 Girls Only Highline Trailer - SebMontaz.com
Video by SebMontaz.com - SebMontaz.com is proud to release this Girls Only Highline trailer. I followed these two amazing young highliners, Jelena and Ingrid, during one of their "girls-only" highline sessions. They are in Parmelan, Annecy, in the French Alps. Two longer videos will be presented soon on my blog at SebMontaz.com.
 Google Earth: Hiker’s Edition
A few days ago, everybody’s favorite search engine released Google Earth 5.2, also referred to as the Hiker’s Edition. Among the new features included is the ability to view elevation, speed, and other data as a graph in the program with information collected by the user’s GPS device. If heart rate and other body stats are also recorded, this data can be shown at the bottom of the screen.
 Teva Mountain Games 2010 Results and Videos
An estimated 40,000 people crowded into Vail, Colorado, last weekend to watch what's affectionately known as the unofficial Olympics of mountain sports. Rather than cheer on the mainstream sports of football, basketball, or even soccer, fans gathered to watch the International Federation of Sport Climbing's Bouldering World Cup, shoot the Down River Sprint kayak finals, and even participate in the annual Mud Run (exactly what it sounds like).
 The Asgard Project - Outtakes Part Two
Video by Alistair Lee/Posing Productions - It's day 11 on the wall, water is running out, and the boys are thirsty; by this stage they'll drink anything! Watch this next installment of the Asgard Project outtakes, clips not shown in the final film, released in 2010. The Asgard Project is a feature film from Posing Productions that follows climber Leo Houlding as he attempts to make the first free ascent of the west face of Mt. Asgard on Baffin Island. Filmmaker Alistair Lee captured Houlding and partners as they sky dived into Baffin Island.
Live Interview Series from Telluride Mountainfilm Festival
This weekend, the Mountainfilm Festival in Telluride celebrates its 32nd year. Focusing on art, adventure, culture, and the environment, the festival attracts filmmakers, photographers, conservationists, mountaineers, and explorers from around the globe.Starting at 1 p.m. MST on Saturday, the program will have a LIVE web broadcast of interviews with directors.
 Dean Potter: Falling to Fly
Video by Prana Living - Dean Potter is characterized by creativity, commitment, and challenge. He started climbing as a child, with a free solo fall from a stone wall as one of his earliest memories. Since that time, he has speed soloed Half Dome and El Capitan, Cerro Torre, and Fitzroy. He was the first to make a one-day free ascent of El Cap and Half Dome, and a one-day speed linkup of both of those big walls and Mount Watkins, Yosemite's third Grade VI wall.
 Sky Dive into Baffin Island
Video by Alastair Lee / PosingProduction - A sneaky preview of the James Bond style opening sequence from this year's adventure block buster "The Asgard Project". Follow world-class climbers Leo Houlding and Sean Leary as they sky dive into Baffin Island, Canada, to pursue Houlding's ambitious goal to make the first free ascent of Mt. Asgard's north face. Regarded as one of the most famous of the Baffin Mountains, and possibly one of the most difficult big walls in the world, the team planned to make a wingsuit descent from the summit. Filmmaker Alistair Lee captured the duo as they attempted the ascent late in the summer season. For more info, visit TheAsgardProject.com.
 Journey to Everest Trailer
Video by Epiphany Productions and directed by David Kiern - Journey to Everest follows the adventures of a team of six American business people who travel to the Himalayas to trek to Everest Base Camp. On their way into the mountains to begin their ascent, they are bumped from a plane flight that crashes and kills 18 people. As their expedition unfolds and they struggle with their decision whether or not to continue on their trek, their faith comes to the fore as they experience the Hindu/Buddhist world of Kathmandu, Nepal, face the challenges of the Everest Region, and discover the depths of who they are as Christians and gain a new perspective on their purpose in life. Visit journeytoeverest.com to purchase the DVD.
 North Face - In theaters beginning January 29, 2010
Directed by Philipp Stölzl / northfacethemovie.com - Based on a true story, NORTH FACE is a gripping adventure drama about a competition to climb the most dangerous rock face in the Alps. In 1936, Nazi propaganda urges German Alpinists to conquer the unclimbed north face of the Swiss massif, the Eiger, bringing two reluctant climbers, Toni Kurz (BENNO FÜRMANN) and Andi Hinterstoisser (FLORIAN LUKAS), to begin their daring ascent and attempt to scale the infamous rock face, often called the Murder Wall.
 Award-winning Documentary about world renowned Sheffield climber "Andy Parkin: Life in Adaptation"
By Weekday Productions courtesy of Blue Hippo Media - The documentary creatively profiles Andy Parkin life and work. It gives a powerful insight to the life of a remarkable man who is regarded as one of the world’s finest alpine climbers. In 1984 he suffered a near fatal Alpine climbing accident and many believed his love affair with mountains would be over. Having won the Jury’s special prize at Kendal 2008 and the Grand Prize at the Sheffield Adventure Film Festival this year as well as being finalist in Trento and Banff film festivals, Blue Hippo Media and Weekday Productions’ film ‘Andy Parkin – a Life in Adaptation’ is now set for DVD release. CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE THE DVD "Andy Parkin: Life in Adaptation".
