Archive for the ‘Climbing Books/DVDs’ category
Features climbing books and DVDs we have bought, stolen or borrowed. If you have read a good (or bad) climbing or adventure book, or watched a thrilling DVD that you would like to review on this site, please send your review to: gareth(at)rockclimbinguk.co.uk. If you have published a book or directed a DVD and you would like us to review it, please get in touch at the same email address and we’ll get straight back to you.
Century Crack Trailer
OK, so it’s not the most recent of news … and YES we have talked about this before. BUT, we challenge you to watch this trailer and tell us that you didn’t get goosebumps, that the strange feeling deep in the pit of your stomach when the training scenes play through didn’t really happen AND [...]
Islands: Traditional Tales of Lakeland Climbing
When we saw the following film at the Kendal Film Festival in November, we were blown away by the excellent stories unified & produced by Land & Sky Media. It’s the first film to feature at the festival from Land & Sky Media and it was received with a very warm welcome. It’s been a [...]
COLD WARS – Video Profile
“The joy of climbing is a private thing between me and climbing…Our relationship is complicated” Andy Kirkpatrick The US magazine Climbing once described Andy Kirkpatrick as a climber with a “strange penchant for the long, the cold and the difficult”, with a reputation “for seeking out routes where the danger is real, and the return [...]
Islands Trailer
Kendal Film Festival is almost upon us… It’s that time of year again when the climbing community of the world is getting ready to flock to Kendal for a weekend of the finest films, beer & banter. We thought we’d get you in the mood with a trailer for a film premiering at the festival [...]
Cold Wars – Andy Kirkpatrick
Andy Kirkpatrick is a man who’s not afraid to look unflinchingly at himself in the mirror, and he’s not afraid to write about what he finds. Even as this book was being published, he was making a solo attempt on the Troll Wall in Norway, getting his fill of the “cold and suffering” in which [...]
The Swiss Account, Climbing Film
Directed by Jon Glassberg & Carlo Traversi In The Swiss Account we see three American climbers head over to Switzerland to test their mettle on some of the hardest problems on the continent and furthermore, the planet. The film follows Connor Griffith, Jon Glassberg & Carlo Traversi as they travel for two months around some [...]
The Schengen Files – Film Review
This short but sweet offering from Paul Robinson hits you with action from the off. It highlights some of the best (…and hardest) problems in the bouldering mecca of Fontainebleau in France and also a short feature on The Story of Two Worlds in Cresciano, Switzerland giving an insight into what it’s like to be [...]
New Climbing Walls Essentials DVD from The BMC
Check out this trailer for the latest DVD from the BMC. Climbing Wall Essentials is a skills and techniques guide written by experts for climbers of all abilities. I’ll try to get hold of a review copy and give you some more information. Though if it’s like other BMC training videos it should be top [...]
Climbing DVD Review – Welsh Connections from Bamboo Chicken Productions
I spotted Bamboo Chicken Productions a few weeks ago on Vimeo. I loved the style of their films and decided to send them a message asking if I could feature one of them on this site. Not only did they kindly agree, but they also sent me a copy of their full length DVD; Welsh [...]
Improve your climbing – Masterclass with Neil Gresham (part 2)
Last time I covered Neil Gresham’s Masterclass, volume 1. This time I’ll cover part 2: Skills and tactics Part 2 deals with the different disciplines of sport and trad climbing, and seeks to provide you with strategies for both on-sight and red pointing. This is the content of Part 2: Falling This section of the [...]
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