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Cory Richards: The Unquiet Mind
Season 7 Episode 22
Alpinist and photographer Cory Richards was living at full speed. A steady stream of Himalayan expeditions and assignments from National Geographic k…
1 year, 5 months ago
Lynn Hill: A Magician Needs A Stage
Season 7 Episode 21
El Cap. Free. In a day. Putting those words on your resume puts you in the league of legends. How did that become the bar? Lynn Hill. A singular athl…
1 year, 5 months ago
Margo Hayes: Renaissance Woman
Season 7 Episode 20
Ms. 5.15 – that was the moniker the climbing world bestowed on Margo Hayes after she became the first woman to climb the grade. Two more 5.15’s follo…
1 year, 6 months ago
Babsi and Jacopo: The Flame Burns Bright
Season 7 Episode 19
While most of the elite climbing world has turned its attention to raw difficulty in sport and bouldering, Babsi Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher have been…
1 year, 6 months ago
Beth Rodden: A Light Through The Cracks
Season 7 Episode 18
Beth Rodden started climbing in 1995, and it wasn’t long before she radically changed the sport. Within three years, she’d become the first woman to …
1 year, 6 months ago
Give and Take
Season 7 Episode 17
After a protracted battle over bolts and sport climbing, American climbers nearly lost the ability to climb on public lands in the early 1990s. It wo…
1 year, 6 months ago
Soviet Speed
Season 7 Episode 16
In 1986, a rag-tag group of dirtbags including Beth Wald, Russ Clune and Todd Skinner came up with a scheme to go behind the Iron Curtain with the go…
1 year, 6 months ago
Alex Goes Paris: Olympic Recap
Season 7 Episode 15
Adieu Paris. After a week at the Olympic games, Alex and the team reflect on an incredible moment for climbing and its brightest competitors.
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1 year, 7 months ago
Vertical Drag Race: Part 2
Season 7 Episode 14
The Tomoa Skip. The Chinese Top. Records are falling and what is fast this year will be middle of the pack next year. For competitors Emma Hunt, Pipe…
1 year, 7 months ago
Vertical Drag Race: Part 1
Season 7 Episode 13
Records are falling. Beta is getting tweaked. We’ve entered the sub five second era of speed climbing. The athleticism is off the charts and the form…
1 year, 7 months ago