2008 New Paltz Climbing Film Festival

The 10th Annual New Paltz Climbing Film Festival, featuring the Reel Rock Tour, will be 7:30 PM, Saturday, October 11 (Columbus Day Weekend). Because the Studley Theater has been closed for renovations, we will be back at the Lecture Center, next to the library on the SUNY campus. Reel Rock has opened with sold out crowds in Squamish, Boulder, Durango, and Crested Butte.

This year’s program will include the latest releases from Sender Films and Big Up Productions, short selections from the top climbing films of the year, and an exciting filmmaking competition.

The shorts

• Two winning films from the REEL ROCK Filmmaking Competition
• Adventure climbing in the Grand Canyon with Tommy Caldwell and Beth Rodden, produced by Big UP Productions and Sender Films
• Dosage shorts, featuring cutting edge sport climbing and bouldering, produced by Josh Lowell, Big Up Productions
• The Aerialist short featuring Dean Potter, produced by Brad Lynch, Jim Hurst and Many Monkeys Productions
• European state of the art climbing short, produced by Alastair Lee and Posing Productions

Intermission

• The Tenth Annual Thom Scheuer Award for Land Stewardship will be presented
• A raffle will be held to support the programs of the New Paltz Outing Club and the Mohonk Preserve.
• The Gunks Grunt Pull-up Contest will be held to test the mettle of attendees

The feature

• The Sharp End, produced by Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen and Sender Films.
• The Sharp End is a film about the climbers who risk everything to do the world’s most dangerous and committing climbs. Run out traditional routes, scary highball boulder problems, ice-covered alpine walls and all-or-nothing free-solo ascents are all part of the game. The Sharp End follows Lisa Rands, Tommy Caldwell, Matt Segal, Steph Davis, Alex Honnold, Heidi Wirtz, Renan Ozturk, Vera Schulte-Pelkum, and many other leading rock athletes to stunning locales across the globe: the Italian Alps, the sandstone spires of the Czech Republic, Yosemite Valley, the Utah Desert, and the Colorado Rockies.

Program length, including intermission and raffle, approximately 2.5 hours

A video clip can be seen at http://www.reelrocktour.com/.

The 10th Annual New Paltz Climbing Film Festival will be the keystone of a number of climbing events to be held throughout the weekend:

Friday, October 10

Climbers Reception and Slide Show ~ Mohonk Preserve, Visitor Center.

The Preserve will host a reception at 7 PM and at 8 PM there will be a slide show: Alaska, “Dude Where’s My Horizontal” by two Gunks climbers, Rob Mecus and Jung Taek Yoon. They describe a recent trip in which they managed to both climb the Moose’s Tooth in Alaska, and drink some beer... There is no charge

Saturday, October 11

Safe Climbing Clinics: Local guide services will present a series of Safe Climbing Clinics. Space is extremely limited, sign-up in person at Rock & Snow after October 2, 44 Main Street, New Paltz; 845.255.1311

For additional information, directions, parking, hours etc. visit: www.chestnutmtnproductions.com.

After the Film Festival join friends and meet new ones at Bacchus, the Official Base Camp of the New Paltz Climbing Film Festival

Tickets are available from Rock & Snow, 44 Main Street, New Paltz, 845.255.1311,

Hours: M-Fri, 9-6; Sat, 8-8; Sun, 8-7 or online at www.rockandsnow.com

Tickets, if still available, may be purchased at the Lecture Center, after 6:30 PM, October 11. Buy in advance and save. Group tickets are also available, contact chmtnp@aol.com

There are 300 less seats in the Lecture Center than Studley, don’t be disappointed, buy your tix in advance

The 10th Annual New Paltz Climbing Film Festival T-shirts

(100% cotton) are available at Rock & Snow and at the Film

Festival. Wear a New Paltz Climbing Shirt, 1st thru 9th year, to the Film Festival on October 11 and win a chance for a great prize. The older the Climbing Festival T shirt, the better your chances.

Upcoming 2008 Chestnut Mountain Production events

• 1st Annual Adirondack Climbing Film Festival, Lake Placid, NY; Sat. October 4
• 10th Annual New Paltz Climbing Film Festival, Saturday, October 11
• Reel Rock Tour, Baltimore, Loyola College; Friday, Oct 16
• Warren Miller's Children of Winter, Symphony Space; New York City, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2 shows
• Warren Miller's Children of Winter, Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia, Sat. Nov 15, 2 shows

For more information, visit our web site at www.chestnutmtnproductions.com or e-mail chmtnp@aol.com