects include JUMP!, a documentary about tower
jumping in the Czech Republic, produced by his own Alpenglow films. Catto
has also served as a Discovery Channel/Outdoor Life Network cameraperson
for the elite adventure race Eco-Challenge in Canada (which was
Emmy-nominated) and Argentina.
The television documentary, "Hitting the Wall" aired in January on TBS.
Mountaineer Greg Child and photographer Gordon Wiltsie recount the Great
Sail Peak expedition in the January 1999 issue of National Geographic.
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