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Its a refreshing change of pace from typical climbing films, which tend to start and end at the crag.On the whole, First Ascent has a very documentary feel; replica Omega watches instead of technical jargon about grades and handholds, we get talking-head interviews with magazine editors and visits to climbers childhood homes. The series takes some time off the rock to take a more personal look at the lives of climbers and the emotional and mental journeys behind their sends. the climber who carries his late girlfriends ashes up a mountain face in Patagonia in search of closure.
The series is accessible enough that non-climbers will be replica Tag Heuer watches able to appreciate it as well as their dirtbag brethren.It helps that the filmmakers have such an interesting cast of characters to work with. Theres Alex Honnold, the laid-back guy who lives in his van and climbs thousand-foot cliffs with no rope. Theres Jonny Copp and Micah Dash, climbing partners from Boulder who crack jokes while edging up icy rock faces and bicker like an old couple when bad weather traps them in their tent. Theres Stanley Leary,
