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Expedition Big Wall Films

18 films · updated 2026-09-04

The big walls that are not in Yosemite: Greenland fjords reached by sailboat, granite towers on Baffin Island, the Tsaranoro massif in Madagascar, Venezuelan tepuis, Trango in the Karakoram. Expedition films are as much about getting there and staying alive as about the climbing.

Nicolas Favresse and Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll made a career of these trips, and their films, most of them free on Xpedition's channel, anchor this list.

  1. Vertical Sailing Greenland (2011) climbing film

    01 · 2011 · 58 min · Xpedition Films

    Vertical Sailing Greenland

    Bob Shepton sails the Favresse brothers, Sean Villanueva and Ben Ditto to Greenland to climb new big walls from the deck.

  2. The Adventures of the Dodo (2015) climbing film

    02 · 2015 · 55 min · Xpedition Films

    The Adventures of the Dodo

    The same crew's second sailing expedition, with the same instruments and worse weather.

  3. Asgard Jamming (2026) climbing film

    03 · 2026 · 55 min · Xpedition Films

    Asgard Jamming

    Mount Asgard on Baffin Island, with Silvia Vidal, Olivier Favresse and Stéphane Hanssens.

  4. China Jam (2013) climbing film

    04 · 2013 · 54 min · Xpedition Films

    China Jam

    New routes on the granite towers of Kyzyl Asker in western China.

  5. Venezuela Jungle Jam (2026) climbing film

    05 · 2026 · 58 min · Xpedition Films

    Venezuela Jungle Jam

    Big walls on the Amuri tepui in Venezuela, approached through jungle.

  6. Coconut Connection (2017) climbing film

    06 · 2017 · 38 min · Xpedition Films

    Coconut Connection

    Favresse and Villanueva with the Italian Ragni di Lecco on Baffin's Great Sail Peak.

  7. A Day at the Office (2026) climbing film

    07 · 2026 · 49 min · Xpedition Films

    A Day at the Office

    Sean Villanueva, Vincent Flore and Tom Coosemans on a big wall expedition in Canada.

  8. Arctic Ascent with Alex Honnold: Mega Episode (2024) climbing film

    08 · 2024 · 1 hr 34 min · National Geographic

    Arctic Ascent with Alex Honnold: Mega Episode

    Honnold on Ingmikortilaq, a 4,000-foot Greenland sea cliff, with a glaciologist along for the science.

  9. Making History on the Trango Towers, Pakistan - Edu Marin (2025) climbing film

    09 · 2025 · 33 min · Petzl

    Making History on the Trango Towers, Pakistan - Edu Marin

    Edu Marín and family on Eternal Flame on the Nameless Tower of Trango.

  10. Arc'teryx Presents: Baffin (2016) climbing film

    10 · 2016 · 16 min · Arc'teryx

    Arc'teryx Presents: Baffin

    Brette Harrington and Marc-André Leclerc on Baffin Island.

  11. Tough Enough: Big Wall Climbing in Madagascar (2008) climbing film

    11 · 2008 · 48 min · WORK LESS CLIMB MORE FILMS

    Tough Enough: Big Wall Climbing in Madagascar

    Arnaud Petit and Steph Bodet on Tough Enough, the hard free big wall route on Tsaranoro.

  12. MAD in Madagascar - Climbing with Sean Villanueva & Siebe Vanhee (2017) climbing film

    12 · 2017 · 11 min · Petzl

    MAD in Madagascar - Climbing with Sean Villanueva & Siebe Vanhee

    Villanueva and Siebe Vanhee on the same massif for Petzl.

  13. A Big Wall Story 🇲🇬 Anna Hazelnutt & Matilda Söderlund (2026) climbing film

    13 · 2026 · 24 min · Anna Hazelnutt

    A Big Wall Story 🇲🇬 Anna Hazelnutt & Matilda Söderlund

    Anna Hazelnutt and Matilda Söderlund in Madagascar.

  14. Alex Honnold Climbs Angola (2015) climbing film

    14 · 2015 · 28 min · VICE Sports

    Alex Honnold Climbs Angola

    Honnold in Angola for VICE, on walls nobody had climbed.

  15. Of Choss and Lions (2017) climbing film

    15 · 2017 · 15 min · The North Face

    Of Choss and Lions

    Cedar Wright and Honnold on Mount Poi in Kenya.

  16. Attempting to Free Climb a Patagonian Bigwall (2010) climbing film

    16 · 2010 · 35 min · Mason Earle

    Attempting to Free Climb a Patagonian Bigwall

    Mason Earle, George Ullrich and Peter Rhodes trying to free a wall in Patagonia.

  17. Push the Lines - Three friends. One winter line. Years in the making. (2026) climbing film

    17 · 2026 · 27 min · Louder Than Eleven

    Push the Lines - Three friends. One winter line. Years in the making.

    A winter big wall line, years in the making.

  18. The North Face Presents: Earthside (2022) climbing film

    18 · 2022 · 33 min · The North Face

    The North Face Presents: Earthside

    An alpine big wall expedition led by Brette Harrington and Emily Harrington.

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