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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 11, 2012 - 06:04pm PT
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Mooser's "Stout Trad Lead" thread got me thinking about an early free-solo...
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Apr 11, 2012 - 06:30pm PT
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Now that's a stout free solo!
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Kalimon
Trad climber
Ridgway, CO
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Apr 11, 2012 - 06:32pm PT
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Sheer brilliance . . . no chalk and no sticky rubber!
A cinematic masterpiece if you will.
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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Apr 11, 2012 - 06:42pm PT
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Nice mantel.
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Rock!...oopsie.
Trad climber
the pitch above you
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Apr 11, 2012 - 09:26pm PT
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minus points for the knee scum, but at least he didn't sh#t himself when he got his foot stuck!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 11, 2012 - 11:10pm PT
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I didn't know Ghost was that olde!
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 11, 2012 - 11:13pm PT
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I didn't know Ghost was that olde!
Even older. Older than the dirt under god's fingernails.
And twice as gnarly.
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Evel
Trad climber
Nedsterdam CO
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Apr 12, 2012 - 07:43am PT
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So, it would seem the actor has some climbing time under his belt. I believe it's Buster Keaton. Anybody out there know of him climbing?
And, the film is Badazz!
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MH2
climber
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Apr 12, 2012 - 09:58am PT
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A master of the dentil frieze and the cornice,
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Apr 12, 2012 - 11:04am PT
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He was my pick for the earliest "climbing film" on another thread.
Amazing stunts...
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johnboy
Trad climber
Can't get here from there
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Apr 12, 2012 - 05:54pm PT
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Gadzukes!!!
Love the sticky patent leather shoes, lol.
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smith curry
climber
nashville,TN
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Apr 17, 2012 - 12:19pm PT
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Quote:"An accident with a bomb mistaken as a prop resulted in the loss of the thumb and index finger of his right hand."
Who leaves real bombs laying around?
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John Black
Social climber
Boulder, CO
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Apr 17, 2012 - 12:49pm PT
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This is Alain Robert's favorite movie I'll bet.
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docsavage
Trad climber
Albuquerque, NM
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Apr 17, 2012 - 08:46pm PT
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It's Harold Lloyd, Safety Last (obviously) ... what you see is what he did: no rope, no pro, & actually that far up.
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RasVegas
Trad climber
Goodyear
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Apr 17, 2012 - 10:31pm PT
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I particularly love his outfit. Dang! I could see him doing that in lycra or dolphin shorts...but Buster Browns!? Seriously!?!?
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AE
climber
Boulder, CO
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Check out this guy in the obscure 1977 compilation movie, "Gizmo!"
John Ciampa, the "Brooklyn Tarzan", looks circa 1940's perhaps?
Old basketball shoes, just like Royal started out with.
In strictly climbing mode, I don't know what's the best, the speed chimneying, running up a tree, or the wall leap - but then he goes thru the Matrix, a quantum leap off a moving train?!
Seriously, think about the fast-twitch needed to do buildering moves, about 5 times faster than Hans on the Nose.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p2shHkRrtk
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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I was fortunate to see the Harold Lloyd film in full with a live piano player doing the background the way silent films were meant to be viewed. It was a great experience. Definitely worth the watch. I read it was filmed in the old theater district in downtown LA.
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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Hah, hah, we used to do that trick of rolling around in a tractor tire when I was a kid. I vaguely remember some crashes into trees.
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