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chill
climber
between the flat part and the blue wobbly thing
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Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 19, 2012 - 04:20pm PT
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http://youtu.be/uKlYTn_m2cY
Apparently he don't need no stinkin rock shoes.
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Dos XX
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Apr 19, 2012 - 04:24pm PT
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His credentials are impressive, but I'm not convinced that it's Grylls doing all the climbing in this commercial advert (for deodorant!)
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mitchy
Trad climber
new england
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Apr 19, 2012 - 04:28pm PT
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who the eff is bear grylls, that's like askin' who the eff is chuck norris.
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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Apr 19, 2012 - 04:29pm PT
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How does he expect to get down with 14ft of rope and no cams?
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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Apr 19, 2012 - 04:32pm PT
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TR scene at 1:31.
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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Apr 19, 2012 - 04:53pm PT
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I personally like his show. I've never watched it, but it has sure had an impact on the Youtube world as kids start posting videos of them doing "survival things" that would never really work, or videos of them trying his stunts and getting hurt.
Darwinism? Natural Selection? Hell yeah. I think everyone should be a rock climber. It'd weed out a lotta people.
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Dos XX
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Apr 19, 2012 - 05:10pm PT
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The shorty rope is for decoration so it looks like he's leading. The black rope that isn't perfectly edited out is for the top rope.
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Sean_Killigan
Trad climber
Garberville
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Apr 19, 2012 - 05:15pm PT
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I personally like his show. I've never watched it
Neat trick, that.
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jfailing
Trad climber
Lone Pine
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Apr 19, 2012 - 05:23pm PT
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Blakey
Trad climber
Newcastle UK
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Apr 19, 2012 - 05:37pm PT
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Don't diss 'da man'.
He is much loved back home in Blighty, see here....
http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=502549
Despite everything, he has raised more for charity than I ever will. it just goes to show that everything (really everything, even this!) has a place.
Regards
Steve
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Fluoride
Trad climber
West Los Angeles, CA
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Apr 19, 2012 - 05:48pm PT
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He's jobless at the moment. He and Discovery parted ways....not amicably.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 19, 2012 - 05:54pm PT
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For a bloke that almost died serving his country my hat's off to him.
I don't begrudge him making a nice living, either. TV will make one do
stoopid stuff. I'd be happy to have a pint with him, or go for a hike.
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mitchy
Trad climber
new england
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Apr 19, 2012 - 05:58pm PT
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maybe he could get a job with YOSAR.
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hossjulia
Social climber
Eastside (of the Tetons)
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Apr 19, 2012 - 06:00pm PT
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I think he's awesome. Can I have his baby?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 19, 2012 - 06:00pm PT
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Grylls joined the British Army and served in the part-time United Kingdom Special Forces Reserve, with 21 Regiment Special Air Service, 21 SAS(R) for 3 years until 1996.
In 1996, he suffered a freefall parachuting accident in Zambia. His canopy ripped at 4,900 metres (16,000 ft), partially opening, causing him to fall and land on his parachute pack on his back, which partially crushed three vertebrae. Grylls later said: "I should have cut the main parachute and gone to the reserve but thought there was time to resolve the problem".[19] According to his surgeon, Grylls came "within a whisker" of being paralysed for life and at first it was questionable whether he would ever walk again. Grylls spent the next 12 months in and out of military rehabilitation at Headley Court[19] before being discharged and directing his efforts into trying to get well enough to fulfil his childhood dream of climbing Mount Everest
I'd call that service.
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Apr 19, 2012 - 06:16pm PT
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Actually, I'd call that forgetting your training - it's called a "cutaway" handle for a reason - use it man.
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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Apr 19, 2012 - 10:44pm PT
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I have yet to dislike this guy
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Cloudraker
Sport climber
San Diego, CA
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Apr 19, 2012 - 11:06pm PT
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