Rocks 'n Reels - two climbing films hit Eugene.Byline: The Register-Guard It's climbing time again in Eugene. The Reel Rock Tour - billed as "the first major international climbing film tour" - makes Eugene one of its 60 stops this week. Sponsored locally by the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. Outdoor Program, the screening will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday in 177 Lawrence Hall on campus. Tickets, available only at the door, are $7 for general admission and $5 for UO students and members of the Outdoor Program cooperative. Two films are to be shown: "First Ascent In climbing, a first ascent (FA) is the first modern recorded climb to reach the top of a mountain, or the first to follow a particular climbing route. First ascents are notable because they are the climbs that entail genuine exploration; the risks are higher and the challenge ," produced and directed by Peter Mortimer Peter Mortimer (August 7 1875 – 1951) was a Scottish footballer. Mortimer was born in Calton, Glasgow and played for a variety of local junior clubs in the city before moving to London in 1894 to play for Woolwich Arsenal, being one of many Scottish players at the club , features top rock climbers laying siege to steep faces and soaring alpine walls in pursuit of various "first ascent" honors. The film takes viewers to high Himalayan peaks, the rocky coast of Thailand and Hollywood, where Timmy (the `Urban Ape') O'Neill performs monkey business on tall buildings. A preview segment from "First Ascent" won the grand prize and audience award at a recent mountain film festival in Jackson Hole Jackson Hole, fertile Rocky Mt. valley, c.50 mi (80 km) long and 6 to 8 mi (9.6–12.8 km) wide, NW Wyo., partly in Grand Teton National Park. Jackson Lake, 39 sq mi (101 sq km), a natural lake through which the Snake River flows, was dammed in 1916 to control , Wyo. "Dosage Volume IV," by Josh Lowell, follows some of the biggest names in sport climbing and bouldering bould·er·ing n. Sports Basic or intermediate climbing carried out on relatively small rocks that can be traversed without great risk of bodily harm in case of a fall. as they make historic ascents at spectacular locations around the world. Segments include Tommy Caldwell's free-climbing marathon at El Capitan in Yosemite National Park Yosemite National Park (yōsĕm`ĭtē), 761,266 acres (308,205 hectares), E central Calif.; est. 1890 as a result of the efforts of conservationist John Muir. Located in the Sierra Nevada, it is a glacier-scoured area of great beauty; Mt. , Chris Sharma's first ascent of Dream Catcher in British Columbia, and Lisa Rand's first female ascent of "Scary Grit" routes in England's Peak District. Reel Rock Tour spokesman Nick Rosen said the tour is "bringing the genre of rock climbing rock climbing Sports medicine An 'extreme sport' in which the participant climbs rock formations, with or without ropes Injury risk Fractures, abrasions, death. See Extreme sports. films to a new level." While climbing films have been well-received at mountain festivals, they have heretofore been somewhat restricted in scope, Rosen said. Rock climbers "are like rare birds - it's hard to capture them in their native environment because it's a vertical rock wall," Rosen said. But digital video has overcome many of the logistical limitations of the past, and filmmakers are adding interesting story lines and musical scores. More information about the films and the climbers featured in them is available at www.reelrocktour.com. |
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