15 December 2005

Dosage III

Dosage III

Big UP productions

dosage3.jpgFeaturing: Chris Sharma, Dave Graham, Klem Loskot, Tim Emmet, Beth Rodden, Ron Kauk, Tommy Caldwell, Jason Kehl, Ben Moon, James Litz, Melissa Lacasse and more

Summing up Dosage III in one word is easy: MOTIVATION. The footage is, as we become accustomed to, impeccable and the characters the usual suspects. After having watched Chris Sharma pull, swing and scream his way through spectacular problems of the Ozarks, Arkansas and Dave Graham's fingers of steel grasping minuscule crimpers on Swiss gneiss, you really want to get out there and pull! When it comes to the D.W.S. in Vietnam, I'm not sure I'd like to stick my neck out quite that far, but it's always thrilling to watch someone else doing it. Absolutely wild!

What I didn't really get was Ron Kauk's "Return to balance" dose... I guess it's good for your soul in some way, but in a climbing movie I'm looking for action and adrenaline, rather than meditation.

Dosage III also features Beth Rodden climbing "The Optimist" and Jason Kehl, James Litz  and company climbing in Utah.

The Lowell brothers and crew have found the right balance between too much and not enough emphasis on the working of the problems/routes and you also get a realistic feeling of how hard these things really are i.e. close-ups of the holds, multiple angles.

I've gotten my dose. Now I suggest you get your...

 

 

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