Crank Media Review: Beyond Gravity

If you're a collector of climbing films, there are some that pop up on your radar constantly.  These are films that despite being two decades old, there are still plenty…

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Crank Media Review: Soul Cal

Southern California... So Cal, or Soul Cal?From Paul Dusatko, who brought us skate-film-esque films like Inertia, and thoughtful profile pieces like A Day in the Life: 5 Women Who Climb, comes Soul…

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Climbers in Quarantine: Part 2

How to Safely Return to Climbing after LockdownWho's ready?Two months ago, gyms across the world shut down.  Major outdoor destinations were asking for visitors and tourists to go home.  Access…

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Crank Media Review: Underdeveloped

There's climbing in Ireland?Yes, there's plenty of climbing in Ireland, and Underdeveloped captures it at a very relateable level. It's a relatively "low budget" film compared to some other offerings,…

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Crank Media Review: Rotpunkt

Rotpunkt. If you don't speak German, it means Redpoint.  Believe it or not, the transition from aid climbing being "climbing" to free climbing being "climbing" is only four-ish decades in the…

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Hangboard Training (Part 3): Jams My Cams

You know what Jams My Cams?  Hangboard TrainingLike many of you, my state has been under a Shelter-in-Place order since March.  Even as parts of the state start to open…

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Crank Media Review: Autana

And now for something completely different. Most of the recent reviews have been bouldering flicks, but there are other kinds of climbing, and we're going to the opposite end of…

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Crank Media Review: Life on Hold

Another British bouldering film?  I know we've been doing a lot of these recently, but there are many, and more topically, this one went on YouTube in full recently (foolish…

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Crank Media Review: Blocheads

Bouldering.  That's like, training for real climbing, sort of the bottom rung of the ladder, right? So it was for many decades, but there's a rich history as far back…

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Crank Media Review: Southern Slopers

Oh boy.  The O.G., Southern Slopers. The film about Horse Pens 40 in all its glory.A masterpiece of the VHS era, it played on loop in the Shultz's cantina just…

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