Two climbers spend multiple years planning to scale a rock face.
The Dawn Wall (on UK Netflix) was excellent. In my opinion it’s a much better documentary than Free Solo (2018) as the climbers could articulate what and why they were doing what they were doing. Plus the journeyman-like slow ascent lasted longer (in real life and on-screen) and was arguably more dramatic and exciting than the virtuoso display of technique shown in Free Solo. I liked Free Solo but this is much more gripping in my opinion. I could engage with the human element much more.
Twang says
It’s on my list to watch. I recently watched this…
Check out “Valley Uprising” on Netflix
http://www.netflix.com/title/80084836?source=android
Also slightly addicted to YouTube documentaries about the amazing Lynn Hill.
Colin H says
I know a lady called Dawn Wall (really)…
Sewer Robot says
I will watch, but I have to admit these feats are starting to fail me now. I’m reminded of when Felix Baumgartner became the first person to even attempt to break Joe Kittinger‘s f*cking mental 50 year old sky diving record to much hoopla and media coverage (forcing us to learn to spell Baumgartner) only for another geezer you’ve never heard of to break that record a couple of years later without much fuss.
Then there was that guy who crossed the Grand Canyon on a tightrope live online. Here was something ridiculously dangerous I couldn’t even conceive of someone doing but about halfway through (it took over twenty minutes and was just a bloke putting one foot in front of another and wobbling a bit) I found my mind wandering..
I guess I’m just Homer Simpson during the moon landing:
tkdmart says
I recommended this on one of the Free Solo threads, but it probably got lost among all the other Free Solo threads:)
LOUDspeaker says
I saw your recommendation which made me watch it. There was no point posting on that dead thread so I put it here instead.
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Tiggerlion says
You never know. Moose is very fond of bringing dead threads back to life.
Moose the Mooche says
No thread is dead.* Only sleeping.
(*that’s what I said)
chilli ray virus says
I’ve always been afraid of heights. I masochistically watch the trailers for these docs just to see how long I can take it. 23 seconds for this one (as his foot slipped). 1.42 for free solo ( drone shot looking straight down ). It is inconceivable to me that anybody could watch the whole movie.