[jwi]

If I had a living legend following me around with a fan, I don't know if I would brag about it or be quietly ashamed.

[Pope B]

I'd have thought it'd almost certainly have been shared here before, but on the topic of Groove Train & the best climbing video of all time I humbly submit this:



Might not have 27 kneebars but it does have 7 rads, massive runouts and the best looking cliff face in the world.

[spidermonkey09]

Always good to watch this again. "fuck I'm the fucking best!"

[Duma]

never apologise for linking that video - should be mandatory to list it at least annually on this thread

[mrjonathanr]

Brilliant battle, not seen that before.

[Fiend]

Re: previous video. I do love all 56kg of Dave G, but fucking hell I got bored even skipping through that, after the novelty of "fan guy" wore off anyway 

[Will Hunt]

I absolutely love the footage of that top section on Groove Train. A highlight of Doylo's emotional tear-jerker The Climb, which has no doubt been linked before but bears linking again. Remember that it came out just before the first lockdown ended. Have the Kleenex handy.

[mrjonathanr]

No need; ‘mute’ is enough.

[Wood FT]

Some lovely looking far away granite.

https://www.verticallifemag.com.au/2018/09/flinders-island/

[spidermonkey09]

Some lovely looking far away granite.

https://www.verticallifemag.com.au/2018/09/flinders-island/

That was brilliant. Glad to see Simon's mullet is still going strong. Flinders looks ace, they were just starting to develop it when I was in Tasmania a few years ago. Now that its all gone to shit at Arapiles and the Grampians maybe Tasmania will see more attention.

[Wood FT]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7w7nokBIMc&feature=youtu.be

Frankenjura 2002, feat. Andy Harris and Rich Heap

[Fiend]

apologies if repost, this is excellent.

[SA Chris]

I posted it back in April, agree it's excellent. I really like the Giant Rock films, wish they did more like this.

[Fiend]

There was an April this year?! 

[SA Chris]

it passed in a drunken stupor.



Some might think this is usual Patagonia fare, but I really enjoyed it. Some quite moving parts, and beautifully filmed.

(Apologies if it's a repost).

[guypercival]

More from Australia. Lovely looking line.

[Fiend]

Just watched that! Lovely rock and line and some cool footage. The guys are very youthful.

[Wood FT]

Full Film

The Fanatic Search 2

Old French video. Really wish I was good enough to do the 8a+ multipitch Nina Caprez in the Verdon

[cheque]

Watched that last night. Only a French climbing film would start with the line “In the beginning, as we well know, man placed his seed in the womb of the woman”  Funny how many shots of the heroines sunbathing on rest days there are too.

Really enjoyed the sequences of climbing, particularly the Verdon stuff. Easy to watch something like that and not appreciate just how fucking hard it will have been to shoot it, particularly with good sound. Would be a really good hour long film with a more judicious edit.

[Wood FT]

Yeah a lot of faff

[moose]

I enjoyed this. Okay, no-one on this forum needs interludes on trad versus sport and how bolts work, but I thought it  captured the game well. I found myself emotionally invested on Rhys' and Callum's redpoints. Hannah and Emily's adjustment from indoor comp to outdoors was also interesting (as someone who is their opposite - physically feeble but wily). The basic message: climbing in the  UK involves bleeding, mud, and  frustration .

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000pd45/the-adventure-show-202021-the-super-crag

[guypercival]

I really enjoyed this...amazing crag.
The obvious question is this.
Why hasn’t Rhys got a set of knee pads?

[moose]

Perhaps he wants to remove any possibility of temptation to the dark side if he gets to try Hubble?!

Also, there was one of the local experts who advised that while Rhys was resting on double heel-hooks he could also hook a gear loop on a knobble to take some weight off!  Are aided rests (but only being allowed to use carpet tiles for  kneepads) some bizarre Scottish ethic I was previously unaware of!

[andy popp]

Citro putting a remarkable shift in there with the fan. Quality stuff

Dave Graham repaying the favour.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CE17rH5AjCe/

[guypercival]