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In an era where many climbers are using fixed ropes and sport-climbing tactics to free El Cap, climbers like Amity Warme and Brent Barghahn are choosing to keep adventure alive. Going ground up, Amity and Brent pull off a free ascent of the Pineapple Express variation of El Niño (5.13b/c) over eight days, battling variable conditions, friable rock, and, for Amity, a serious finger injury.
This documentary captures the tenacity, grit, and performance mindset required to go ground up on a free ascent of El Capitan.
Featuring: Amity Warme and Brent Barghahn
Director: Chris Alstrin
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0:00 Introduction
1:30 Taking on El Niño
3:18 About Amity Warme
7:00 The Reality of Big Wall Life
10:10 The First Major Crux: La Nina
14:15 Weather Battles
19:45 Despair To Elation
21:00 Ascending The Black Cave “5.13b”
25:17 Hardest Is Over, Job Still Not Done
27:54 Lucy Is A Labrador 5.13A “Pitch 22”
31:42 The Final Push: One Last Shot
34:48 Success on El Niño
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