As one of the ways Christmas was kind to me this year, I received the climbing movie “Higher Ground” which I hadn’t previously heard of (and I’m guessing you all probably haven’t either).

Some may stay away because it doesn’t feature the big names of climbing… there’s also no sport, no bouldering and no deep-water soloing. But it does have some bad-ass climbing of all different kinds. There are many segments, covering big-wall trad, ice climbing, mixed, alpine, something called ski mountaineering, and a segment on a climbing photographer.

The production is pretty low key… not flashy like “King Lines”. Just a lot of angles, some great interviews, and straight up awesome climbing footage. There are even a couple of sweet “epic” moments, but I won’t spoil anything.

All in all, this isn’t the standard film most of us see (Big Up or Sender), but it’s well worth checking out for people that have an overall love of climbing and aren’t just interested in watching the rockstars throw burly moves. Check out the trailer here.