the belayer, an interaction film | simone kirkevold

made this for vis363, the prompt was to make a short video showcasing an interaction between two people in which the intentions of one or more people is revealed to the audience
shoutout to david, the climber, and travis, the belayer, tyler, my bestie and coproducer, and bj, my professor
filmed in red rocks, nevada
the climb is "sport wanker extraordinaire" 5.11+ trad route
shot and edited in march 2024 on sony a6700

[@mattgraham4340]

I resemble/resent the name of this route. I would advise David not to request "take hard" unless you're below the pro or you're pretty sure you're going to deck.

[@jewbacha1137]

I was pretty sure I was gonna deck if there was any slack. I was no more than 15 feet up and the landing is horrendous jagged rocks. You can see when Im lowered after the fall that that it was only several feet more.