Climbing Films from Switzerland

Switzerland's climbing sits on two complementary foundations: steep, technical mountain faces and concentrated pockets of world‑class bouldering. The catalog collects work that moves between those registers. On the alpine and big‑wall side you can watch the Eiger and Rätikon filmed as working days — see Odyssee (Eiger North Face, 1400m, 8a+) and the no‑frills full ascent edit of "WoGü" (350m / 8c) Full Ascent by Cédric Lachat — where the emphasis is on rope work, linking hard pitches and partner management on long limestone lines. Swissway to Heaven ties those climbs together with interviews and historic perspective, showing how modern hard multi‑pitch climbing in Switzerland connects to earlier generations.

On the rock‑climbing end, Ticino granite and the boulder fields of Chironico and Cresciano get extended treatment. Alphane and The North Face’s ALPHANE document Shawn Raboutou’s season around the V17 proposal in Chironico, while A Mellow Cresciano "New King Lines" and the recent Ondra piece 3x 8C Flash in 2 Weeks show the local rhythm of sending, projecting and the ethics of flashes. Together these films illustrate two different kinds of learning: watching sustained multi‑pitch linking, rests and pacing on huge walls, and studying sequence reading, compression and micro‑adjustments on boulder problems.

Viewed as a set, the Swiss films are practical records. Expect raw ascent footage that teaches pacing and transitions on long routes, documentary segments that place climbs in historical context (voices such as Beat Kammerlander and Roger Schaeli appear across the catalog), and concentrated bouldering edits that reveal how elite climbers parse sequences and refine tiny holds on Ticino granite.