Reel Rock Film Tour Hits Three Cities September 5th

The 2007 Reel Rock Film Tour (http://www.reelrocktour.com)—featuring a new film about rock climbing star Chris Sharma—kicks off its 60-city North American tour on September 5th, with stops in Boulder, Colorado, Salt Lake City, Utah and Encinitas, California. The Tour’s first week wraps up with shows in Telluride, Colorado, San Francisco and Santa Cruz, California. Sharma will appear at all three California shows, along with filmmaker Josh Lowell.

Lowell of Big Up Productions, in collaboration with filmmaker Peter Mortimer of Sender Films, produced a new film for the Tour, which annually showcases climbing and adventure films for enthusiastic audiences of climbers, outdoor and film aficionados at high-energy evenings of entertainment.

This year’s Reel Rock Film Tour highlights King Lines: Chris Sharma’s Search for the Planet’s Greatest Climbs, which will take audiences globetrotting alongside Chris Sharma—the 25-year old climbing phenomenon—as he discovers and climbs the world’s most outrageously difficult and beautiful rock climbing formations. Sharma, who has set the bar in his sport with improbable, gravity-defying feats of free-climbing wizardry, was captured on film with high definition cameras, making King Lines the first climbing film to be shot with this advanced technology. A segment of the film won the Sports Emmy for Outstanding Camerawork in April.

The 2007 Reel Rock Tour is presented by Windstopper®, and is additionally sponsored by Climbing Magazine, Urban Climber, Prana, Evolv, Petzl and Osprey. Complete information on the 2007 Reel Rock Tour, including a film trailer, tour dates, locations and venues, can be found on www.reelrocktour.com.

“Sender Films and Big UP Productions are privileged to capture this intimate look at Chris Sharma’s world,” said Nick Rosen of the Reel Rock Film Tour, which, in 2006, presented award-winning films to over 10,000 people in over 50 locations. “We are bringing Sharma’s mind-blowing prowess to big screens across the country, and audiences will be breathless and inspired by his accomplishments.”