If Masters of Stone 4 foreshadowed a changing of the guard, it arrived in full in the fifth installment. Stone Masters are out, Stone Monkeys are in. Two short years…
It's difficult to give Masters of Stone 4 a fair review. The fourth installment of a series is never known to be the best, and is usually evidence of a…
"In space, no one can hear you scream" - The original Alien was an iconic thriller. Its sequel, Aliens, I'd argue was even better, albeit a shift to the action…
If a movie makes money, what do you do? Make a sequel of course! Masters of Stone is the first climbing film I can recall having a proper sequel, and…
Talk to any Old Hat about the dawn of "climbing films" in the US and they'll talk about Masters of Stone. It was one of the first mass produced, mass…
Iconic Duos.Peas and Carrots. Batman and Robin. UK Climbing and Controversy. John Dunne isn't your average elite climber, and the title of this film alludes to it in multiple ways.…
Some might think "Masters of Stone" is the ubiquitous early American climbing film, but I'd argue Painted Spider is more deserving of the title. Both dropped around 1991, and tried…
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…
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.…
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…