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Rick A
climber
Boulder, Colorado
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Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 5, 2016 - 07:20am PT
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Fine article this morning in the sports section. Carmichael worked in his youth for NFL films, but became disillusioned because of the violence. He made a documentary, “Football in America” 20 years ago, about injuries to former players. He won’t watch Sunday.
Wonderful line about the bad influences in his life:
Carmichael quit football, fell in with mountain climbers, and never looked back.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/05/sports/football/nfl-films-violence-football.html?_r=0
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WBraun
climber
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Wow Rick Bob's been busy and doing high quality work.
I remember when rigging on a job years ago and Bob was second unit camera man and he asked to put a rope up for a shot on a long slight overhang crack.
So I clip the lead line with biner onto the back of my harness and take a rack of a few biners and slings for the anchor and run it to the end of the pitch with no pro.
He just about had a heart attack, lol.
Our boss tells me don't do that in front of him again and just put something in so he doesn't freak.
We did a lot of work on Star trek V with Bob.
LOL ......
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BruceHildenbrand
Social climber
Mountain View/Boulder
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Bob wrote a screenplay for a Hollywood movie about love and climbing on Mount Everest. I read it and thought it was pretty good. Some of the characters appeared to be based on the lives of real life climbers.
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Rick A
climber
Boulder, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 7, 2016 - 09:42am PT
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Bump for climbing- related Super Bowl content.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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I thought a recently proposed solution was interesting, reduce the time between plays from 40 seconds to 20 seconds...
this changes things completely, speeding up the play and tiring the players... anticipated reduction in player weight to "keep up" with the increased pace, and reduces player speed with increased fatigue.
The analogy with boxing is apt, I think.
To those who might be skeptical, I marvel at the Patriot's second half play... which seems more about being fit to continue than any genius adjustments. Pass rush is difficult to maintain throughout the game... and if you stay in the game you have a chance to exploit an exhausted defense... which is the story of SB XLIX 14 points in the 4th quarter against the #1 defense?! And the recent playoff which was very close.
The affect of speeding up the game is well known and well documented. Forgoing commercial revenue might be a difficult trade...
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