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#1475 Re: Ondrawad
October 28, 2014, 01:51:34 pm
I found the full movie streamed online, for free. Just click play. Gets a bit boring at the 30min mark, but picks up again towards the end.


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#1476 Re: Ondrawad
October 28, 2014, 02:25:29 pm
If it's anything like the stuff already online I wont be wasting my cash on it. To many shots of belayers and superficial context shots of the environment.

Clearly, the main reason any world class climbers travel to the arse end of Norway is to climb in a massive, world class granite cave, rather than to contemplate the landscape with all the false sincerity they can muster. A bit of context is welcome, but if it's half of a two hour film which is essentially about trying to climb the hardest route in the world, well that seems a bit silly to me.

Presumptuous, and probably a bit harsh, but there you go. The home-made efforts of the Belgian big wallers are, by far, the most worthwhile climbing films I've seen in recent years. Whenever climbing films try to get 'deeper' and present the activity as more than what it actually is, I cringe.   

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#1477 Re: Ondrawad
October 28, 2014, 04:46:40 pm
The home-made efforts of the Belgian big wallers are, by far, the most worthwhile climbing films I've seen in recent years.

A to the men on that one. Brilliant and inspiring films.

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#1478 Re: Ondrawad
October 28, 2014, 08:05:18 pm
The home-made efforts of the Belgian big wallers are, by far, the most worthwhile climbing films I've seen in recent years.

Which films are these? Would love to give them a watch

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#1479 Re: Ondrawad
October 28, 2014, 08:37:25 pm
The home-made efforts of the Belgian big wallers are, by far, the most worthwhile climbing films I've seen in recent years.

Which films are these? Would love to give them a watch

There are a few around, with a mixed cast of heroes but usually involving Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll and frequently Nicolas Favresse.

Greenland:   
Patagonia:   
China:   http://www.xpedition.be/?p=579

No doubt there are more and others may post links (and better links). They're great videos without exception...
« Last Edit: October 28, 2014, 08:48:56 pm by Grigor »

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#1480 Re: Ondrawad
October 28, 2014, 11:53:58 pm
This is the best climbing film I've ever watched in nearly 20 years - better even than The Real Thing! Perhaps I'm too sentimental but I loved how the film opens out to explore the vast land in which its set, as well as zooming in to micro-focus on roughly 25(?) failed attempts on a single move on the hardest route in the world. Ondra is so utterly single-minded! It's got everything, even trad gear-ripping deck-outs. Outstanding.

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#1481 Re: Ondrawad
October 29, 2014, 04:06:28 pm
I'm gonna just leave this video of Ondra doing interpretive dance of climbing here....


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#1482 Re: Ondrawad
October 29, 2014, 06:07:26 pm
 :beer2:
 :popcorn:
That video is great

The change movie ... Really good shots of Norway, some good climbing shots.
BUT boy did it get on my nerves that trees, lakes and clouds got slow motion, and most of the climbing literally got fast forwarded
 :furious:

Peter the filmmaker does not love , dare I say it, he does not even like climbing, and it shows

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#1483 Re: Ondrawad
October 30, 2014, 02:01:46 am
I wasn't impressed with it either. I like Ondra, places looked good, just didn't really hold any interest for me. Hard to believe it was 2 years in the making

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#1484 Re: Ondrawad
December 01, 2014, 12:29:12 pm
I see that Ondra has outwadded all the other wads in the La Sportiva Legends comp.

http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=69338

It's getting a bit ridiculous how much better he is than everyone else.

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#1485 Re: Ondrawad
December 01, 2014, 01:44:56 pm
you could have put a spoiler-alert on that post (?), good thing i already watched it


all that endurance training paid off  :???:
, he seemed fresh as a daisy at the end of that  :clap2:

loved how the commentator kept saying that the moves and boulders were really hard, when someone made a boulder look easy.

to win with such a margin from this bunch of competitors..  :bow:

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#1486 Re: Ondrawad
December 04, 2014, 09:48:58 pm
100 9a or harder for young master Ondra.

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#1487 Re: Ondrawad
December 04, 2014, 10:15:20 pm
Obscene stat.

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#1488 Re: Ondrawad
December 04, 2014, 10:24:45 pm
100 9a or harder for young master Ondra.

Incredible achievement, would be interesting to know who is in second place for ticking grade 9's? Ramon has done 38 according to 8a

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#1489 Re: Ondrawad
December 04, 2014, 10:28:26 pm
With sixty-eight 9a, twenty 9a+, nine 9b and three 9b+ already in the bag 9c cannot be too far off?

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#1490 Re: Ondrawad
December 05, 2014, 09:18:27 am
With sixty-eight 9a, twenty 9a+, nine 9b and three 9b+ already in the bag 9c cannot be too far off?

Finding a doable 9c must be pretty tricky!

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#1491 Re: Ondrawad
December 05, 2014, 09:26:57 am
He has at least one that he has done all the moves on in Flatanger.

After watching him win the comp last weekend, when he made the worlds strongest boulderers look pretty average, and now seen this stat he truly is so far ahead of everyone, Megos is pitched at being close but i think the gap is still pretty big.

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#1492 Re: Ondrawad
December 05, 2014, 09:35:01 am
Megos has got the potential but Ondras got quite a few years on him. Be interesting to see how Megos gets on if/when he starts trying 9bs.

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#1493 Re: Ondrawad
December 05, 2014, 12:58:04 pm
100 9a or harder for young master Ondra.

Incredible achievement, would be interesting to know who is in second place for ticking grade 9's? Ramon has done 38 according to 8a
Sharma must be close. The only other climber with a substantial number of 9bs

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#1494 Re: Ondrawad
December 05, 2014, 01:38:14 pm
Quote from: 8a.nu
The runner up on this exclusive list are Ramonet and Dani Andrada with around 40 and Chris Sharma with some 35.

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#1495 Re: Ondrawad
December 05, 2014, 01:47:29 pm
100 9a's and harder! Ridiculous stat  :popcorn:

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#1496 Re: Ondrawad
December 05, 2014, 01:51:33 pm
9a, decades old trade routes, have been flashed, etc  ;)

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#1497 Re: Ondrawad
December 05, 2014, 04:03:48 pm
Adam Ondra, the 100 x 9a or harder interview

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Hubble ... Ben Moon was ahead of his time by a huge margin!

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#1498 Re: Ondrawad
December 05, 2014, 04:25:27 pm
Adam Ondra, the 100 x 9a or harder interview

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Hubble ... Ben Moon was ahead of his time by a huge margin!

"So where are your weaknesses? And what do you do to improve them?
"This may sound stupid, but I am still weak. I can still improve my raw power. ""

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#1499 Re: Ondrawad
December 05, 2014, 04:26:57 pm
Not quite as bad as Mcclure downplaying his finger strength.

 

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