The First "Origins" episode features two climbing stars: Kurt Smith, who put up some badass routes in Joshua Tree in 1988, and Chris Lindner, who was sending 5.12 routes when he was 5 years old. In this "Origins" episode, Chris sets out to climb Kurts slab test-piece on The Dunce Cap, UNREPEATED for 22 years -- right in the heart of J-Tree climbing.
Directed by Rob Frost, and filmed by Frost with Russell Holcomb, this is a short film about Chris journey to do the second ascent of this forgotten Joshua Tree classic.
Absolutely love it. Commentary is great, as is watching him almost fall off every move. I find myself willing him to hold on and end up shouting at the screen at the very end.
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The Groove Train vid is so good. Never fails to get me psyched.
Absolutely love it. Commentary is great, as is watching him almost fall off every move. I find myself willing him to hold on and end up shouting at the screen at the very end.
Do you have any climbing films of people climbing soft grades badly ? I’d find that very entertaining. Thanks for recommendations though.