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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 20, 2014 - 04:21pm PT
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Left during intermission. True Story.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Sep 20, 2014 - 04:26pm PT
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Hmmmm?
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nah000
climber
canuckistan
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Sep 20, 2014 - 04:27pm PT
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elaboración, por favor...
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Radish
Trad climber
SeKi, California
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Sep 20, 2014 - 04:34pm PT
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Teenage Cyborgs crunching 5.14's for 2 hours or what??
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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Sep 20, 2014 - 04:38pm PT
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The film may or may not be good BUT it's tough to make a living as a climber. So give our brothers some support.
Thanks for your input. I'll still pay to see it and sit through the whole thing, even if I find it less than I expected.
Even Hollywood films like Veritical Limit (gag) and Cliffhanger (meh) flowed money into our community. So let's at least encourage that part of it.
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WBraun
climber
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Sep 20, 2014 - 04:48pm PT
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You didn't see sh!t.
If you watch the film cross eyed you'll see me in the background flying around on my magic carpet ......
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Sep 20, 2014 - 04:54pm PT
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sik! I love magic carpet rides!! :)
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 20, 2014 - 04:54pm PT
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Oh, don't get me wrong, it's a worthy movie. I'll buy it and watch it over and over when it becomes available. But the sold-out crowd of NAU students, gym climbers, and the like almost drove me insane. Imagine a theatre full of clueless kids who had no idea when they should jeer or cheer, but did so anyway -- with gusto. One of the last straws for me was the Dawn Wall sequence. A bunch of maynards booing Harding, Cheering Robbins, then falling silent when Robbins stopped the chop because the nailing was taking everything he had and then some. It irritated me.
I also had some minor quibbles about the film. Well, maybe not-so-minor quibbles. 20 minutes into the film I was kicking myself for not bringing a notebook. They kinda stretched things there in order to develop a coherent narrative.
This stuff happens when entire generations begin to believe their own press releases.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 20, 2014 - 05:00pm PT
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Bard cackling like a little kid when describing the pot and the lake -- priceless. It was those little bits that I enjoyed the most.
And Werner -- how come you always looked stoned in the photos?
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Sep 20, 2014 - 05:01pm PT
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High five bob
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Sep 20, 2014 - 05:02pm PT
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This stuff happens when entire generations begin to believe their own press releases.
money quote
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 20, 2014 - 05:04pm PT
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I'm thinking one for n00bs and one for those who own a rack.
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goatboy smellz
climber
लघिमा
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Sep 20, 2014 - 05:05pm PT
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bvb
This stuff happens when entire generations begin to believe their own press releases.
What!
Climbers blowing smoke up each others asses.
Why would they do that?
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 20, 2014 - 05:13pm PT
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I probably won't see it
I already saw it, and seeing it thru someone else's eyes 40 years later might be a disappointment.
Oh yeah Kevin, that was no doubt part of my problem. But the little things grated on me. The film was talking about Robbins and the '57 route on Half Dome, but the film cut to a photo of Robbins sitting at a picnic table with the rack for the 2nd ascent of the Nose.
That kind of stuff happens over and over and over. I suppose I'm an ass for even noticing, but hey, there you go.
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Flip Flop
Trad climber
Truckee, CA
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Sep 20, 2014 - 05:15pm PT
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I see beauty in that group epiphany. . Didn't we all learn and grow and change along the way?
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ryankelly
Trad climber
el portal
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Sep 20, 2014 - 05:22pm PT
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Werner is funny man
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Sep 20, 2014 - 05:32pm PT
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Um, you know that to the climbers of today, just one of every cam, is a proud suggestion of a rack?
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Sep 20, 2014 - 05:35pm PT
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But the little things grated on me. The film was talking about Robbins and the '57 route on Half Dome, but the film cut to a photo of Robbins sitting at a picnic table with the rack for the 2nd ascent of the Nose.
now yr retreating to antiquarian complaints.
you were on the edge of saying it with the generational nostalgia deal, don't pull the reins now.
whip and ride, baby, whip and ride.
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WBraun
climber
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Sep 20, 2014 - 05:44pm PT
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We all know for sure if they really showed what happened in those daze the film would just end up triple X rated ......
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 20, 2014 - 07:17pm PT
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now yr retreating to antiquarian complaints.
Perhaps, Kerwin. But you of all people should be able to understand what it's like to catch this over and over and over in a documentary. There's just no escaping knowledge of facts, history, and of course personal experience. I can't hide from the fact I, y'know, know stuff. As for my snark about believing your own myths, more on that later. When I'm in a foul mood.
Maybe I should just review the film the way Lester Bangs would have -- honest and unmerciful. Guess I'll have to see the 2nd half first.
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