Deep water soloing in Mont Rebei!
Interview with Filmmaker Pete Mortimer- Vancouver International Film Festival
The Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival starts its 2018 November Series run next week from November 13th-18th. This year, the festival is bookended by two different films co-directed by filmmaker Pete Mortimer.
Pete Mortimer is a climber and Filmmaker based in Boulder, Colorado. After making his first film in 2001, Pete went on to pursue a career in filmmaking, breaking out with his films Front Range Freaks (2003), Return2Sender (2005) and First Ascent (2006). In 2007, Mortimer teamed up with Chris Sharma to film his attempts on Es Pontas in Mallorca, captured in the film King Lines (2007) which later led to his work with Josh Lowell. Together, Mortimer and Lowell created the Reel Rock series, a collaboration of climbing films that has defined the climbing film landscape, featuring some of the best films in climbing. Mortimer and his production company, Sender Films, have received numerous awards for their work on a number of culturally significant climbing films, including King Lines (2007) and Valley Uprising (2014).
Co-directed with Josh Lowell, Mortimer’s latest film ‘The Dawn Wall’, has taken the climbing community by storm and was their most ambitious project yet, following Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgensen as they attempted to free The Dawn Wall on Yosemite’s El Capitan.
We had a chance to catch up with Pete Mortimer this week and here is what he had to say.
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Development News: Update to Arrow Lake Bouldering Guide – Nelson, BC
Thanks to the hard work and dedication of Allen James Rollins, the guidebook to Arrow Lake has been updated to incude the Galaxy Boulder a few new awesome problems at Fantasyland.
Download the latest guide here.
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Video – Revelations – The First 8c in Arabia – Featuring Read Macadam
Awesome little flick featuring Canadian Read Macadam.
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Sport Climbing BC – Final Results for 2018 Pop and Lock – Gneiss Climbing – Kelowna, BC
The first competition of the season was hosted this weekend by the good folks at Gneiss Climbing. The 2018 Pop and Lock sanctioned by Sport Climbing BC was a huge success. Special thanks to all the volunteers that made it possible. Here are the final results.
Men’s Open
1. Taplin,Jesse
2. McNamee,Guy
3. Newman,Ben
4. Hoffman,Ethan
5. Luo,Ivan
6. Gumpac,Guian
Women’s Open
1. Hosoi,Mika
2. Junior1 Buitendyk,Sophie
3. Spurrell,Christy
4. Youth A1 Colliander,Sonya
5. Mireault,Tanya
6. Stewart-Patterson,Alison
For full results, please visit here.
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Video – Summer in Squamish Featuring Daniel Fong
Awesome video featuring some of the great boulders of Squamish, BC.
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Video – Paige Claassen sending Algorithm in Idaho
Very beautiful video featuring Paige Claassen sending Algorithm.
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Recent News ‘Sean McColl makes ascent of Northridge (v14)
We are pleased to announce that Sean McColl has made an ascent of Northridge (v14) in Gibb’s Cave, Squamish, BC. Sean had tried the route a number of years ago, breaking off the crimp on the second half of the boulder, only to return this season and put the project to rest. Congratulations Sean!
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Video – Vikki Weldon on Spirit of the West (5.14a) in Paradise Valley, BC
Awesome send footage of Vikki Weldon on Spirit of the West (5.14a) in Paradise Valley, Squamish, BC.
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Video ‘Statement of Youth Trailer’
Nice doc trailer featuring the legends, Jerry Moffat and Ben Moon.
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