A Look back: July

Hot SendsJuly got off to a slow start but everyone seemed to get in on the action in the final week.  I suspect it was because of Friday's approaching Blue…

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Crank Media Review: Rocky Mountain Highball

Continuing on our highball theme from the last review (The High Life), we bring you a much more modern film about getting way off the deck - Rocky Mountain Highball.Right…

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A Look Back: June

Hot SendsEmily Harrington - Golden Gate (5.13):Six days on the wall and Emily Harrington shows us why she is one of the best female free climbers out there.  Yosemite granite is…

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A Look Back: May

May ended on Sunday and reports of events all over the world were still coming in through out the week.  I used the small break after the fury of articles…

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Crank Media Review: Best of the West

Remember Free Hueco! ? Of course you do, we reviewed it last month. Now its time for Best of the West.  Hueco Tanks, Check.  Chris Sharma, Check. New Projects, Check.…

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A Look Back: April

Hot SendsRemember back in January's review when I said that I could not wait to see what happend in the rest of the year?  Well April outdid itself with amazing…

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Crank Media Review: Free Hueco!

For the next few months, Crank is going to try and post consecutive film reviews that have a theme.   Think of it as a double-feature for folks who would…

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A Look Back: March

Hot SendsChris Sharma: El Bon Combat, 5.15b/cSharma has returned and in spectacular fashion.  El Bon Combat is Sharma's most difficult on-sight to date and ranks as one of the hardest lines in…

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Crank Media Review: Inertia 2 – Focus

This installment of Inertia changed drastically from the first.  We start out with some funky beats providing the soundtrack to Fred Rouhling quickly dispatching some gritstone test pieces, but then…

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