Quality chuffing videos... (Read 1149826 times)

sidewinder · January 13, 2016, 12:58:52 pm

Quote from: jwi on January 10, 2016, 07:17:32 pm

Very nice film showing him on Internet on the legendary old school Pène Haute in Vallée d'Aure, and on a project in Bielsa.

Pretty good english subtiles for the non french speakers among us (myself included)

SA Chris · January 20, 2016, 10:31:43 am

Looks good.

Fiend · January 22, 2016, 01:08:06 pm

Warning: Contains solder-fixing cam trigger wire footage

OTOH, multiple 5.13 onsights, 10/10 WB etc.

Fultonius · January 30, 2016, 10:38:02 am

I don't think I've seen these on here before, so here's the first of a pair of videos with Don Whillans, Chris Bonnington and others in Patagonia:

fatdoc · January 31, 2016, 09:27:23 pm

brilliant.. master of understatements abound.

Fultonius · February 01, 2016, 10:19:23 am

I only have an image of Don being a drunk, fat grumpy old man - quite a contrast to see him in his prime.

r-man · February 02, 2016, 05:00:36 pm

Beautiful arete. Nice that the problem involves climbing from one side to the other.

Fiend · February 02, 2016, 06:39:04 pm

awful editing /letterboxing tho...

boxmonkey · February 07, 2016, 05:33:19 pm

Hey guys,

I noticed Slackline mentioned my climbing videos project - www.boxmonkey.tv. Hope you guys have been enjoying it.

Slackline said something about the site being a "mixed bag" - so to make it easier I've now split the catalogue by climbing style - bouldering, sport, trad, big wall etc.

Hopefully that should make it easier to find stuff to watch! Any other comments welcome.

Fiend · February 07, 2016, 08:21:38 pm

That Oman video is pretty nice, the stuff on the giant boulders looks well cool.

jwi · February 08, 2016, 08:56:49 pm

Lots of Ardrspach action. Get in.

T_B · February 08, 2016, 10:24:24 pm

jwi · February 10, 2016, 03:21:40 pm

Legendary spanish climber Carlos Logroño repeats an 8c+ roof in Alquézar near Rodellar.

Duncan campbell · February 10, 2016, 04:58:39 pm

Quote from: jwi on February 08, 2016, 08:56:49 pm

Lots of Ardrspach action. Get in.

Cool film. Czech/German Sandstone is one of those places I'd sort of love to go, and yet would probably find terrifyimg and desperate = love to have been?

Thought it funny how you aren't allowed to use metal pro and yet he was carrying a wire brush!!

T_B · February 10, 2016, 05:28:19 pm

I'd really love to go back having had two trips there. The lines are just so inspiring. The climbing? Mildly terrifying!

Tommy · February 10, 2016, 06:11:34 pm

Yeah I thought it was quite scary too! Me and Pete went on a visit as "guests" to festival there. On the first route that Pete went on (that the locals suggested was a good warm up) he got to about halfway up and was absolutely puffing out of his arse - which seemed surprising considering he was doing it as a warm up and first time placing knots.... Then the host leant over to me and quietly said, "that is a very good effort... this route has never been onsighted before".....

Fucking sandbaggers!

The next day after that one, we asked for an easier warm-up. Half a route later I was looking at deck-out/100ft ground sweeper and not that happy on quite a tricky route. When we got back to the hut, they just laughed at me and said how one of their friends had decked on this route and luckily survived.

jwi · February 10, 2016, 06:12:07 pm

I've been to Elbsandstein in Germany once and to Teplice/Adrspach once. Would love to go back, but the chance of getting my better half to go there again is between null and zero.

The climbing is really good, but you have to like quests. One of the line I was dreaming of coming back to was the reasonably bolted Tsunami in Teplice. It's only 7b+ or so as well. Major, major line. I just found out that it has had exactly one onsight ascent. By Adam Ondra, who found it hard to onsight.

slackline · February 10, 2016, 06:19:58 pm

Quote from: Tommy on February 10, 2016, 06:11:34 pm

Me and Pete went on a visit as "guests" to festival there.

This one by any chance?

mrjonathanr · February 10, 2016, 07:18:25 pm

Enjoyed the cave route, nice little film.

Tommy · February 10, 2016, 07:54:53 pm

Quote from: slackline on February 10, 2016, 06:19:58 pm

This one by any chance?

Yeah that's right! I'd forgotten that video existed. That particular offwidth roof crack that features in it was about the only proper well protected route that felt not in the slightest risky. Small falls onto bomber knots.

I think Pete went back this year and finished it off. Said it was probably HVS 5b at Ramshaw. About E4 anywhere else ;-)

jwi · February 10, 2016, 08:43:32 pm

I found that route Hlaska (7min in in the Wideboyzky film) to be absolutely desperate. Stupidly tried it at the end of the last day of the visit. The beta I had was that it's better to fall to the left. Well done to whomever did the first ascent in the early 50s.

slackline · February 18, 2016, 01:42:29 pm

Woods and Graham in Flatanger

Fiend · February 18, 2016, 08:22:23 pm

Good stuff that! Would like to have seen more climbing footage as what there was was inspiring (I like the alternating bit near the end). Thor's Hammer does sound amazing!

Wood FT · February 19, 2016, 10:47:31 am

looks so cool

To anyone who's been: Would a mid 7 chummer have a good trip here?

SA Chris · February 19, 2016, 10:50:19 am

gme seemed to think so, said there were other good crags around the area.