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La sorcière blanche
Bertrand Delapierre (2006)
A film about the first ascent of a new and difficult icefall - La Sorciere Blanche in the famous Cirque du Fer a Cheval in France.Bertrand Delapierre, François Damilano
- 2006
- France
- 31 min
A film about the first ascent of a new and difficult icefall - La Sorciere Blanche in the famous Cirque du Fer a Cheval in France.Climbing locations
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Cavewoman
Dave Brown (2005)
Scottish climber Fiona Murray has taken a career break to climb full-time. She spends the whole winter season in the Canadian Rockies and becomes obsessed with a route called "Caveman", a classic hard mixed climb. When it was first climbed five years ago, it was considered one of the hardest routes in the world. A humorous and inspirational tale for every female who has ever felt intimidated in the often testosterone-dominated mountain-sports arena. (This is an excerpt from the 38-minute film "All Mixed Up".)- 2005
- UK
- 14 min
Scottish climber Fiona Murray has taken a career break to climb full-time. She spends the whole winter season in the Canadian Rockies and becomes obsessed with a route called "Caveman", a classic hard mixed climb. When it was first climbed five years ago, it was considered one of the hardest routes in the world. A humorous and inspirational tale for every female who has ever felt intimidated in the often testosterone-dominated mountain-sports arena. (This is an excerpt from the 38-minute film "All Mixed Up".)Climbing locations
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All mixed up
Dave Brown (2005)
All Mixed Up is a gripping tale of two female climbers from Scotland as they push their limits to see if they have what it takes in the spectacular Canadian Rockies. Tackling some of the steepest and toughest routes in the country, their roller coaster ride of self-questioning and sheer bloody-mindedness dressed up as determination is an inspirational story of success in the hard world of winter mixed climbing.- 2005
- UK
- 38 min
All Mixed Up is a gripping tale of two female climbers from Scotland as they push their limits to see if they have what it takes in the spectacular Canadian Rockies. Tackling some of the steepest and toughest routes in the country, their roller coaster ride of self-questioning and sheer bloody-mindedness dressed up as determination is an inspirational story of success in the hard world of winter mixed climbing.Climbing locations
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The sharp end
Peter Mortimer (2007)
"The Sharp End" showcases the climbers who risk everything to do the world's most dangerous and committing climbs. Run-out traditional routes, scary highball boulder problems, ice-covered alpine walls and all-or-nothing free-solo ascents are all part of the game. The film features Alex Honnold, Dean Potter, Mike Patz, Steph Davis, Tommy Caldwell, Jonny Copp, Lisa Rands and many more.- 2007
- USA
- 64 min
"The Sharp End" showcases the climbers who risk everything to do the world's most dangerous and committing climbs. Run-out traditional routes, scary highball boulder problems, ice-covered alpine walls and all-or-nothing free-solo ascents are all part of the game. The film features Alex Honnold, Dean Potter, Mike Patz, Steph Davis, Tommy Caldwell, Jonny Copp, Lisa Rands and many more.Climbing locations
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Citadel
Alastair Lee (2015)
Dubbed ‘The Mountain God’, the 'Citadel' is a stunning 3000m peak in one of the remaining untouched corners of the Great Alaskan Range: The Neacola Mountains. Due to their typically poor conditions and remote location are largely unexplored. Matt Helliker and Jon Bracey are one the UK's most formidable partnerships in alpine climbing with many world class ascents to their names from the UK to the Alps and the greater ranges. Their objective is to make the first ascent of the extraordinary 1200m long north-west ridge.- 2015
- UK
- 50 min
Dubbed ‘The Mountain God’, the 'Citadel' is a stunning 3000m peak in one of the remaining untouched corners of the Great Alaskan Range: The Neacola Mountains. Due to their typically poor conditions and remote location are largely unexplored. Matt Helliker and Jon Bracey are one the UK's most formidable partnerships in alpine climbing with many world class ascents to their names from the UK to the Alps and the greater ranges. Their objective is to make the first ascent of the extraordinary 1200m long north-west ridge.Climbing locations
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Stopy na hrebeni
Pavol Barabáš (2013)
Stopy na hrebeni is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Placlive and Ostry Rohac. It was directed by Pavol Barabáš in 2013 and produced by K2 Studio. It is a part of the series Príbehy tatranských štítov (6/6). It features Michal Sabovčík, Adam Kadlečík, Gabo Čmárik, Ivan Lehotsky, Frantisek Kele, Matous Melich and others.- 2013
- Slovakia
- 53 min
Stopy na hrebeni is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Placlive and Ostry Rohac. It was directed by Pavol Barabáš in 2013 and produced by K2 Studio. It is a part of the series Príbehy tatranských štítov (6/6). It features Michal Sabovčík, Adam Kadlečík, Gabo Čmárik, Ivan Lehotsky, Frantisek Kele, Matous Melich and others.Climbing locations
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Meru
Jimmy Chin (2015)
Three elite climbers struggle to find their way through obsession and loss as they attempt to climb Mount Meru, one of the most coveted prizes in the high stakes game of Himalayan big wall climbing.Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
- 2015
- USA
- 87 min
Three elite climbers struggle to find their way through obsession and loss as they attempt to climb Mount Meru, one of the most coveted prizes in the high stakes game of Himalayan big wall climbing.Climbing locations
