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Documentary / Expedition Journal
Ufo Life
Jan Šimánek (2020)
Documentary on the first ascent of the coveted northwest wall of Chamlang (7319 m), made by Czech mountaineers Marek Holecek and Zdenek Hak, who opened their line on this Nepalese Himalayan mountain in May 2019. Holecek and Hak, winners of the Piolet d'Or 2018 for the first ascent of the southeast face of Gašerbrum I, described the ascent of Chamlang as the hardest climb of their lives. The documentary reviews other ascents to the mountain, and features Reinhold Messner and Doug Scott, who share the experience of their ascent to the central peak in 1981.- 2020
- Czech Republic
- 34 min
Documentary on the first ascent of the coveted northwest wall of Chamlang (7319 m), made by Czech mountaineers Marek Holecek and Zdenek Hak, who opened their line on this Nepalese Himalayan mountain in May 2019. Holecek and Hak, winners of the Piolet d'Or 2018 for the first ascent of the southeast face of Gašerbrum I, described the ascent of Chamlang as the hardest climb of their lives. The documentary reviews other ascents to the mountain, and features Reinhold Messner and Doug Scott, who share the experience of their ascent to the central peak in 1981.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Climbing Journal
Balkan Notes
Jan Šimánek (2019)
Personal film journal of Adam Ondra from his Balkan climbing trip. Adam climbs beautiful and difficult first ascents across unknown regions of Eastern Europe. He also climbs the hardest local routes, including successful and emotions packed climb of legendary several pitches long Spomin, that he onsighted in Paklenica canyon, Croatia. The elegant filming work in combination with an awesome soundtrack brings us closer to this local community and its development, but also between the lines we can see a little bit of Adam's social space.- 2019
- Czech Republic
- 18 min
Personal film journal of Adam Ondra from his Balkan climbing trip. Adam climbs beautiful and difficult first ascents across unknown regions of Eastern Europe. He also climbs the hardest local routes, including successful and emotions packed climb of legendary several pitches long Spomin, that he onsighted in Paklenica canyon, Croatia. The elegant filming work in combination with an awesome soundtrack brings us closer to this local community and its development, but also between the lines we can see a little bit of Adam's social space.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Portrait
Od palice k vrtu
Jan Šimánek (2018)
Petr 'Spek' Slanina is a legend: he started climbing in the Czech sandstone when he was eight years old. By now, he has opened more than 1,470 classic routes and is thus inextricably linked to the climbing history of this region. The film is a direct lesson from professor Spek about the development of the method of making first-time ascent and equipment of a climbing route. A brief history of the sandstone 'circle-logy' from the most prominent researcher, directly from the development center in Klokočí. A film by Jan Simanek produced for Direct Alpine.- 2018
- Czech Republic
- 31 min
Petr 'Spek' Slanina is a legend: he started climbing in the Czech sandstone when he was eight years old. By now, he has opened more than 1,470 classic routes and is thus inextricably linked to the climbing history of this region. The film is a direct lesson from professor Spek about the development of the method of making first-time ascent and equipment of a climbing route. A brief history of the sandstone 'circle-logy' from the most prominent researcher, directly from the development center in Klokočí. A film by Jan Simanek produced for Direct Alpine.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Climbing Journal
Wide Boyz - Spradventure
Jan Šimánek (2017)
Pete Whittaker and Tom Randall, known as the Wide Boyz since his spectacular ascent of the Century Crack in Canyonlands back in 2011, take on now the bold sandstone towers of Adrspach in the Czech Republic, where often the climbing routes are protected with just knotted slings and ropes jammed into cracks. There Pete and Tom will meet local climbers like Danny Mensik and Petr Vorisek, from whom the British crack climbing stars will have to learn a lot of new things.- 2017
- Czech Republic
- 26 min
Pete Whittaker and Tom Randall, known as the Wide Boyz since his spectacular ascent of the Century Crack in Canyonlands back in 2011, take on now the bold sandstone towers of Adrspach in the Czech Republic, where often the climbing routes are protected with just knotted slings and ropes jammed into cracks. There Pete and Tom will meet local climbers like Danny Mensik and Petr Vorisek, from whom the British crack climbing stars will have to learn a lot of new things.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Chronicle
Z A do B
Jan Šimánek (2012)
Z A do B is a documentary about rock climbing that takes place in Labské Pískovce. It was directed by Jan Šimánek in 2012 and produced by Kletterkiddies. It features Ondřej Beneš, Lucie Hrozová, Adam Ondra, Jirí Sefl, Martin Tomásek, Zdenek Ustohal and others.- 2012
- Czech Republic
- 24 min
Z A do B is a documentary about rock climbing that takes place in Labské Pískovce. It was directed by Jan Šimánek in 2012 and produced by Kletterkiddies. It features Ondřej Beneš, Lucie Hrozová, Adam Ondra, Jirí Sefl, Martin Tomásek, Zdenek Ustohal and others.Climbing locations
