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Big Mike

Trad climber
BC
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 11, 2013 - 11:19pm PT
Nice work guys! Ya that's it for sure. Cool pics Andy!
Rolfr

Social climber
North Vancouver BC
Jan 12, 2013 - 12:03am PT
WTF, I get sick, self medicate with Bourbon and this thread hits 5000?

I'm off to Cochise Stronghold and JT for the rest of the winter and will post some photos of me slaying the moderates.
Big Mike

Trad climber
BC
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 12, 2013 - 12:05am PT
sweet Rolfr!
MH2

climber
Jan 12, 2013 - 12:06am PT
WTF, I get sick, self medicate with Bourbon and this thread hits 5000?


Better than any other arrangement of those I can see. Have a warm good time down there.
Ghost

climber
A long way from where I started
Jan 12, 2013 - 12:11am PT
The Stronghold Rules. It's like J-Tree, but for grown-ups.
harryhotdog

Social climber
north vancouver, B.C.
Jan 12, 2013 - 12:47am PT
Nothing particularly great about this video other than its a few shots of a really fun outing back in the day on a classic Squamish climb.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
Tricouni

Mountain climber
Vancouver
Jan 12, 2013 - 01:12am PT
Maybe not particularly great, but very good. What year was it taken?
harryhotdog

Social climber
north vancouver, B.C.
Jan 12, 2013 - 01:24am PT
It was July 1990 and I remember it was a bad wudfibr day with that pungent perfume in the air,don't miss that.
harryhotdog

Social climber
north vancouver, B.C.
Jan 12, 2013 - 10:56am PT
Tami the people in that video are myself leading the traversing crack, my ex wife Trish McCarthy from my practise marriage and John McCallum from NZ who lived here in Vancouver from 89 until 92. Met him sharing a cave bivi in the middle of the fiordland RAINforest. Later I found out he was born in the same hospital as myself, in Hamilton(the Hammer),Ontario that same year.
Big Mike

Trad climber
BC
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 12, 2013 - 11:09am PT
Harry, thanks! I hope Nick sees that, should be just what he needed. After our winter epic he said "I never want to climb that again!", looks so much different not frosted over

Anders, thanks. Funny, I specifically didn't go for this one becuase I wanted someone else to have it, but I end up with it anyways... ;)
Mighty Hiker

climber
Vancouver, B.C.
Jan 12, 2013 - 08:38pm PT
Did anyone climb at Squamish today? How was it? Sounds like it'll be a touch cooler and breezier on Sunday.
RyanD

climber
Squamish
Jan 12, 2013 - 09:17pm PT
Anders,



Brrrrrrrrrrrr, it was chilly but fun. We got there a little too early I think. Stick to the sunny slabs & ur golden.
Big Mike

Trad climber
BC
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 13, 2013 - 12:31am PT
We are still gonna try tomorrow Anders. Looks like it will be chilly...
Captain...or Skully

climber
Jan 13, 2013 - 01:11am PT
It's Winter, you guys... If it ain't in The Sun, You're Done!
Or suffery(!?), anyway. Unless you like that frozen sh#t.
Ghost

climber
A long way from where I started
Jan 13, 2013 - 01:30am PT
Unless you like that frozen sh#t.

It's what we live for.

Well, okay, it's what they live for. I've been living in the US long enough that I've turned into a wussy American. But until I left Canada, "that frozen shit" was the sh#t.
RyanD

climber
Squamish
Jan 13, 2013 - 03:28am PT
Harry just watched that AC vid, cool stuff man. What kind of camera were u packing around BITD when u caught all this awesome footage?
RyanD

climber
Squamish
Jan 13, 2013 - 01:23pm PT
I think Kieran Relic Nathan n I gonna do some sub zero bouldering up in the bluffs just east of cockburns in an hr or so if u want to scuff the heels on your climbing shoes Bruce your welcome to join.
harryhotdog

Social climber
north vancouver, B.C.
Jan 13, 2013 - 01:31pm PT
What kind of camera were u packing around BITD when u caught all this awesome footage?
Hey Ryan, I'll give the abbreviated history of my experience with video cameras.
In 1985 I bough my first system from jvc, Camcorders were not out on the market yet so your camera was connected to a portable recorder by a cable like this one. My camera was larger than this one and did not include the shorts ( when did it become illegal for males to reveal their quads anyway?) This system weighed 12Ibs and was regular VHS (low quality 240 lines of resolution)I dragged that thing up countless mountains including Waddington.


My first camcorder came out a year later in 1986, it was big but weighed in at 5Ibs. It was also regular VHS but considerably lighter and used a mini casette


In 1989 super VHS and High8(Sony)came out and it was a considerable improvement with 400 lines of resolution. The Angels Crest vid was shot with this camera which weighed in at about 18 oz.


I had a couple of cameras after this but only for size reduction as the format was the limiting factor for resolution.
Then in 1997 the first digital camcorders came out,what a difference. I paid $3700 for this one at that time,they saw me coming. The advantages of the DV format was that you lost no quality from copy to copy unlike analog and the quality was light years better than super VHS.It only weighed 8oz.


I used this format untill 2007 when I bought an HD video camera which is unbelievable compared to previous formats.
So as the camcorders got better over the decades the amount of trips I recorded went down exponentially do to life getting in the way. I'm now waiting for that magical software that will convert old footage into HD quality,I think I'll be waiting a long time.
RyanD

climber
Squamish
Jan 13, 2013 - 01:50pm PT
Nice Harry! thanks for the behind the scenes look at hot dog productions®©

That's awesome you were towing those rigs up walls & mountains, really cool to see your camera progression! That first one with the hip recorder must've been a beotch to tow around. Looks like it was worth it though because you have some pretty awesome memories captured.
Big Mike

Trad climber
BC
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 13, 2013 - 01:59pm PT
Crazy Harry! I'm so glad i didn't start filming until High 8.

As far as converting to HD check this software out!

http://www.effectmatrix.com/hd-video-converter/index.htm
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