First Ascent | show | 2010 | Official Trailer
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00:00 [MUSIC]
00:10 Sender Films presents the globally acclaimed new series.
00:17 >> It's real up there.
00:18 >> Shit.
00:19 >> You gotta force all these fears out of your mind.
00:21 >> No.
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00:24 >> Pretty much the most mind blowing thing that's happening climbing, ever.
00:29 [MUSIC]
00:30 >> Following top climbers on a quest to achieve what has never been done before.
00:35 [MUSIC]
00:36 In six wild episodes.
00:38 [MUSIC]
00:40 Introducing First Ascent.
00:42 [MUSIC]
00:46 Episode one, Alex Honnold attempts America's biggest walls without a rope.
00:51 >> Looking up at this enormous wall, there's no room for error.
00:54 >> If you fall, you fall down the face and you hit the ground and you die.
00:57 >> Am I really doing this?
00:58 [MUSIC]
01:00 >> Episode two, three friends travel to the edge of the earth to
01:04 fulfill a promise to a fallen comrade.
01:07 >> It's been two and a half years since she died.
01:09 It's time to take care of those promises.
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01:13 >> Episode three, Chris Sharma, the strongest climber in the world,
01:18 tackles the hardest climbs ever attempted.
01:21 >> Chris Sharma has established himself at the top of the sport of climbing.
01:25 >> The hardest thing I've ever tried.
01:29 >> You're crazy, dude.
01:31 >> Episode four, two brothers, one of them paralyzed,
01:34 push the limits of adventure on a remote Alaskan peak.
01:38 >> He is assuming the risks, but it's real up there.
01:42 >> Episode five, a rare look into the final days of a world renowned climbing team.
01:50 >> Tackling big walls.
01:52 >> Remote, unclimbed peaks.
01:55 >> When tragedy strikes their expedition.
01:57 >> Get the hell out of here.
01:59 >> There's nothing we can do.
01:59 >> Episode six, one man's quest to evolve climbing and
02:06 base jumping into the extreme sport of the future.
02:10 >> I love that I can change the worst thing to the best thing, dying to fly.
02:15 >> The multi-award winning First Ascent series includes the six definitive
02:22 episodes, plus hours of bonus footage.
02:26 Available now in DVD box set or digital download at senderfilms.com.
02:32 Welcome to the cutting edge of adventure.
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