rydra_wong: "i like to climb alot". The xkcd stick figure climbs up the side of Hyperbole and a Half's yak-like "alot." (climbing -- alot)
rydra_wong ([personal profile] rydra_wong) wrote in [personal profile] rachelmanija 2019-04-09 06:43 am (UTC)

Re: No spoilers

I also want to say that I'm not much of a watcher of things, but the two climbing documentaries I've watched recently, both at your suggestion, have left me in a substantially better mood after watching them while wretchedly sleep-deprived and unable to enjoy most of my usual activities.

I've already been reccing this at Rachel, but I will add my rec for A Line Across The Sky, a medium-length film in which Tommy and Alex go on an adventure in Patagonia which is one of my favourite climbing films ever, and which is currently watchable free online:

https://www.redbull.tv/video/AP-1MQAPEZX91W11/a-line-across-the-sky-part-i
https://www.redbull.tv/video/AP-1M8AK3VKD2111/a-line-across-the-sky-part-ii

(Content note: passing use of "r****ded" as an insult and "ghetto" to mean scrappy improvisional stuff.)

Gorgeouus scenery, amazing climbing, and most of all, delightful character comedy. Totally accessible to non-climbers -- pre-Dawn Wall and Free Solo, this is the one I was most likely to show non-climbing friends because I thought they'd enjoy it.

(I hope the sleep-deprivation lets up soon.)

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