Climbers Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell set out on a daring expedition to tackle Alaska's formidable Devils Thumb. Battling harsh conditions and daunting peaks, they push their physical and mental limits, while their deep friendship faces its toughest trial yet.
Alex Honnold leads an expedition to Greenland to climb a huge 4,000 foot sea cliff and investigate the impacts climate change on the region.
The Alpinist is a documentary that follows the life and extreme adventures of a mountain climber. It showcases his journey through various challenging terrains and showcases the risks and rewards of the sport. From climbing icy glaciers to solo climbing dangerous mountains, the film captures the essence of mountain climbing and the drive that pushes climbers to their limits.
Follow the incredible journey of a free solo climber as he attempts to conquer the sheer face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park without the use of ropes or safety equipment. This gripping documentary explores the physical and mental challenges he faces and the risks he takes in pursuit of his passion.
A gripping two part series following Alex Honnold around his stomping grounds in the US before taking you to the high mountains of the European Alps. Alex Honnold: The Soloist VR is a ground-breaking VR production using the latest in high resolution 3D 360° capture in some of the most remote and wildest locations possible. From the director and Producer of Everest VR : Journey to the Top of the World , this experience brings you right by Alex’s side as he solos thousands of feet above the ground.
Speed alpinist Ueli Steck dances up faces in the Himalaya and the Alps, including his record-smashing ascent of The Eiger North Face. Ueli also teams up with fellow soloist Alex Honnold to break records on El Capitan.
Valley Uprising is a documentary that explores the history of rock climbing in Yosemite National Park, focusing on the counterculture movement of the 1960s and 1970s. The film delves into the world of extreme sports and the rebellious climbers who pushed the boundaries of the sport. It highlights the rivalry between different climbing groups and the evolution of climbing techniques. The documentary also touches on topics such as drug use, park rangers, and the impact of tourism on the area.
Explorer: The Last Tepui (2022) is a documentary that follows elite climber Alex Honnold and a world-class climbing team as they embark on a grueling mission deep in the Amazon jungle. The film showcases their efforts, challenges, and triumphs as they push their limits and explore the untouched beauty of the Venezuelan landscape.
One of the world’s youngest elite rock climbers, Ashima Shiraishi spent her formative years breaking numerous age-based climbing milestones, spurred on by her number one fan and coach, her father, Poppo a retired Butoh dancer and avant-garde performer with no formal climbing experience. When these New Yorkers travel to South Africa to conquer a V14 boulder problem, father and daughter must face their interpersonal struggles in tandem with the challenging ascent.
After the great crossing of Fitz Roy, in Patagonia, and the Nose in less than 2 hours, in Yosemite, Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell embark on a new adventure: the Continental Divide Ultimate Linkup (CDUL), i.e. the chain of 17 summits of Rocky Mountain National Park, in Colorado in 36 hours. The CDUL totals 56 kilometres, 6,000 meters of elevation gain and 65 pitches, with 11 routes from 5a to 6b+ climbed in simultaneous climbing. A project by Adam Stack, Caldwell's childhood friend, who gave the iconic American rope a hard time.
Alex Honnold is the most accomplished free climber in the world. Angola is a southwest African country that recently emerged from 27 years of bloody civil war. What brings together these strange bedfellows you ask? Some of the most epic unclimbed rocks in the world, and a community needing help to diffuse the hidden land mines leftover from the conflict. (Plus a shadowy local hotel magnate, but we'll get into that later). This is Alex Honnold in Angola, for one of the most unique adventures of his storied climbing career this far.
For nearly three years, director Dina Khreino interviewed world-class mountain climbing athletes, listening to what compels them to leave behind families, friends, and everyday comforts to risk everything for a fleeting glimpse into the unknown. What she found was a tribe, a diverse group of professional adventurers and amateur philosophers forged by the ultimate test of body, mind, and spirit. In the face of shifting winds, sheer granite cliffs, and impossible odds, they climb. Each for their own reason, but every one connected by the vertical world. In this rarefied air, these athletes are fundamentally changed, not just as climbers, but as human beings.
Follow professional climber Sasha DiGiulian as she rises from child prodigy to a champion sport climber, and ultimately makes her mark by taking her talents to the biggest walls on the planet with a series of bold, first female ascents. Confronting both physical and mental obstacles head on, Sasha charts her own course in a sport where a path didn’t exist, enabling her passion to become a viable profession.
Reel Rock 10 is an exhilarating documentary that takes viewers deep into the world of rock climbing. With stunning visuals and captivating storytelling, it explores the challenges and triumphs of the brave climbers who push the limits of what is possible.
Reel Rock 16 contains the best documentaries of the year: BRIDGE BOYS: Tom Randall, a horizontal big-wall adventure on the longest, hardest, and most ridiculous crack climb ever attempted. (28 min) BAREFOOT CHARLES: An opera-singing Charles Albert, cave-dwelling, animal-skinning minimalist tackles futuristic boulder problems in the Fontainebleau forest. (28 min) BIG THINGS TO COME: Elite climber Alex Johnson's struggle with a boulder problem propels her on a decade-long journey of self-discovery. (21 min) CUDDLE: Experience Alex Honnold, Tommy Caldwell, and Adam Stack in a massive, remote link-up of 17 alpine summits that pushes the world's best climbers to the brink - and into each other's shivering arms. (34 min)
Deceased but not forgotten. In 2017, Switzerland's most famous mountaineer, "Swiss Machine" Ueli Steck, fell to his death in the Himalayas when he was just 40 years old. Three close friends travel again to the Everest region where he died. His family in Emmental has to deal with premature death.
Immersive documentary in two parts, filmed in high-resolution 360° 3D, which follows Alex Honnold's journey through Yosemite National Park, home to the famous El Capitan – immortalized in the film “Free Solo”, then at Red Rocks , in Nevada, west of Las Vegas. Then it's off to Europe where he teams up with Swiss climber Nicolas Hojac in some of the most difficult solo free climbs in the Dolomites. In episode 2, the two climbers tackle the Directe americaine on the Aiguille du Dru in Chamonix and the Kuffner ridge on Mont Maudit, the second highest peak of the Mont Blanc massif, in free solo.
Three new films featuring the biggest climbing and adventure stories of the year: ADN - SEB BOUIN: 29-year-old French sport climber Seb Bouin quietly climbed the elite ranks, culminating in his attempt to establish a long slope in a cave overhang in the Gorges du Verdon in France / CLIMBING RESISTANCE: In the hills torn by the Palestinian conflict, young Palestinians embrace rock climbing as a necessary respite from the oppression of the occupation Israeli. American writer and climber Andrew Bisharat visits the West Bank to explore his own roots and the power of climbing to transcend existence / BURNING THR FLAME: Big wall free climbing masters Babsi and Jacopo seek their most Biggest challenge so far: a free ascent of "Eternal Flame", a 3,000 foot route on the legendary Nameless Tower in Pakistan's Karakoram Range.