El Capitan
Photo by Glen Denny
USA 1968 (digitally remastered, 2013) / 60 mins.
A film by Fred Padula. Photographed by Glen Denny (special guest).
* Screenings: Friday 7:00 PM, Sunday 12:00 PM
Grand Prize: Banff Film Festival, Telluride Mountainfilm, Trento Film Festival.
“Amongst climbing films, El Capitan is without peer in poetic beauty.” — Royal Robbins
“El Capitan is the best rock climbing film… period! No other film compares.” — David Brower
“The line between gulps of void and solid rock straight up and down – hair-raising, funny, pure, beautiful.” — Gary Snyder
“El Capitan beautifully captures the essence of our struggle with the first ascent on the Nose. This film is fantastic!” — Warren Harding
“The best climbing film I have ever seen.” — Yvon Chouinard
Click here for complete backstory by the late Michael Ybarra (Alpinist 40).
For notes on the making of the film and on its remarkable digital restoration, click here for official El Capitan Film website.
