This is one of the classic rock climbing movies from the early '90s. I used to work in several mountaineering shops, and we would always have one of several movies playing, and this one was one of the most-played.
Dan Osman's solos in the Needles and huge jumps off a bridge on a climbing rope, Rick Lovelace's speed ascent of the Zodiac, Dan McQuade and others at Mt. Charleston, and many other segments, make this a really fun movie to watch if you climb. Joshua Tree, the Needles, Yosemite, Vegas, a good cross-section of the western US climbing scene.
This isn't an instructional video for those learning how to climb. It is to showcase some of the best climbers of the day doing amazing things, to get the watcher excited about climbing. If you have ever watched a Warren Miller ski movie, this is part of a similar genre, but for rock climbing.
Dan Osman's solos in the Needles and huge jumps off a bridge on a climbing rope, Rick Lovelace's speed ascent of the Zodiac, Dan McQuade and others at Mt. Charleston, and many other segments, make this a really fun movie to watch if you climb. Joshua Tree, the Needles, Yosemite, Vegas, a good cross-section of the western US climbing scene.
This isn't an instructional video for those learning how to climb. It is to showcase some of the best climbers of the day doing amazing things, to get the watcher excited about climbing. If you have ever watched a Warren Miller ski movie, this is part of a similar genre, but for rock climbing.
