James Bond Stunt - Rick Sylvester 'Off the Ledge' Mt. Asgard

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the Fet

climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 15, 2014 - 03:36pm PT
Interesting mini-documentary on the ski base jump off of Mt. Asgard for James Bond The Spy Who Loved Me

[Click to View YouTube Video]

Write up about his first jump off of El Cap

http://www.tetongravity.com/story/ski/hot-dog-the-legacy-the-story-of-the-first-base-jump-in-ski-history
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Aug 15, 2014 - 04:16pm PT
Immortality, of a sorts, but he can still get lost in a bazaar...

mark

climber
san diego, ca
Aug 15, 2014 - 05:16pm PT
thanks for posting...cool to hear story, would have been wild
ground_up

Trad climber
mt. hood /baja
Aug 15, 2014 - 06:11pm PT
Thanks for that reset , love that old skool , before others were doin it
footage. The thought of launching off that stuff bends my mind .
rottingjohnny

Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
Aug 15, 2014 - 06:44pm PT
Reilly..where'd you get that shot..? rj
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Aug 15, 2014 - 06:55pm PT
RJ, I thought you've been to the Friday night market in Monrovia?














OK, I see you're not biting - it was the every day market in Samarkand*,
hence, all the terrorist looking types. Oh, but the watermelons there...


*It's just up the road a piece from the Pamirs.
rottingjohnny

Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
Aug 15, 2014 - 07:00pm PT
Oh...! I thought it was the Village at Squaw surveilance footage...? rj
neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
Aug 15, 2014 - 07:57pm PT
hey there say, the fet.... this is a great, yet humble share... thank you very kindly... my daddy sure would have appreciated seeing this interview...

say, rick sylvester, i don't know you, but thank you very kind for
doing this interview... wow and ohmy, just don't quite cover it:

neither does:

whewwwwwwwwwwww....

what a time, in the history of your life...
nice to have learned about all this...
as a kid, i was always wondering about such an entrance
to this movie...
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Aug 15, 2014 - 08:08pm PT
Rick now lives in N. Tahoe and is probably raking pine needles into plastic bags.

Life moves on.
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Aug 15, 2014 - 09:22pm PT
Rick's an easy-going guy away from the stress of filming, as you can tell.

He's chock full of stories, too.

Here is another video, comparing the top James Bond stunts. Rick wins, even though he packed his chute incorrectly.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
ms55401

Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
Aug 15, 2014 - 09:26pm PT
super cool
Gunkie

Trad climber
East Coast US
Aug 16, 2014 - 05:51am PT
Love the interview!
Jan

Mountain climber
Colorado, Nepal & Okinawa
Aug 16, 2014 - 08:02am PT
I never saw the original Bond movie so I really appreciated seeing the big jump and the interview this time around.
Toker Villain

Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
Aug 16, 2014 - 08:16am PT
I learned the hard way not to trust the guy, and have heard a number of similar stories.

A shame to my people.
Rick Sylvester

Trad climber
Squaw Valley, California
Aug 16, 2014 - 10:18pm PT
Yeah, the one people shouldn't trust is the one whose nickname, and rightfully so, is "Offensky".
rottingjohnny

Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
Aug 16, 2014 - 10:34pm PT
Rick...I trust you ...rj
Rick Sylvester

Trad climber
Squaw Valley, California
Aug 16, 2014 - 11:00pm PT
Thanks so much. And I was just going to write that I loved your post about the Squaw Village surveillance cameras. Obviously you know what's going on in Squaw.
Todd Eastman

climber
Bellingham, WA
Aug 16, 2014 - 11:15pm PT
No way that guy that hurled himself off Asgard could be the same completely rational person I remember doing a marathon every week somewhere on foot or skis!
rottingjohnny

Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
Aug 17, 2014 - 10:07am PT
Rick...I don't know about Squaw but rumor has it that it's been designated for future use as a FEMA re-location camp..?
the Fet

climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
Topic Author's Reply - Aug 17, 2014 - 11:03am PT
Ah.. that explains the squalor.
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