Curated list

Best Short Climbing Films Under 15 Minutes

14 films · updated 2026-09-04

Most climbing films are short, and the best of them are very short: a single ascent, a single place, no padding. This is the list for a lunch break or the wait before a session. Nothing here runs past fifteen minutes and most are under ten.

Ordered loosely by how much they pack into their runtime.

  1. Es Pontàs: The First Ascent (2007) climbing film

    01 · 2007 · 7 min · Reel Rock

    Es Pontàs: The First Ascent

    Seven minutes. Sharma, the arch, the dyno, the sea.

  2. El Sendero Luminoso (2014) climbing film

    02 · 2014 · 6 min · The North Face

    El Sendero Luminoso

    Six minutes of Honnold alone on a 1,750-foot limestone wall in Mexico.

  3. Black Pearl (2023) climbing film

    03 · 2023 · 9 min · Reel Rock

    Black Pearl

    Sharma back in Mallorca for a new deep water solo, sixteen years after Es Pontàs.

  4. Margo Hayes Makes History (2019) climbing film

    04 · 2019 · 13 min · Reel Rock

    Margo Hayes Makes History

    The first female 9a+, and then the second.

  5. World's Hardest Flash - Adam Ondra Climbs 5.15 (9a+) First Try (2018) climbing film

    05 · 2018 · 11 min · Reel Rock

    World's Hardest Flash - Adam Ondra Climbs 5.15 (9a+) First Try

    Ondra reads a 9a+ from the ground and climbs it first try.

  6. Alex Honnold Solos The Phoenix (2011) climbing film

    06 · 2011 · 9 min · Reel Rock

    Alex Honnold Solos The Phoenix

    A 5.13 crack, no rope, nine minutes.

  7. Arnaud Petit Climbs Black Bean 8b with Natural Pro in Céüse (2011) climbing film

    07 · 2011 · 11 min · Bertrand Delapierre

    Arnaud Petit Climbs Black Bean 8b with Natural Pro in Céüse

    Petit climbs an 8b at Céüse on natural gear instead of the bolts.

  8. Anna Hazelnutt climbs the Walk of Life (2022) climbing film

    08 · 2022 · 8 min · Anna Hazelnutt

    Anna Hazelnutt climbs the Walk of Life

    Anna Hazelnutt on the Walk of Life, the E9 slab at Dyer's Lookout, with Tom Randall.

  9. 100 feet of Kneebars: Slayer 5.13c (2018) climbing film

    09 · 2018 · 13 min · Brent Barghahn

    100 feet of Kneebars: Slayer 5.13c

    Brent Barghahn on Slayer, a 5.13c roof crack that is climbed almost entirely on kneebars.

  10. Amity Warme climbs Book of Hate 5.13d (2024) climbing film

    10 · 2024 · 9 min · Scarpa

    Amity Warme climbs Book of Hate 5.13d

    Amity Warme on Book of Hate, the 5.13d stemming corner in Yosemite.

  11. Paige Claassen vs 'To Bolt or Not to Be' (5.14a) (2013) climbing film

    11 · 2013 · 10 min · Louder Than Eleven

    Paige Claassen vs 'To Bolt or Not to Be' (5.14a)

    Paige Claassen on To Bolt or Not to Be, the first 5.14a in America, at Smith Rock.

  12. Babsi Zangerl & Jacopo Larcher vs Zodiac (2016) climbing film

    12 · 2016 · 10 min · Louder Than Eleven

    Babsi Zangerl & Jacopo Larcher vs Zodiac

    Ten minutes for a free ascent of El Capitan's Zodiac.

  13. Abaporu (2025) climbing film

    13 · 2025 · 13 min · The North Face

    Abaporu

    Felipe Camargo in Brazil, from The North Face.

  14. 'Ain't No Sunshine' 28 7c+  , Nowra Australia (2015) climbing film

    14 · 2015 · 11 min · Angie Scarth-Johnson

    'Ain't No Sunshine' 28 7c+ , Nowra Australia

    A young Angie Scarth-Johnson on a 7c+ at Nowra.

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