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rockafella
May 15, 2004, 1:19 AM
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Has anyone seen that commercial with the guy who's rock climbing in some desert, and its for the Marines? I know this is really vague, but does anybody know what I am talking about, and where that might be?
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punkclimber52
May 15, 2004, 1:29 AM
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yup, i know exactly what your talking about. I'm pretty sure they are located in between TV shows on most channels, possibly any time of the day. Hope that helps.
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flygirl
May 15, 2004, 1:31 AM
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I'm skeptical that most of it isn't CG. Who knows though.
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May 15, 2004, 1:40 AM
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yeah...its and old comercial. i still see it tho. hmm
couldnt find it in the 5 minutes i looked
cool commercial
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dredsovrn
May 15, 2004, 1:44 AM
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I have seen that. It seem likely that the climb is in a studio somewhere. I am not sure how you rate that.
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tradkelly
May 15, 2004, 3:19 AM
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In reply to: I'm skeptical that most of it isn't CG.
You kidding? It was a lot of CGI, but the climber was real. I know, I was the model. I had them lower a camera from the top, and follow me up on steady-cam. The CGI parts came in when they remorphed my body to make me less studly and give me a shorter haircut, but the no-rope thing was totally real. I gave a little grimace and nearly freaked when my hand broke that hold 400' up, but remembered the camera was there and kept my composure. Anyone who free-solos that chossy pile doesn't have to go through boot, and gets an automatic promotion to Lance Corporal (E4) on enlisting, or so I was told.
I felt a little wierd doing something like this for a rival service (I'm an Army man, myself), but the pay was right, and heck, I just believe in what Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld are sending us out to do.
(If you miss the tongue-in-cheek, just keep it to yourself, please.)
Not a bad commercial, as they go, though. Beats the local carpet salesmen for watchability, if not reality. And probably appeals to their target demographic, too. That's not really all that bad a thing.
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flygirl
May 15, 2004, 3:31 AM
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:lol: Nice one. I just didn't want to offend anyone that might... oh nevermind.
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sonso45
May 16, 2004, 1:03 AM
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The actual place that is visible in the background is Monument Valley in northern arizona's navajo reservation. The rock itself is probably somewhere else, climbing isn't allowed in the Monument Valley area. Unless you pay beaucoup bucks. M
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climbtothebeet
May 16, 2004, 1:13 AM
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thats crazy, yeah, i saw that comercial, i was trying to see what shoes he was wearing. pretty crazy.
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valeberga
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I love these "adventure" ads they love to do for military recruitment. I also remember one where a dude is summiting some mountain peak, and then the one where the kid jumps off a waterfall. I must say, what a f'in crock. Maybe in like 10 years of military service, you get to do some actual rock climbing training for a couple days. Are we really supposed to believe that battles are waged on mountaintops and cliff faces? How dumb do they think our youth is? (wait, don't answer that...) :roll:
This Marines ad is not so bad though, because it emphasizes the figurative aspect of the situation, as opposed to actually implying that it's real, or at all related to military service...
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sonso45
May 16, 2004, 1:58 AM
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I started rockclimbing because of the marines. I went to the Korean Mtn Warfare school in 1977. We learned to rappel and we climbed on a wooden wall. Most of the climbing we did was really easy 4th class. It is really only a special forces thing but it's the same as showing jets for an airforce ad, not many airmen get to fly em. M
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May 16, 2004, 1:59 AM
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"the other rock"
haha
thats my fav.
whos seen the one where they are on a portaledge talking about what theyre afraid of. harharhar
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valeberga
May 16, 2004, 2:15 AM
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In reply to: I started rockclimbing because of the marines. I went to the Korean Mtn Warfare school in 1977. We learned to rappel and we climbed on a wooden wall. Most of the climbing we did was really easy 4th class. It is really only a special forces thing but it's the same as showing jets for an airforce ad, not many airmen get to fly em. M
That's pretty cool. True about the pilot thing, too...
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girlclimb
May 16, 2004, 2:21 AM
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HAHAHAHA I had never seen that adias one before that is great!!!!!!
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thegodfather
May 16, 2004, 2:31 AM
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the guy in the marines commercial is wearing 5.10 ascents, and a wifebeater, and khaki pants...kinda like what tom cruise was wearing in MI:2, right?
