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Reel Rock
Every fall the REEL ROCK Film Tour brings the year's most exciting new climbing films to live audiences around the world. For 2010, the tour features six amazing short films, with stories from the cutting edge of alpine climbing, bouldering, sport climbing, and traditional climbing.
The story
Every fall the REEL ROCK Film Tour brings the year's most exciting new climbing films to live audiences around the world. For 2010, the tour features six amazing short films, with stories from the cutting edge of alpine climbing, bouldering, sport climbing, and traditional climbing.
The seasons
Season 1
Reel Rock 1
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From death-defying speed link-ups of the wildest faces in the Alps, to Olympian displays of strength and tenacity on the hardest boulders ever climbed, Reel Rock 2010 features a breathtaking journey through the vertical realm with the heroes of rock and snow.
Season 2
Reel Rock 2
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Enter the danger zone with the world's best climbers, including Alex Honnold, Dean Potter, Steph Davis, Lisa Rands, Chris McNamara, Ammon McNeely, Renan Ozturk, Cedar Wright and others, as they push the barriers of free soloing, high-ball bouldering, hard trad climbing, extreme big-wall aid, wingsuit BASE flying, high lining and tower jumping in the wildest spots on earth.
Season 3
Reel Rock 3
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Follow Chris Sharma on his ultimate global quest to redefine the possible in the vertical world. Includes his first ascent of Es Pontas, the still-unrepeated Mediterranean deep-sea arch. Co-produced by Sender Films and Big UP Productions.
Season 4
Reel Rock 4
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Behind every breakthrough in the progression of climbing, there's a true story of doubt and determination, perseverance in the face of failure. From boulders, to big walls, to competition podiums, the climbers at the top of the game share an unending commitment to achieve their vision.
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Season 5
Reel Rock 5
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Season 6
Reel Rock 6
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Season 7
Reel Rock 7
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Season 8
Reel Rock 8
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Season 9
Reel Rock 9
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Season 10
Reel Rock 10
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Season 11
Reel Rock 11
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Season 12
Reel Rock 12
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Season 13
Reel Rock 13
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Season 14
Reel Rock 14
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Season 15
Reel Rock 15
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Season 16
Reel Rock 16
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Season 17
Reel Rock 17
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Season 2006
2006
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Sender Films' First Ascent was the featured film along with the short Dosage Vol. 4 by Big UP Productions. First Ascent is the film that preceded the similarly titled National Geographic Series that featured in the REEL ROCK Film Tour 2009. This documentary focuses on climbers in pursuit of a first ascent. Featuring Dean Potter, Timmy O'Neill, and Sonnie Trotter; also featuring Didier Berthod on his try for the first ascent of the Cobra Crack.
Season 2007
Reel Rock 3
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In 2007 the tour consisted of just one longer film, King Lines, a joint Sender Films and Big UP Productions feature. The film follows Chris Sharma's travels around the world to climb various routes, or "lines". This included his first ascent of Es Pontas, a still-unrepeated (as of 2016) climb of the Mediterranean deep-sea arch. Sender Films and Big UP Productions received a Sports Emmy for Outstanding Camera Work for a piece on Chris Sharma's first ascent of Es Pontas, in Mallorca, Spain.
Season 2008
Reel Rock 4
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Sender Films' The Sharp End was the featured film along with the shorts, Dosage: South Africa, The Aerialist, Grand Canyon Walls, and On Sight. The Sharp End features Alex Honnold, Dean Potter, Mike Patz, Steph Davis, Tommy Caldwell, Jonny Copp, and Lisa Rands.
Season 2009
Reel Rock 5
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REEL ROCK Film Tour 2009 featured Big UP Productions' film, Progression, and Sender Films' and Nat Geo Adventure Channel's world premiere of the First Ascent Series. Progression features climbers Chris Sharma, Kevin Jorgeson, Patxi Usobiaga, Johanna Ernst, and Tommy Caldwell as they attempt various difficult climbs.
Season 2011
Reel Rock 6
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The complete 2011 REEL ROCK Film Tour: Six astounding short films covering every style of climbing on the planet. Starring Tommy Caldwell, Dean Potter, "Sketchy" Andy Lewis, Ashima Shiraishi, Will Gadd, Kevin Jorgeson, Corey Richards, Obe Carrion, Sean Leary, Tim Emmett, Simone Moro, Denis Urubko, Hans Florine, The Huber Brothers, and more.
