Climbing in Serra do Cipó

The Serra do Cipó entry is represented by Abaporu, a short film built around Felipe Camargo’s ascent of a single line at his home crag. Produced by The North Face and co‑directed by Felipe and Marcos Ribas, the thirteen‑minute piece frames the climb as both a technical achievement — the line is proposed at 5.15b and presented in the film as the first of that grade in South America — and an argument about carrying ideas home after years of travel and learning abroad.

Abaporu keeps its focus tight: the camera follows sequences, training and the moment of the send, while the narrative voice explores cultural and personal digestion of influences. Placed against the catalogue’s verified fact that Serra do Cipó is a district of Santana do Riacho in Brazil, the film reads as an example of how a local crag can host climbing that engages with the highest international standards, and how a single route can become a lens on a climber’s evolving practice.