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I'm almost gonna support illegal occupation and murder because the marines commercial has a guy climbing.
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girlclimb
May 16, 2004, 2:38 AM
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does anybody remember if a while back there was another climbing comercial for the marines or army i think i remember a differnet one...
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In reply to: does anybody remember if a while back there was another climbing comercial for the marines or army i think i remember a differnet one...
hmmmm....
nope
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foursquarewarmup
May 16, 2004, 5:25 AM
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The guy in the commercial is a marine from Tulsa. Turns out he used to date my cousin.
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May 16, 2004, 6:21 AM
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Illimaniman,
Have you managed to find the commercial (I think it was for VISA) of the two guys hanging in the portaledge listing off the sports that are too risky for them (like surfing :wink: )?
Colin
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sardude
May 16, 2004, 7:42 AM
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Lance Corporal is actually an (E3) FYI
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May 16, 2004, 2:16 PM
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In reply to: I'm almost gonna support illegal occupation and murder because the marines commercial has a guy climbing.
lol
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May 16, 2004, 2:17 PM
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I bouldered with Grady, a Marine climbing instructor at Santee. You have to lead a 5.9 trad in COMBAT BOOTS to qualify. The marines also climb lots of buildings and the rotten beach cliffs at Camp Pendelton. The beach cliffs are so rotten that protection is not possible. He trains about 250-300 marines a year.
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illimaniman
May 16, 2004, 3:19 PM
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In reply to: Illimaniman, Have you managed to find the commercial (I think it was for VISA) of the two guys hanging in the portaledge listing off the sports that are too risky for them (like surfing :wink: )? Colin
I don't think I've ever seen that Visa one. Unfortunately, I no longer have a subscription to the site where I got those videos. I have posted pretty much everything that I could find, though. I first searched for all the ads I could remember, then did a search for "climbing," "rock," etc. and downloaded everything I could find. No Visa ads showed up in my searches.
Here's the site where I got the videos. You may be able to search without purchasing a membership and see if you can find more climbing ads.
http://www.ad-rag.com
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girlclimb
May 16, 2004, 3:23 PM
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haha thanks for posting those couple more, that isn't the army one or marines one i rember but it was cool i am probably just imagining it lol. I don't know why i get such a kick out of these 8^)
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climbersoze
May 17, 2004, 4:34 PM
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I downloaded and kept all of those commercials except the Adidas one... that one doesn't want you to buy cologne... it wants you to be gay.
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usmc_2tothetop
May 17, 2004, 4:59 PM
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That commercial is awesome. I like tradkelly's post frikin hilarious.
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joneiche
May 17, 2004, 5:40 PM
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So what is with the attention by all those ads on the desert and desert towers. Don't get me wrong I am very partial to wingate or even navajo, but a nice pile of granite is just as much fun! :D
Also, everyone should check out the tipped out 3.5 camalot on the Merrill Lynch ad (a little questionable for me in sandstone). I would have used a #4.
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ntu_soca
May 17, 2004, 6:27 PM
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That miller light one with the loose rocks is great. I think it's the best one so far. I can't believe I just spent half an hour watching all of theose vids. oh well I guess it's monday.
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May 17, 2004, 8:04 PM
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so far we have two other people claiming to be the marine climber guy......better get to the bottom of this. because I was the climber in the marine commercial - we shot it in joshua tree and there was no cgi except for changing the color of the rock - we did it in HVC and I did it all without a rope. then I base jumped from the top and the ad company ended up using that footage for a merril lynch commercial.
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rockafella
May 17, 2004, 8:20 PM
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ah thanks for the answer about arizona, i appreciate that. i ask because i am a film maker and i do a lot of CG stuff myself (not to mention i climb) and ive been trying to find ways to make rock climbing look interesting to nonclimbers on film.
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shakylegs
May 17, 2004, 8:20 PM
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In reply to: I bouldered with Grady, a Marine climbing instructor at Santee. You have to lead a 5.9 trad in COMBAT BOOTS to qualify. The marines also climb lots of buildings and the rotten beach cliffs at Camp Pendelton. The beach cliffs are so rotten that protection is not possible. He trains about 250-300 marines a year.
