ASCEND | Rock Climbing Devils Tower Documentary

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  • The Jackson Hole High School climbing and mountaineering club has taken students to Wyoming's Devil's Tower National for over a decade in collaboration with Exum Mountain Guides. This film shows the significance of this sport and the opportunity for high school students to grow, expand, and Ascend past their perceived limitations.
    This is a passion project I completed for fun, my first-ever attempt at a documentary. Jackson Hole High School students took a trip with the rock climbing club with Exum mountain guides and summited Devils Tower in Wyoming. With all sorts of people from different walks of life, they face fear straight on and together.
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  • @grumpygardner3059
    @grumpygardner3059 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    There is nothing better than working youngers to see beyond their boundaries. In many years a climber, I've shared the experience.
    Walking folks past their ' mental fences' insurers their survivability.
    But for those of us that have, keep it to a golfclap. ;)

  • @GiuliaontheSummit
    @GiuliaontheSummit 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    this was a movie!! 🤩

  • @SticksAandstonesBozo
    @SticksAandstonesBozo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Well done guys. Very nice to see and the video super well made.

  • @bumpyroadbuck
    @bumpyroadbuck 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    so rad

  • @lebulba
    @lebulba 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    A lot of people are talking about the climbing. which phenomenal work guys. but the film work and the way you put the interviews together was phenomenal. the pairing of the interview audio with the clips you chose were really great. just amazing job putting the video together.

    • @ilarsen_edits
      @ilarsen_edits  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thank you so much!! I'm so glad someone recognizes that aspect of this project too!

  • @kopoflakes6009
    @kopoflakes6009 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    As a rock climber your age I'm so glad to see these kind of films. Perhaps my greatest memories were made climbing big walls like the one you climbed with people I love, so I can't help but smile and be happy that other people were able to have such memorable experiences. In a world where people don't try much new stuff often (in general) I'm really happy to see that this kind of mindset isn't lost. Cheers mate!

    • @ilarsen_edits
      @ilarsen_edits  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much!

  • @middle-agedclimber
    @middle-agedclimber 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    One time yt recommendation was right. What a great film, i wish I had adventures like this at 18... Devil's Tower has been on my bucket list for a looong time, but it's 8000km away.

  • @MotoNomad350
    @MotoNomad350 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    The Durrance Route is a classic! Perhaps more off-width than a crack connoisseur would prefer but solid rock and easy to protect. The Durrance Crack pitch (called pitch 4 in this video) is very aesthetically pleasing. Great experience. Thanks for bringing fond memories back to this old guy.

  • @amylarsen7010
    @amylarsen7010 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Amazing! Not only were you climbing, but you were telling a story the entire journey! Such a great opportunity for these youth! Thanks to all the guides and teachers who have made these opportunities available!

  • @nigelheathcote6084
    @nigelheathcote6084 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Best thing is they had an experience that will never be forgotten, getting to the top is when you understand why people climb

  • @foreststewart1968
    @foreststewart1968 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Durrance route! Well done to all of the adults, guides & teachers who made this experience possible, & to the students who rose to the various challenges... & those who simply tried their best. The film does a great job of capturing all of the different personalities involved too, which makes for a very satisfying story that seems uniquely personal & human. As a result it's not simply about accomplishing some feat... it's more about the journey that the students experience during that effort.
    Thanks also to the gentleman for calling the tower by its indigenous name in the film... Bear Lodge. Some might consider that to be a small, relatively inconsequential gesture, but it's also a meaningful one in other profound ways, modeling an evolved cultural respect where too often it has been absent.

  • @sftosendai
    @sftosendai 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    very cool, and very cool teachers to take these students on such a rad adventure

  • @silviafugulin4853
    @silviafugulin4853 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    BRO HOW DO YOU ONLY HAVE 529 SUBS YOUR EDITING IS AMAZING

  • @bethaniehart694
    @bethaniehart694 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    incredible documentary about an incredible program!

    • @ilarsen_edits
      @ilarsen_edits  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The program is absolutely amazing

  • @Climbingdude
    @Climbingdude 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This was an amazing documentary

  • @zimbaswild
    @zimbaswild 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great Outreach and nice edit! Keep up the amazing work!

  • @fpvleo2606
    @fpvleo2606 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Awesome work you deserve way more views and likes!

  • @almeadows8277
    @almeadows8277 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Good for you guys. This was enjoyable and brought back a lot of memories. My buddy and I climbed the Durrance and Hollywood & Vine back in ‘72. Ours were among the first thousand ascents. Now, apparently, 5000 people a year sign in to climb it. The sign on top is a replacement for the original that someone hauled up from the bottom. The thing to do was to stand on top of its shaky placement to have your photo taken, thus proving one could still climb a little higher.

  • @captaingeoffie641
    @captaingeoffie641 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wow. Well made short doc. Hope you go on to make more of them, Isaac. As long as you don’t feature my little brother an any more of them!😂

    • @ilarsen_edits
      @ilarsen_edits  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Haha, I'll definietly be making more!

  • @maryvanhoomissen1080
    @maryvanhoomissen1080 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oh my gosh, Garrick took us up The Grand in 2011!! He was so very kind and a fantastic guide!!! What a blessing for these kids-lufe changing mentoring!! Thank you, Garrick!

    • @ilarsen_edits
      @ilarsen_edits  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Garrick's the greatest!

  • @sherylcrowe3255
    @sherylcrowe3255 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fantastic documentary! Thanks ✌️

    • @ilarsen_edits
      @ilarsen_edits  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @dreadcoil
    @dreadcoil 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Devils tower = ancient tree

    • @xp8969
      @xp8969 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lmfao

  • @bkbland1626
    @bkbland1626 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bear Butte is a cool place. I've only climbed 2 routes there, but they were great fun.

  • @rkblackwell
    @rkblackwell 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is really good - I did the Pseudo-Weissner route (about 5 columns to the right of this route) in August of this year. This video provides good insight into what goes through your head during the climb, well done!

    • @ilarsen_edits
      @ilarsen_edits  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you! Climbing it is definitely a way different perspective than the view from the ground

    • @rkblackwell
      @rkblackwell 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@ilarsen_edits Yes.... this is way better than the videos where people just post their gopro footage without any insight into the mental aspects, which seem a lot more important especially for first-time DT climbers like us!

  • @tvz111284
    @tvz111284 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for posting this. It is my goal for my 40th birthday year to climb this. May 2024 💪 and I will film it!!

    • @ilarsen_edits
      @ilarsen_edits  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Good luck my man!

  • @grayvito8401
    @grayvito8401 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sickk

  • @rickhaller3328
    @rickhaller3328 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great documentary. What’s the “No climbing above this point” sign for ? It’s a joke right ? I was wondering if the sign was originally lower until someone removed and placed it at the top.

    • @ilarsen_edits
      @ilarsen_edits  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Haha yeah I’m pretty sure it’s some kind of joke!

  • @hemming57
    @hemming57 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Not even standing on the summit of Mont Blanc equalled standing on the summit of Devils Tower!

  • @narbikbandary1124
    @narbikbandary1124 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Who cut this tree down and with what kind of saw ? 6 miles high tree

    • @thandekaxulu1060
      @thandekaxulu1060 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It was not a tree, but it was a heel tendon of a giant humanoid cteature that has become petrified, the rest of the guy eroded into the thick red soil around the monument. Look at it directly from the top on google earth and you can actually see an outline of the giant...

  • @jamesthompson4533
    @jamesthompson4533 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thats what most native in my land of I did this was my land????

  • @mgtowlife
    @mgtowlife 22 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Nope!