Carlo Traversi

Carlo Traversi’s presence in the catalog is inseparable from his role behind the camera as well as on the rock. In Next Go For Sure with Alex Honnold he climbs an obscure splitter in the Sierra Nevada alongside Alex Honnold and Nik Berry, and the short film is explicitly directed, shot and edited by Traversi. That dual credit shapes the film: the camera favors close, handheld angles that foreground gear placements, jammed hands and the rhythm of a sustained crack rather than wide, panoramic hero shots.

The piece reads as a compact portrait of trad cragging near Lake Tahoe. On-the-rock conversation about gear and sequence appears alongside climbing sequences, and the editing privileges practical detail—placements, jams, commitment—over spectacle. The film is also framed around a domestic turn in Honnold’s life, and Traversi’s camera work keeps the focus tight on technique and process. For viewers interested in trad climbing as craft, the film showcases Traversi’s eye for tactile moments: the nuts and cams, the close sequencing, and how partners interact on a sustained splitter. The result is a short documentary that documents climbing technique, teamwork and the choices of a day at a trad crag rather than rehearsing a larger narrative about climbing fame.