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URBAN CLIMBER MAG VIDEOS
Bouldering, sport and trad climbing videos, trailers and teasers by the best cinemagicians in the vertical world.
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 Andy Parkin: "Life in adaptation" - TrailerBy Pip Piper / bluehippomedia.com - The 30 minute documentary, shot over 2 years by Blue Hippo Media and Weekday Productions, provides a powerful insight to the life of a remarkable man who, in 1984, suffered a near fatal Alpine climbing accident. Many then believed Andy’s love affair with the mountains to be over. Read More.  2008 Yangshuo Climbing FestivalVideo courtesy of Black Diamond Equipment - More than 350 climbers from 15 countries and more than half the provinces in China came together the First Annual The North Face/Black Diamond Yangshuo Climbing Festival was held from October 31 through November 2 in and around the town of Yangshuo in Southeast China’s Guangxi Province. Yangshuo’s endless chain of limestone karst towers spread amongst the surrounding rivers and farmland provided a surreal backdrop to the weekend’s events. READ MORE.  The First Ascent of French Duke (E9 7a)Video by Alastair Lee and Adam Lincoln - In this video Jordan Buys makes the first ascent of the ultra-modern gritstone testpiece French Duke (E9 7a), which consists of a Font 7c+ boulder problem high above marginal gear. Buys spent 10 days dialing the slopey arête moves before finally sending the risky headpoint. French Duke is located at Earl Crag, Yorkshire, UK. For more info visit: PosingProductions.com  Crack Addict TeaseA film by Ian Bergeron - An interview with Montreal climber Jean-Pierre "Peewee" Ouellet and footage on two hard cracks in Quebec: Toit de Ben (5.13a) and En attendant que ça séche (5.12+/5.13-). Peewee has repeated some of the hardest cracks in North America: From Switzerland with Love (5.13+), Learning to Fly (5.13+), Desert Gold (5.13), Sphinx Crack (5.13b/c) and established his own La Zebreé (5.14a). Click Here to watch the 13:30 minute video courtesy of EscaladeQuebec.com  Heart of Stone TrailerA new film by Andrew Kornylak and Josh Fowler / akornphoto.com — See the premiere at the Triple Crown finale on December 5-6 in Chattanooga, TN. The focus of the film is Climbing Access in the Southeast. In addition to the release, attendees will have an opportunity to listen to discussions lead by leading climber/activists Lisa Rands, Tommy Caldwell, Beth Rodden-Caldwell, and Kevin Jorgeson. For more info visit: triplecrownbouldering.com  Call it what you want - Official Trailer
Call it what you want follows Kendal climber, George Ullrich, as he tests himself over a year, at home in the UK and further afield. We see him climb Lake District testpieces, skip the bolts on The Bachar-Yerian, nail Californian first ascents and solo above the ocean in Mallorca.  Leah Crane on Ben's Roof (V10)
Leah Crane, 19 from Sheffield, England has recently made an ascent of the Raven Tor classic boulder problem Ben's Roof (Font 7c+ or V10). It took Leah a sustained effort over a two week period, including a few nightime sessions after work with a headlamp.  The Magic Wood, Switzerland
Join Philipp Hrozek, Ulrike, Korger, Elisabeth Flassbeck and few others on a journey to Switzerland's Magic Wood boulders. Problems featured in this video are the massive roof of Unendlich Geschichte (8a+), the Riverbed (8b), Enterprise Traverse (7a+), and Electric Boogie (8a+).  