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Beyond gravity
Aaron Black (2000)
An exploration of the diversity of the climbing lifestyle - from rock, ice, aid and alpine climbing to big-wall expeditions, bouldering and free-soloing. Narration by Greg Child, with interviews of profiled athletes - many from the Bow Valley.Aaron Black, Aaron Jackson, Sean White
- 2000
- Canada
- 49 min
An exploration of the diversity of the climbing lifestyle - from rock, ice, aid and alpine climbing to big-wall expeditions, bouldering and free-soloing. Narration by Greg Child, with interviews of profiled athletes - many from the Bow Valley.Climbing locations
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La voie Sébastien Gay
Sébastien Devrient (2009)
La voie Sébastien Gay is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Matterhorn. It was directed by Sébastien Devrient in 2009 and produced by Troillet Aventure. It features Jean-Yves Fredriksen, Jean Troillet, Martial Dumas and Sébastien Gay.- 2009
- Switzerland
- 7 min
La voie Sébastien Gay is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Matterhorn. It was directed by Sébastien Devrient in 2009 and produced by Troillet Aventure. It features Jean-Yves Fredriksen, Jean Troillet, Martial Dumas and Sébastien Gay.Climbing locations
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Wild climbs - Colorado
Richard Else (1999)
First episode of Wild Climbs, a series that follows the world's finest climbers as they scale their chosen peaks and reveal what drives them to such exhilarating heights. In this episode, Stevie Haston and his partner Laurence Gouault face the mixed ice climb of Colorado's Vail ski resort. Here Stevie has unfinished business with what is undoubtedly the hardest mixed ice climb in America. This dramatic, dangerous route culminates in a hanging pillar of ice and tests Stevie's nerves, skill and endurance to reaching point and involves him adopting the most contorted positions imaginable in order to try and achieve his goal. Wild Climbs series is the sequel of 'The Face: Six great climbing adventures'.- 1999
- UK
- 30 min
First episode of Wild Climbs, a series that follows the world's finest climbers as they scale their chosen peaks and reveal what drives them to such exhilarating heights. In this episode, Stevie Haston and his partner Laurence Gouault face the mixed ice climb of Colorado's Vail ski resort. Here Stevie has unfinished business with what is undoubtedly the hardest mixed ice climb in America. This dramatic, dangerous route culminates in a hanging pillar of ice and tests Stevie's nerves, skill and endurance to reaching point and involves him adopting the most contorted positions imaginable in order to try and achieve his goal. Wild Climbs series is the sequel of 'The Face: Six great climbing adventures'.Climbing locations
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Transition
Chris Prescott (2015)
Natalie Berry is one of the UK’s leading female sport and competition climbers. After discovering climbing by chance at the age of 8, she went on to compete with the GB Climbing Team all over the world and has numerous podium places in both lead climbing and bouldering. As well as her success as a competition climber, Natalie is also one of the top female sport climbers in Britain, being one of only a handful of British women to have climbed the grade of 8b. Despite having lived in Scotland all her life, home to some of the best traditional and winter climbing in the world, she has yet to venture into the mountains so close to home.- 2015
- UK
- 55 min
Natalie Berry is one of the UK’s leading female sport and competition climbers. After discovering climbing by chance at the age of 8, she went on to compete with the GB Climbing Team all over the world and has numerous podium places in both lead climbing and bouldering. As well as her success as a competition climber, Natalie is also one of the top female sport climbers in Britain, being one of only a handful of British women to have climbed the grade of 8b. Despite having lived in Scotland all her life, home to some of the best traditional and winter climbing in the world, she has yet to venture into the mountains so close to home.Climbing locations
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The ice game
Greg Lowe (1997)
This film follows Jeff Lowe and Mike Weis's 25 year history of Water fall Ice and mixed routes. from the first ascent of Bridalveil falls in Telluride, Colorado. to routes such as Bloody Sunday, Siver-Tongued Devil and Get a Job. the film includes the first use of the prototype ice piton know as the Snarg. The first ascent of Bridalveil Falls in Telluride, Colorado on January 1, 1974 is a recognized milestone in an unconventional climbing art form: technical waterfall ice. Two 24-year-olds, Mike Weis and Jeff Lowe, notched the remarkable achievement using hickory shafted 70-centimeter Chouinard ice axes, semi-rigid crampons, and prototype ice pitons (Snargs) that had never actually had been fall-tested.- 1997
- USA
- 74 min
This film follows Jeff Lowe and Mike Weis's 25 year history of Water fall Ice and mixed routes. from the first ascent of Bridalveil falls in Telluride, Colorado. to routes such as Bloody Sunday, Siver-Tongued Devil and Get a Job. the film includes the first use of the prototype ice piton know as the Snarg. The first ascent of Bridalveil Falls in Telluride, Colorado on January 1, 1974 is a recognized milestone in an unconventional climbing art form: technical waterfall ice. Two 24-year-olds, Mike Weis and Jeff Lowe, notched the remarkable achievement using hickory shafted 70-centimeter Chouinard ice axes, semi-rigid crampons, and prototype ice pitons (Snargs) that had never actually had been fall-tested.Climbing locations
