[RichK]

Nice tune

[duncan]

A very well put-together film I thought, really capturing the experience of being up on El Cap.   It must be hard to get footage this good when you are one of the climbing team. 

Mostly aid climbing, which you could easily argue is not climbing at all but rope-access done badly.  Die-hards can forward to the dream sequences (8.00-10.00; 19.30-21.30) which features some real climbing, even a little bouldering...

[DaveC]

For those who visited Arapiles back in the 80s, this might bring back some memories.

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[r-man]

Fixed that for you. 

[Jaspersharpe]

Strong orange look! 

[Doylo]

Well inspiring. Ace seeing the elite aiding up mega new lines on sky hooks

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Fixed that for you. 

I've been away from a computer for too long 

[jwi]

I liked the home made adjustable daisy-chain. Clever!

[r-man]

[mrjonathanr]

This is frankly awesome - thank you for posting this. No poncey irrelevant bits, just some really impressive stuff.  You could tell things weren't looking good on Weather Report - was the climber okay? looked like a broken femur

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You could tell things weren't looking good on Weather Report - was the climber okay? looked like a broken femur

Broke their femur!

(I don't actually know the actual outcome)

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Two contrasting videos...

[fatneck]

Just to go back (again!) to The Shock of The New video... Absolutely stonking! Great sound track, really amazing footage. Was bricking it watching the ascents of Appointment with Fear, the route after Heartbeat City (don't think it was credited?) and 10,000 Maniacs. Fantastic!

Who made it? (Doyle?)?

Who were the climbers?

Was the guy who fell off Weather Report ok?

[GCW]

Dan Honeyman and co.
Dan and Tom de Gay mostly (from memory), the latter taking the lob from Weather Report.  (pelvis was it?)

[Fiend]

Inspiring stuff, I like it!

[monkey boy]

Mina doing MECCA over on the other channel

http://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/page.php?id=4953

[Fiend]

Was just about to post "Exceptionally cute blonde kneebar-rests here way up now-soft-8b route whilst Nick Brown manages to pause spitting bile at Americans long enough to film it" .

Excellent squeaking at the end. Pity they couldn't have the same footage quality for the actual ascent, but a nice clip. Good effort!

[cofe]

Some more of that radio control helicopter footage..... but this time on Trango Tower:

[tomtom]

wow... just as I was getting used to the glacier/camp overfly shots... Boom.. altitude climbing ones.. amazing.

[cofe]

yeah, they were nice/impressive enough and then they slap you in the face with the good stuff. just 'sample footage' too...

[tomtom]

Getting cheaper... at least they're electric so not that noisy...

I know a tiny bit about UAV's from work (some research on looking at ways to easily aquire Aerial photography etc..) and it looked like this chap (first clip) had some glasses/goggles that give you a 'out of the cockpit' view as you're flying.. impressive stuff..

You're ferked if theres any wind though! Wonder how many times he binned it!

[duncan]

Impressive photography, dreadful music. 

I'd be careful flying a pilotless drone in Pakistan in case someone got the wrong impression. 

[SA Chris]

Amazing. Wonder what the range is? (of the helicopter, not the mountain range).

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