ASCEND | Rock Climbing Devils Tower Documentary
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2023
- The Jackson Hole High School climbing and mountaineering club has taken students to Wyoming's Devil's Tower National for over a decade in collaboration with Exum Mountain Guides. This film shows the significance of this sport and the opportunity for high school students to grow, expand, and Ascend past their perceived limitations.
This is a passion project I completed for fun, my first-ever attempt at a documentary. Jackson Hole High School students took a trip with the rock climbing club with Exum mountain guides and summited Devils Tower in Wyoming. With all sorts of people from different walks of life, they face fear straight on and together.
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There is nothing better than working youngers to see beyond their boundaries. In many years a climber, I've shared the experience.
Walking folks past their ' mental fences' insurers their survivability.
But for those of us that have, keep it to a golfclap. ;)
One time yt recommendation was right. What a great film, i wish I had adventures like this at 18... Devil's Tower has been on my bucket list for a looong time, but it's 8000km away.
A lot of people are talking about the climbing. which phenomenal work guys. but the film work and the way you put the interviews together was phenomenal. the pairing of the interview audio with the clips you chose were really great. just amazing job putting the video together.
Thank you so much!! I'm so glad someone recognizes that aspect of this project too!
Well done guys. Very nice to see and the video super well made.
As a rock climber your age I'm so glad to see these kind of films. Perhaps my greatest memories were made climbing big walls like the one you climbed with people I love, so I can't help but smile and be happy that other people were able to have such memorable experiences. In a world where people don't try much new stuff often (in general) I'm really happy to see that this kind of mindset isn't lost. Cheers mate!
Thank you so much!
The Durrance Route is a classic! Perhaps more off-width than a crack connoisseur would prefer but solid rock and easy to protect. The Durrance Crack pitch (called pitch 4 in this video) is very aesthetically pleasing. Great experience. Thanks for bringing fond memories back to this old guy.
Amazing! Not only were you climbing, but you were telling a story the entire journey! Such a great opportunity for these youth! Thanks to all the guides and teachers who have made these opportunities available!
so rad
Best thing is they had an experience that will never be forgotten, getting to the top is when you understand why people climb
Durrance route! Well done to all of the adults, guides & teachers who made this experience possible, & to the students who rose to the various challenges... & those who simply tried their best. The film does a great job of capturing all of the different personalities involved too, which makes for a very satisfying story that seems uniquely personal & human. As a result it's not simply about accomplishing some feat... it's more about the journey that the students experience during that effort.
Thanks also to the gentleman for calling the tower by its indigenous name in the film... Bear Lodge. Some might consider that to be a small, relatively inconsequential gesture, but it's also a meaningful one in other profound ways, modeling an evolved cultural respect where too often it has been absent.
very cool, and very cool teachers to take these students on such a rad adventure
BRO HOW DO YOU ONLY HAVE 529 SUBS YOUR EDITING IS AMAZING
this was a movie!! 🤩
incredible documentary about an incredible program!
The program is absolutely amazing
Good for you guys. This was enjoyable and brought back a lot of memories. My buddy and I climbed the Durrance and Hollywood & Vine back in ‘72. Ours were among the first thousand ascents. Now, apparently, 5000 people a year sign in to climb it. The sign on top is a replacement for the original that someone hauled up from the bottom. The thing to do was to stand on top of its shaky placement to have your photo taken, thus proving one could still climb a little higher.
Awesome work you deserve way more views and likes!
Thank you!
Great Outreach and nice edit! Keep up the amazing work!
This was an amazing documentary
Fantastic documentary! Thanks ✌️
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow. Well made short doc. Hope you go on to make more of them, Isaac. As long as you don’t feature my little brother an any more of them!😂
Haha, I'll definietly be making more!
Oh my gosh, Garrick took us up The Grand in 2011!! He was so very kind and a fantastic guide!!! What a blessing for these kids-lufe changing mentoring!! Thank you, Garrick!
Garrick's the greatest!
This is really good - I did the Pseudo-Weissner route (about 5 columns to the right of this route) in August of this year. This video provides good insight into what goes through your head during the climb, well done!
Thank you! Climbing it is definitely a way different perspective than the view from the ground
@@ilarsen_edits Yes.... this is way better than the videos where people just post their gopro footage without any insight into the mental aspects, which seem a lot more important especially for first-time DT climbers like us!
Bear Butte is a cool place. I've only climbed 2 routes there, but they were great fun.
Thank you for posting this. It is my goal for my 40th birthday year to climb this. May 2024 💪 and I will film it!!
Good luck my man!
Great documentary. What’s the “No climbing above this point” sign for ? It’s a joke right ? I was wondering if the sign was originally lower until someone removed and placed it at the top.
Haha yeah I’m pretty sure it’s some kind of joke!
Devils tower = ancient tree
Lmfao
Sickk
Who cut this tree down and with what kind of saw ? 6 miles high tree
It was not a tree, but it was a heel tendon of a giant humanoid cteature that has become petrified, the rest of the guy eroded into the thick red soil around the monument. Look at it directly from the top on google earth and you can actually see an outline of the giant...
Not even standing on the summit of Mont Blanc equalled standing on the summit of Devils Tower!
Thats what most native in my land of I did this was my land????
Nope!