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Big Up’s Dosage series is the definitive portrait of climbing’s state-of–the art.
Volume 3 raises the bar with six Doses of maximum-strength action, The Ozarks Chris Sharma, Jason Kehl, Melissa Lacasse, Nate Gold and friends visit Arkansas sandstone looking for some high end, highball sandstone. The dose finishes with Sharma on the beautiful roof problem of Witness the Fitness Vietnam DWS gurus Tim Emmett, Klem Loskott and friends living on a boat in Ha Long Bay. Surrounded by unclimbed limestone towers they grab route after route, big falls, big grades and hooligan monkeys. Swiss Gneiss Dave Graham was living in Ticino. Predictably he was also climbing every minute possible. Superb bouldering in a beautiful area and the footage of Graham working the stupendous Coup de Grace. The Optomists Beth Rodden and Tommy Caldwell at work on Smith Rock, one of the birthplaces of American sport climbing. A super insight into the process of establishing exrtreme sport routes with Tommy on the runout Spank The Monkey(5.13d) and Beth on The Optomist (5.14b).
Return to Balance
A sequence from Yosemite legend Ron Kauks contemplative film. A mystical, new age ramble on the lessons he feels he has learned in a lifetime of climbing. Accompanied by images of the landscsape of the valley and Kauk cruising some the Valley’s most beautiful lines, boulder, bolted and trad. Utah Update James Litz on 5.14c and V13, Ben Moon on V12, Jason Kehl on V11 and Tim Kemple on 5.13 solos; All are first ascents.
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