Escalada
Las 12 mejores películas de escalada
Disfruta viendo 12 películas excepcionales sobre escalada.
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Hay muchos filmes sobre escalada pero estos son excepcionales. Además de la acción y del espectacular paisaje, aquí vas a ver el lado humano de la historia al acompañar a algunas de las mayores leyendas de este deporte.
Ya sea el primer intento en la cara norte del Eiger en los años 30 o el documental de cómo Alex Honnold conquistó El Capitán, cada película te mantendrá pegado al asiento, incluso aunque no seas aficionado a la escalada.
1. The Dawn Wall (2018)
- Directores: Josh Lowell y Peter Mortimer
- Duración: 1 h 55 m
- En resumen: La conquista de la ruta más dura en el Yosemite
Climbing legend Tommy Caldwell is the focus of this emotional tale, which follows his rollercoaster ride from escaping kidnappers in Kyrgyzstan to taking on his ultimate dream of free climbing El Capitan’s toughest (and newest) route: The Dawn Wall.
But the real drama comes from the struggles of his partner Kevin Jorgeson as the pair pick a complicated path up the Dawn Wall. For the pair to even attempt it, having never climbed together before, was one thing. But Caldwell’s personal journey, especially while on the rock, offers incredible insight into the mind of one of the greatest climbers in the world.
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2. Valley Uprising (2014)
- Directors: Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen, Josh Lowell
- Length: 1h 43m
- In a nutshell: The evolving climbing culture of Yosemite Valley
This is not another heavy historical documentary; this is an entertaining rock-and-roll cultural journey through the incredible history of big wall climbing in Yosemite.
It’s not just the drama on the rock that's key to this story. This is about the people. Original climbers. Hippies. Radicals. Adventurers. Visionaries. Modern masters. It’s as much about cannabis as it is about carabiners. Crashed planes. Crushed hearts. Breaking the law. And breaking out on some of the biggest climbs in history.
Original legends are brought to life with clever editing, while modern day POVs take you right to the climbing face in relentless pursuit of bigger and more ambitious goals. This is a must see for anyone, climber or non-climber, who’s interested Yosemite. Or climbing. Or just life in general.
3. Cerro Torre: A Snowball’s Chance in Hell (2013)
- Director: Thomy Dirnhofer
- Length: 1h 41m
- In a nutshell: Documenting first free climb attempt of Cerro Torre
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El tráiler de Cerro Torre
Aquí tienes un aperitivo del filme en el que David Lama intenta conquistar Cerro Torre.
When David Lama first saw Cerro Torre in a climbing magazine, he spotted his route up it right away. “I was immediately excited,” he said, “and I wanted to free climb it.”
But Cerro Torre is one of the most formidable mountain faces on the planet. Its 3,128m tower pierces the peaks of Patagonia and near its summit the rock crumbles like flaky pastry. On top is a giant mushroom of ice. And its disputed first ascent ended with one climber falling to his death.
When Lama announced his plans to go up unaided, big wall legend Jim Bridwell, who climbed it in 1979, offered one simple piece of advice: “You haven’t got a snowball’s chance in hell.” Lama didn’t listen. And what unfolds is a dramatic and ultimately emotional film following his story as he tries, and tries, and tries to get to the top.
4. Meru (2015)
- Director: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
- Length: 1h 30m
- In a nutshell: The ‘impossible climb’ on Meru’s Shark’s Fin tower
Asked why they do it, climbers often say: “because it’s there.” But this engaging film shows why, sometimes, there’s far more to it than that. The notorious Shark’s Fin route up the north-west side of Meru’s central peak in the Himalayas is big wall climbing’s “Mount Everest”. Meaning, it was nearly as impossible as it looked.
The depth of this film is in the merging backstories and near-fatal pitfalls faced by the team – made up of big wall veteran Conrad Anker, filmmaker/photographer Jimmy Chin and young climber Renan Ozturk – as they battle to achieve their lifelong dream of reaching the 6,310m summit.
5. Touching the Void (2003)
- Director: Kevin Macdonald
- Length: 1h 46m
- In a nutshell: Climber Joe Simpson’s famous crevasse escape story
In the mid-1980s, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates became the first people to reach the summit of Siula Grande in Peru. But this isn't the story of how they got up. This is all about how they miraculously made it back down.
Their famous story began when Simpson, who'd broken his leg and was being lowered down 300m at a time by his partner, slid over an overhang. Unable to hold him, Yates decided to cut the rope. This is worth the watch just to see what happened next.
6. Free Solo (2018)
- Director: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
- Length: 1h 40m
- In a nutshell: Jaw-dropping doc about Alex Honnold’s El Cap climb
From the woman that made Meru, this film not only captures Alex Honnold knocking off the ultimate prize in Yosemite – a ropeless solo ascent higher than the world’s tallest building – but shows what really makes him tick.
