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Telluride ultrarunning mountaineer Ben Clark has finished his anticipated documentary on Nolan’s 14, the rarely completed 100-mile running route across 14 14,000-foot peaks in Colorado’s Sawatch Range.
On his fourth attempt in September, Clark was unable to finish the largely trail-less route – which climbs and descends 90,000 vertical feet – in the arbitrarily (and cruely?) assigned time of 60 hours. His documentary reflects the near impossibility of the feat, which has been since mountaineer Jim Nolan conjured the route in 1999.
Mountaineer Ben Clark climbs La Plata Peak in August during his third attempt to finish the grueling Nolan’s 14 route in less than 60 hours. The route traverses 14, 14,000-foot peaks in about 100 miles. (Kendrick Callaway, Special to The Denver Post)
Featuring interviews with the world’s top ultrarunners – like superstar Anton Krupicka, whose Nolan’s 14 mission after he reached only five of the peaks – and legend Blake Wood, the 47-minute film captures the grueling nature of the line. , with at least 18 elite ultrarunners attempting the line, which many consider the burliest ultrarunning mountain line in the country if not the world.
The film costs $5.99 to rent for three months via Vimeo’s streaming service. A dollar of the $9.99 purchase price goes to Paradox Sports, the Boulder outfit that provides .
