Ok, so it's no big secret that Matt and I have been working on a documentary/short film about Stoney Point for quite some time now. I'll admit, this project has taken WAAAAYYYY longer than I ever imagined it could. When I first came up with the idea to do this I clearly had no idea how much work and time was involved. I was very naive about how hard it is to do something like this with only two people working in their spare time and with absolutely no budget. Working on this project has been one of the greatest learning experiences of my life. With that said, I can't wait for it to be over and move on...
matt and i shooting mike flood soloing "the nose of stoney"
the crew chillin with royal robbins after his interview
Even though the film isn't finished yet, this month marks a big moment in the process. An article I wrote about Stoney Point has been published in this month's edition of Climbing magazine - October #289. This is my first published piece and I couldn't be more excited! Writing that article was, in a way, even more painful than making the movie. I pretty much suck at writing and keeping the article from sounding like it was written by a 5th grader was difficult. In fact, if it wasn't for the help of my friend Tommy it probably would have never happened. He pretty much served as my personal editor while I was writing and added so much to the article that I kind of feel bad that his name isn't on it too, well, not that bad. Seriously though, thanks Tommy!!
here's me doing my best to imitate chuck fryberger, lol!
The other Stoney news is that we have launched a website. Stephanie designed the entire thing by herself and completely blew me away were her talent and ability to make shit happen. I mean really, take a look at the website and realize that she doesn't have any experience with this sort of thing but was able to make it happen in a big way, in a very short amount of time. I love the site and hope you guys will as well.
The above video is a tilt shift montage I put together that will hopefully get some people excited about the film. Matt and I are currently working on a more conventional trailer and you can bet as soon as we are done I will post it here and on the Stoney Point website.
Now it's time to ask a favor. I need everyone reading this to go to the tilt shift trailer on Vimeo and hit the "like" button, as well as, leave a comment! I think you may need to make a free account there to do so, but it's very simple and, god damn it, I expect everyone of you to do so! This is how you get shit out there and I could really use your help. Thanks in advance and get used to this because I will be begging for "likes" again in the near future.
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