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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 26, 2013 - 10:35pm PT
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http://vimeo.com/56298775
This video is Amazing! Part of "The man who could fly" project. The work that went into the production Is mind boggling!
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moosedrool
Trad climber
lost, far away from Poland
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Jan 26, 2013 - 10:42pm PT
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Beautiful!
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Jan 26, 2013 - 10:53pm PT
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Beautiful indeed.
(But when I clicked on the "Man Who Could Fly" link below the Moonwalk video, I got a "Unable to find this video" message from the Nat Geo website. Is it just not available yet? or did I just encounter a glitch?)
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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Jan 26, 2013 - 11:28pm PT
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real nice
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moosedrool
Trad climber
lost, far away from Poland
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Jan 26, 2013 - 11:47pm PT
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choss
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Gal
Trad climber
a semi lucid consciousness
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Jan 26, 2013 - 11:53pm PT
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yes, awesome, but pic taken from flip side, yes T.T.?
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eKat
Trad climber
Less than a second shy of 49 minutes
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Jan 27, 2013 - 07:02am PT
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Next time around I'm comin' back as Dean Potter. . . not for the wingsuit flying - not for the chopper rides. . . but for getting away with taking his doggie deep into Yosemite and not getting busted for it!
How does that work?
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WBraun
climber
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Jan 27, 2013 - 07:52am PT
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His dog is registered as a service animal.
So it's legal .....
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Bruce Kay
Gym climber
BC
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Jan 27, 2013 - 08:03am PT
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thats right. They are seeing eye dogs.
There was a guy living in Banff once who took his dog everywhere with him, even on commercial flights. All he did was get some dark glasses, a white cane and an official looking harness for the mutt!
got the link now
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WBraun
climber
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Jan 27, 2013 - 08:09am PT
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No they're not.
Quit making up sh!t pertaining to Dean.
They are not all seeing eye dogs.
Dean registered the dog as a service animal and there are several different attributes as to being trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual.
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Bruce Kay
Gym climber
BC
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Jan 27, 2013 - 08:14am PT
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sorry. I should have inserted a little smiley face.
I thought it would be fairly obvious that Dean Potter dosn't have an vision problem. You have to admit that that little trick with the cane and sun glases might come in handy in the yos back countrey though eh?
Are they search dogs or something?
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eKat
Trad climber
Less than a second shy of 49 minutes
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Jan 27, 2013 - 08:22am PT
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Hey, WonderBrawn, thanks for postin' that up. . . I'm glad to know.
:-)
Kath
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Jan 27, 2013 - 08:28am PT
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Awesome vid.
It's amazing how fast the moon moves, isn't it?
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this just in
climber
north fork
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Jan 27, 2013 - 09:21am PT
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Great video, I had just seen the pictures, but the movement was lacking. Yeah Mark, that moon is hauling ass.
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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Jan 27, 2013 - 09:57am PT
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Coolio!
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Jan 27, 2013 - 09:59am PT
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Anyone know where the photographer was located when he took the video? The article says he was ~ 1 mile away. Was he over by Medlicott?
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nutjob
Sport climber
Almost to Hollywood, Baby!
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Jan 27, 2013 - 11:57am PT
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Great vision to come up with this sequence. Really nice,inspiring art.
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SCseagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Jan 27, 2013 - 12:03pm PT
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Uh uh, "like"
Susan
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Jan 27, 2013 - 01:43pm PT
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Nice!
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snowhazed
Trad climber
Oaksterdam, CA
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Jan 27, 2013 - 02:28pm PT
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Shot from the top of fairview
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murcy
Gym climber
sanfrancisco
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Jan 27, 2013 - 02:56pm PT
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I believe that was shot on July 12, 2011. He was setting it up as I topped out on Cathedral, and he clued me into the fun straight-up top-out.
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Jan 27, 2013 - 04:09pm PT
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Wow. Stunning.
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Sergio Colombo
climber
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Jan 27, 2013 - 05:00pm PT
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I was there when they filmed this video, there was no moon out that evening. The main camera was right next to me and probably 300 yards away from Dean. I suspect the moon effect has been added but I am not sure 100% how they would do that. It is also possible they went back another day and shot this video.
In any case, it was impressive to watch him go back and forth like he was floating through the air. Dean is from another planet.
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Jan 27, 2013 - 05:42pm PT
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Thank you Sergio...That's what I thought.
There's no way that video could have been taken from the summit of Fairview with the full moon rising to the east.
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Ian Jewell
climber
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Jan 27, 2013 - 06:11pm PT
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FACT !! : NEEL ARMSTRONG ALREADY CONFESSED TO THIS SCAM BRAH.
YOU CAN TELL CAUSE THE AMERICAN FLAG AINT MOVIN'
AREA 51 BRAH , ONE SMALL STEP FOR DEAN , ONE GIANT STEP FOR EVRYONE ELSE !!
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Sergio Colombo
climber
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Jan 27, 2013 - 07:25pm PT
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FACT !! : NEEL ARMSTRONG ALREADY CONFESSED TO THIS SCAM BRAH.
