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“The Disciples Of Gill” Premiers Tonight In Boulder

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The Disciples of Gill, a film by Pat Ament about bouldering icon John Gill premiers tonight in Boulder, CO at 7 pm at Neptune Mountaineering.  The film goes back nearly 40 years to document how climbers like Gill, Ament and Jim Holloway planted the seeds that would take the sport of bouldering from a "trivial divertissement" to the hugely popular activity it is today.


You can read more about the film, including many quotes from Ament and Gill, in this Daily Camera article.  Of particular interest to me was this Gill quote about Jim Holloway:

"The film concentrated on my skills as a boulderer, but I told Pat that, more importantly, there was wonderful footage of Jim Holloway that modern climbers would find intriguing," Gill said. "Some climbers today have a hard time accepting that someone like Holloway did the things he did so long ago.
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Anyone in Boulder going to go see this??

Update: Peter Beal has thoughts after seeing the movie

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13 comments

  1. Crafty

    I would go but thanksgiving travels are in order. Too bad, this sounds awesome.

    I know this isn't really a for-profit endeavor, but it would be awesome if Ament were to sell copies of this movie.

    1. Narc

      Yeah, it seems like a bad day for people to actually be in town for something like this.

  2. peter b

    I am planning on going and will write about it.

    1. Narc

      Excellent, looking forward to it.

  3. John Knoernschild

    Will there be a DVD release of this? I wants it!

  4. toothbrush

    Let us all hope that Narc will provide us with some continuing articles on the matter...sounds eh-fing cool. And Narc, if you get a chance to see it, can we get another review? Possibly without the linguistic "ass"-istance from the Jefferson Elementary School teaching staff. ;)

  5. greg

    maybe if living in Boulder didnt cost so god damn much poor climbers like myself could attend!

  6. peter b

    An interesting evening, cut short by my daughter deciding that watching older men talk about bouldering was not her cup of tea. Some great footage of Gill and Holloway. The film is to be re-edited in the future so no DVD yet. More on my blog tomorrow.

  7. Narc

    On an unrelated note, this post was the 1,000th in the history of ClimbingNarc.com

    1. steve schultz

      Well done Brian. You're all famous n stuff now.

      1. sweatpants

        hip hip hoooray

  8. peter b

    http://www.mountainsandwater.com/2009/11/disciples-of-gill-film-by-pat-ament.html

  9. Eggbert

    Nice work Narc. Here's to another 1000.