Comments on: Review of Rocky Mountain Highball

By: Climbing the Cracks « Viva Viva

Climbing the Cracks « Viva Viva — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:27:56 +0000

[...] abroad to interviews with famous climbers in the states, along with feature articles like “Review of Rocky Mountain Highball” and “The Future of Technology and Climbing.” If the blog itself isn’t [...]

By: DSD

DSD — Sat, 02 May 2009 23:12:02 +0000

Hi Tom,
I will catch up on this as it looks good.
Congratulations on your new family member too!
DSD

Send me a quick email as I wanted to check and see if I may add you to my links?

By: Elizabeth Smalley

Elizabeth Smalley — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:48:49 +0000

The film was Great. But what I found most surprising was the fact that is was presented by the American Alpine Club. Who knew that an organization of what is thought to be old dudes climbing big peaks was affiliated with bouldering. Pretty cool.

By: Rocky Mountain Highball Reviews Are In | Climbing Narcissist

Rocky Mountain Highball Reviews Are In | Climbing Narcissist — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:19:35 +0000

[...] Theatre on Monday night, and a few reviews are now in. Here is one from Boulder Diaries and another from All Climbing. No word on when the movie will be available for [...]

By: chuffer

chuffer — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:33:10 +0000

BTW, that’s really cool that your dad enjoyed it.

By: chuffer

chuffer — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:32:32 +0000

Nice review Tom.

The DVD will be out in a month or so. Maybe the DVD will include a list of where these problems are located.

By: Rocky Mountain Highball - Review | BoulderDiaries

Rocky Mountain Highball - Review | BoulderDiaries — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:26:44 +0000

[...] over at All Climbing has his review up [...]

By: Tom Markiewicz

Tom Markiewicz — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:21:26 +0000

Thanks Ryan. Yeah, I agree and I think what you’re talking about ties into one of my last comments above about being able to get inside the heads of the climbers on these highballs.

By: Ryan Wanger

Ryan Wanger — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:14:00 +0000

I also thought the movie was great, but agree that it would have been nice to see locations for each of the climbs. Perhaps publishing the list online would be a good compromise between trying not to make the film “too Colorado” and also letting us know where to go to attempt some of those killer looking problems.

I think the movie could have also benefited from focusing a bit more on the audio of the climbers themselves, rather than the soundtrack. There are a few key moments where fading out the music and turning up the breathing of the climbers (who were all mic’d) would have added immensely to the tension and suspense. With the pumping soundtrack, sometimes it was hard to tell if they were even nervous at all!

By: Rocky Mountain Highball Trailer — All Climbing

Rocky Mountain Highball Trailer — All Climbing — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:08:58 +0000

[...] UPDATE: All Climbing now has a review of Rocky Mountain Highball. [...]