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Re: Cool Videos
Anonymous1 #15726 06/27/11 06:13 PM
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this thread could be vastly improved by stopping the cat video from auto starting each time you load the page, but I guess going to the next page also takes care of that

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Fishmonger #15727 06/27/11 06:23 PM
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Bothered me no end! Excellent solution. Thanks.


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Fishmonger #15731 06/27/11 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted By: Fishmonger
this thread could be vastly improved by stopping the cat video from auto starting each time you load the page, but I guess going to the next page also takes care of that

I noticed the same thing (cat vid restarting every few minutes), but couldn't figure out why it did it. I just clicked "pause".

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Fishmonger #15736 06/27/11 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted By: Fishmonger
this thread could be vastly improved by stopping the cat video from auto starting each time you load the page, but I guess going to the next page also takes care of that


Done! Annoyed me too.

Within the embedded html code on that post was this: &autoplay=true

It has been set to the obviously opposite value.

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Steve C #15819 06/29/11 12:53 PM
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Fishmonger #15846 06/29/11 06:04 PM
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Just . . . damn. Talk about strength-to-weight ratio. This kid's a string bean with Popeye forearms who absolutely defies gravity. Nice post Fish.

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tdtz #15854 06/29/11 08:16 PM
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Can't forget our own native Californian, Alex Honnold:


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Fishmonger #15862 06/30/11 01:30 AM
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Re: Ondra

Not to take anything away from his strength and skill, but a question about the rules of the game. How is it a first ascent when you take a fall - or for that matter tension - on bolts you didn't place?


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saltydog #15865 06/30/11 03:29 AM
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how? that's how most of Europe climbs. I spent years in climbing areas there where every bolt was put in by the "Alpenverein" - power drill and cement. You still have to climb it.

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Fishmonger #15921 06/30/11 06:12 PM
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Oh I get climbing that way (even though I come from the time when the ethic was transitioning from " take your pitons/leave your bolts" to "no more bolts") but as you say,

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You still have to climb it.


is my point exactly. I am trying to understand what constitutes "climbing it". The video appears to show him taking tension on at least one of the anchors, and definitely taking a fall below the top. Or was the last move such a gimme that he doesn't actually need to top out?


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Originally Posted By: saltydog
Oh I get climbing that way (even though I come from the time when the ethic was transitioning from " take your pitons/leave your bolts" to "no more bolts") but as you say,

Originally Posted By: Fishmonger
You still have to climb it.


is my point exactly. I am trying to understand what constitutes "climbing it". The video appears to show him taking tension on at least one of the anchors, and definitely taking a fall below the top. Or was the last move such a gimme that he doesn't actually need to top out?


I didn't watch it that closely - cared more about the camera work than the dude climbing. Seems like they did two climbs and the second one showed him at first working out the route before actually climbing it.

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saltydog #15937 07/01/11 02:46 AM
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Or was the last move such a gimme that he doesn't actually need to top out?

It looked that way to me.

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Yeah, it was two climbs. The first was a repeat but the second was billed as a first ascent. Awesome skills displayed, maybe it looked a little cavalier because of that: it was harder than he made it look. And what looked like tension on the anchors could have been camera angles.

What did you think of the camera work?


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saltydog #15940 07/01/11 04:00 AM
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Originally Posted By: saltydog
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What did you think of the camera work?


well, it wasn't your usual climbing video - landscape, interesting angles, especially many shots that put scale into the image - ll done with a certain style. So I looked up what else the maker of the film has onlinne. I think this one got him the gig with Black Diamond:

http://vimeo.com/11520818

heck. he even likes the same music I listen to...

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Fishmonger #15943 07/01/11 04:33 AM
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another one of my favorites - looked at this a dozen times this last winter before I headed out west with my ski. Not your usual "Warren Miller" ski movie - gotta watch this full screen in HD:


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catpappy #15972 07/02/11 01:51 AM
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Not knot . . .

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wagga #16026 07/04/11 07:50 PM
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I want one... had a hunch this was RC, since nobody in their right mind would fly a glider or plane like that video above shows grin

http://vimeo.com/20348044

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Fishmonger #16032 07/05/11 04:30 AM
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Crazy? Like a squirrel.


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