The Masters of Stone series has returned with a sixth volume – faster, harder,
bolder and newer, the film features Dean Potter, Hans Florine, Steph Davis
plus many more. Speed record on El Capitan, high-ball Bouldering, speed free
solo racing, the world’s highest slackline; it’s all here plus a double
feature bonus – 20 Years of Stone – and an eye-opening session with Timmy
O’Neill.
Yuji Hirayama and Hans Florine set a new speed record on the Nose of El
Capitan in Yosemite. Leaving all the common practices and protections of
climbing behind, they simo-climb mind-bendingly fast, stretching their lead-
outs by 60, 80, even 150 feet at a time as the crowd screams, ‹GO!› from
below. This is the Super Bowl, Olympics, and Boston Marathon of rock climbing,
all rolled into one. Here’s how they broke the record at 2:43:33 on 2900
vertical feet of the world’s finest rock.
Kevin Jorgeson puts up one of the most stunning highball boulder problems in
the world at Lake Tahoe, California.
Sean Jones adds a new inspiration rating to his first ascents on Half Dome and
Ribbon Falls.
BASE jumping way too close to the ground, parkour on rock, free-soloing, roped
free-falling and many more breakthroughs-
More than any other sport, rock climbing continually redefines its rules and
resets its limits. Yesterday’s ‹impossible,› becomes today’s warm-up as
advances in mental and physical mastery combine to break new ground.
Every few years the MASTERS OF STONE series delivers a new episode that
captures these breakthroughs in a tasty mix of music, character, commentary
and, above all, visual action.