Follow BD Athlete Sam Elias and next-level boulderer, 9a sport climber, and highballing master Timmy Kang as they rebolt a Chris Sharma masterpiece: The Big Smile (5.14b).
“There’s a caretaking that needs to happen now with old routes,” explains BD athlete Sam Elias. And that’s where this story begins. But what transpires in this four-part series by Sam and documentary filmmaker Mike Call goes deeper than the new bolts drilled into stone. Through the resurrection of classic, historic routes, a meaningful, impactful connection is made between old and new generations. This is RetroModern, a series breathing new life into the storied past and bright future of climbing.