Hook or Book (2003)
• January 1st, 2003 • 0h 45min
Documentary, Adventure
Overview
Yosemite National Park, in California, is one of the most fascinating in the United States. In the eastern part of the park, isolated granite peaks rise 3,900 meters above the valley floor: El Capitan, Half Dome, and Sentinel. El Capitan is the largest unbroken mass of granite in the world and a legendary site for mountaineering and free climbing. Every year, the world's best climbers challenge its impressive face. The film, enhanced with interviews and spectacular footage, follows the preparations for and ascent of El Capitan by a group of elite climbers: Scott Burk, Leo Houlding, Jim Bridwell, Jean-Marc Troussier, and Valerio Fulco, with whom humor is one of the essential ingredients of this adventure.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Marcel au sommet de son art
Released on: 2017-01-01
Documentary
Marcel is on the eve of his 95th birthday. He trained his two sons, Claude and Yves, in the world of...
Valley Uprising
Released on: 2014-09-01
Adventure, Documentary, History
In the shady campgrounds of Yosemite valley, climbers carved out a counterculture lifestyle of dumps...
Beyond the Summit: Learning to Fly
Released on: 2011-11-11
Adventure, Documentary, Family
In some of the most extraordinary natural landscapes in Mexico, a group of mountaineers have set out...
To the Limit
Released on: 2007-02-09
Documentary
At the Limit is a documentary about extreme climbing. In this sports documentary, Pepe Danquart show...
Superhombre
Released on: 2019-07-19
Documentary, Drama
Horia Colibasanu is a dentist, father of two boys and elite climber. In 2008, he refused to abandon,...
Sentinel - The West Face
Released on: 1967-01-01
Documentary, Adventure
1967: Two of the world's best climbers, Yvon Chouinard and Royal Robbins, tackle the west face of Se...
Blood, Sweat and Bagels
Released on: 2005-06-05
Documentary
Two of Britain’s top free climbers decide to take on one of Yosemite’s most awesome lumps of granite...
2T on Paiju Peak
Released on: 2015-12-31
Documentary, Adventure
In 2013, Alberto Iñurrategi, Juan Vallejo and Mikel Zabalza desist in their attempt to climb Paiju P...
Silbergeier
Released on: 2012-12-26
Documentary, Adventure
Silbergeier is a long pitch route (8b+ max) built by Pietro del Pra in 1993 and organized by Beat Ka...
Fine Lines
Released on: 2019-12-06
Documentary, Adventure
For nearly three years, director Dina Khreino interviewed world-class mountain climbing athletes, li...
