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After a great Outdoor Retailer Tradeshow for the winter of 2012, after sewing up as much editing as posible, and after training in the gym for three weeks, we are finally onto our next chapter. I love calling them “chapters” mainly because that’s how I think of my life. Eras, moments, and places.  This is usually how my time is defined. Our next chapter is my favorite place on Earth… Spain. We actually are catching a flight out of Las Vegas in about 4 hours from right now (2:25pm Vegas time). I cannot express to you all how excited I am for this trip. The goals I have in mind are high but do-able. (Open Your Mind 8c+, Fabela 8c+, The Directs 9a/+, Blomu 8c+, Fisheye 8c, Mind Control 8c+, Humildes pa Casa 8b+, Blankita 8c+/9a, Paper Mullat 8c, Era Bella 9a, and Bumeye 8c+)  The video projects I have as well are shooting high. Maybe a piece on Dani Andrada? Maybe we will learn how to cook something with Chris Sharma? Sure!

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After you watch this it is needless to say that this is by far the best joint from Louder Than 11 yet. Great work boys… you have thoroughly taken it another step in the film game and I love this piece. The climbing shots are a true winner, the characters are engaging and funny, I wished I was there the whole time, and the shots are utterly beautiful. Ya killed it.

Share this one with a friend. Trust me.

DOWNLOAD THE FULL VIDEO FOR FREE AT:
http://lt11.com/2012/01/16/park-life-yosemite-bouldering/

Jon Krakauer wrote, “In any human endeavor, some fraction of it’s practitioners will be motivated to pursue that activity with such concentrated focus and unalloyed passion that it will consume them utterly. As a result of this infatuation, existence overflows with purpose. Through immoderation, he experiences something akin to rapture.”

Yosemite Valley has long been regarded as the holy land for climbers and boulderers throughout the world. The origins of rock climbing lie in the 3000-foot granite walls lining the valley and the boulders that sit strewn about below these staggering monoliths.

In the late weeks of November, the Louder Than 11 crew gathered from all corners of the country to experience Yosemite Valley bouldering. As a group of passionate individuals, we enveloped ourselves in the landscape for two weeks, attacking boulders as if tomorrow would never come. On the surface, the very foundation of our identities is built on rock climbing—a sport that we believe is the greatest on the planet—but there is much more to this seemingly inherent addiction than meets the eye.

With Park Life, we strive to answer this age-old, omnipresent question: Why? By combining difficult climbing, captivating visuals, and engaging music under the all-encompassing umbrella of a professional production company, we hope to portray a unique lifestyle that has given us all a palpable sense of unwavering purpose. The long-lasting friendships, incessant failure and equally abundant success, reckless commitment and dedication driven to the point of complete and utter irresponsibility; it’s an eternal battle. We do it because we love it. At LT11 our media is always free, whether you like it or not.

A Louder Than 11 Production

Starring
Natasha Barnes
Rich Crowder
Sarah Fullerton
Jon Glassberg
Jordan Shipman
Ryan Silven
Ben Vernon
Anson Whitmer
Dave Wetmore
Max Zolotukhin

Directed by
Rich Crowder
Jon Glassberg
Jordan Shipman

Video by
Rich Crowder
Jon Glassberg
Jordan Shipman

Additional Camera Support by
Ben Vernon

Director of Photography
Rich Crowder

Edited by
Jon Glassberg
Jordan Shipman

Motion Graphics by
Jordan Shipman

Visual Effects by
Jordan Shipman

Music Supervision by
Jon Glassberg

Music
Django Django “Default”
The Japanese Pop Stars “Take Forever”
Metronomy “Everything Goes My Way”
Gramatik “Dungeon Sound”
Umek, Baltek “Out of Play”
Mr. Sche & L. Ceasar “Hustle Maniac”
Flowers and Sea Creatures “Secrets we Stole from the Dance Floor”
Kemek “Certain Frequencies”
The Japanese Pop Stars “Shells of Silver White Sea”
Flowers and Sea Creatures “A.M.”
T&K “Summer Night”

Best Boy Grip
Ben Vernon

Special Thanks to
Urban Climber
Revolution Climbing
Buck Hoover
Ethan Pringle
Chad Wolak
Doug Hartman

Free. Whether you like it or not.
© 2012 Louder Than 11

… Well, good thing it’s only temporary!  The main motive here has been simple, edit movies and train in the gym. I can’t say I have been this stationed in a while and being on such a routine that makes me a “working man”.  Jeez!

The past 2 weeks solid I have been on a schedule of editing videos and training in the gym.  This is really not a bad thing or a good thing, but just the necessary means of staying on top of my profession and doing it in one spot.  Its been great too… the gym (Movement) is awesome.  If there’s one gym to climb at in this town I would strongly recommend Movement.  It’s clean, the holds are new, there are always new routes and boulder problems and the whole ambiance is just nice.  The lighting is pleasant and that goes a long way for a mood while climbing in the dreadful gym.  (trust me, no one is paying me to say this sh*t either).  Training is something I am totally clueless about but I do try.  My power gains while bouldering have been met and my goals for Spain are on my mind.  Oh… maybe I haven’t mentioned… there is an upcoming trip back to Spain.  Yup… SPAIN… AGAIN!!  I am starting to call it “the home away from home” and we are paying another visit.  I keep getting comments like “why are you going back to Spain?” or “why don’t you go somewhere else?”  Well… Because it’s a place we love and enjoy more than others… its our favorite spot!!!  Plus we get to chill with great friends like Chris Sharma, Daila Ojeda THEIR DOG!!!  I love Chaxi!  That has to be one of my favorite dogs…. And I think we get to take care of her for a bit so YEEEAH!!!  We have Christian and Anna, Jordi, Andoni, Dani, Tino, TOM and LYNN!!!  Wow… it really has turned into t”he home away from home” and I love that.  I can’t say I want to live there, but I do love to visit and come to think of it… Colette and I have been visiting Spain each year for the past 5 years or so… no joke.  Damn I am a lucky fu**er.

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