VALLEY UPRISING - The ultimate new feature length climbing film chronicling Yosemite's Rock Climbing Revolution, will be featured on the big screen across the UK this autumn.  Premiering in Caernarfon on October 2, this year’s Reel Rock Film Tour examines 60 years of climbing history, epic rivalry, adventure and rebellion in Yosemite National Park. 

The Reel Rock Tour is returning to the UK this autumn for its third nationwide tour with the latest instalment of the Reel Rock climbing film series.

This year’s Tour brings something very different to the big screen with the feature-length documentary VALLEY UPRISING. Seven years in the making by BigUP and Sender Films, it has received rave reviews in the US following its premiere last week. Valley Uprising tells the evolution of climbing in Yosemite National Park with the epic climbing rivalries, the ground-breaking first ascents as well as the ongoing battles with the park authorities.

The film is divided in to three parts – telling the story of the three key generations in Yosemite's climbing history - The Golden Age, The Stone Masters and The Stone Monkeys.

THE GOLDEN AGE

In the early days of the 50s and 60s legendary climbers like the dour philosopher Royal Robbins, the boozing rebel Warren Harding and the future business visionary Yvon Chouinard (the founder of Patagonia clothing) set off for Yosemite and dreamt up the previously incomprehensible notion of ascending the massive, cloud-scraping vertical walls.

Set against the backdrop of post-war America, the climbers forged a revolution in climbing and a way of life. They completed many classic first ascents like Half Dome and El Capitan, etching their name into Yosemite's pantheon.

THE STONE MASTERS

During the 70’s one of climbing’s most famous groups emerged – the “Stone Masters”.  Inspired by their predecessors but determined to usurp their legacy, they applied their talent to free-climbing, and completed a plethora of impressive ascents.

Valley Uprising profiles the raucous nature of the era, marked by partying and battles with park authorities. And then there was the time a drug-smuggling plane crashed in the valley, creating a contraband gold rush for the usually impoverished local climbers....
 

THE STONE MONKEYS

With the dawn of a new century, came the emergence of the "Stone Monkeys", a young and modern band of brothers who have taken up the mantle of Yosemite's climbing tribe.

With ground-breaking climbers like Alex Honnold and Dean Potter at the forefront, the Yosemite climbing scene remains a truly astonishing thing to behold and now includes high lines across cliff-tops, and B.A.S.E.-jumping off the massive formations.

For more of a taste of Valley Uprising you can watch the trailer here. 

2014 TOUR DATES

The Reel Rock 9 Film Tour is touring nationwide in October and November 2014.  The tour dates include:

• 9 October GALERI, Caernarfon
• 10 October THE GRAND PAVILION, Matlock Bath
• 15 October THE QUEEN’S HALL, Edinburgh
• 20 October CONWAY HALL, London
• 21 October CONWAY HALL, London
• 22 October THE GRAND THEATRE, Lancaster
• 22 October VICTORIA ROOMS, Bristol
• 23 October RHEGED CENTRE, Penrith
• 24 October THE CRESCENT THEATRE, Birmingham
• 25 October NUFFIELD THEATRE, Southampton
• 25 October HIGHBALL CLIMBING CENTRE, Norwich
• 26 October SHEFFIELD CLIMBING WORKS, Sheffield
• 29 October PENINSULA ARTS THEATRE, Plymouth
• 30 October WESTWAY CLIMBING CENTRE, London
• 7 November TRINITY COLLEGE, Dublin

Further dates are still to be announced (including Newcastle later in the year).

For tickets, to watch the trailer or to find out more about the film, head to http://www.reelrock.co.uk

There will be loads of free prize giveaways at the screenings from the Reel Rock Tour partners including free Clif Bars and also gear from The North Face, Ellis Brigham and Five Ten.