We are excited to release a free excerpt from our feature film Western Gold! If you enjoy this segment and haven’t seen the full film yet, head over to our store and download it!
This segment features some of the best lines in the greater Leavenworth area including Kyle O’Meara making the second ascent of the incredible highball All of the Above V12.
Squamish is a magical place with a lot to keep you busy. The weather is highly unpredictable but when it’s dry you have a lot of options from bouldering, to sport climbing, trad climbing, mountain biking, kite boarding, hiking, swimming at a lake, etc etc. The weather has been ridiculously good recently, with a streak of 6 weeks of sunshine and virtually no rain. I’ve mostly split up my time between bouldering and mountain biking. I had done a little bit of biking in the south many years ago but the mountain biking up here is something else. The whole sea to sky corridor is a huge destination that people travel from all over the world to experience.
Jeremy Norris. Photo by Pat Foster.
The terrain is what makes this area spectacular for biking and the locals have made good use of it, with trails built in virtually every forest around Squamish. There are probably more bike trails than paved roads here. I’ve been out filming with two talented local downhill riders, Pat Foster and Jeremy Norris. They ride ungodly fast down terrain I can’t fathom riding on two wheels. Look for that video in a few weeks.
Video still of Jeremy Norris and Pat Foster flying down their trail Hybrid
This reel is the culmination of our work at Savage Films, it shows how far we’ve come. Progression is our fuel, driving our work forward. Here’s to the future.
I like to keep my traveling spontaneous which has led me to some incredible places over the years. This time it was a detour up through Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. I had been to Yellowstone the previous year but never visited the Tetons.
I’ve seen a lot of mountains all over the world and the Tetons were some of the most impressive I’ve ever laid eyes on (click the photos to enlarge).
The Tetons
The 13,800 foot Grand Teton
Sorry for the lack of blog posts in the past few weeks… months… years… I’ve been busy lately.
I spent the winter and spring in Chattanooga TN editing my new film Western Gold and getting it ready for release. I couldn’t be happier with the way it turned out and with the incredible feedback I’ve been receiving. Before I started filming for Western Gold I invested a lot of money in new camera and video equipment and really set out to take my craft to the next level. If you have ever enjoyed any video I’ve made then you will love Western Gold because it is leaps and bounds above anything I’ve created before.
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Experience the beauty of bouldering in an action packed film set in the stunning locations of Leavenworth Washington, Castle Rocks Idaho, Red Rocks Nevada, Cody Wyoming, and Squamish British Columbia. From the hardest to the tallest the west coast has to offer, get ready to see something new.
Western Gold is available now on DVD and HD Download in our store!
Last week Ethan Pringle and photographer Damon Corso were in town to spend some time on the Chattanooga sandstone. Ethan was really excited about Barn Door 2000, a V12 established by Jimmy Webb earlier this season.
Alex Savage attempting Barn Door 2000
Sorry for the lack of updates lately but I’ve been focused on editing Western Gold. The film is coming along really nicely; planning on a premiere in April. The film will be an hour and a half of the tallest, most beautiful boulders on the west side of North America.
I’ve been living in Chattanooga Tennessee for the past seven weeks. It has been amazing. It’s a great size city at around 500,000 people. Very little traffic but you have access to all the amenities you need. I grew up climbing in the south but was always in Atlanta where four hours of driving is required to go climbing. Chattanooga has tons of bouldering, sport, and trad climbing within a 40 minute drive and it’s my favorite stone in the world. Amazing, grippy sandstone.
Cody Rony on Super Mario Brothers
Western Gold, a feature length rock climbing film, is available now on DVD and HD Download in our store! Experience the beauty of bouldering in an action packed film set in the stunning locations of Red Rocks Nevada, Castle Rocks Idaho, Leavenworth Washington, and Squamish British Columbia. From the hardest to the tallest the West Coast has to offer, get ready to see something new.
The photos below are courtesy of Cody climber Marc Nardacci.
Alex Savage on the OG boulder V10
Snytonga V9
I spent last week hiking with my mom in North Carolina. It’s beautiful country, especially this time of year with vibrant colors littering the hillsides.
Linville Gorge
When I left Cody, my plan was to spend a week in Colorado before heading home to Atlanta. I spent one night in Denver but some of my plans fell through I didn’t want to go climbing in Colorado by myself so I decided to head home early.
At some point while driving through Kansas I started trying to think of other areas I could hit up on the way. It just so happened that the Red River Gorge was more or less en route. Then I remembered that my friend Carmen was planning on going to the Red. A couple texts later and I learned he was driving there the following day. After three LONG days of driving from Cody Wyoming I found myself rolling into Miguel’s on a Saturday night. I haven’t been to the Red in five years and I was not expecting the insanity I encountered at Miguel’s. The parking lot was well past capacity, and lines for pizza stretched outside the building. I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen that many climbers in one place. Climbing on Sunday was a madhouse with lineups on every line at the crag we went to.
Carmen Ing
