Release date 09/10/21
https://youtu.be/SRpVyzagXLQ
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11790780
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Release date 09/10/21
https://youtu.be/SRpVyzagXLQ
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11790780
I'm really looking forward to watching. Hopefully they have a streaming release as well since currently I'm not real interested in sitting in a theater.
mind = blown
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On Amazon Prime now.
Oh nice, i've been wanting to watch this
Totally worth the $6 or so to stream it. You're really hanging it out there if Alex Honnold thinks you're pushing the envelope.
Holy shit. This guy is nuts.
Lots of scenes hard to watch due to pucker factor.
And how does he get down? They never show that part.
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He had a rope in the backpack for rappelling in most of those climbs. Probably some down climbing too.
100%, really enjoyable film. I far preferred it to Free Solo.Quote:
Originally Posted by cravenmorhead
Very excited to watch this, and glad it's on prime.
I heard that he had a blog and that his writing was very good. Did any of you read it?
Stoked it finally hit Prime, well worth it.
Holy cow. That was some of the most spectacular imagery, story I've seen in a while.
This film was spectacular. Absolutely chill inducing and jaw dropping, and an amazing story. Amazing views and cinematography throughout. Top 3 (newer) climbing films for me right now.
Hugest ballz
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Yup. When he was a kid starting out he'd post really good trip reports and we'd all be blown away when we realized he was 14 , 15 years oldQuote:
Originally Posted by CirqueScaler
Here's one when he soloed the NW couloir of Cheam at 15 years old https://forums.clubtread.com/27-brit...#/topics/24008
His high school grad he soloed Cheams N face. we all pitched in and got him an Ast class
https://forums.clubtread.com/27-brit...s/29688?page=1
One more. His last blog
http://marcleclerc.blogspot.com/2016...inite.html?m=1
I was just reading through the 2019 AAJ - Brette Harrington is all over its pages with significant climbs. Also, in case anyone else is curious, no relation to climber Emily Harrington.
Thanks for sharing, Lee. Really incredible to read his experience. What a beautiful, thoughtful soul.Quote:
Originally Posted by LeeLau
RIP.
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That was possibly the best climbing movie I've seen. If really captured the drive for and reward from soloing and alpine climbing in general. I'm glad I did that when I was younger and that I made it through alive.
To paraphrase his mother's eulogy: "People have big plans and dreams but they hold back. What would you do if you weren't held back?" The brightest lights burn out all too soon, sometimes.
This is probably the first movie in a long time that really prompts some of my own self reflection. Just amazing.
He was such a calm, confident and fluid climber, what a beautiful movie. I couldn't watch it all at once, some of the scenes were really intense but the photography is stunning. I've already started watching again, he seemed like a really special soul and his mother's words at the end brought me to tears. Good stuff.
Just watched this as well. I have mixed feelings. Reminds me of the saying that there are bold climbers and there are old climbers, but there aren't any bold and old climbers. He was doing what he loved and he clearly had an insane amount of raw talent and athletic ability. But I worry that it puts unrealistically dreams in the minds of other people, idolizing taking exorbitant risk.
Was it selfish of him to take these risks, leaving his girlfriend and mom behind? There's no right answer to that I think, everyone has to choose their own path. I just know that I often see people skiing stuff midwinter on Instagram that just looks foolish (to me). I mean it looks awesome, but I just think to myself - I wouldn't be willing to take that risk.
I haven't seen the movie yet, but if you're an adult without kids or other dependents you don't really owe anyone else anything. Of course, that doesn't make it less sad.Quote:
Originally Posted by thejongiest
On your general musings on risk, alpine climbing has a level of un-mitigatable risk that even Honnold's soloing doesn't carry. If you really hang it out there like Leclerc, Steck, et al. did your luck is going to run out eventually.
