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To the Limit : 3/5

Interesting documentary about the Huber brothers, Thomas and Alexander, and their attempts to break the speed climbing record of El Capitan in Yosemite.  There's some emo stuff about their sibling rivalry - Thomas's envy of the media interest on the arguably more good-looking and better climber, Alexander.  It also shows a little of their expedition to Patagonia to climb the Torre Traverse (I think?).  Dean Porter and Chongo were also interviewed, but weirdly, they weren't identified in the movie other than during the credits.  I wished also that they gave more background on the Huber brothers - what do they do outside of climbing?

I don't really know that much about climbing, but I have to admit I was most excited about seeing Patagonia.  The short bits in the movie of the little town of El Chaltén brought back good memories from our hiking vacation there several years ago.

Comments (2)

Feb 23, 2009
Vincent Chu said...
seeing yosemite on film is so nice because we're so familiar with the area!
Feb 23, 2009
serene said...
so when's your El Capitan attempt?

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