At 47 corners and 1076 meters elevation, New Zealand’s Crown Range is the country’s highest paved roadway. For this brief moment, the road belongs solely to Mike Whiddett. It’s considered one of the most demanding and technical drives of the country. Mad Mike hits the streets.
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Adventure Race Documentary: Race the Rockies
A great look at the world of adventure racing. This is a short documentary about the sport of adventure racing, revolving around Race the Rockies. Race The Rockies is an 18-hour adventure race in the rugged mountains of British Columbia, Canada.
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Ski BASE with JT Holmes and Shane McConkey
“My name is Shane McConkey. I’m a professional skier. I also like the BASE jumping.” Watch this short clip of McConkey and professional free skier and friend JT Holmes merge skiing and BASE jumping in Bella Coola, British Columbia. They also take on the Eiger and the mountains of western Norway. RIP Shane!
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Tommy Caldwell Climbs the Dawn Wall
At the age of three, Tommy Caldwell’s father introduced him to rock climbing. Considered one of the world’s best rock climbers, Caldwell was climbing routes at age 13 that his father couldn’t complete. At age 16, he won the World Climbing Championship. For the last several years, Caldwell’s dream has been to free climb the 3000ft. Dawn Wall. It’s one of the hardest, blankest, continuously steep walls in the world. Attempting this thing, as one climber put it, “is outer space. It’s silly hard.”
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Kayaking Switzerland’s Rheinfall at Night
Kayaker Ron Fischer has a little nighttime fun in Switzerland, kayaking Rheinfall. Looks pretty gnarly with the glow-in-the-dark fluorescents and whitewater.
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La Dura Dura: The Most Difficult Rock Climb in the World
Chris Sharma and Adam Ondra spent two years working together to climb the world’s hardest route, La Dura Dura (5.15c / 9b+). It’s located in Oliana, Spain and is unlike any rock climb you’ve ever seen before. This short clip tells the story of their collaboration and documents Ondra’s historic first ascent.
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Skeleton: Pushing the Adrenaline Limit
People think Skeleton is the most dangerous of all the sliding sports, but it’s actually one of the safest. It’s like a waterslide, they say! Canadians are the winningest nation when it comes to Olympic Skeleton racing.
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Thomas Vanderham’s Trail Crawl
Over the course of one week, Thomas Vanderham linked together several of his favorite mountain biking trails in a non-stop road trip from Kamloops, B.C. to Virgin, Utah.
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Henry Jun Wah Lee: Alchemy
Alchemy is a short film (and Vimeo Staff Pick) by Henry Jun Wah Lee. Alchemy is about transformation – in nature, everything is constantly changing: the earth, the sky, the stars, and all living things. Spring is followed by summer, fall and winter. Water turns into clouds, rain and ice. Over time, rivers are created, canyons carved, and mountains formed. All of these elements, mixed together, create the magic of nature’s alchemy.