This was filmed between 4th and 11th April 2011. I had the pleasure of visiting El Teide, Spain´s highest mountain @(3718m) is one of the best places in the world to photograph the stars and is also the location of Teide Observatories, considered to be one of the world´s best observatories.

A large sandstorm hit the Sahara Desert on the 9th April and at approx 3am in the night the sandstorm hit me, making it nearly impossible to see the sky with my own eyes.  Interestingly enough my camera was set for a 5 hour sequence of the milky way during this time and I was sure my whole scene was ruined. To my surprise, my camera had managed to capture the sandstorm which was backlit by Grand Canary Island making it look like golden clouds. The Milky Way was shining through the clouds, making the stars sparkle in an interesting way. So if you ever wondered how the Milky Way would look through a Sahara sandstorm, look at 00:32.


Music by my friend: Ludovico Einaudi - "Nuvole bianche" with permission.

Endovalley is a newly discovered (bouldering) area in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. It is a small area with a large selection of hard rock climbs:
Jon Glassberg climbing Cambrian Explosion (V10), Extra Alienated (V9), and Dave's Arete (V10).
Jonny Hork making the first ascent of Merkin (V9) and climbing Chewbacca (V11).
Carlo Traversi flashing The Portal Sit (V10) and making the first ascent of Flux For Life (V13).

Jon Cardwell, Jamie Emerson, Emily Dudley, and Paul Dusatko fire a few classics from the center of the Bouldering Universe... A small talus field in Colorado.

MS13 Training Arete_V8 , Extra Alienated_V9, Cambrian Explosion_V10, Flux For Life_V13 (Third Ascent) are shown in this video.

Climbing at the BRAND NEWEST AREA - ENDOVALLEY,  RMNP, CO   Starring Five Ten athletes Ian Dory, Jamie Emerson, and Dave Graham.

Pierre Bollinger making the first ascent of "Shoot'm Up" (5.14b / 8c),  at Smith Rock, Oregon.

Climbing legend Peter Croft mentors boulderer Lisa Rands on the finer points of alpine free climbing during an ascent of Venturi Effect, Croft's spectacular route on The Incredible Hulk, in California's Sierra Nevada.

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Music by Robots With Hearts, Todayokay, The Brute Chorus, New Town Kings, Sub Rosa, Stax Dempsey,

This film commemorates the life of Guy Lacelle, who was regarded as one of the world's leading ice climbers. In 2009, at the age of 54, Lacelle was killed by an avalanche in Bozeman, Montana. A pioneer in the ice climbing world, Lacelle was the first to show what can be done on vertical ice and established some of the most difficult ice climbs in the world.

A film by Chris Alstrin - Alstrin Films.
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Matteo Della Bordella sale "The Doors" 8b a Cadarese, Ossola, in stile tradizionale, piazzando nuts e friends durante la salita

Alpinists Ueli Steck and Freddie Wilkinson tackle Cholatse alpine-style when weather takes a turn for the worse in May of 2011.

This Petzl video puts the current cold and icy May weather in perspective.