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.
United States of America
Adventure,
Documentary
47 minutes
2012
Rich Crowder
Louder Than Eleven

2000
6.1

1959
6.6

2012
10.0

2014
4.2

2014
10.0

2019
8.1

2006
6.8

1993
6.5

2005
7.0

2007
7.5

1986
10.0

2000
6.0

1980
10.0

1997
10.0

2004
10.0

2003
7.6
2003
7.0

2007
6.8

2006
8.0

2012
7.5