Reel Rock - Season 2023

1. Reel Rock 17

Aired: 3/4/2023

Three new films featuring the biggest climbing and adventure stories of the year: ADN - SEB BOUIN: 29-year-old French sport climber Seb Bouin quietly climbed the elite ranks, culminating in his attempt to establish a long slope in a cave overhang in the Gorges du Verdon in France / CLIMBING RESISTANCE: In the hills torn by the Palestinian conflict, young Palestinians embrace rock climbing as a necessary respite from the oppression of the occupation Israeli. American writer and climber Andrew Bisharat visits the West Bank to explore his own roots and the power of climbing to transcend existence / BURNING THR FLAME: Big wall free climbing masters Babsi and Jacopo seek their most Biggest challenge so far: a free ascent of "Eternal Flame", a 3,000 foot route on the legendary Nameless Tower in Pakistan's Karakoram Range.

2. Reel Rock 17 - DNA

Aired: 4/20/2023

29-year-old French sport climber Seb Bouin has been quietly working his way through the elite grades, culminating in his attempt to establish a long pitch out an overhanging cave in the Verdon Gorge of France. His proposed line is so futuristic, the moves so improbable, that if Seb can put it all together it may be the most difficult route ever climbed.

3. Reel Rock 17 - Burning The Flame

Aired: 4/20/2023

Big wall free climbing masters Babsi and Jacopo seek their greatest challenge yet: a free ascent of Eternal Flame, an elusive 3,000-ft. route up the legendary Nameless Tower in Pakistan’s Karakoram range. Facing extreme conditions and 5.13 trad climbing at high altitude, a two-year quest comes down to one short weather window. Captured with drones and on-mountain cameras in one of the most stunning places on earth, Burning the Flame transports viewers to a place normally off-limits to all but the world’s best climbers. See Pakistan through the eyes of Babsi and Jacopo with the Eternal Journal—a deep dive into their own thoughts and images from the trip, compiled into this beautiful journal chronicling their adventure to send the Eternal Flame.

4. Reel Rock 17 - Resistance Climbing

Aired: 4/20/2023

5. Reel Rock 17 - Supreme Jumbo Love

Aired: 4/20/2023

Seb Bouin adds a direct start to a Chris Sharma classic, creating Supreme Jumbo Love, the hardest climb in the U.S.

6. Reel Rock 17 - Alex Honnold - The HURT

Aired: 4/20/2023

Alex Honnold's latest single-push solo mission spans 35 brutal miles, 24,000 ft of elevation gain and hundreds of pitches across the rugged sandstone walls of the Red Rock range.