Pour faire 9a
Magnus Midtbø - Jungle Speed 8c+
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Magnus Midtbø crushes the short and powerful Jungle Speed in Siurana this february (2015).
The intro comments are made by Martin Mobråten who was the first Norwegian to climb the route a few weeks earlier.
The video is from the actual ascent but a few clips are taken from another attempt as I had to change positions.
Camera is as always the Canon 5D Mark II and the lenses used are the 70-200 f2.8 IS II and the 16-35 f2.8 II.
The top part unfortunately got a bit out of focus, the subtitles are not perfect, could not decide on the music, got tired of looking and then just went with this, like it or not, it's free :)
Henning Wang
Madskillzmedia
Bloc en Galice
You can buy the full 71-minute film here:
reelhouse.org/finisterre/finisterre
Mens is one of the most accessible areas in Galicia. Perfect rock quality and awesome lines, all surrounded by the Atlantic ocean. Join Angus, as he reminisces about the early days of bouldering in Galicia and his first encounter with Ben de Corme.
Alizee Dufraisse in Siurana Spain
French Phenom Alizee Dufraisse climbs with intense passion and loves the physical and mental challenge of climbing at her limit. In Siurana Spain, she lives her dream, with a handful of very hard projects on her 'tick list'. In her words, "A fight is what makes your life".
Learn more about Alizee at http://www.prana.com/life/ambassadors
Boulderholics Trips
Zusammenschnitt quer durch die Zeit und Europa von verschiedenen Boulderholics-Trips
Otoño en Albarracín
A short film about our bouldering trip to Albarracín, Spain in October 2012. This is just a small selection of some of the amazing problems we tried during the week we spent in this amazing and beautiful location. Including: 'Techo Del Pepo' (7A), 'Minivarano' (6A), 'Txanquito' (6C), 'Spider Pig' (6C) and many more!
Filmed by:
Ben Grubb
Ben Sales
Snooky Grubb
Ceri Lewis
Edited by:
Ben Grubb
Ben Sales
Camera:
Canon EOS 7D
Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
Hardware:
27” Apple iMac
Software:
Adobe Premiere CS6
Adobe After Effects CS6
Music:
Alt-J - 'Intro'
Miike Snow - 'Paddling Out'
Alice Russell - 'Humankind'
Sporto Kantès - 'Whistle'
Brad Sucks - 'Making Me Nervous'
Gramatik - 'Hit That Jive'
Please visit:
www.norop.es
www.bengrubb.co.uk
http://usa.twoism.co.uk
Pena Corneira
Stella marchisio - Conception
Another week in Albarracin.
During the first week of November I went back to Albarracin with Neil and his son Thomas. We got five days climbing in good conditions, before a nasty rainweather rolled in and made us head back to Font a couple of days earlier than planned.
We decided in the car on the way down that we would try to film eachother as much as possible, something Neil stuck to and I didn't. The outcome of it all was me having loads of awesome footage of me climbing to use for this edit. All thanks to Neil, who also did allot of climbing, but without getting as much caught on camera for his video (Once again, sorry mate!)...
Featured problems:
Avalancha 7B - Mezquita/Colmenas
Thieves 7B+ - Psicokiller
Los Titiriteros 7A - Arrastradero
ACA-B8-L4 7B - Acantilados
Zarzamora 7C+ - Parking/Aeroline
The Wizard's Apprentice - Excerpt
What is the best?
The Barti's music...
Or the Adam's vid...
Definitively, both are excellent.
Paul Robinson à Albarracin
Paul Robinson continues his bouldering mission around the world, this time stopping off in Albarracin, Spain. During his quick visit, Robinson repeated numerous high-end classics, as well as established a new problem, Helicopterz On Beachez (8B+) that is one of the area's most difficult.
Alizée Dufraisse 8c+/9a
Alizée Dufraisse, who climbed her first 8c+, Pati noso, not long ago, has now pushed it half a notch further by doing La Reina Mora, 8c+/9a, at Siurana. The route is in the same sector, El Pati, as Pati noso, so it would seem this wall suits her quite well! This was of course the first female ascent. There has, after all, not been that many female ascents at this level. So few in fact that you can count the number of women who have climbed anything harder than 8c+ on one hand, even if you were to have lost a digit (or maybe even two). La Reina Mora was originally given 8c/+ by Ramon Julian Puigblanque but has later been upgraded first by Nico Favresse who suggested 8c+ and then by Dani Andrada who thought it was at least 8c+/9a, maybe even 9a.
Dani Andrada : Portrait
"When I was asked to make a video about Dani Andrada, at first I was super psyched and was looking forward to shooting it. Then, I realized that I had never filmed sport climbing, or even taken my camera on a rope (except to film a highball) and that I would not have time to try even once before going there. So I went to Catalunya not knowing what to except and quite nervous about screwing up while on the rope... Now that I am back, I only want to try shooting routes again!
If you are looking for a pure action video, this is not what this is. This is more of a 'video illustrated interview'. If you want to know more about Dani and his motivations, you are at the right place :-)
Dani has a strong reputation and all I can say is that he is as motivated as you would expect him to be. He is either climbing or bolting, or doing both in a day. He just never stops. And on top of that he is a genuine good person spending most of his non climbing time rebolting older routes to keep Siurana safe.
Weather was not kind with us, having fog, rain and very strong winds but it gave us some very intense tries in Siurana (sorry for the shakiness in La Rambla but I could not fight such wind...). And like Dani says, if you can do it in bad conditions, you will feel stronger when conditions get better..."
Haroun Souirji
Superbe vidéo, superbe personnage!