Tonight Only – Whittaker, Viesturs and Mountainfilm on Tour in Chicago

First Ascent and Mountainfilm on Tour take the windy city by storm tonight for an evening of great films and mountaineering stories from climbing legends Ed Viesturs and Jim Whittaker. One of the featured films is Fitzroy, the story of the 1968 first ascent of the Southwest Ridge in the Patagonian Andes. Whittaker and Viesturs [...]

First Ascent Sponsors Mountainfilm Festival

It isn’t Cannes. Or Sundance. But for filmgoers who prefer high mountains to high glamour, and who value authentic alpine air more than acquired artistic airs, the Mountainfilm Festival in Telluride, CO is more than worth the effort. Launched in 1979 to celebrate climbing, mountaineering and environmental activism