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arjunrattan
Feb 14, 2005, 3:36 AM
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hey all,
ok so we've heard about how awfull cliffhanger and vertical limit were thousands of times!
was just wondering which movie you find the best and most inspiring???
personally I really liked "the pilgrimage" for climbing and "touching the void"...oh and "K2" was killer too...
but yea i've seen a bunch of other modern bouldering dvds including the dosages, rampage etc... although they had some fantastic climbing in inspiring locales..i felt the pilgrimage had something more..it had heart..and feeling and a kind off personal touch, where i realy got to know the climbers....just my thoughts...
cheers,
arjun
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prest_one
Feb 14, 2005, 4:11 AM
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I agree Pilgrimage is one of my favorite climbing videos. I also thought Front Range Freaks was pretty good. As for Hollywood I think the best climbing video made was probably Touching th Void or maybe perhaps Eiger Sanction.
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kansasclimber
Feb 14, 2005, 4:47 AM
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A Colorado Daydream, they explain very well what it means to be a climber.
Stephen
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hibby11
Feb 14, 2005, 4:50 AM
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Touching the Void was a great movie/documentary and i've seen bits and pieces of the pilgrimage which also seemed good, can't really speak on it though
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arjunrattan
Feb 14, 2005, 6:23 AM
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In reply to: A Colorado Daydream, they explain very well what it means to be a climber. Stephen
woooowwwwww the BEST climber in the world replied to my post!!! whooooaaaa... though seriosly man..are you for real??? lol
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lucas_timmer
Feb 14, 2005, 1:48 PM
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Touching the void for shure !!!
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geezergecko
Feb 14, 2005, 2:51 PM
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The Eiger Sanction.
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kafish
Feb 14, 2005, 2:55 PM
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Sorry I have to disagree with Colorado Daydream. I thought it was way over produced, bad choice of effects, and played way too much on the trippy theme.
I haven't seen many videos but at the top of my list are Pilgrimage and Dosage vol. 1
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cragb
Feb 14, 2005, 3:18 PM
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My vote is for Dosage - good wordly footage - but what up with the price tag on these movies $30 - screw you!!!! anybody have a DVD burner and motivation to burn me some vids.
It's theft yo, no its smart YO.
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arjunrattan
Feb 14, 2005, 6:04 PM
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In reply to: My vote is for Dosage - good wordly footage - but what up with the price tag on these movies $30 - screw you!!!! anybody have a DVD burner and motivation to burn me some vids. It's theft yo, no its smart YO.
cmmon man..like i know its expensive..but i buy the dvds anyway cause i support those guys...like everyone involved in the production are like fellow climbers..and lets face it..its obviosly not ubber lucrative to make a climbing movie...(its heavy on my poor students pocket, yet i buy the dvds instead of renting em for 3 bucks and burning them at home..)
so yea
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acacongua
Feb 14, 2005, 6:21 PM
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Verticle Limits inspired me to start climbing.
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phaedrus
Feb 14, 2005, 6:37 PM
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Splitter.
Great FA footage, humor, a distinct lack of the stereotypical techno/punk/let's-do-what-everyone-else-is-doing soundtrack... interesting stuff, even for non-climbers.
Definitely worth buying, let alone watching.
https://store.primediamags.com/...ewProduct?pm_id=8316
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jenna
Feb 14, 2005, 6:54 PM
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i've got two
frequent flyers
dosage
pilgrimage was pretty good too...
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balancewerx
Feb 14, 2005, 7:07 PM
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I would have to agree with the others that Pilgramage is a very good video. i found it a little slow at some points, but the climbing was really good. Also Rampage and Autoroute are cool road-trip movies.
Touching the void was great, but falls into the mountaineering category as opposed to bouldering and/or sport climbing. in the mountaaineeing category, touching the void would take the prize
I would have to put my money on Pilgramage as well.
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blueeyedclimber
Feb 14, 2005, 8:49 PM
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Whenever I want to get fired up, I watch "Uncommon Ground." I love that film. It's just about the climbing. Good soundtrack, too.
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roseysnowcone
Feb 14, 2005, 9:17 PM
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Touching the Void was the best "Hollywood" climbing movie. As a pure climbing movie Big Stone was awesome too.
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josephgdawson
Feb 14, 2005, 9:36 PM
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Autoroute fer sure. All the dudes in it are cool and have great senses of humor. Of course the climbing is great too. Some of the guys in a lot of rock climbing videos I have seen are straight geeks and it kills the enjoyment of watching the vid.
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gunksgoer
Feb 14, 2005, 9:49 PM
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either uncommon ground or the big up gunks video. sure, lotsa the videos out there are sweet, but theirs nothing like watching a video and saying "ive done that!", or "i been there!". gives videos that little extra something...
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everestsbaby
Feb 15, 2005, 12:25 PM
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wassup rotten! how bout sending some vids back home to ur good ol' climbing mates from wayyyy back? educate us now and make the world a better place!!!
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everestsbaby
Feb 15, 2005, 12:28 PM
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wassup rotten! how bout sending some vids back home to ur good ol' climbing mates from wayyyy back? educate us now and make the world a better place!!!
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adamwvt
Feb 15, 2005, 12:54 PM
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If you haven't seen it, go rent The Eiger Sanction. I would love George to be my trainer. :wink: It has some of the best one liners too. "her's to killers, and patriotic whores" and my favorite "We will probably not make it, but we will continue in good style" Clint Eastwood is the man.
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arjunrattan
Feb 15, 2005, 10:24 PM
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ohh and i suppose wat it means to be a "climber" is a loudmouth self obsessed juvinile delinquent ..who has nothin better to do than profess his climbing superiority on the net?? mann seriosly even if you were the best...just raving bout it makes you ummm not the best!
ahahah fooling around;..to each his own..tc :roll: :roll:
arjun
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Feb 15, 2005, 10:41 PM
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"Napoleon, like anyone can even know that. "
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Feb 15, 2005, 11:12 PM
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I love the Eiger Sanction! I'm a big Ford Bronco fan, too, so that is part of it. Clint Eastwood was definitely a hardman in that movie! Fighting for first in my book is Seven Years in Tibet. Sweet!
I survived, but the editing and spinning nose cam on Touching the Void nauseated my friends. Good story, though.
I just finished watching Vertical Frontier. At first I was thrown off by Tom Brokaw narrating, but once the film gets to the point where people were still alive to interview, most of the sound is their voices. I otherwise enjoyed the movie, and I want to go to Yosemite now more than ever.
Everest: 50 Years on the Mountain is in my keeper collection, too.
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Feb 16, 2005, 4:09 AM
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true grit anyone? what more could get a wall rat psyched up than to see someone take a 15m toss off of a couple of marginal RPs and break their leg? c'mon!
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