World-class rider Ryan Leech and filmmaker Alexander Lavigne have teamed up to produce what many are considering to be a ground breaking film of the year.
CRUX defined:
A particular point of difficulty. This singular word precisely describes the riding formula of the film. Each and every line that the featured athletes, Ryan Leech, Dylan Korba, and Thomas Ohler ride has a CRUX. These three riders, aggressively pursuing Leech's Manifesto Style, execute mind-bending feats of bike mastery. Combining sheer difficulty with an elegant and creative style, CRUX is a film that redefines technical riding standards.
Higher Ground celebrates mountain culture through the eyes of world-class climbers. The film focuses on these climbers' drive to explore, their passion for the mountains and the climbing lifestyle. From big wall first ascents in Zion, Utah and winter alpine ascents in the Canadian Rockies to big wall ski descents in coastal British Columbia, Higher Ground spotlights some of the continent's most inaccessible terrain and the people who thrive there. A lens into their boundary-breaking passion illustrates what mountain culture is: an obsession.
Top-ranked climbers appearing in Higher Ground include: Ines Papert, Audrey Gariepy, Guy Lacelle, Sean Isaac, Josh Wharton, Mike Anderson, John Chilton, Shawn Huisman, Rob Pizem, Phil Gruber, Andrew Querner, Scott Semple and Rob Owens.
