Crank Media Review: Rewind
When you make as many films as Brian Solano did, you got a lot of footage. Some gets used, much does not. Rather that hide the B-roll away, why not…
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March 28, 2021
Goodbye PRG Valley (Coatesville)
A personal history of my encounters with something unapologetically old school. "You gotta come to this comp. Well, its not a comp. Its an epic. 5 hours man. Routes, slabs,…
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March 19, 2021
Crank Book Review: Hangdog Days
Hangdog Days: Conflict, Change and the Race for 5.14I had just started getting into climbing right after 5.15 was realized in 2001, pardon the pun, with Chris Sharma’s ascent of Biographie. It…
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November 16, 2020
Crank Media Review: The Australia Project
Another Brian Solano film? Yes indeed, bonus, this one is available for free! Let's head to the land down under.... where women glow and men plunder?The Australia Project opens strong…
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July 29, 2020
Crank Media Review: The Life
Dedicating yourself 100% to a cause. Dropping your responsibilities and just doing what it takes to climb. Living The Life."Live that life, because you only have one life to live"The…
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July 24, 2020
Crank Media Review: Spray
Spray. We at Crank Climbing hate spray. We've written blogs about it. But lets talk about a kind of Spray we can all enjoy, and that's Brian Solano's film.... Spray…
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July 22, 2020
Crank Media Review: Reunion at Taquitz
And now, for something completely different. Reunion at Taquitz isn't really a climbing film in the traditional sense, but its a film with climbers in it, and I'm gonna review…
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July 16, 2020
Crank Media Review: Tea for Three
Its better to burn out than fade away..... Lies. Tea for Three is a film about three "older" South African climber, who 'by day' are a surgeon, carpenter, and a…
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July 15, 2020
Crank Media Review: Wall Rats
Wiz Kids. Every sport has them. In the 00s, climbing's rising stars were Tori Allen and Scott Cory. Sure they are crushing the indoor circuit, but how would they fare…
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July 10, 2020
Crank Media Review: Out of Sight III
The third film in a series is always going to get scrutiny. Return of the Jedi, Return of the King, Alien3, sigh, Jurassic Park 3. Less so for climbing films, as…
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July 1, 2020