YOU CAN TELL CAUSE THE AMERICAN FLAG AINT MOVIN'
AREA 51 BRAH , ONE SMALL STEP FOR DEAN , ONE GIANT STEP FOR EVRYONE ELSE !!
Regardless of how this video was made, I don't think anyone can or should question the integrity and the climbing ability of Dean Potter. Any video of him climbing deserves to be on National Geographic.
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Ian Jewell
climber
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Jan 27, 2013 - 07:34pm PT
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FACT !! : BRAH , ALL THE CLUES ARE REVEELED IN TRANSFORMERS 3 , DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
FACT : PINK FLOYED DID THE MUSIC FOR WIZZARD OF OZZ , WAY BEFORE HE LEFT SABBATH BRAH
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Bullwinkle
Boulder climber
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Jan 27, 2013 - 08:07pm PT
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The moon was not shot separately and put in, the video was made in one take. The poster up thread saw Dean practicing the line and Mike S framing the image the day before the actual shoot.
Edit, Ian your spelling is the reason they've kept you in the 6th grade three years in a row. Aren't you the least bit embarrassed to be 15 and still in elementary school?
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Jan 27, 2013 - 08:13pm PT
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So where was the photographer located when he shot the July 12, 2011 video? I'm not trying to question the making of this video, I just want to take a full moon photo from the same location next summer.
I thought it might have been shot from the summit of Medlicott just looking at the directional relationships and that the photographer said he was ~ 1 mile away.
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Ian Jewell
climber
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Jan 27, 2013 - 08:17pm PT
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BRAH !! WATCH THE MOVIE !! YOU HAVE TO TURN OFF THE VOLUME ANDD LISTEN TO PINK FLOYED !!
FACT !! : EMILE ZABRUDAH WAS FILMING FROM THE GRASSY KNOLL BRAH
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 27, 2013 - 08:41pm PT
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I thought it might have been shot from the summit of Medlicott just looking at the directional relationships and that the photographer said he was ~ 1 mile away.
Your probably right, Medicott.
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Jan 27, 2013 - 10:44pm PT
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Cool as it is, I'm a little disappointed. Thought he was gonna do the Michael Jackson thing on a slack line.
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Ian Jewell
climber
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Jan 27, 2013 - 10:57pm PT
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OUCH BRAH !! HARSHED ON BY THE GUY WHO TOOK PIX OF THE STONEMASONS
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 28, 2013 - 07:01am PT
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Lol!!! Nice shot bullwinkle ;)
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Jan 28, 2013 - 12:42pm PT
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So here's a photo taken from the west looking east that shows the 2 pinnacles. It looks like it was taken by Lower Cathedral Lake and south of Medlicott. The "Moonwalk" photographer was probably on a ridge near near this location. Doing this in 1 take is an incredible accomplishment of coordination in space and time.
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BuddhaStalin
climber
Truckee, CA
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Jan 28, 2013 - 01:04pm PT
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Here in CA any schmuck can get his dog registered as a service animal. Pretty lame actually, its like getting disabled placards just so you can park in front. Had to let one in with a patient into our hospital....was bullsh#t. He wasnt disabled or anything, he was just a hippie who knew how to screw around within the system.
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Fletcher
Trad climber
The great state of advaita
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Jan 28, 2013 - 01:15pm PT
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I remember seeing the film (Facelift, I think) and Mike S. was there and answered some questions about how he got the shot. As I recall, you need the right lens and it's really long (and expensive) in order for the moon to appear so large. We probably need someone like Ed Hartouni to explain the exact ins and outs of why this happens.
Actually, he does explain (along with others) in the Half Dome visible from Turlock thread:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1061402/Half-Dome-picture-from-some-where-around-Turlock
No doubt about it, that guy is a scientist... and a passionate one at that!
And yes, a stunning short film!
Eric
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MisterE
Social climber
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Jan 28, 2013 - 01:30pm PT
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Amazing production with very cool music.
Thanks!
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Jan 31, 2013 - 12:07pm PT
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I talked a bit to Mike at the Facelift, great shot and great visualization for that shot.
While I have a lot less riding on my shots, I think the anxiety of getting it "right" is high all around, and once it starts to happen, you are there for the ride whether or not you got it right.
It is sublime when it is right! and the images in that short are stunning.
Basically, the Moon is effectively at an infinite distance, and has a 0.5º angular diameter...
to get a shot, you have to move the camera back so your subject, Dean's slackline in this case, has a similar angular extent. Easier to calculate this in radians rather than degrees, the Moon is 0.009 radians in diameter... if the slackline were 50' long, it would have that same angular extent as the moon if:
50'/d = 0.009
solve for d:
d=50'/0.009 = 5730' about 1.1 miles
you then setup the azimuth of the Moon at that time to give you the position, from the slackline, you have to be to get the shot... you can get the azimuth from a number of ephemera
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Fletcher
Trad climber
The great state of advaita
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Jan 31, 2013 - 12:22pm PT
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Ed to the rescue! Thanks Ed.
Eric
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Jan 31, 2013 - 12:24pm PT
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Beautiful.
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