 The Season TV - Trailer
Video by Fitz Cahall / theseasontv.com - From the creators of the Dirtbag Diaries and 49 Megawatts comes a new web television project following the five athletes through the course of a single season in Pacific Northwest. A veteran climber invents a new piece of gear. A pro snowboarder searches for a way to return to the roots of his sport. A boulderer returns from a series of injuries with new perspective. A family man goes to Whistler to test himself against the mountain biking’s elite. A young sea kayaker with a troubled past sets out to reinvent his sport.
 Die Line des Pythagoras
Video by Chris Finnsome / FLKJohn - Die Line des Pythagoras is a slackline documentary shot in Austria's Southern Tyrolia region of the European Alps. This German adventure (with English subtitles) follows Freddy, Partick and Chris as they seach for inspiring highlines in a romote and beautiful, alpine location in Fall 2009. For more information visit the 1st Slackline Association's website: www.slacklineverein.de
 BLIND AND NAKED
Video by Cedar Wright - Blind climber Erik Weihenmayer tackles his hardest route to date with Charlie Mace and Brady Robinson — Eldorado Canyon's The Naked Edge (III, 5.11b) — to benefit the Access Fund. First climbed in the Fall of 1962 by Layton Kor and Bob Culp The Naked Edge is now condisdered to be one of the most classic 5.11s in Colorado, and even possibly North America. Support climbing advocacy and conservation: AccessFund.org/join
 Dean Potter Wins "Adventurers of the Year" by National Geographic Adventure Magazine
Video by NatGeoAdventure.com - This video gives a tease of Sender Film's new Nat Geo TV series First Ascent, which feature's Potter's wild synthesis of climbing and BASE jumping, and is just one episode of a six-part series — that travels to places like Patagonia, Alaska and Catalunya with the likes of Chris Sharma, Alex Honnold and many others — debuting on the Nat Geo Adventure Channel worldwide in January 2010. Stay tuned for more on the series coming soon!
 Natalija Gros - Le Tango Vertical
Video by Film IT and New Partisan Cinema - Slovenian World Cup superstar Natalija Gros is elegantly shown barefoot deep water soloing in Croatia in this short video. The Ljubljana based 25 year old has been climbing since age 6, redpointed 5.14c (Histerija at Misja Pec) and onsighted 5.13b. The goal of the video was emphasize to her seemingly effortless technique, dubbed to Latin rhythms, thus the name "Le Tango Vertical". Need we say more? I think not. Enjoy!
 Dry-Tooling and Ice Climbing in Chamonix, France
Videos by Sébastien Montaz-Rosset - In these two new installments from the "Sweet Lines" series Kora Pesce and Peter Mason have a pre-season dry-tooling session at the Zoo, a steep spot near Sallanches (Chamonix), in the French Alps. And, after the that, the team of Pesce and Mason then head out for a few pitches on the cavernous 90-foot glacial ice at the super-aesthetic Mer de Glace for a bit of pre season ice training.
 The Dirtbag Diaries - The Shorts - Friends In High Places
By Fitz Cahall - Climber and Diaries contributor Kelly Cordes is what you would call an early adopter. Kelly may live in a shack at 8,000 feet, but the guy is no cretin. He’s had an email account for four years now. He knows how to program a VCR. He’s even considered buying one of those new-fangled Blueberry phones. What can I say? Kelly is a mover and a shaker. The guy’s approach to new technology is as cutting edge as his alpine endeavors, but even seasoned pros have the occasional misstep.
 Sweet Highline: Tours Saint Jacques, French Alps
Video by Sébastien Montaz-Rosset / jefilm.com - The Je Ne Sais Quoi filming team presents the second video of this series on another beautiful highline in Les Bauges Mountain Ranges in the French Alps. Jelena is leading the fine art of rigging a highline and thenshe is successful in sending it — with style. Julien, as always, is pushing the limits of balance. Thanks to Raph and Guillaume for climbing and rigging. And, Seb is having fun filming and slacking as always.
 Samsara and Pra Caramba Trailers - 2009 Adventure Film Festival
Videos by Renan Ozturk and Cedar Wright courtesy of BlueWaterRopes Blogspot.com to premiere at the Adventure Film Festival in Boulder, Colorado - On November 12-14 in Boulder, Colorado, the Fifth Annual Adventure Film Festival will premiere the most exciting and inspiring award-winning independent films from around the world. The festival is dedicated to all aspects of adventure — from serious exploration to environmental heroism to gripping tales from the edge of the believable. Renan Ozturk's "Samsara" and Cedar Wright's "Pra Caramba" will both premiere at this year's festival.
 The Good Men Project: Film Trailer
Video by GoodMenProject - What does it mean to be a good man in today's world? Ten men, ten stories. The documentary film, "The Good Men Project: Real Stories From the Front Lines of Modern Manhood" is due to be released on DVD November 15, 2009 and is available at www.goodmenproject.org.
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