Scarpa

Scarpa is an Italian performance-footwear maker founded in 1938 and still based in the Asolo region; the company is best known for producing technical shoes for mountaineering, climbing, hiking and other mountain sports. That manufacturing and mountain heritage shapes the films Scarpa supports and publishes: they tend to focus on specific styles of hard movement or technical objectives where footwear, friction and long sequences of precise footwork matter to the story.

The catalog contains a single short from SCARPA that captures this orientation precisely. Amity Warme climbs Book of Hate 5.13d follows an ascent of a long, stemming corner in Yosemite Valley — the route is notable for sustained opposition and body-tension movement rather than sheer pulling. The short documents both the climbing and the practical conditions of a hard redpoint: camera work by Samuel Crossley and additional footage from Max Buschini foreground the movement, sequence reading, and the tiny, technical gear and foot positions that the route demands. A detail revealed after the climb — that Amity Warme was operating with a ruptured A2 pulley in her middle finger — reframes what viewers see in terms of risk and physical management, and the film handles that information precisely rather than sensationally.

Viewed together with Scarpa’s product and brand identity, this film highlights how short-form, movement-focused pieces can illuminate the interaction between shoe, rock and climber technique. The piece is useful for viewers who want to study stemming tactics, ropework on mixed bolted/trad lines, and the logistics of filming a single cruxy, sustained pitch in a classic valley setting.