I have a new video that launched at the beginning of this week at Dead Point Magazine entitled Uintas Bouldering. This video was shot last fall while I was visiting my good friends Rocco and Mary. During my week in Utah they took me to a new area they had been developing about an hour outside of SLC. The area, called, "The Secret Garden" sits at 11,500 ft and is one of the most beautiful alpine areas I have seen. The rock quality and the problems are impressive for such a small area, bullet stone and intriguing lines lie everywhere.
For the shoot we spent two days in the area and Rocco spent his time climbing, re-climbing, and then re-climbing once more so that we could get every angle possible. In the video he makes it look easy but running laps on V9-V10 boulder problems is a lot of work. On our second day at the shoot we literally had to out run a blizzard and retreat in our car back down to the valley floor so there was little footage shot that day. Following the blizzard I had to head back to California.
After leaving Rocco and Mary went back up and shot some additional footage and sent it to me so that we could conclude the video. Both Rocco and Mary are impressive athletes, their climbing abilities aside. They went out of their way to help get the shots needed, support and display their sponsors, and sit patiently while the video was shelved until Monday's release. Their sponsors Five Ten, Granit Life, Metolious Climbing, V-Line, should be very proud of the end product and the way in which their athletes carried themselves.
Right now there is talk about a "professional climbers association" and to be honest I do not think we are ready for or have defined what that encompasses yet, but these two athletes are prime examples if ever there were examples to be had.
Check out the final video here Dead Point Magazine
Check out the final video here Dead Point Magazine
