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The Gimp Monkeys

2012 USA / Duration: 8 mins
Directed by: Fitz Cahall , Mikey Schaefer

After four nights and five days, Craig DeMartino, Jarem Frye and Pete Davis scrambled to the top of the 1,800-foot Zodiac Wall on Yosemite’s El Capitan on June 9, 2012. It’s a route that’s been climbed countless times, but not like this: the first all-disabled ascent. DeMartino (who lost a leg in a climbing accident), Frye (who lost a leg to bone cancer) and Davis (who was born without an arm) didn’t accomplish the feat to raise awareness or champion their cause. They did it because they are climbers first and disabled second. Martino says, “If a climber is what you are…you want to climb El Cap.” So with four legs, five arms and three heads, they tackled the towering expanse of granite. The Gimp Monkeys follows the trio’s monumental trip up the wall and examines where passion, tenacity, perspective and toughness can lead. Because, as Davis says, “The right attitude and one arm will beat the wrong attitude and two arms every time.”

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Previous Tour Screenings

DateVenueLocation
Apr 11 2014Dolores River FestivalDolores, COWebsite
Mar 28 2014Henrico TheaterHenrico, VAWebsite
Feb 16 2014Hitchcock Theater- The Cate SchoolCarpinteria, CAWebsite
Feb 7 2014Sherbino TheaterRidgway, CO
Jan 31 2014Wright Opera HouseOuray, COWebsite
Jan 22 2014Alyeska Resort/ Sitzmark RestaurantGirdwood, AKWebsite
Jan 4 2014Mcmurdo StationMcMurdo StationWebsite
Nov 15 2013The Elinor Bunin Munroe Film CenterNew York, NYWebsite
Nov 1 2013Watercolor Inn and ResortWatercolor, FLWebsite
Nov 1 2013Durango Nature StudiesDurango, COWebsite
Oct 17 2013Oriental TheaterDenver, COWebsite
Oct 5 2013Crestone Charter SchoolCrestone, COWebsite
Jul 19 2013Gateway, COWebsite
Jun 29 2013North Cascades Mountain HostelWinthrop, WAWebsite
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