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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jul 23, 2008 - 08:00pm PT
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A thread called "Czech Tower Jumping and Cedar Wright" ran a little while ago. We had a similar craze hit Tucson for a while back in the seventies though it never really on caught due to the very ankle twists that obviously plague these sportsman.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jul 23, 2008 - 08:20pm PT
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They showed a movie about this at the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival a few years ago. The organizer is from Slovakia, and so has connections that help with obtaining such films. Central Europe has some quite distinctive mountain cultures. Whether it's climbing at Elbsandstein, the tower jumping, or other things, they definitely have the spirit.
I wonder what they'd think of slacklining?
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Phil_B
Social climber
Hercules, CA
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Jul 23, 2008 - 11:24pm PT
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Hm, another variant I don't think I'll be trying. . .
Looks pretty cool though.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jul 24, 2008 - 12:33pm PT
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Having just turned fifty, I think that I'd rather take my knocks learning to fly and land in some other mode!
Great source of daydreams whenever the gap narrows.
There is a little tower at Windy Point in Tucson called Thunderhead Spire that has a jump exit. On the FA Rich Thompson and I were looking for a place to put in a rappel station on the summit of the railroad spike shaped tower. Rich wanted to place the anchors out at the lip of the summit block to produce the best photo.
I objected and then comically jumped off into the air and stuck the landing on a slab below. "Go ahead, do whatever you want," I said with a laugh and Rich commenced to do his level best to take the head off the nail while on rappel. Nice shot though!
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drljefe
climber
Calizona
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Jul 24, 2008 - 01:17pm PT
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There's always the Mace in Sedona- that's a good jump but once was enough for me.
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LongAgo
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 24, 2008 - 05:33pm PT
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Agreed - jumping looks risky/stupid given the climber talking about how a certain jump "always" hurts him. Maybe that's a signal to stop! And a beer to start the day? Also seems silly. Yet, fun to see the towers pictured and clips of climbers in space.
Then there's the question of how they count "ascents" of jumped to towers. Talk about NOT ground up ...
The Mace - I seem to remember a long, wide stem, maybe a kind of hop push out. Is it/was it really a jump?
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drljefe
climber
Calizona
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Jul 25, 2008 - 01:33pm PT
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Getting to the summit of Mace requires the stem. Jumping back to the lower tower is optional now. There are other Sedona routes that demand jumps from tower to tower though...
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jul 26, 2008 - 06:42pm PT
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Perhaps leaping is a sign of true greatness!?!
From The Climbing Cartoons of Sheridan Anderson by Joe Kelsey, 1989.
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Tompa
Trad climber
Stockhom
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Jul 30, 2008 - 01:06pm PT
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I was there last summer and most of the climbers and jumpers in The Czech Republic where well trained athletes, and even if some of them have a beer for breakfast they where more professional then some of the Potheads at Camp 4 ;-)
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Ain't no flatlander
climber
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Jul 30, 2008 - 01:35pm PT
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The film MH refers to is Jump! by John Catto:
2002 “ Jump! ” awards:
• The International Mountaineering Film Festival at Teplice Nad Metuje, CZ, Grand Prize & Audience Prize
• Trento International Mountain Film Festival, Best Film on Sport and Sport Adventure
• The Banff Mountain Film Festival, Best Film on Mountain Sports winner
• Kendal Mountain Film Festival, UK. Special Audience Mention
• Filmfest St.Anton am Arlberg, Austria Grand Prize
• Crested Butte Reel Fest, Faulkner Award for Colorado Creativity
• IFAAF International, Prague, Centrum CZ Award and Audience Award
• Hory Y Mesto Film Festival, Slovakia Jury Award winner
• Moscow International Mountaineering Film Festival, Special Jury Award winner
• Llamberis Edge, U.K., Best of Festival Award
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guycan
Trad climber
flagstaff
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Jul 30, 2008 - 05:30pm PT
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cool video, I wonder what the climbs are like, though.
lots of good jumps in Sedona. My favorite is Oak Creek Spire, I think it may warrant a Grade 4!?!
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swill
Social climber
Colorado
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"Jump!" was co directed and co produced by John Catto and Allen Hill. Just wanted to set the record start.
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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
Fresno, CA
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Looks silly.
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dogtown
climber
Where I once was,I think?
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It's Super Fly gone high ball !!!!
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thebravecowboy
climber
in the face of the fury of the funk
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Jul 28, 2014 - 08:47am PT
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the jump-across: it's generally shorter than it looks. amirite?
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Jul 28, 2014 - 09:50am PT
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But often not short enough.
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