[ffast]

Hi.

There is a short (59min, 397Mb, DivX) bouldering film available via
http://kompassi.com/~ffast/error.html

There's climbing from Switzerland and Finland, grades
vary from 5 to 8b. Starring: Nalle Hukkataival and co.

Enjoy.

[dave]

that link is an error page

[ffast]

Oh. I'm sorry, I meant to post this link:

http://kompassi.com/~ffast/kaahinta/error.html

[cofe]

even if the 'error' bit removed when you copy it it still doesn't work.

wanna see it n'all. sounds bo.

[ffast]

The latter one is the right one, truly

If you want to get to the same page, try this link:

[dave]

can't download any of them.

[ffast]

The torrent was alive just a minute ago (5 seeders).

And the link pointing to koodiorja was live when I clicked it just a few secs ago.

Links pointing to turha.kompassi.com might work later this evening...

[cofe]

the bottom one has started for me now. woo hoo. hope it finishes by 4:30...

[ffast]

And try to bear the slow speed. There should enough bandwidth,
but there has been over 1000 downloads past three days... :D

[Fiend]

390 meg??

This better be at least Beardown quality for that price  :wink:

[dave]

just got the bottom one going. shoudl be quite quick on the work network, its summert like 5mb equivalent connection! 5mins left.

[cofe]

This better be at least Beardown quality for that price  :wink:

i believe 11/10 is impossible dear boy. this isn't spinal tap. :wink:

[dave]

21 seconds to go

[ffast]

Hmmm...

720x576 DivX, 59mins and 390Mb.

Excuse me, but I think that isn't so bad.

[dave]

I don't like it.



 :shithappens:

sorry

[ffast]

At least you didn't waste your pennies for Ben Moon whining about some highball =)

[dave]

word

[cofe]

dave, what would you call this?:




 :wink:

[dave]

a shovel.

[Fiend]

Unfortunately I did waste my pennies to watch Ben Moon whine about some highball  :cry:

"A" did have some great ideas and some good problems in it....they just needed to take more time to condense it down into the best bits...

[Bubba]

Some great looking boulders on YABF but I found the music really bland.

Certainly worth a download anyway...

[ffast]

You know the music has to be '"free", so this is what you usually get

The YABF2 will have music that is composed especially for the film.

So... Let's hope that the next one is better.

Cheers.

[Fiend]

So this video features...

Blatant wire-brushing

Joking about pulling holds off and chipping...

Probably some Bristol Heel action from what I can tell...

And to a soundtrack of finest synth-muzak, a series of obscure bumstarts and fat weak punters getting scared on easy highballs, culminating in the climax of a series of topping-out-mantel-bumshots.

Splendid  

But SERIOUSLY, it was worth getting, some good stuff on there and well worth the price of course. Nice problems and quite inspiring at the lower-mid-grades. The Magic Wood section was very good....the problems there have class lines and class looking rock. U Boat and Unnamed slab being particularly inspiring.

And there was a particularly nice example of DFBWGC  :wink:

[ffast]

Yeah.

That fat bastard being me Maybe there will be some grit in the
next film so you crazy Brits can make fun of your own routes also

And about the blatant brushing... If you are _making_ a route,
there might be some brushing to uncover the route underneath
the moss and other dirt.  If that's not being the case in England,
lucky you

But the feedback is appreciated and went straight to the Man.

[Fingers of a Martyr]

fat weak punters getting scared on easy highballs

i didn't no u starred in it fiend :wink:

[Bubba]

I don't think wirebrushing on new granite boulders is a problem - it's just a problem on soft rocks like Grit or on hard rocks when it's done to excess and when the rock is already clean.

What is "Bristol Heel action"?

[Fiend]

Oh don't worry, I understand the need for brushing and have no complaint with it in this case, it's obviously done appropriately. All of those first comments were jokes...

Bubba, I thought it's when you drag a heel across the floor/mat or spotter or something....maybe that's something else, I have trouble keeping up with these trendy young terms...


P.S. I didn't mind the music so much. But I'd have prefered the video to be a bit crisper in some places where it was a bit blurry (weird DivX compression, or dirt on the lens, maybe??). Oh and the river crossing was pretty funny .

[T.H.]

A Bristol heel hook could be myself or another of my Bristol based homies using our heels to assist an ascent of a boulder problem.  Although this is technically inaccurate as I'm currently based in London.

I suspect this is not the case, and like you it seems, I rarely know what Fiend is talking about.

I'd f*cking love to climb with the guy though.  He's managed to become well known in the climbing "Scene" without actually doing any climbing.  That deserves some respect.  If you're ever in London Fiend, give me a shout.  You could confuse me face to face then.

[Jim]

A bristol heel is when you use the floor/mat or appear to with your heel when doing low starts off low footholds. Kicking the floor/mat/spotter is called doing a 'Fred'
Wire brushing is acceptable in some circumstances (putting up new probs etc...) but it must be very clear that WIRE BRUSHING CLEAN HOLDS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE and any one caught doing so needs there fingers breaking. I've just bought a new axe and am itching to try it out  :twisted:

[ffast]

Ummm. The blurriness is because of the motion in the picture.
The video was compressed as 1-pass DivX, that was not a good idea
after all :/ Multipass would've been better, I'll remember that ALSO
next time

And the river crossing was the only way to get across the river
without getting your feet wet.

[Fiend]

A bristol heel is when you use the floor/mat or appear to with your heel when doing low starts off low footholds.

See? I had some vague inkling it was something like that...

I suspect this is not the case, and like you it seems, I rarely know what Fiend is talking about.

I'd f*cking love to climb with the guy though. He's managed to become well known in the climbing "Scene" without actually doing any climbing. That deserves some respect. If you're ever in London Fiend, give me a shout. You could confuse me face to face then.

You are very, very strange. Well known?? WTF?? Without actually doing any climbing?? Errr I go out and bumble as much as anyone else. Leave me alone and go download this video, it's fun.

[a dense loner]

the term "bristol heel" was, in fact, coined by my good self n has generally become accepted in climbing circles. it came about because of the kickboard on the woody at bristol wall being home to a rather oversize mat. sit starts were ALWAYS done by others using the aforementioned "bristol heel" or as it was first known "standing on the f**kin floor". strangely enough there were always denials usually culminating in "i didn't weight it". now you know if it ever comes up in a pub quiz. :D

[Fingers of a Martyr]

I suspect this is not the case, and like you it seems, I rarely know what Fiend is talking about.

I'd f*cking love to climb with the guy though. He's managed to become well known in the climbing "Scene" without actually doing any climbing. That deserves some respect. If you're ever in London Fiend, give me a shout. You could confuse me face to face then.

You are very, very strange. Well known?? WTF?? Without actually doing any climbing?? Errr I go out and bumble as much as anyone else. Leave me alone and go download this video, it's fun.

Fiend you're a legend mate, i'd ask ya for an autograph if i bumped into ya. :wink: