El Sendero Luminoso: Footage from Honnold’s Free Solo
Footage from Alex Honnold’s free solo of El Sendero Luminoso (V 5.12d), El Potrero Chico, Mexico.
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Cheyne Lempe Breaks 21-Year Record on Salathe Wall
In just over 20 hours on November 6 and 7, Cheyne Lempe rope soloed the Salathe Wall (VI 5.9 A2, 2,900′, Frost-Prett-Robbins, 1961) of El Capitan, the fastest solo ascent of the route yet made. Shortly after finishing the climb, Lempe produced an edit of his time alone on the wall.
Three Shoes: Words and Images of an Austrian Solo
New Zealander Iain Burgon had climbed the Roggspitze a number of times before, but never alone and with a camera. Herein, his edit of the experience.
Will Gadd Climbs Newfoundland Choss Towers
Seeking the landscape captured in a friend’s photo, Will Gadd and Sarah Hueniken travel to Newfoundland’s coastal sea stacks, an area little known to climbers (perhaps for good reason).
Ulvetanna: The Last Great Climb
Filmmaker Alastair Lee gives you a preview of his 2013 film “The Last Great Climb” Featuring Leo Houlding, Sean “Stanley” Leary, Jason Pickles and Chris Rabone during their first ascent of the Northeast Ridge of Ulvetanna (5.12 A2, 1750m) in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. Dreams become reality for this group of climbers as they ascend…
The Moments Make The Journey
Mike Libecki, Ethan Pringle, Angie Payne and the 3 String Productions crew hit the road and waterways to the remote Kangertitivatsiaq Fjord in Greenland late last year. A habitual expedition climber, Libecki introduced remote wall climbing to Pringle, who spend most of the year at competitions and better-established sport climbing and bouldering areas.
Fortune Favors the Brave
National rowing champion at the University of Washington and world-traveling American Alpine Institute guide Tad McCrea takes us through a journey of his most recent climbing adventures in Alaska, Patagonia and various parts of North America.
Ham and Eggs
Last month and on the heels of unforgiving winter conditions, Dustin Byrne and Tad McCrea landed at the Mountain House in the Ruth Gorge. Prior to their arrival, temperatures had dropped below -30 degrees Fahrenheit. Deep snow and overhanging mushrooms stalled several team efforts to reach the top of the infamous Mooses Tooth massif.
The Pursuit: Norway Ice Climbing
The Pursuit” chronicles two trips to the land of the midnight sun. “The movie is very much self shot,” says Aaron Mulkey, “I wanted to keep the sense of adventure in the film.”
Trio Attempts Unrepeated Russian Route on the Eiger
Earlier this month, Neil Chelton, Ross Kain and Andy Kirkpatrick attempted the second ascent of the Russian Direttissima (EX: 5.10- 100 degrees, 1800m, Arkhipov-Dmitrienko-Malygin-Tsyganov, 2006) on the Eiger’s north face, and produced this video. They turned back in warm conditions on the A5 pitch…
Davis and Richard Seek Forgotten Lines in Canyonlands National Park
An exciting video of Steph Davis and Mario Richard BASE jumping and then climbing a Steve Hong and Steve Carruthers’ route, Glad To Be A Trad (5.13a, 50m), in Canyonlands National Park, Utah. According to Desert Rock: Rock Climbing in the National Parks, written by Eric Bjornstad, the line climbs a right-facing dihedral to a thin crack on the upper face of the canyon wall.
An Aerial View of Ice Climbing in Iceland’s West Fjord
Aerial footage of Dawn Glanc and Tim Emmett climbing in Iceland’s West Fjord gives us a new perspective on big ice routes. The wide-angle lens of the hovering aircraft shows the full context of the climb–the coast, turf houses, treeless landscape and snow-covered roads–not just the up-and-down views of typical climbing films. Within this setting, the two climbers look almost insignificant.