KING LINES
Director: Josh Lowell & Peter Mortimer
Starring: Chris Sharma amongst others.
Screen date (US): 2007
Date seen: 18.07.08
Reviewed by: neko
Trailer:
Review: King Lines is THE best climbing video I’ve seen. Actually, I stumbled across the trailer on youtube, and I was sold. I HAD to see this film!
The plot revolves around Chris Sharma, a climbing legend. Lowell and Mortimer’s sponsors brings Sharma around the world looking for his perfect climb. He search trough the rocks of Greece and Malta in Europe before he boulders a bit in the US, climbs a few routes with his childhood gym trainer, and trek for days trough the Venezuelan jungle to find a hidden, magical bouldering spot. In between, there’s some partying documented with hand held cameras, a competition in Barcelona, and a flashback and short introduction to Sharma’s climbing career. Parts of this movie is set up to be a deifying of Sharma, but I’m sure he didn’t want it to be like this.
Mostly it’s just about the climbing. And it’s so intense, I even had to take off my socks. I usually get sweaty palms when watching masters in action, but this is the first time my feet started sweating. I was tense all trough the 64 minutes of this movie, and I felt so great afterwards – I was on top of the world with Sharma by my side! Highly recommended!
In words: climbing, rock, adventure, sending, routes, party, chris sharma, legend, sport
Reminds me of: Other climbing movies of course, but they don’t quite match this.
Quote: Sharma: Putting everything on hold, I might just stay here. Live up at Clark Mountain. I might just go crazy.
Buy: From Amazon.
Posted by neko 
