Climbing Movies

Released in 1915, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A record of the ascent and descent of Monte Rosa on skis by Arnold Fanck, Hans Rhode and Sepp Allgeier. The party starts from Zermatt through the...

For Lor Sabourin, climbing is more than a sport; it’s a way of exploring identity and building resilience in the face of adversity. They/Them...

Two of Britain’s top free climbers decide to take on one of Yosemite’s most awesome lumps of granite: the thousand vertical metres of El...

An unhoped-for mountain in a remote valley of Pakistan, a mountain that climbs and a solid team of Belgian, French and Argentinian mountaineers who...

"Waiting for Godot" is a documentary about rock climbing that takes place on Torre Central Del Paine and Torre Norte Del Paine. It was directed by...

"No Permanent Address" documents the first ascent of a 23 pitch free climb on a 2,700 ft. granite wall located in the remote wilderness of British...

Following the successful ascent of Mont Blanc, the Warwick Trading Company expedition led by Frank Ormiston-Smith went on to film the ascent of the...

Canyoneering is the sport of descending canyons by means of hiking, climbing, rappelling and swimming. Relatively obscure, the sport was brought to...

Eight women, 8,611 meters to climb. A feat that will go down in history. Seventy years after the first ascent of K2, an extraordinary all-female...

An anthology of award winning climbing films, this collection chronicles a decade of adventures in both Yosemite Valley and Stoney Point. Two of the...

The climbing brothers Thomas and Alexander Huber (Germany) attempt to conquer free the infamous "Bavarian Direttissima" (upper tenth degree of...

Could you sit down hard on a glacier eighty feet thick - and smile? The sweet young mountain climber in this picture has her own methods for getting...

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Nine of the most outstanding climbers nowadays come together in this striking documentary about the ethics, values and the very nature of climbing....

An alpine ascent around the snow-covered area of Monte Cevedale by a large group of mountaineers equipped with crampons and ice axes. The group...

Taking footage from the film 'A la conquete des cimes', this instructional film distributed for the home market as a Pathe Baby film in two reels,...

During a reconnaissance trip, Olivier Balma, a guide and instructor at CMDI, accompanies Erwan Le Lann into the Getu Valley, in the heart of Guizhou...

Bouldering in Switzerland, Austria and France.