Two brothers conquered the world's first 8b+ boulder. This is how gravity lost.
Boulders in Valais presents the canton of Valais in Switzerland, its bouldering climbing spots and some of its historical and current actors and driving forces including Lucien Abbet, Benoît Dorsaz, Fred Nicole, Dave Graham... Frédéric and François Nicole gives us spectacular demonstrations of this sport, showing us routes like "Radja", the world's first 8b+. A topo-video part contains 28 climbing sites with a geographical map, and more than 160 video sequences for as many chosen blocks... more than 2h30 of climbing.
Cinematography
Stunning Swiss Alps make your palms sweat
Practical Effects
Real climbers, real rocks, zero CGI nonsense
Editing
Topo section is basically climbing pornography
Director
Nathalie Pallud
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fred Nicole's 2000 ascent of 'Radja' remained unrepeated for years; this documentary captured the only known footage of the original line's beta.
The film essentially created the 'climbing topo video' format now ubiquitous on YouTube—shot on actual film stock in an era before 4K phone cameras.
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