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GreatGoodWatch score81
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From John Muir in the 1860s to today's super-athletes, Vertical Frontier tells the rich and captivating saga of these free-spirited climbers whose contributions to the techniques, equipment, and ethics of mountaineering enabled them to be the first to conquer Yosemite's legendary big walls.
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- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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Audiences 72GoodWatch 81
IMDb7.2
Running time
1 h 30 min
A typical length for documentaries, −6 min on the typical 96
typical 9690Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 131 countries
+121Released
2002
October 13, 2002
24 years ago
Genres
DocumentaryAdventureLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
and 9 more20 people
- Yvon ChouinardSelf
- Royal RobbinsSelf
- Elizabeth Burkner RobbinsSelf
- Warren HardingSelf
- Ron KaukSelf
- Tom FrostSelf
- Lynn HillSelf
- John BacharSelf
Hans FlorineSelf
John LongSelf
Tom BrokawNarrator
Peter CroftSelf- GAGary ArceSelf
- MCMike CorbettSelf
- DDDick DuaneSelf
- RGRussell GalipeauSelf
- SHSibylle HechtelSelf
- CJChip JenkinsSelf
- CMChris McNamaraSelf
- WMWayne MerrySelf
Directing · 1
- Kristi Denton Cohen Director, Writer
Writing · 1
- Alison Owings Writer
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