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What are your favorite climbing films every climber should see?

Here are a few to get us started:

- True Grit
- Dosage IV
- First Ascent

Joe White wrote:- True Grit

The John Wayne version, or the remake that's coming out in a few weeks?

If anyone caught the Reel Rock Film Tour, I hope you learned as much as I did from the "Toprope Warriors" (I think that's what it was called) short film. The idea of an assisted dyno never occurred to me.

To be somewhat helpful, I thought "The Sharp End" was pretty good. The production value of climbing films keeps getting better and better.

drjohnso1182 wrote:

Joe White wrote:- True Grit

The John Wayne version, or the remake that's coming out in a few weeks?

haha. oops. I just watched true grit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Grit_(1969_film)) but meant Hard Grit http://www.slackjaw.co.uk/climbingfilms/hardgrit.html

Good catch!

I like this one a lot...it captures the essence of a day out alone:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXzVNFrLzk0[/youtube]

(John Cunningham on Ben Nevis, found at the amazing Cold Thistle blog.

The German film Nordwand which recounts the Toni Kurtz/Andi Hinterstrosser (sp?) epic on the NF Eiger is very, very good. Some of the best climbing scences I have seen in a movie.

Eric Jones soloing the Eiger Nordwand. A Leo Dickenson film.
Death of a Mountain Guide

ExcitibleBoy wrote:The German film Nordwand which recounts the Toni Kurtz/Andi Hinterstrosser (sp?) epic on the NF Eiger is very, very good. Some of the best climbing scences I have seen in a movie.

Definitely, can't you just feel the desperation as they try to reverse the traverse without a fixed line? (shudder)

For a mass produced move: Touching the Void.

For sheer motivation, although it's not climbing related: Running the Sahara.

blood, sweat, & bagels is a fun one imho

Cliffhanger

Vertical Limit

I really like Climbing movies. Their harder to come by apposed to bouldering movies which are a dime a dozen given their easier ability to film. And bouldering movies get a little boring for me...

The Sharp End
First Ascent

Those are both good. I would have to recheck the ones I have seen, after a while their all get blended together...

Check out my gear reviews, I have seen a few and you can get an idea on what I think of them.

Vitaliy M wrote:Touching the Void

there was a thread like this before

Many actually...

Return to sender

There are a number of threads that can't avoid repeating.

Best Climbing book
Best Climbing Movie
Should I buy a Subaru?

To name just a few...

NancyHands wrote:There are a number of threads that can't avoid repeating.

Best Climbing book
Best Climbing Movie
Should I buy a Subaru?

To name just a few...

LOL. add "Clothing for Rainier".

Not a big fan of climbing films - I'd rather go climb. You also always wonder about the logistics and what part was staged or not. Ski films on other hand are always fun to watch.