Reel Rock Film Festival

Join us for a screening of Reel Rock 20!

Saturday, November 21, 7:30–9:30pm

Reel Rock celebrates its 20th year with a lineup of four world premiere films:
- Olympic champion Janja Garnbret sets her sights on the legendary climb Bibliographie.
- Michaela Kiersch goes on a global sending spree, becoming the first woman to climb both V15 boulders and 5.15 routes.
- Ben Mayforth redefines adaptive climbing in his pursuit of 5.13.
- Colin Haley attempts a historic solo winter ascent of Cerro Torre.

Cost:
- Members: Free
- Non-members: Included with a day pass, or bring a donation for the Food Bank of CNY. Donations can be non-perishable goods or funds (cash or online payment).

Non-members and guests are welcome. Please complete the Participation Agreement to ensure your account is up-to-date when you arrive.

An RSVP is not required, but is highly encouraged so we have an accurate count of how many people to expect.

The Food Bank of CNY accepts non-perishable goods and funds. Goods and cash donations will be collected at the gym. A QR code will be available for online donations.

Preferred food donations:
- Canned tuna
- Cereal
- Canned beans or legumes
- Oatmeal
- Dried beans or legumes
- Soups and stews
- Peanut butter
- Canned or dried fruits
- Dinner “mixes”
- Canned vegetables
- Pasta, rice and grains

Janja Garnbret

Janja Garnbret has nothing left to prove indoors—two Olympic golds, and more World Cup victories than any climber alive. So she heads to Céüse to attempt Bibliographie, one of the hardest routes on Earth, to discover just how far she can push herself. But when her summer project stretches into a grueling, multi-year odyssey, the woman who is used to winning is forced to confront her weaknesses like never before.

Michaela Kiersch

Follow Michaela Kiersch on a historic global sending spree in this action-packed celebration of power and grace on the rock. From iconic Swiss boulders to first ascents in Vermont and Morocco, and radical routes in Austria, Michaela crushes it all, becoming the first woman to climb both V15 and 5.15.

Ben Mayforth

Ben Mayforth was never supposed to walk, let alone climb. Born with several congenital birth defects, including spina bifida, his childhood was a series of life-altering surgeries and painful recoveries that left the lower half of his body with limited strength and sensation. But all these struggles gave Ben a fierce internal drive, and the moment he touched a wall, Ben realized that climbing “was what I was born to do”. Having devoted his life to the sport, Ben now intends to make paraclimbing history on a sustained 5.13 sport climb that will force him to transcend his physical limits.

Colin Haley

Colin Haley is one of his generation’s great alpinists. Since the age of twelve, he’s been obsessed with Cerro Torre—the 5,000-foot spire of granite and rime that juts from the Patagonian Ice Field. In a desperate bid to make the first-ever winter solo of this forbidding peak, Colin is pushed to the limits of human endurance, with zero room for error, all while capturing mind-bending real-time footage.