Season 2012
Reel Rock 7
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The biggest stories from the climbing world, told with humor, heart, and mind-bending action. Featuring Alex Honnold in Honnold 3.0, Chris Sharma and Adam Ondra in La Dura Dura, Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk in Shark's Fin, The Wide Boyz, Sasha DiGiulian, Daila Ojeda and more.
Season 2013
Reel Rock 9
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The latest groundbreaking films from Big Up Productions and Sender Films. Featuring Yuji Harayama, Daniel Woods, Hazel Findlay, Emily Harrington, Ueli Steck, Simone Moro, Melissa Arnot, Adam Ondra, and Chris Sharma. Action, humor, controversy, and inspiration in some of the most breathtaking places on Earth, including the mysterious spires of Borneo, the towering faces of Morocco, and the thin air of Mt. Everest.
Season 2014
Reel Rock 10
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Season 2015
Reel Rock 11
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From big walls to big moves, REEL ROCK 10 features athletes Tommy Caldwell, Kevin Jorgeson, Alex Honnold, Jimmy Webb, Daniel Woods and a special tribute to the late Dean Potter. This year's tour boasts an eclectic program that will get you psyched!
Season 2016
Reel Rock 12
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REEL ROCK cranks it up to 11 with our latest collection of electrifying climbing films showcasing the sport's biggest stories and athletes. Featuring Ashima Shiraishi, Will Stanhope, Matt Segal, Brette Harrington, Kai Lightner, Mike Libecki and the Wild Bunch.
Season 2017
Reel Rock 13
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Reel Rock Tour 12 - 2017 - brings you four new nail-biting, hair-raising, and awe-inspiring stories of real rock climbers from around the world. Chris Sharma climbs cliffs solo over deep, churning ocean waters. Margo Hayes, at the age of 19, becomes the first female rock climber to complete a 5.15 route - the top of the difficulty scale. Brad Gobright, an up-and-coming climber, attempts reckless solo routes with a care-free attitude. Maureen Beck challenges herself while defying expectations others set for her and all adaptive climbers.
Season 2018
Real Rock 14
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Season 2019
Reel Rock 15
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Season 2020
Reel Rock 16
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Season 2021
Season 2021
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Season 2022
Season 2022
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Season 2023
Reel Rock 17
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Season 2024
Reel Rock 18
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REEL ROCK returns to the big screen! We are excited to be back on tour with the best climbing films of the year.
Immerse yourself in four gripping new climbing films from across the globe: a visionary first ascent on Japan’s mythical Mt. Mizugaki; a climbing community held together in war-torn Ukraine; a treacherous free ascent of Jirishanca in the Peruvian Andes; and an exploration of Mallorca’s deep-water soloing.
Season 2025
Reel Rock 19
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Reel Rock 19 showcases three world-premiere climbing films spanning disciplines, characters, and continents: a heartfelt story of second chances in love and climbing on Squamish’s legendary Cobra Crack; an outrageous 18-day big wall epic on Patagonia’s towering Torre Central; and the pursuit of a lifelong dream—a 5.15 first ascent—made possible by an unlikely partnership.
Special episodes
Specials
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Cast
Alex Honnold
Tommy Caldwell
Mike Libecki
Hazel FindlaySelf
Kevin Jorgeson
Ashima Shiraishi
Jeff Lowe
James Pearson
Caroline Ciavaldini
Ethan Pringle
Emily Harrington
Simone Moro
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Ueli Steck
Yuji Hirayama
Daniel Woods
Adam OndraSelf
Chris SharmaSelf
Jimmy Chin
Conrad Anker
Renan Öztürk
Pete Whittaker
Tom Randall
Will Gadd
Tim Emmett
Andy Lewis
Sean Villanueva O'DriscollSelf
Ben DittoSelf
Brette Harrington
Will Stanhope
Matt Segal
Dean Potter
Obe Carrion
Angie Scarth-JohnsonSelf
Josh WhartonSelf
Vince AndersonSelf
Charles AlbertSelf
Matt GroomSelf
Danyl BoldyrevSelf
Nicolas FavresseSelf
Olivier FavresseSelf
