Abyss 12 years old

North America's Highest Bouldering

ABYSS, the latest viral film from Louder Than Eleven, provides an insider’s look at rock climbing development. Exploration of secret, alpine climbing terrain high above Colorado’s Front Range has created a flurry of debate regarding the philosophy, secrecy and ethics of development. Culminating in Ben Spannuth’s FA of one of the world’s highest elevation 5.14s, ABYSS opens the floodgates of passionate debate within the climbing community. The scandal unfolds in this 48-minute piece, featuring such climbing talents as Paige Claassen, Matty Hong, Chris Schulte, Mayan Smith-Gobat, Ben Spannuth, David Wetmore, and Matt Wilder and narrated by Jon Glassberg. Additional commentary from the insightful minds of Peter Beal, Herman Feissner, Joe Kinder, Brady Robinson, Ben Scott, Chris Sharma, John Sherman, and Clark Shelk.

Credits

Abyss Cast

Name Character
Paige Claassen as (Self)
Chris Sharma He was 31, now 43 years old as (Self)

Abyss Crew

Name Department
Rich Crowder as Director. Directing
Jon Glassberg as Director. Directing
Jon Glassberg as Editor. Editing
Jordan Shipman as Director. Directing
Jordan Shipman as Editor. Editing
Abyss (12 years)

North America's Highest Bouldering

  • Release day: Sunday, October 28, 2012
  • Runtime: 47 minutes