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Dirtbag: Legend of Fred Beckey (and others) free on Prime Video

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Matt B · · Boulder, CO · Joined Feb 2017 · Points: 492

For those of you with Amazon Prime, you can now watch "Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey" for free. There are also a number of great climbing films on Prime Video worth checking out. Here's a few I've either watched or added to my watchlist recently. They do rotate films in and out quite frequently, so watch the ones you want soon, and keep an eye out for other films being free.

Watched:
Meru
Wide Boyz (1)
Africa Fusion

Watchlisted:
Dreamland
Craig's Reaction
Wild New Brave
A Passion for New Routing
Redemption: James Pearson Story

Also, on Netflix:
THE DAWN WALL (shame on you if you haven't seen this yet...)
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Got any others to add to the Free Climbing Film List?

Adam Gallimore · · Greensboro · Joined Mar 2018 · Points: 541

It is such a good movie! I highly recommend all climbers watch it to see what this man truly accomplished in his life!

Cron · · Maine / NH · Joined Oct 2009 · Points: 60

Been wanting to see this one for a while, thanks for the heads-up.

curt86iroc · · Lakewood, CO · Joined Dec 2014 · Points: 274

valley uprising

Tanner Dayley · · Bountiful, UT · Joined Sep 2017 · Points: 0

Free Solo is available on Hulu

Andrew Southworth · · MN · Joined Apr 2014 · Points: 289

​Also included with prime:

Shifting dreams 
The Nahanni Whisperer (subtitles)        Wadi Rum
J D · · SC · Joined May 2017 · Points: 25

Stumped and Safety Third are both free on prime with outdoor channel. Both were excellent. 

michalm · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jun 2014 · Points: 824

Thanks for the heads up. I have wanted to see this one.

hangontightly letgolightly · · Unknown · Joined Nov 2008 · Points: 10

finally a good thread on MP!

Old lady H · · Boise, ID · Joined Aug 2015 · Points: 1,375

Wide Boyz 1 is great! The training.....holy crap.

Also on Prime is Africa Fusion

Best, Helen

Eli B · · noco · Joined Nov 2010 · Points: 6,177

Assault on El Cap is also on Prime, which chronicles the second ascent of Wings of Steel. It's not a free climbing movie though, it's an aid climbing movie.

Marc H · · Longmont, CO · Joined May 2007 · Points: 265
Bobby Mustard wrote: It's not a free climbing movie though, it's an aid climbing movie.

I like what you did there. 

Jameson Young · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Mar 2017 · Points: 0

Not sure if it's on prime still but "a new kind of high" was a good doc in my opinion.

Nathan Witt · · Roanoke, Va · Joined Dec 2016 · Points: 3,081

Almost Alpine?

Matt S · · Milwaukee, WI · Joined May 2018 · Points: 0

Distilled is pretty good!

Crag Cat · · wow Boulder, big surprise · Joined Jul 2015 · Points: 51

Vertical Frontier is dryer version of valley uprising, but they interview Bachar and Warren more which is rad. Its on Prime.

a d · · Los Angeles, CA · Joined Mar 2010 · Points: 5

Valley Uprising for sure.

J Reppy · · Boulder · Joined May 2019 · Points: 190

Dirtbag is probably the best climbing film I've ever seen. I made this timeline of Fred Beckey ascents for Climbing Magazine after he passed away. Most of the photos are from Mountain Proj:

https://www.sutori.com/story/fred-beckey-a-timeline-of-ascents--ssWmdLANxVGqrWNWYe7VEdUJ

Brandon Fields · · Boulder, CO · Joined Apr 2016 · Points: 5

Not a docu, but close enough: If you sign up for Audible (free) you can get Tommy Caldwell's book 'The Push' for free to listen to! I hope Tommy gets money for that. Either way, i'll probably buy the paper version anyway.

Andy Novak · · Bailey, CO · Joined Aug 2007 · Points: 370
J Reppy wrote: Dirtbag is probably the best climbing film I've ever seen. I made this timeline of Fred Beckey ascents for Climbing Magazine after he passed away. Most of the photos are from Mountain Proj:

https://www.sutori.com/story/fred-beckey-a-timeline-of-ascents--ssWmdLANxVGqrWNWYe7VEdUJ

Very cool thanks for this. 

Ezra Ellis · · Hotlanta · Joined Dec 2007 · Points: 0

The Fred beckey movie was quite good,
Thanks for posting

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