The Definitive Archive: From the Beginning

All the Reel Rock, Sender Films & Big Up Productions films, organized from oldest to newest

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  • Free Hueco!

    The original Big Up Productions film that launched Chris Sharma into the spotlight.

    In 1998, Reel Rock founder Josh Lowell set out to make his first real climbing film, spending the winter in the bouldering mecca of Hueco Tanks, Texas, trying to capture the vibe of the emerging sport. Featuring...

  • Rampage

    The classic film that helped launch the bouldering revolution. Chris Sharma, Obe Carrion and friends road trip across the West, exploring and developing burgeoning zones, with first ascents of dozens of now legendary "Sharma Problems." Features Castle Rock, Lake Tahoe, Priest Draw, Black Mountain...

  • Scary Faces

    The first Sender Film. Zac Barr goes head to head with Eldo's notorious Jules Verne (5.11 R), while meeting the legendary climbers who established the route, and made the sport what it is today.

  • Dosage - Volume 1

    9 items

    The original. Eight Doses of maximum-strength climbing action. Each Dose tells a story from the cutting edge of climbing. Historic first ascents, profiles of rising stars, and explorations of the places, people, and ideas that shape our sport.

  • Front Range Freaks

    14 items

    Join the bold, cutting-edge and completely out there climbers who haunt Colorado's Front Range. From the late, great free-solo guru Derek Hersey, to the climbing canine Biskit and the urban ape Timmy O'Neill, Front Range Freaks showcases climbing like you have never seen it before.

  • Dosage - Volume 2

    7 items

    Six Doses of action and inspiration from the world of high-end climbing and bouldering.

  • Pilgrimage

    Join Chris Sharma on a bouldering pilgrimage to the sacred village of Hampi, India. Along with Katie Brown and Nate Gold, Sharma explores the infinite possibilities of a place where ancient Hindu temples nestle among thousands of unclimbed granite boulders.

    Katie Brown was one of the world's mos...

  • Return 2 Sender

    9 items

    The infamous Timmy O'Neill hosts a zany romp through the cutting edge of the vertical world. Includes multi-award-winning segment Parallelojams, an expose on Indian Creek crack climbing.

  • Dosage - Volume 3

    7 items

    Dosage III has it all: Top climbers, exotic locations, historic first ascents, and a variety of styles (bouldering, sport climbing, trad climbing, and deep water soloing).

  • First Ascent

    The classic film that inspired the National Geographic Series. Join a global quest with world-class climbers in pursuit of the ultimate goal: the first ascent. Featuring Dean Potter, Timmy O'Neill, Sonnie Trotter, and the amazing Didier Berthod on his quest for the first ascent of the Cobra Crack.

  • First Ascent: The Movie

    9 items

    The classic film that inspired the National Geographic Series. Join a global quest with world-class climbers in pursuit of the ultimate goal: the first ascent. Featuring Dean Potter, Timmy O'Neill, Sonnie Trotter, and the amazing Didier Berthod on his quest for the first ascent of the Cobra Crack.

  • Dosage - Volume 4

    6 items

    Escape into the weightless world of Dosage IV, where the greatest climbing accomplishments of the year come alive before your eyes...

  • The Sharp End

    9 items

    Enter the danger zone with the world's best climbers, including Alex Honnold, Dean Potter, Steph Davis, Lisa Rands, Chris McNamara, Ammon McNeely, Renan Ozturk, Cedar Wright and others, as they push the barriers of free soloing, high-ball bouldering, hard trad climbing, extreme big-wall aid, wing...

  • Dosage - Volume 5

    9 items

    Big UP's Dosage series documents climbing's state-of-the-art, capturing the spirit of the sport, and some of its most spectacular moments. Volume V raises the bar with the biggest lineup ever of the world's best climbers, including: Chris Sharma, Dave Graham, Beth Rodden, Tommy Caldwell, Dani And...

  • Progression

    9 items

    Behind every breakthrough in the progression of climbing, there's a true story of doubt and determination, perseverance in the face of failure. From boulders, to big walls, to competition podiums, the climbers at the top of the game share an unending commitment to achieve their vision Chris Sharm...

  • First Ascent: The Series

    6 items

    First Ascent is Sender Films' groundbreaking 6-part series that takes you to the cutting edge of adventure. Produced over two years on five continents, First Ascent follows the greatest climbers to majestic locations around the globe on their quests to redefine what is possible in the mountains.

  • Origins: The Hulk

    Peter Croft and Lisa Rands attempt a wild free ascent on the Incredible Hulk Wall in the Sierras - arguably America's best (and least filmed) alpine rock wall.

  • First Round First Minute

    Chris Sharma lays down 5.15 first ascents and has an epic battle with a Spanish mega-project.

  • Down Out and Under

    A once-in-a-lifetime misadventure of first ascents and hair-brain antics on the majestic walls, boulders and sea cliffs of Australia and Tasmania.

  • The Hardest Moves

    Daniel Woods and Paul Robinson compete to climb the hardest boulders ever scaled. An inside look at what it takes to push the difficulty envelope of this intense sport.

  • The Swiss Machine

    Speed alpinist Ueli Steck dances up faces in the Himalaya and the Alps, including his record-smashing ascent of The Eiger North Face. Ueli also teams up with fellow soloist Alex Honnold to break records on El Capitan.

  • Ice Revolution

    Will Gadd and Tim Emmett discover the holy grail of ice climbing, Helmcken Falls, Canada where a cave features hundreds of feet of overhanging, barely climbable ice.

  • Cold

    Over the past 26 years, 16 expeditions have tried and failed to climb one of Pakistan's 8,000 meter peaks in winter. In 2011, Simone Moro, Denis Urubko and Cory Richards became the first. The journey nearly killed them.

  • Project Dawn Wall

    El Capitan free-climbing master Tommy Caldwell battles his ultimate project, making the first ascent of the 3,000 foot overhanging Dawn Wall.