Adventure Films

Photo: JR Lees, courtesy of the Pinnacle Club Gwen Moffat - first british female mountain guide

Weekend Warm-Up: Operation Moffat

Gwen Moffat is a name that lines the halls...
April 23, 2022

Watch: The Most Insane Ski Film Ever

Nominated for two Emmys, Markus Eder's The Ultimate Run...
April 13, 2022

Weekend Warm-Up: Arctic Tomb

A classic History Channel documentary that has it all:...
April 9, 2022

Weekend Warm-Up: Heavenly Trap

The very first shot in Heavenly Trap, the 36-minute...
April 2, 2022

Weekend Warm-Up: Unknown Factors

In 2018, Hansjorg Auer planned to lead a group...
March 26, 2022

Weekend Warm-Up: Beginner to 9a in Four Years

The German-born Martina Demmel oozes natural talent. When she...
March 20, 2022

Weekend Warm-Up: Vanishing Lines

The Alps are supposed to be an escape from...
March 12, 2022

Weekend Warm-Up: I’m a Kind of Mechanised Tramp

This vintage BBC film from 1971 profiled Bill Houston,...
March 5, 2022
"An Accidental Life" is a portrait of climber Quinn Brett, who was paralyzed in an accident on El Capitan. Photo: Big Sky Film Fest

An Accidental Life: The Quinn Brett Story

On October 11, 2017, tragedy befell an accomplished young...
February 24, 2022

Weekend Warm-Up: Traces

In 1937, France considered wolves locally extinct. Yet in...
February 19, 2022

Watch: The Dog That Loves Paragliding

Paraglider and filmmaker Adrien Nisan, 39, lives in his...
February 12, 2022

Weekend Warm-Up: Around Cape Horn in 1928

Four Masted Barque Rounding Cape Horn is a dull...
February 12, 2022
Twyford on the crux section of 'The Big Bang' 9a. Photo: Marc Langley

Weekend Warm-Up: The Big Bang

In September 2019, climber Emma Twyford became the first...
February 5, 2022
hot air balloon highline

Extreme Slacklining Between Two Hot Air Balloons

Last month, two of Brazil's foremost highliners set sail...
January 31, 2022

Weekend Warm-Up: Treeline

For thousands of years, trees have given us wood...
January 29, 2022

Weekend Warm-Up: The Long Road Home

During Arthur’s first year of life, he toured Ethiopia...
January 22, 2022

Weekend Warm-Up: Why Do I Hike?

The documentary Why Do I Hike? tracks Croatian filmmaker...
January 16, 2022

Weekend Warm-Up: Aconcagua

In 2017, a team of climbers set off to...
January 8, 2022

Weekend Warm-Up: The Collective

“The Collective” features 45 minutes of epic ski and...
December 26, 2021

Weekend Warm-Up: Irakli’s Lantern

Deep in the Tusheti Mountains, a lone patriot struggles...
December 19, 2021
Travis Rice and Chris Rasman search for Alaska's best snowboarding terrain in "Truffle Pigs an Alaskan Odyssey".

Weekend Warm-Up: Truffle Pigs

In 2018, buddies and pro snowboarders Travis Rice and...
December 12, 2021
Climbers in 1977 at Dope Lake. Photo: Rick Schloss

Friday Night Movie: ‘Valley Uprising’ on Amazon Prime is a Total Hoot

If you haven't seen the 2014 documentary, Valley Uprising,...
December 11, 2021

How Do We Understand Indigenous Peoples? Fiann Paul Recommends These Great Movies

STORY AND PHOTOS BY FIANN PAUL As a psychoanalyst, I...
December 9, 2021

Weekend Warm-Up: Troll Wall

Troll Wall, in Norway's Trolltindene massif, is the tallest...
December 4, 2021

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