Mike.
climber
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Feb 12, 2011 - 05:51pm PT
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There was a 35th anniversary celebration of the completion of the Nose held in the Valley. That would have been '93, I don't recall the venue. Warren, Wayne and George were there, all beaming but totally low key. Warren creaked out a sheepish explanation about how they virtually stumbled into the project and really had no clue what they were doing. Fred was there, too, and the film was shown. It was a super chill gathering; sparsely attended but spirited. Were you there?
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 13, 2011 - 09:45am PT
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Fred has completely restored this ground breaking film frame by frame and it should be available commercially by now. It was premiering several years ago.
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The Wolf
Trad climber
Friend of Dope Miller
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Feb 14, 2011 - 11:48am PT
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I believe Mr. Pedula was a film instructor at San Francisco State. In the 70's & 80's there was a ad in every issue of CLIMBING advertising the film for sale.
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clode
Trad climber
portland, or
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Feb 14, 2011 - 12:41pm PT
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I bought the VHS from Michael Chessler Books decades ago. It still plays great, although I'd love to have a digital copy.
Some of my favorite lines are:
(from way up high on the route) "Go back, it can't be done!"
"You're doing it again. You're sending dirt onto me. You need me (as a belayer)". And my all-time favorite: "Hey Lito, I'm getting ready for you to give me a belay".
The summit scene was great where they were slicing a watermelon with a granite flake. This was the reality to the dream that one of the climbers said during the climb.
That crashing noise in the dark was one of the climbers ripping a bolt and falling with all that iron (i.e. pitons & biners).
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miwuksurfer
Social climber
Mi-Wuk
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Feb 14, 2011 - 01:30pm PT
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http://canyoncinema.com/catalog/film/?i=1833
You can rent it for $240 on 16mm.
I called a couple years ago about buying a copy and they didn't have any available. Maybe if everybody starts calling and emailing, they will release a dvd copy.
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Aleister Crowley
Trad climber
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Feb 14, 2011 - 01:33pm PT
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I have a copy of this film on VHS I'd be willing to part with :)
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Rick McLaughlin
Trad climber
Arvada Colorado
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My VHS of El Capitan is lost.
I am interested in purchasing, or renting copying and returning, yours or a copy of, El Capitan by Fred Padula. I will pay $$.
If anyone can give me advice on where to get a copy, on any format, I would be really psyched.
Thanks, RM
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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I'd suggest someone speak up concerning the copyright issues. I'd hate to see these guys not get their payments.
It's a terrific film. I only saw it once, at Pacific Film Archive BITD and I still remember several scenes.
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A5scott
Trad climber
Chicago
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pretty much the best climbing film ever. I got mine from Chessler books in the mid 90's. my climbing buddy lost it. oh well. I probably watched it 50 times tough. tried to get a dvd copy from chessler a couple years ago, but i guess they never got them in
scott
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Gene
climber
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Del Cross,
Depending on how many VHS tapes you have, you should consider going to your local Best Buy or whatever and get a converter that you hook up to your computerator. $80 or so...
g
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Gene
climber
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Del,
Good questions for which I have no ready answers.
Cheers,
g
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atchafalaya
Boulder climber
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I transferred my copy to DVD relatively cheaply ($60) 5 or 6 years ago, and burned a few extra copies just in case. There were a number of video reproduction companies in Sacramento able to convert the VHS to DVD format.
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bergbryce
Mountain climber
South Lake Tahoe, CA
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This looks awesome.
I'd buy a copy too if it were available.
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ron gomez
Trad climber
fallbrook,ca
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Did some digging and found my VHS copy! I have a VHS to DVD machine and it worked no problem. Great film, also have a copy of Bridwell/Long crossing of Borneo and a film of Jeff Lowe and Catherine Destiville on some Himalayan route filmed by Bridwell......classic stuff.
Peace
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Riley Wyna
Trad climber
A crack near you
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Rented this movie when I was a teenager in Northern, Alberta.
Can't say as it inspired me as I couldn't even dream about cliffs like El Cap let alone climb them. I really couldn't even comprehend of Yosemite until visiting for the first time in 97. It was sort of this blind spot for me- don't really know why as I was a geography buff a dreamer and a wanna climber but Yosemite was a place I had just never put together in my head
Beyond my wildest thoughts that I would some day climb El Cap also.
Ron G - if ya put together a copy of those vids I would love to buy the disc!
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Sonic
Trad climber
Hilly, but no rocks Folsom, California
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Pretty sure I have a digital file of this. I'll check when I get home.
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Dingus Milktoast
Gym climber
And every fool knows, a dog needs a home, and...
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I recall two things about this movie in particular - the musical score was haunting and Lito jumping up and down in a haul bag on a ledge and someone asks him 'Are you tied in?"
He wasn't.
DMT
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CTW
climber
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I'm definitely a fan of El Capitan. I use it to teach about existentialism and the Absurd in my high school English class. Besides being a trippy, existential metaphor, it also answers the age-old question: "how'd they get the ropes up there?" And the sleeping in mail bags and eating canned tuna with lost arrow pitons sans Ipod, laptop or cell phone...it freaks the kids out, man.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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It was an odd one, in that it was filmed in the late 1960s or so, but wasn't finally shown in Vancouver until the late 1970s. We had most of the usual mountain speakers and films when they were on tour, but for some reason it just never got here. Quite a poetic film.
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Riley Wyna
Trad climber
A crack near you
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I only remember one thing about it..
The King Swing!
It looks like insanity to me
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