17 mountains, 35 miles and 20K feet of gain in Rocky Mountain National Park sounds like a fun adventure for a week, but two famous climbers completed the route in just a day and a half. The journey is part of a film tour premiering at the end of the month.
If you're at all familiar with the climbing world, or even if you aren't, you probably recognize the names Alex Honnold, of Las Vegas, and Tommy Caldwell, of Estes Park. In July 2020, the duo completed what Caldwell dubbed the Continental Divide Ultimate Linkup in RMNP. The CDUL —"pronounced cuddle for how we warmed up in the middle of the night," Caldwell wrote on Instagram — is a huge linkup of 17 iconic peaks in the park.
The documentary, appropriately called"CUDDLE," is part of a climbing film tour called Reel Rock 16, which debuts on March 24-27. It features four films. The pass costs $25 to see all four or $95 for an annual package. Once purchased, you can watch on Apple TV, Roku or your phone."We produce films that celebrate the human side behind our sport’s great adventures," its website reads.
Honnold and Caldwell's journey started at Mount Meeker and went on to Longs Peak , Pagoda , Spearhead , Chiefs Head , Mount Alice , Arrowhead , McHenry's Peak , Powell Peak , Taylor Peak , Petit Grepon , Sharkstooth , The Saber , Otis Peak , Hallett Peak , Flattop Mountain and ended at Notchtop Mountain .
In his Instagram account, Caldwell admitted they made a few mistakes along the way. They missed a support drop-off and ended up traveling through the night in shorts, using their phones under their hats as headlamps as they climbed at 13,000 feet amid howling winds."I guess my wish for a character-building experience paid off," Caldwell wrote on Instagram."Tommy and I have done enough things together.
Honnold and Caldwell said the idea to climb and run CUDL came from Adam Stack, Caldwell's childhood best friend. Stack helped the duo climbers with resupplying when they missed the support drop-off.
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