The First Ascent series has begun to roll out on tv screens across Europe and Asia, and will soon hit Latin America. Anecdotally we’ve been told the show has been kicking butt, garning viewership 4-5 times higher than average Nat Geo ratings in Australia, for example. Not a bad start! Stay tuned for U.S. tv distribution announcements, and more on the DVD box set release in the fall. Meanwhile, check out how Nat Geo Adventure is promoting the show heavily on their website.

At the Kendal Mountain Film Festival, Episode 3 of our First Ascent series, “Alone on the Wall”, garnered the Grand Prize AND Best Climbing Film. “Alone on the Wall” features superhuman free soloist Alex Honnold and his rope-less big wall ascents of Moonlight Buttress and Half Dome. Kendal is the premiere mountain film festival in the UK, and there were some serious challengers this year, so we were both surprised and extremely honored.

Check out this video of the Grand Prize announcement at Kendal