Crank Media Review: The Thaitanium Project

Thailand is a sort of paradise, that western climbers discovered in the late 80s, with a development boom in the 90s. Sun, sand, delicious food, well featured rock, and rustic…

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Crank Media Review: Memento – A Boulder Lifeline

2006 was a wild time. Two years earlier someone claimed V16, and just a year before Dave Graham sent The Story of Two Worlds and subsequently downgraded most of Europe.…

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Crank Media Review: Witness This

Boone, North Carolina. A magical place, where there's plenty of hard bouldering, some well known, some the word-of-mouth "locals only" sorts. In 1996, Climbing Magazine put out an article about…

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Crank Media Review: Stick It!

From the producers of "Bring It On" comes "Stick It!", a film that reminds viewers its not called Gym-nice-tics. Haley Graham is a rebellious 17-year-old who has a run-in with…

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Crank Media Review: Dreams in Bleau

Remember a few weeks ago when we said Hueco was on the podium of frequently filmed bouldering locations? Fontainebleau might just be the all time winner. So many I can't…

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Crank Media Review: The Lappnor Project

With Daniel Woods recent video for Return of the Sleepwalker reminded me of the original feature film for V17, Blue Kangaroo's video for Nalle Hukkativials Burden of Dreams, The Lappnor…

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The Return of Aller-Retour!

Do you remember the first 9A boulder? No, not Nalle Hukkataivals Burden of Dreams, the one in Font. No, not No Kpote Only. Nicolas Pelorson downgraded that. No, not Soudain…

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Crank Media Review: Huecos Rancheros

Let's get one thing straight - Hueco is probably on the podium of most-filmed bouldering locations in the world, along with Fontainebleau and Switzerland. Even here on these pages we've…

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Crank Media Review: Abyss

Alpine bouldering. First Ascents. Controversy. Free Films. Welcome to Abyss, a 47-minute feature film produced by Louder Than Eleven and posted free to YouTube. Mount Evans is unique that you…

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