First ascent

Anno: 2006 Durata: 95 min. Una nuova pellicola rampicante di Peter Mortimer dopo “Return 2 Sender”, con scalate vicino alle alte pareti himalayane, sopra le acque profonde della Thailandia o sui grattacieli di Hollywood. In lingua inglese. Join us on a globe-trotting journey to witness the exploits of today’s top climbers and their pursuit of climbing’s pinnacle achievement-the First Ascent. Urban Ape L.A: Timmy “Urban Ape” O’Neil goes Kong on the buildings of Hollywood. Black Canyon: Loose rock, poison ivy and vertigo on Colorado’s last virgin walls. Greenspit: Didier Berthod puts up one of Europe’s hardest cracks - sans bolts. Thailand’s deep water: Wunderkind David Lama discovers islands of untouched limestone. Th Tombstone: Dean Potter’s run-out nemesis goes down in Moab, Utah. The Cobra: crack masters gun for glory on the ultimate line in Squamish, B.C. The obscurist: A fistfight with gravity in Yosemite Valley. Iron Monkey: Matt Segal sets new trad standards in Eldorado Canyon. In english language.