Tomorrow I Will Be Gone is online - watch it, download it, enjoy.

'Tomorrow I Will Be Gone' is Outcrop Films' debut feature length, no nonsense bouldering film featuring a group of strong British boulderers in Rocklands, South Africa. Featuring Micky Page, David Mason, Mina Leslie-Wujastyk, Sam Whittaker, Lucinda Whittaker, Scott Gibson, Andy Banks, Richard Sharpe and Nick Brown.

Music: Feeling Good by My Brightest Diamond.

We're in Rocklands...

We’ve been in Rocklands for two weeks now.... It’s extremely warm here which is making climbing hard, but the weather is promising impending cold. Project time, business time, our time to shine. Everyone is psyched (apart from Lee Anderson... obviously and Scott thinks it’s shit and recommends you never come here) and we’re finding projects. The greatest achievement of the trip thus far has been finding Nalle Hukkataival’s problem ‘Livin’ Large’ (the 8c arête in the film Core). It took Micky Page and various cohorts about 2 days to find. It turns out it was worth it...

The line is the most stunning thing ever climbed! The ascent by Nalle took bouldering to another level. Logistically it is a ridiculous project. It takes an hour to walk in on no path, you need about 8 pads and spotters. Not to mention it’s 8c and a solid 8 metres high. Imagine Careless Torque but two metres higher, with harder start moves acting as the gatekeepers for the disgustingly technical, scary, E19 without pads, Font 6c+ top section. There’s still a bit to be climbed in the area too.

We’ve filmed lots of problems and we’re editing along the way, so hopefully we’ll have a nice little film for you not long after our prestigious return.

And now...

Take a look at the video we created with the girls from the Five Ten UK team

Update

We’ve had lots of excellent feedback from the trailer we’ve released of our UK Bouldering film ‘Life On Hold’ – thanks if you watched and spread it! Other than the release of that, it’s been a bit quiet on the Outcrop front. Summer conditions have got the better of us, there are still a few things going on though.

If you’ve been living under a rock, you won’t have heard that Dan ticked his big project at Badger Cove. ‘Dandelion Mind’ weighs in at a rather impressive Font 8b+ and is a contender for one of the hardest in the country (excluding Gaskins’ efforts.... obviously).

Blog about that here:http://www.beastmaker.co.uk/2011/04/29/tmi-friday/ and video here:http://vimeo.com/23044295

He also whipped up Voyager, Font 8b after the problem cheekily ate away at his finger a few weeks before hand. This was done in ‘definitely not winter conditions.’

Dan on 'Dandelion Mind' Font 8b+

The offending finger.

Ned pottered up Mike Adams’ ‘Fire in the Rain’ at Anston Stones, which is Font 8b/8b+. Average/fair. Read his account here: http://www.beastmaker.co.uk/2011/04/14/fire-in-the-rain/

Ned on 'Fire in the Rain' Font 8b/8b+

Jon Partridge is making ‘regular’ (all relative) visits to the Peak in order to tick a few grit and limestone classics that he’s neglected for oh so many years. Sean’s Roof is on the agenda for this weekend. We also filmed with Jon in Wales a few weeks back - got some quality footage that will be in the film.

David Mason is getting reasonably close to ticking Superman at Cressbrook. Jerry’s super problem hasn’t been repeated since a hold broke, so this will be a fairly significant ascent...

Jon Partridge attempting to flash 'Renegade Master' Font 7c+

JP on 'Lowrider' Font 7c+

Next big thing on the cards is the Rocklands film. We’re jetting off to the other hemisphere at the start of July and we’re starting to think about what gear to take etc. It’s going to be an amazing trip and the film will hopefully capture it. Micky Page, David Mason, Mina Leslie-Wujastyk, Sam and Lucinda Whittaker are all involved, so look out for that in around October.

And just in case you haven’t seen it....

The Calling of the Lime

Pounce like a jaguar

A day at High Rocks with Jon Partridge, including the 4th ascent of Chimaera

Have you ever wondered what it takes to climb an 8b+ boulder problem? The answer may be here! Watch Michele Caminati (Italian crusher of outdoor rock boulders) as he brews his secret climbing coffee recipe to perfection!

St Bees Issues

Read:

http://www.beastmaker.co.uk/2011/04/07/corporate-bouldering-events-the-good-the-bad-the-sanctimonious/

Here's a short video of Ryan Pasquill onsighting James Pearson's route 'Power of the Darkside' at Matlock Quarries. You'll see more from these chaps at Matlock in the film, when they tackle 'Return of the Jedi' which looks bold - it's not often you see Ryan scared!

