your favorite climbing films?

Post by **ynp1** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:01 pm

The Sharp End for sure! any otehr sender films (first ascent, return to sender)... the masters of stone videos II,VI and V...

souths steepest? are you high! great for historical value, but not a great vid.

king lines kind of sucks... to much talking and not a much climbing. the little climbing there is, is great!

dosage 3 and 4 are good. 5 was alright, but way to much bouldering and little routes.

splitter, best of the west, big game, sessions are all good.

Post by **woodchuck008** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:39 pm

DVD.s, climbing related specially made is what I'm seeing here. As for full length movies, the original climbing film of honor was certainly the 'Eiger Sanction' with Clint Eastwood. Or if you want laughs and fake crap, of course there is Cliffhanger.

Post by **Big Worm** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 11:13 pm

where can one purchase The South's Steepest? Is this a Spencer Victory film?

Post by **Ascentionist** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 11:21 pm

Third Man on the Mountain (Disney flm based on a book called Banner in the Sky) but waaay better climbing footage than The Mountain with Spencer Tracy and Robert Wagner. In fact, this is some of the best mountain and old climbing footage I've seen. Some of the shots ar the actors soloing what looks like 5.6 or harder with wicked exposure. And then some is of the actors soloing in front of matte paintings 10' off the deck.

Touching the Void is also a great film, though less of climbing film and more of an epic survival story.

Post by **flashmaster** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 11:59 pm

Three words....RED RIVER RUCKUS!!!!!!

Post by **woodchuck008** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 12:33 am

Absolutely right on Third Man...Ive tried to find it on Amazon for a couple years but no luck. The Spencer Tracy film is just flesh-rippin' hilarious. Banner in the Sky is THE first climbing novel for any young kid to read. Everyone should have a copy at home in their library. Some middle school literature texts have even chosen a short passage for kids to read and evaluate. Pretty good as it was done by Disney long ago before they were known for the slutty teens they create for TV.

Post by **Ascentionist** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 2:34 am

YES! I am so glad I'm not the only one that has seen it. It's slightly hokey, but the footage is phenomenal. The book was good, even though it is more of a middle school level book. My wife actually brought it home for me to read when she was teaching in Powell County.

I think I did find the movie on Amazon a year or so ago.

Post by **Wes** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 2:39 am

I dig the dosages (climbxmedia.com was before its time) and some of the return to sender stuff was pretty cool. Also, sessions is nice to get you psyched for southern bouldering.

But, what climbing really, really needs is a full length mockumentary like spinal tap or best in show. Spencer - you need to do this! There is so much to make fun of...

Post by **512OW** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 2:56 am

Big Worm wrote:where can one purchase The South's Steepest? Is this a Spencer Victory film?

Haha... no. Its an old Steve Cater film with a bunch of old, funny footage. OLD. Its worth it though, if you like that sort of thing.

I think the company was King Coal Propaganda, and you can still get it from Caters website....

Post by **Jay** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 5:00 am

Wes wrote:But, what climbing really, really needs is a full length mockumentary like spinal tap or best in show.

Wes, if you're willing to read, this already exists, only as a book, not a movie- Check out "The Ascent of Rum Doodle" by W.E. Bowman- it's beyond classic, and you'll never look at a Himalayan trip report the same way again!