2025, United States, 60min
Director: Dawn Kish
NATIONAL PREMIERE
Cranky and yet witty, the bouldering legend John “Verm” Sherman has lost his drive or mojo and is struggling or jonesing to regain it. What better way than to climb the world’s most famous boulder problem, Yosemite’s iconic Midnight Lightning? He climbed it 25 years ago, but since then the climb has gotten harder and Verm’s gotten softer due to Beer lust and a third-degree burning passion for bird photography. Standing in his way is his age (57), weight (200 lbs), dozens of injuries, and myriad health issues. Nevertheless, he’s stubborn and determined, and after a specific 6-month preparation to get in shape, he is ready for leading to a final confrontation with bouldering’s “Problem of Problems”.