I thought it was 5.7. In boots. Full pack. Could be wrong, however.
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May 17, 2004, 8:24 PM
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That dood in the ADIDAS commercial isn't even leading the overhang. You can see his 'other' rope running up to the top when he goes to pull the lip. Poor editiing :lol:
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May 17, 2004, 8:32 PM
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Back to the marines ad...
Is it just me, or does the stemming scene look like a cartoon? I could swear that guy was drawn in.
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Jun 16, 2004, 6:08 AM
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Damn. I'm a Marine, and climb some wacky stuff like the barracks and the wall outside the office. They never show that kind of stuff. More fun than that pansy cliff. Especially after a few beers.
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havent seen that in a while, but i do know what youre talking about. not bad as far as the average commercial goes, but could be a little less cheesey. especially because its a marines commercial...but whatever, better than most of the stupid crap ads that are out there.....
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Just to help clarify some things....sonso had written that most of the rappelling is done by special forces. Special forces is in with the ARMY. Special Operations is the marines. So when he wrote special forces, he was (hopefully) refering to the army. I know lots of Special Ops marines and they only know limited climbing skills. Maybe it's the ones I was around. However, I only know one special forces guy...and all he talks about is jumping out of planes. I'll have to ask him if he knows how to climb! Semper fi.
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All the training we got was mostly rapelling, but some pretty sick raps aussie style with suiss seats running down the wall in full combat gear with SAW, Heli rapelling from 300 feet. Any ascending usually included low grade 5.5 - 5.7 in combat boots with limited protection and setting up huge anchors to haul 100's of pounds of gear up.
Rapelling was fun climbing not so much in the army.
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Jun 18, 2004, 7:57 AM
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I think he is using miura's
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bdplayer
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[quote="tc"]All the training we got was mostly rapelling, but some pretty sick raps aussie style with suiss seats running down the wall in full combat gear with SAW, Heli rapelling from 300 feet. Any ascending usually included low grade 5.5 - 5.7 in combat boots with limited protection and setting up huge anchors to haul 100's of pounds of gear up.
tc
Well, ya know- just like anything you have different needs for climbing. Same in the military. When it comes to climbing training, you have your standard rappelling like mentioned before (used for standard SF/Recon/SEAL training), and you have your more specific levels ranging from trad climbing with shoes and a full rack to mountaineering to ice climbing. There are schools (not sure whether service specific or not) out at Bridgeport that do mountain leader courses, both summer and winter at varying levels. The one my buddy was trying to get into involved 5.10 climbing trad and summitting Mt Shasta at the end of the course. I wonder if one of the schools is for cool studly moves and image transformations upon summiting :shock:
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If you remember when the Army changed their logo from be all you can be to an army of one they came out with a new add campaign. They came to Colorado and we were asked to film shots. It was fairly cheesy as all comercials of this sort but a soldier dressed in white ascends a ridge and links up with his buddies and all is well..That was filmed at a local 14'er here in colorado...anyway I instruct for the Army SOF mountaineering course..We teach Aid, Free, Mixed, Rescue blah blah blah.we go to Alaska or Washington to climb and really are just climbing and skiing bums in a funny looking christmas tree outfit..Here is a pic in Alaska and Boulder, Co
http://www.rockclimbing.com/photos.php?Action=Show&PhotoID=33525
http://www.rockclimbing.com/photos.php?Action=Show&PhotoID=8060
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In reply to: Also, everyone should check out the tipped out 3.5 camalot on the Merrill Lynch ad (a little questionable for me in sandstone). I would have used a #4.
My favorite part of the Merryl commercial is that he does all that climbing on loose sandstone sans helmet and then puts on a helmet to do the BASE jump. Do BASE jumpers usually wear helmets? I can't imagine it would help. I thought you only used those when you were jumping close to other people (out of an airplane) and were worried about bumping heads.
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In reply to: does anybody remember if a while back there was another climbing comercial for the marines or army i think i remember a differnet one...
I remember another one, shows the guy climbing up close, then pans way out. I can't remember what the commercial was for and only have a vague recollection of it. But I do remember that I liked the panned out scene.
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I liked this one more than the snickers energy bar commercial with the word pain or agony or whatever on the bottom of the shoe. What the heck is that anyway?
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