The Long Hope is the story of Britain's hardest sea cliff route, The Long Hope Route, on St. John's Head, Hoy. This particular story has three parts, starting with Ed Drummond and Oliver Hill's first ascent of the route in 1970, followed by John Arran and Dave Turnbull's ascent of the route (with a small variation) in 1997 and culminating in the first full free ascent of the direct line by Dave MacLeod in 2011.