outdoor adventure is my passion, storytelling is my purpose

Climbing Films

 

Canopy Climbers

If you’re a rock climber but there’s no rocks around… you climb the trees. A group of friends in the Costa Rican jungle are spearheading the new wild and exciting sport of tree climbing by using traditional rock climbing techniques to scale giant strangler fig trees.In order to give back to their community, they're sharing their passion with the community by teaching local kids more about the forest through tree climbing.

Brand: Outside
Role: Director / Producer / Cinematographer / Editor

 

The Mexico Story - Rock Climbing in El Potrero Chico

Climber Noah Kane set an objective to climb the hardest rock climb of his life, attempting a climb up El Toro in Northern Mexico - a 2,300 foot bolted climb with a difficulty grade of 5.12a (very hard), and it is the second longest sport climb in North America. This film has all the best rock climbing tropes of adrenaline, anxiety, humor and some pretty epic original song by yours truly at the end!

Brand: XtraTuf
Role: Cinematographer / Drone Pilot / Talent

 

Turning Back

Noah Kane came up with the idea of climbing Castleton Tower in Utah and sleeping at the top which, in theory, seemed just silly and ridiculous enough to be an amazing video idea while still maintaining an exciting sense of adventure. As you discover if you watch the video, this turned out to be a bigger adventure than we bargained for.

Brand: Fanttik
Role: Cinematographer / Drone Pilot / Talent / Editor

 

Come Curious

At CC they’re pretty relentless. They problem-solve faster. Climb higher. Dig deeper. They take passion to new altitudes. CC is a place where new or untested aren’t dirty words, they’re words we live and learn by every day. Come take a glimpse of the countless opportunities offered to you here at Colorado College. Welcome to learning above 6,035 ft…

Brand: Colorado College
Role: Director / Producer / Cinematographer

 

Bouldering in Puerto Rico

We ventured out to the southeastern end of the island to an area called Yabucoa to do some bouldering (rock climbing on big boulders) and I took the camera along for some fun. I never anticipated for this footage to go anywhere but I figured it'd be fun to let these clips see the light of day…
Role: Director / Producer / Cinematographer / Editor


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Roo is a commercial/documentary filmmaker and photographer based in Boulder, Colorado but travels all around the world for his filmmaking career. He has produced films for Outside Magazine in Ireland, camera operated for Netflix in the Rocky Mountain West, photographed among indigenous communities in Peru and Ecuador, directed videos with professional climbers in Mexico and has received notable recognition in his hometown of Orcas Island in Washington State for his work telling uplifting stories in the outdoor space.

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Rock Climbing Filmmaker