Alps project

Starting in the modest Pyrenees, the Marin’s are going to climb ORBAYU, one of the most difficult big walls in the world, located in the beauty of Picos De Europa.

Next stop will be Chamonix and Courmayeur, in both sides of Mont Blanc, climbing the famous granite spire Grand Capuccin by his most difficult route, VOIE PETIT, reaching 8b grade at almost 3.800m.
But climbing higher than 3.500m is not easy and require time, so both climbers Edu and his father will climb first the shorter DIGITAL CRACK 8a at Cosmiques Ridge to reach the perfect acclimatization, before starting with their challenge in VOIE PETIT.

When first part of the trip will be done, both climbers will now drive to Lofer in Austria’s Sudtirol to measure their strength with SANSARA, one of the pre-­‐Alps climbing jewels, consisting in three main roofs featuring very hard moves in all kind of climbing styles.

Finally the last and hardest breath-­‐taken objective is the most technical climb in Wendenstock, the famous and challenging route ZAHIR PLUS which demands a strong mind to get to the top. As everybody knows, Switzerland is a very beautiful place but has a whimsical rainy weather, so father and son will remain in Wendenstock until they find good and sunny days to climb ZAHIR PLUS, which is the final climb of The Alps Project.

Starting in June 2015 the whole climbing and filming project will take more than three months longer, ending in early September 2015. The detailed trip schedule is as follows:

The first climb will be ORBAYU spending three weeks in Refugio Vega de Urriellu www.refugiodeurriellu.com from 1st to 21st June.

Chamonix and Courmayeur will take a month from 22nd June to 17th July. Father and son will stay at Refuge des Cosmiques one week while filming DIGITAL CRACK. This summer Torino Refuge will remain closed to complete modernization work on the building www.rifugiotorino.com, so from 29th June to 16th July both climbers Edu and Novato will stay in the base of Grand Capuccin with a tent and also in Refuge des Cosmiques for a better rest between climbing attempts or in bad weather periods.

Second part of the trip will start in Lofer on 3rd August, going to SANSARA and staying in Grubhof lodges www.grubhof.com until 14th August.

From 15th August to 6th September the climbing and filming team will be at Wendenstock defying technical moves on ZAHIR PLUS, with base camp located at Gadmen Camping.

The Alps Project is a mid-­‐time amazing adventure that involves climbing and travelling between five different countries. In his effort to reduce the costs of the project, Edu and Novato will travel with only two camera’s operators specialized in mountain and outdoor filming, also with a drone for the aerials. The filming crew will travel together with Edu and Novato but in a different car with all his climbing, shooting and drone equipment.

The list of people asked to be part of Edu Marin and Francisco Marin “Novato” traveling all over the Alps and climbing hard on The Alps Project are:
MAMMUT
EPIC
TV
VERTIC
RED
BULL
JULBO

Along the three months of The Alps Project, Edu Marin and the filming crew will be posting frequently on Facebook and Instagram some of the pictures made during the climbs, so people will know how are their climbs going and people will be stocked to see more images of the hardest climbs in the Alps! Sponsors will be shown in all kind of visual communication made during The Alps Project.

After the trip, each sponsor will receive a selection of the best climbing images. The 52’ film will be sent to mountain filming festivals all over the world, such as Torello Mountain Film, Banff Film Festival, Chamonix Adventure Film Festival, Mendi Film, Aix Les Thermes, Barcelona Sports Film and Trento among others.