CWIF 2011

Here's our video of the Climbing Works International Festival 2011. It follows a group of climbers throughout the weekend, attempting to capture the fun and exciting atmosphere of the weekend!

This is interesting

http://www.moonclimbing.com/MOONBLOG/Article:%20What%20Grade%20does%20Britain%20Climb-n-976.html

Black Rocks Project - Any Takers?

A project at Black Rocks from Outcrop Films on Vimeo.

Video stills of a project that Nalle Hukkataival spotted at Black Rocks.

Hectic

The past couple of weeks filming have been very hectic. It’s hard to imagine the sacrifices you have to make before committing to a project such as making a bouldering film. You need to be willing to drop whatever you’re doing at the time to go and film an ascent (which may not even happen!) The past couple of weeks we’ve been hard at work filming for a CWIF short (and the rest). We’re aiming to show a bit of the run up to the competition, looking at how some of the climbers and the guys at the wall prepare and then throughout the competition check up on them – hopefully it’ll be an interesting insight into the world of competition climbing. Over the weekend we were at the Works from about 9am – 8pm, filming solidly. I had no idea how tiring that would be!

Once the competition was over I thought normality would quickly return, but there were still a few foreigners around that needed filming. For three days we hustled Klemen Becan, Jernej Kruder and Nalle Hukkataival around gritstone’s finest. Classics were ticked and footage was attained.

Now it looks as if grit weather is coming to an end.... Bring on the limestone!

PS - Michele Caminati did the Ace today! A thoroughly deserved tick after weeks of crap weather and bad skin!

Klemen Becan gets stood up on Careless Torque

Sack off the Beastmaker

A short video on how athletes like Ned Feehally train for events like CWIF.

Aim High

In the past couple of years the bouldering scene in the UK has exploded. For several years previous to this there only seemed to be sporadic ascents of difficult boulder problems. Take ‘Cypher’ for instance – it has had a couple of repeats since Ben Moon did it and now two in the past fortnight! Living on the edge of the Peak District and surrounded by some of the UK’s top climbers, Rich and I decided we were in a unique position to start documenting some of this climbing. In the past month we’ve hustled all over Derbyshire and Yorkshire filming first ascents, rare repeats and incredible lines.

We want to aim high with this film. Anybody can easily turn on a video camera at the crag these days and post it on Vimeo or even release it as a DVD in some cases. These videos never strive to find that extra camera angle, try and film in nice light or sort out the sound in the video. Major new releases can often be just as frustrating. Take the latest film from across the pond made by new boy Nathan Bancroft. Nathan beautifully films some of the world’s top climbers (Dave Graham, Daniel Woods, Jon Cardwell etc) using impressive techniques with booms and dolly systems. The footage he managed to get seems wasted after the final edit – what we see is a film of scenery shots and driving to crag. When we do see any climbing, the ambient sound has been stripped away and replaced with extremely abrasive music. Rich and I like to think we can learn from these mistakes when making our film – but you’ll be the judge of that.

Anyway, righteous rant over. The weather has been testing the past couple of weeks. Despite this, trips have been made to Stanton, Slipstones, Stanage and a very enjoyable jaunt to Froggatt on Thursday. The sitting and waiting about for the weather to improve can be wearisome – especially when we don’t want to waste the time we have with visiting wads Jon Partridge and Michele Caminati. The skies parted briefly to allow us into the National Parks and we’ve captured a lot from Mr Varian, David Mason and Ned Feehally. Over the next few months we’ll be filming some of Britain’s best bouldering action and trying to execute some best laid plans. Don’t hesitate to get in contact with us – we want your thoughts, ideas and may want to film you.

Stay tuned.

Nick

Some impressive gurns on the mildly dangerous 'My Orange' at Froggatt

David Mason attempting to hold the swing on 'Snatch' at Stanage

Dan Varian on the unique crux move of 'Cypher' at Slipstones

Outcrop Films

Welcome to Outcrop Films Blog,

We aim to have a new UK based bouldering film out by next year so keep up to date with how the filming is going here, and follow us as we follow some of the UK's top climbers around the country.

filming hast started well and we already have some great stuff which we cant wait to show off, until then we will aim to keep you up to date with where we are, what we're filming and with who! we'll throw some trailers in as well ( we don't want to show off too much though).

Hopefully the website will be up and running in a few weeks but you can still follow us here and on Vimeo http://vimeo.com/outcropfilms

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let us know what you think and even let us know where you guys are climbing, We might be there!!