La Sportiva Presents: MONUMENT

While hiking up to the cliffs at White Bluff Provincial Park, it’s hard to miss the monumental crack that splits the cliff from bottom to top. The route has inspired climbers since the 1980s, and finally Peter Croft, the legendary climbing icon, made the first free ascent with impeccable style in 1987. Since then, the route doesn’t get as much love as it should - BUT - there’s some new cracktologists on the scene. After a hiatus from crack climbing, Jared Nelson, teams up with the up-and-comer, Evan Peplinski, who trains on his basement crack simulator called “Skid Row”. Their goal; get the ‘First Send Train Ascent!’ of the Monument. This is Shawn Tron’s second short about local legends and he brings the story to life with animated archival images and camera angles from the climber’s perspectives. Only one drone was donated to the lake during production.

Presented by La Sportiva North America
Film by Shawn Tron

Starring:
Jared Nelson
Evan Peplinski
Peter Croft
David Smart
Jordan Baker

California Camera Unit:
Eric Fallecker
JP Melville

Additional Filming:
Kenny Maclaughlin
Jesse Pappin
Dan Beland
Evan Peplinski
Zoe Desjardins
Tim Shaufele
Mona

Editing Consultant:
Nikki Darling Li

Colour:
Shawn William Robertson

Photography:
Dave Smart collection
Alex Eggermont
Jesse Climbs
Jordan Baker
Bob Gaines
John Bachar collection
Steve De Maio collection

Special Thanks:
Pete Zabrok
Steve De Maio
“Young Craig” Fowler
Nikki Li
Artur Vetstein

Authentik Sales
Boulderz Climbing Centre
La Sportiva

Thanks to the First Aid Ascent team who first discovered The Monument, coined as “The Breach of Faith”
John Kaandorp
Pete Zabrok
Steve De Maio

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