Documentary Film Reaches New Heights
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In case you had any doubts, this recent heat wave confirms that Summertime is finally here. A nice way to enjoy nature for active types is to take up outdoorsy sports. For avid and adventurous rock climbers, there are…tall mountains. For the risk-averse, there are cool, dark theaters and a new documentary by German director Pepe Danquart, To The Limit. The film depicts the attempt by Thomas and Alexander Huber, a World-renowned mountain climbing brother team, to speed climb El Capitan, in Yosemite National Park, California. Speed climb, you say? Aside from the incredible amount of concentration, stamina, and upper-body strength required just to slow climb a mountain, the brothers try to set a World record in how quickly you can get up the 1,000 vertical nose of El Capitan.
Thomas Huber escalates the tension of the climb
There are gorgeous scenes, as can be expected of a film shot on location at Yosemite and in Patagonia, Chile. There is of course the requisite sibling rivalry between narcissistic alpha male older brother Alexander and sensitive introvert Thomas. The film opens in New York on June 13. If sufficiently inspired, you can take a beginner’s rock climbing class (albeit in an indoor climbing wall) with the City Climbers Club, at the 59th Street city gym.
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| Posted on June 10, 2008
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