Nor'easter - Kevin Jorgeson on Feeding FrenzyKevin Jorgeson boulders Feeding Frenzy, a steep 5.13d sport route at Rumney, New Hampshire. Music by State Radio. The Nor'easter powered by Eastern Mountain Sports is a weekend-long festival of music, sport, and conservation happening September 26-28, 2008 at Tenney Mountain in Plymouth, NH. Visit: noreasterems.com  Nor'easter - Kevin Jorgeson boulders The FlyKevin Jorgeson boulders The Fly, a wicked hard 5.14d/V14 sport route (or boulder problem) at Rumney, New Hampshire. Music by BassNectar. The Nor'easter powered by Eastern Mountain Sports is a weekend-long festival of music, sport, and conservation happening September 26-28, 2008 at Tenney Mountain in Plymouth, NH. Visit: noreasterems.com  2008 Reel Rock Film Tour TrailerDuring September and October, The 2008 REEL ROCK Tour will be thrilling crowds from New Paltz to Cape Town and dozens of points in between with the best climbing and outdoor adventure films of the year. Hightlights include: REEL ROCK Filmmaking Competition Winners, Grand Canyon Walls, The Sharp End, South Africa, The Aerialist, and On Sight. For more info visit: www.reelrocktour.com  Koh Tao — Adventure Climbing in ThailandBy Nathan Cando / FanaticalFilms.com - Experience the intensity and beauty that is Thailand; the most popular budget-friendly climbing destination in the world! Follow four young climbers Levente Pinter, Alley Dorey, Isaac Caldiero, and Abbey Smith as they travel and climb their way throughout “The land of good karma”.  Sierra Segment Trailer - Call it what you want
A film by Dave Gill - The Sierra Nevada Range in California hosts some of the most alluring and respected rock rutes in the world. Call it what you want takes an indepth plunge into the intricate topics and controversies that surround the idea of ‘true’ climbing through the eyes of well known, and lesser-known, figures in the climbing world.  Leah Crane on Doctor Crimp and Autopilot - Chironico, Switzerland
Videos by Chris Moran - British boulderer Leah Crane cranks out Autopilot (7b+ / V8) and Doctor Crimp (7c / V9) on the granite of Chironico, Switzerland. This dedicated 19-year-old has been climbing for most of her life (13 years), has been competing for seven years, and lives in Sheffield, England. Visit her blog for more  Street Fighter - Priest Draw, ArizonaTwo chicas, Carrie Cooper and Jill Church work out the moves and send Street Fighter (V7), a 22 move traverse on the perfect limestone pockets of Priest Draw, near Flagstaff Arizona. A Shoot From the Hip Production  The Sharp End TrailerBy Peter Mortimer and Nick Rosen / senderfilms.com — Enter the danger zone with legendary climbers Tommy Caldwell, Steph Davis, Matt Segal, Lisa Rands, Ammon McNeely, Alex Honnold, Chris McNamara, Dean Potter, Renan Ozturk, Jonny Copp and many others.  A Segment Preview - Bachar-Yerian (5.11c R)
Filmed and edited by Dave Gill - Photography by Neil Gill - In this clip from Call It What You Want George Ullrich and Mason Earle are attempting to climb the Bachar-Yerian (5.11c R) on Medlicott Dome in Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, CA without any fixed protection — only natural gear placements.  Fred Rouhling on Salamandre (9a+/5.15a)Video by Matthieu Raffier — Rouhling found this lost "unclimbable" project at Saint Pierre en Faucigny in the beautiful French Alps. The ultra-technical vertical limestone face's crux comes at 60 feet and involves a vicious move off a one centimeter hold. Raffier also shows Rouhling on some inspiring training sequences, two bouldering sessions and a redpoint of Tequila Sunrise (8c/5.14b) .  Andy Parkin - "A Life in Adaptation" Trailer“A Life in Adaptation” - looks at the life of the Sheffield lad who found himself naturally drawn to the nearby moorland crags. There he encountered his first ‘real’ rock climbers. Inspired, he dedicated all of his attention to climbing, funding what became a nomadic existence through a variety of climbing-related jobs, anything that would get him to the crags. READ MORE about the film  Perfecto - Rock Climbing Above the Sea TrailerPerfecto is a Mike Call Film starring Katie Brown, Ethan Pringle, Chuck Fryberger, Boone Speed and more. Among Mallorca’s fragrant almond groves, famed nightclubs and speedo-sporting Eurotourists, limestone cliffs rise from the sea like sentinels, their steep pockets beckoning to climbers the world over. See Perfecto in Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco and Boulder July, 2008. For more information visit: www.perfectothemovie.com |
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