The Black Hole: 2018 China Climbing Documentary
"There is only one big crazy Spanish climbing guy named Raul in Asia."
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This short follows Raul Sauco and his immersion in Chinese language, culture and climbing, including his journey to making the first free ascent of The Black Hole (5.13), in Liming, Yunnan Province.
This is the second short film to be released by the China Climbing Documentary Project. Six shorts will be released overall during 2018, all designed to showcase and promote the exquisite climbing in China, ranging from sport and competition climbing to big walling, trad climbing and mountaineering. The films will feature climbers from around the world all facing Chinese rock.
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