Back in the year 2000, I distinctly remember being excited when the “climbing” movie Vertical Limit came out. My excitement wasn’t so much about the movie itself, but rather the excuse it gave for a large group of climbing friends to get together and go to the movies. Always good times.
As for the movie itself? Well…if you’ve seen it you know. Vertical Limit is quite possibly the dumbest movie ever made, with one possible exception. It was almost as if there was a contest among the makers of the movie to see who could get the most absurdly improbable climbing scene in the movie. There are so many bad scenes it’s hard to decide which one is worse, but my favorite is the huge party at K2 base camp with the opening rock climbing scene being a close second. You can really take your pick though.
Like I said, the movie is so absurd that it’s really more funny than anything else. Adding to the hilarity is this new Vertical Limit inspired instructional video. Enjoy.
