La Sportiva Presents: MONUMENT

While hiking up to the cliffs at White Bluff Provincial Park, it’s hard to miss the monumental crack that splits the cliff from bottom to top. The route has inspired climbers since the 1980s, and finally Peter Croft, the legendary climbing icon, made the first free ascent with impeccable style in 1987. Since then, the route doesn’t get as much love as it should - BUT - there’s some new cracktologists on the scene. After a hiatus from crack climbing, Jared Nelson, teams up with the up-and-comer, Evan Peplinski, who trains on his basement crack simulator called “Skid Row”. Their goal; get the ‘First Send Train Ascent!’ of the Monument. This is Shawn Tron’s second short about local legends and he brings the story to life with animated archival images and camera angles from the climber’s perspectives. Only one drone was donated to the lake during production. Presented by La Sportiva North America Film by Shawn Tron Starring: Jared Nelson Evan Peplinski Peter Croft David Smart Jordan Baker California Camera Unit: Eric Fallecker JP Melville Additional Filming: Kenny Maclaughlin Jesse Pappin Dan Beland Evan Peplinski Zoe Desjardins Tim Shaufele Mona Editing Consultant: Nikki Darling Li Colour: Shawn William Robertson Photography: Dave Smart collection Alex Eggermont Jesse Climbs Jordan Baker Bob Gaines John Bachar collection Steve De Maio collection Special Thanks: Pete Zabrok Steve De Maio “Young Craig” Fowler Nikki Li Artur Vetstein Authentik Sales Boulderz Climbing Centre La Sportiva Thanks to the First Aid Ascent team who first discovered The Monument, coined as “The Breach of Faith” John Kaandorp Pete Zabrok Steve De Maio #climbing #lasportiva #foryourmountain