
Film
Abyss
2012 · 47m · Adventure · Documentary
North America's Highest Bouldering
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Overview
ABYSS, the latest viral film from Louder Than Eleven, provides an insider’s look at rock climbing development. Exploration of secret, alpine climbing terrain high above Colorado’s Front Range has created a flurry of debate regarding the philosophy, secrecy and ethics of development. Culminating in Ben Spannuth’s FA of one of the world’s highest elevation 5.14s, ABYSS opens the floodgates of passionate debate within the climbing community. The scandal unfolds in this 48-minute piece, featuring such climbing talents as Paige Claassen, Matty Hong, Chris Schulte, Mayan Smith-Gobat, Ben Spannuth, David Wetmore, and Matt Wilder and narrated by Jon Glassberg. Additional commentary from the insightful minds of Peter Beal, Herman Feissner, Joe Kinder, Brady Robinson, Ben Scott, Chris Sharma, John Sherman, and Clark Shelk.
Cast
Crew
- Rich CrowderDirector
- Jon GlassbergDirector · Editor
- Jordan ShipmanDirector · Editor
Details
- Release date
- October 28, 2012
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 47m
- Genres
- Adventure, Documentary
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