Vasarhelyi’s husband and filmmaker, Jimmy Chin, is one of Honnold’s long-time climbing partners, and together they used dramatic cinematography to deliver seat-of-the-harness action. Vasarhelyi also captured the private moments, to show the “incredible and sometimes stressful journey” they all took to get there.
“It was mind bending to see how relaxed he was in the final days leading up to the climb and of course during the climb itself,” Chin said on his twitter feed after the climb.
7. Vertical Limit (2000)
- Director: Martin Campbell
- Length: 2h 04m
- In a nutshell: Easy watching adventure movie about climbing K2
Don’t take this movie too seriously – this is the most Hollywood of films on this list – but within it there is some stunning scenery and plenty of fast-moving action to make great armchair entertainment.
It’s high-tension adventure on the world’s second-highest summit, K2, and although heavily dramatised, it does paint the picture of modern big mountain climbing as professional teams try to lead up virtual novices.
Director Campbell did James Bond’s GoldenEye, so it’s big action stuff, but it also relates to real life climbing with life-deciding decisions, an avalanche, the discovery of frozen bodies and the perils of pushing too far.
8. North Face (2008)
- Director: Philipp Stölzl
- Length: 2h 06m
- In a nutshell: The story of the historic first attempt on the Eiger's North Face
This is intense. Once it gets into the climbing sequences and the epic story of this first attempt on the Eiger, this excellent German-language movie is edge-of-the-seat stuff.
Rolling back to the pioneering era of mountaineering, it shows the ambitious spirit and unbelievable challenges the early climbers faced, with basic kit and little knowledge of what lay ahead. And it shows the intensity of the media frenzy that followed them as they attempted the impossible. If you don’t know the story, don’t read up on it. Just watch this. You won’t be able to take your eyes off the screen.
9. The Summit (2012)
- Director: Nick Ryan
- Length: 1h 35m
- In a nutshell: One of the biggest mountaineering disasters on K2
Everest might be the world’s highest mountain, but K2 is seen as the world’s toughest – and when disaster struck in 2008, killing 11 climbers, stories of what happened swirled with uncertainty, lies and deception.
This fascinating film, produced by the people behind Touching the Void, uses original footage, dramatic reconstructions and insightful interviews with survivors and families of those killed to get to the root of the story. Focusing on the Irish climber Ger McDonnell, it’s an emotional tale of the true danger of decisions made in the Death Zone.
10. Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey (2017)
- Director: Dave O'Leske
- Length: 1h 36m
- In a nutshell: Uncovering the story behind a legendary climber
There haven't been many people on this planet like Fred Beckey. Born in 1923, he was one of the world’s most prolific first ascenders - but this isn't really focused on his climbing achievements, it’s more focused on who he was and how he went about it.
Considered to be the original dirtbag*, he was eccentric, abrupt and compassionate in equal measure. And he lived purely for climbing and women. This entertaining story picks up with him in his 80s, still climbing unimaginable walls and determined to send four specific routes he‘d not yet managed to complete, in time to finish a guidebook.
The film was released just five months before Beckey died, and watching it leaves you with a warm glow, happy that in this hectic life there’s still space for characters like Beckey.
* Dirtbag: Someone who forgoes material comforts and defies societal norms in pursuit of a nomadic mountaineering lifestyle.
11. Beyond the Edge (2013)
- Director: Leanne Pooley
- Length: 1h 33m
- In a nutshell: First-person tale of the first ascent of Mount Everest
There are many movies about Mount Everest, but this is the ultimate story of the first successful ascent in 1953. Developed with Sir Edmund Hillary’s son Peter as an advisor, it cleverly combines original footage and interviews with re-enactments of moments at high altitude where the cameras didn’t go.
Hillary’s laidback attitude to the whole thing often masks the pioneering spirit of the expedition, but there's no better way to tell the story than through the words of the men who actually did it.
12. Reel Rock (2010-Present)
- Director: Various
- Length: 15-30mins each
- In a nutshell: Short stories of the world’s most amazing climbs
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Atravesando
Acompaña a la escaladora estadounidense Margo Hayes en su intento de hacer historia.
Ok, so this is a collection of short films rather than a full-length movie, but once you start on the Reel Rock series, you won’t be able to stop.
Released every year, Reel Rock covers the best climbing stories around and the latest edition available for download, Series 12, includes Chris Sharma’s deepwater soloing and Margo Hayes’ record-breaking 5.15-level climb along with profiles of inspirational one-armed climber Maureen Beck and boundary-pushing newcomer Brad Gobright.
Seasons 1-4 are available to watch on Red Bull TV and include legends Chris Sharma and Adam Ondra trying to establish the world’s hardest route, and Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold trying to complete the first ever traverse of Fitz Roy in Patagonia.
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