Climbing in Brazil

Abaporu is a compact, route-focused short that ties a single ascent to a wider creative thesis. The film follows Felipe Camargo at his home crag in the Serra do Cipó, where the featured line is presented as a proposed 5.15b and described in the catalogue as the first of that grade in South America. Produced by The North Face and co-directed by Felipe and Marcos Ribas, the thirteen-minute piece concentrates tightly on the route, the climbing sequence, and the idea of taking outside learning and refashioning it at home.

Rather than a long career portrait, the film’s strength is its concentration: sport climbing technique, training carried back from travel, and a clear editorial focus on how one route can represent a broader creative argument. It’s short, centred, and specific to the Serra do Cipó context documented in the film.