A History Lesson
Tritone | United States | 12/09/2007
(3 out of 5 stars)
"I see to sentiments in the reviews:
1) It was the first video of it's kind. It started the current climbing genre. Therefore it has intrinsic worth.
2) The director, Josh Lowell, was young. This was his first video of any consequence, and we see a lot of antics: kickboxing, milk drinking, snot blowing, girl watching, etc.
Thankfully Josh managed to grow up a little, and he has been producing some of the best climbing videos in the industry - including King Lines which has garnished awards from across the globe.
Like some of the other reviewers, I watch this one with my finger on the fast-forward/skip button. There are a lot of great climbing sequences - and it's fun to see what some of the guys (like Chris Sharma) looked like 10 years ago.
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Makes sends look too easy
Savanna A. Hinkle | California | 01/10/2007
(2 out of 5 stars)
"one successful send after another leaves you wanting to see some struggle, conflict, =something= to represent how hard those climbs really are. also fails to identify location of climbs, although name of climb and rating is given. punk music."