Chris Sharma Free Climbs a Giant Redwood Tree

Like most kids, Chris Sharma grew up climbing trees. Born and raised in Santa Cruz, California, Sharma’s earliest climbing experiences involved scaling the limbs of trees in his parents’ backyard. In 1992, a 12-year-old Sharma traded trees for both indoor and outdoor rock climbing when he discovered the sport in one of the earliest indoor climbing gyms in the U.S. He quickly went on to be recognized as one of the best rock climbers in the world, winning both national and international climbing competitions as a teen, and ultimately pushing global standards into the realm of climbs rated at 5.15. (For a primer on climbing grades and terminology, click here.) His iconic first ascents of routes named Realization (5.15a) and Jumbo Love (5.15b) were the first of those respective grades in the world and milestone achievements in the sport of rock climbing.

Tierra Boulder Battle 2013 - BACKSTAGE PASS

6 ladies are given some holds, a piece of plywood and a few hours. What would you expect ? A boring dispatch of crimp pulling ? A few fall ? Can't be more wrong.... First, the Tierra Boulder Battle is a show. Crowdpleasers problems of a high level of difficulty, perfect custom made holds on a fine structure. Second, these girls RULES. They are beautiful, they climb harder than you and they know how to have a good laugth in between tries. Last but not least, this video is not about the comp, it's about everything around. Jump backstage to see how such a fine event come to life. Thanks to Alex Puccio, Mathilda Söderlund, Mina Leslie-Wujastyk, Mélissa Le Nevé, Therese Johansen and Anja Hodann for beeing awesome during these few days. Thanks to Björn Pohl, all the Klättercentret crew, and all the events partner for pulling such a great show. Many thanks to Makeupe Institute of Stockholm for their amazing job : miststockholm.com/ Thanks for watching !

Desert Ice

Strings Productions follows American climbers Scott Adamson and Jesse Huey searching for ice in the depths of the desert. The two strike gold in the splendid Zion National Park and what initially seems like an insane idea is considered by many as one of the most important recent ice climbing discoveries in North America.