Arc'teryx Presents: Climbing Through follows professional climber Julia Niles as she steps out of the swirl of everyday obligations—motherhood, guiding, and her counseling practice—and into the steep, committing world of big-wall climbing in Chile’s Cochamó Valley, invited by friend and pro athlete Em Pellerin.
High above the ground and tied together on the wall, the film turns each deliberate move into a lesson in presence: slowing down, trusting the partnership, and reconnecting with why climbing matters. It’s a grounded, intimate adventure story that pairs real life with real exposure—and leaves you wanting to breathe deeper, climb smarter, and savor the moment you’re in.
In Flashed, Babsi Zangerl sets her sights on the 3,000-foot Free Rider on El Capitan—and does what no one has done before: a true flash of one of the world’s most iconic big walls. With partner Jacopo Larcher, she commits to a ground-up effort that stretches across three intense days on Yosemite granite.
This isn’t just a headline ascent. The film digs into the texture of the attempt—slick slabs, gnarly offwidths, and sequences that only reveal themselves when you’re already in too deep—while showing the calm, trust, and grit it takes to keep moving upward. If you want a front-row seat to history and the human story behind it, this one delivers.
Adam Ondra takes on Soudain Seul, a V17/9A boulder problem at Fontainebleau, in what he describes as one of the most beautiful and satisfying lines he has ever climbed. The film follows his five-session journey to the top, capturing the meticulous process of decoding a world-class boulder problem move by move, with each session revealing new subtleties in the stone.
What makes this film compelling is not just the historic difficulty of the ascent, but Ondra's raw honesty about the emotional weight it carries after several seasons of near-misses on major projects. Watching him finally break through on one of the forest's finest test pieces, in new La Sportiva Ondra Comp shoes no less, delivers a deeply satisfying payoff for any climbing fan.
