The biggest stories from the climbing world, told with humour, heart and mind
bending action. Featuring the greatest climbers of our time on the adventures
of their lives, including Alex Honnold, ChrisSharma, Adam Ondra, Conrad Anker,
Sasha DiGiulian, Jimmy Chin, Renan Ozturk, Daila Ojeda and others.
The Dura Dura: Chris Sharma has been the «king» of sport climbing for 15
years, and has created a mecca for hard routes near his home in Catalunya,
Spain. Now, the Czech wunderkind, 19 year old Adam Ondra, has come to Sharma`s
home turf to take the torch. Sharma and Ondra battle to establish the world`s
first 5.15c, while Sasha DiGiulian and Daila Ojeda shred women`s standards
with strong ascents of their own.
The Shark`s Fin: Legendary alpinist Conrad Anker nurtured a 20 year obsession
with The Shark`s Fin, a spectacular unclimbed granite buttress on the 6,310
meter Mt. Meru, in India. In 2008 Anker, with Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk,
endured a grueling 18 day push to get within hundreds of feet of the summit,
only to be turned back. Three years later, the trio makes tough decision to
return, despite Anker`s deep family ties, and Ozturk`s ski accident just six
months before the trip, which resulted in a fractured skull, a broken neck,
and serious doubts about going back.
Wide Boys: American offwidth climbing has spawned a counter-culture of rough
and tumble characters who aren`t afraid to bleed their way up a route. So when
two proper British lads, Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker, crossed the pond to
eat up the gnarliest wide cracks in the West — including the first ascent of
the world`s hardest offwidth known as Century Crack — it came as quite a
shock.
Honnold 3.0: Alex Honnold has become known as the boldest soloist of his
generation. In this dangerous game, how does he balance pure ambition with
self-preservation? From highball boulder first ascents to 5.13 free solos,
from far-flung trad climbing adventures, to speed records on The Nose, Honnold
wrestles with this question in preparation for his biggest adventure yet – the
Yosemite Triple. In under 19 hours he climbs Mt. Watkins, El Cap, and Half
Dome, 95% of it free solo.
Run time 105 mins.; Subtitles: Spanish, Koren