I mean it is true that you don't owe anyone anything, you don't owe the world anything - it's not even a logical statement to say that you owe the world anything. Even if you had children you could argue you don't owe them anything, it's a value choice at the deepest level.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dantheman
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Originally Posted by thejongiest
Yeah, definitely a personal choice, and as long as you understand the choices you're making and are honest with partners/family about it - then you've done what you can. It's still a bit selfish, but show me a human that isn't selfish in some dimension and I'll be shocked.
I would never make those choices, but I won't judge those who do, as we're all wired differently and on our own journeys.
I really enjoyed the film, although I knew the ending within minutes and I had never heard of him previously.
For some people not pushing themselves as far as they possibly can is akin to a fate worse than death:Quote:
Originally Posted by thejongiest
“People are constantly asking me how I ‘let’ Shane do what he did,” she says. “It just floors me. To me, it would have been like putting an eagle in a cage – a tiny cage.”
-Sherry McConkey
Now available on Netflix.
https://www.netflix.com/title/81500204
14 Peaks was not quite as good but also worth watching if you’re into seeing dudes do superhuman stuff in the mountains - with a happier ending.
Holy sweaty palms batman. Speechless
Had never heard of him and knew nothing about this film going into it, and definitely didn’t see that ending coming. What an amazing soul, incredibly sad.
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Seriously same here! What a cliffhanger!!Quote:
Originally Posted by east or bust
Although I knew he had died before I watched the film, it was evident from the start he was going to die in the mountains sooner rather then later. While I have nothing against free solos, there is a point were no matter how good you are there are just too mentioanyn uncontrolled aspects in the types of climbs he was doing. Hell, some of those climbs would be sketch even roped.
That said, he knew the risks, chose to take them and in the end lost. His choice, and while I am sad for family and friends they all knew what he was about. Sherry McConkey pretty well summed it up.
This is definitely on of the best alpine climbing films out there. Anybody else remember the original "Solo" from the early 70s???
While neither one is "safe" there's a big difference between free soloing a frequently climbed solid rock route on granite or sandstone (ala Honnold) and soloing technical routes in the high alpine.
In music it's said that the amateur practices until they can get it right. The professional practices until they can't get it wrong. Seems like that would apply to climbing and free soloing.
Finally watched it and yeah it was a really good film. I was prepared to be critical of him, because it seems to me that any talented climber can get away with this stuff for at least a little while if they are crazy enough, and many who burn bright have died just as quickly. But he won me over despite that, just because of his demeanor. Kind of ironic that he died climbing with a partner after all that dangerous soloing. RIP
Just watched on NetFlix. Had no idea about this guy's story. Not into rock climbing but always in awe of people who do it. I usually end up getting sweaty palms watching them hanging from thousands of feet up with nothing but hands and feet to prevent certain death. Quite a remarkable movie. I couldn't help but think that his brain was wired differently. And reading his blog to realize that he could actually experience fear. He never showed any in the footage which was mind blowing.
Finally saw it - his ethos and accomplishments are truly inspiring in terms of on-sight solos, but it's clear that continuing on that path would eventually kill him just from the dice coming up snake eyes at some point. Definitely wish I had followed more of him while he was alive. He had a really wonderful perspective on the mountains.
Spoiler alert! - I actually didn't know the guy was dead when I started watching it. But I wasn't surprised that he ended up dying. I couldn't help but think while he was climbing one of those giant pieces of ice in Canada that at some point one of those things was just going to break off, and that's all folks. Still he lived quite the life while he was alive.Quote:
Originally Posted by schuss
First, it's a stunning movie in and of itself. A work of art. I'm biased, as a friend was part of it's creation, but still.
It's amazing to have such good video of Marc Andre because it was so hard to get him to do that. To see the way he moves on rock/snow/ice is shocking for me to watch. He's almost mentally detached.
Finally, the movie felt like a eulogy from the first moment. I wonder if that was put in after he was lost in Alaska, or if Sender films could see at the time that this was not going to last. I need to ask, cause I really want to know.
Marc Andre opened up new territory and new dreams. He paid for it.
This game of ghosts.