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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Original Post - May 28, 2009 - 01:37pm PT
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I know there have been other threads about our main man here, but this is just a classic video.
Damn, I always wanted to climb that thing!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_lhkJWiEGc
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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May 28, 2009 - 04:42pm PT
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Great video! I love the over-the-shoulder belay and the sketch simulclimbing. But the best part is the old guy (guided client?) smokin a bowl at the top! Great shots of the Petit Dru and Grande Jorasse at the end.
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - May 28, 2009 - 06:08pm PT
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Those are sweet too, thanks Silly and Tar!!
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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May 28, 2009 - 06:18pm PT
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Wow. Three wonderful historic videos.
Comici (meaning comedian or comic in Italian, oddly enough) moved wonderfully over stone, didn’t he. The homecoming of Bonatti piece makes it clear what Maestri ( about the same age as Bonatti) experienced when he came back from his first supposed ascent of Cerro Torre in 1959, and how distorted that story became.
Thanks Surv!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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May 28, 2009 - 06:58pm PT
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Yes, that's quite a procession with Bonatti et al.
Why, I remember the time Carter and I, (while solemnly descending Lembert's slabs after a glorious ascent of Truck 'n Drive) were greeted by a similarly ecstatic entourage.
Bona Fortuna !!!
Let's get some more of these way old school film clips linked up...
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Nohea
Trad climber
Aiea,Hi
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May 28, 2009 - 07:03pm PT
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Those are some great videos! I just smoked away an hour enjoying those and more. Gotta get outside.
Aloha,
wil
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tiki-jer
Trad climber
fresno/clovis
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May 28, 2009 - 09:27pm PT
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Wow! Comici needs no rack!
Was that dulfersitz?
Ropes got stuck then too, huh?.
Dig those crazy knickers.
Thanks for sharing!!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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May 28, 2009 - 11:22pm PT
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I tried to find some clips from Whillans, Joe Brown, Tom Patey.
I'm sure there must be something from Old Man of Hoy.
Yes! Comici with no rack: so pure, so suave.
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Slakkey
Trad climber
From a Quiet Place by the Lake
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May 28, 2009 - 11:29pm PT
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Great stuff.
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ec
climber
ca
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May 29, 2009 - 02:59am PT
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What happened? The old guy turned noticeably younger under the waterfall...
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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May 29, 2009 - 09:41am PT
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I like to imagine all these guys coming in to a local gym to get checked out for their belay card: "No...no...you kids are doing it all wrong! You hold the coil in the left hand, and you gather in the slack with the right! Unless you're belaying the leader, in which case you hold the coil in the left hand and feed it out with the right! But when things get really dicey, feed the rope out from behind your neck."
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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May 29, 2009 - 09:47am PT
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I couldn't understand a word of it.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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May 29, 2009 - 10:14am PT
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I once failed a belay test in a gym in Texas. I think Gaston would have given me a belay card straight away, no questions asked.
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - May 29, 2009 - 12:02pm PT
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Hey Roy, We put up the same historical piece.
I like the fact that the same significant climbs and businesses are important to us!!! HA!
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