Climbing Films from Madagascar

Madagascar’s presence in this catalogue is defined by big‑wall exploration rather than sport or bouldering scenes. The films here are built around the Tsaranoro massif and the practical business of climbing multi‑pitch lines on an island where logistics and access shape every pitch. One upload documents a hard free ascent of a granite line pitch by pitch, another follows contemporary pairs on a multi‑day wall and a third records exploratory lead bolting on a largely blank face — together they show why parties travel to Madagascar: to find long, committing rock in a remote setting.

Viewed together, the three pieces give a clear sense of the different practical approaches climbers bring to Madagascar. Tough Enough: Big Wall Climbing in Madagascar lays out what a first free ascent project looks like from hauling and belay routine to the team roles that carry a line to completion. A Big Wall Story 🇲🇬 Anna Hazelnutt & Matilda Söderlund frames travel, partnership and decision‑making on a multi‑day route and situates the trip within broader conservation and aid work referenced in the edit. MAD in Madagascar - Climbing with Sean Villanueva & Siebe Vanhee is the practical counterpart: it records on‑lead bolting, use of a power drill and skyhooks when natural protection is scarce, and how two climbers adapt their usual light‑and‑clean methods to a blank massif.

If you watch for technique, expect sequences on hauling systems, bolting strategy and on‑wall problem solving; if you watch for context, expect scenes about campsite life, language and the organisational realities of climbing in a remote island environment.