La Dura Complete: The Hardest Rock Climb in the World

Oliana, Catalunya, 2013: Chris Sharma, the reigning king of hard sport climbing, invites a Czech teenager named Adam Ondra to try his project, La Dura Dura. What follows is one of the best stories Reel Rock ever told: mentor and successor working the same 9b+, pushing each other through a friendly rivalry for the first ascent of what was then the hardest route on earth.

Ondra sends first, Sharma soon after, and the film understands that this is not a defeat but a handover. The Oliana footage is gorgeous, the interviews are generous, and the moment Sharma watches Ondra top out his own project is as good as sports storytelling gets.