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acolyte
Oct 18, 2004, 7:14 AM
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As someone who can't afford a shelf full of $30 climbing videos, I only want to purchase the best. What, in your opinion, are the best videos, and is there any place they can be found for decent prices?
I personally enjoy videos with great cinematography, plenty of minutes in length, high re-watchability, and that have awesome footage of routes. Ideally, you'd be able to learn some moves/technique off this footage, but not necessarily.
(As a bonus question, are there any "instructional" videos out there that are worth it, or is it always best to just learn on the rock from others more experienced? My guess would be the latter.)
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subtle
Oct 18, 2004, 1:14 PM
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Hmmm, best videos:
Bouldering - Rampage
Route Climbing - AutoRoute or Yank On Hits (tie)
Overall - Dosage #1
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thewiz
Oct 18, 2004, 3:42 PM
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Check out Action adept Yosemite valley. It's a good film. you can see the pilot http://www.joshuatreeclimbing.com/action_adept/ and you can buy it at http://www.mtntools.com/index.html Tom's a friend and happen to capture some of the most awesome footage I've seen in a long time.
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thisflash
Oct 18, 2004, 3:49 PM
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Masters of Stone V. Dan Osman free soloing Fire in the Hole 5.12b at Cave Rock. It's my favorite climb. Watching him free solo it and throw a knee bar to no hands rest while hanging upside down is wild.
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crackmd
Oct 18, 2004, 3:59 PM
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Big Stone had some of the finest crackclimbing footage I have seen. Jason Campbell absolutely maxing out trying to onsight the crux 13a corner on Moonlight Buttress and pulling through by a thread was truly mesmerizing. You could hear the stress in his voice and see it when he was blindly and desperately stuffing TCUs in the crack. It's not often you see world-class climbers with the sewing machine legs. There was no music to detract from the intensity. Add on killer footage of Caldwell on the Salathe and Hill on the Nose and you have an amazing crackclimbing video if this is what floats your boat.
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imcd
Oct 18, 2004, 5:37 PM
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Autoroute all the way.
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climb_463
Oct 18, 2004, 5:50 PM
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thisflash, dude I must agree that masters of stone V is one amazing video ... The section about Dan Osman is crazy, when he is speed climbing some cliffs and dynoing from hold to hold !!! crazy! Can you still buy that video ?
Also, there is the guy at the beginning climbing a really long overhanging crack, and that girl free soloing a crack on a vertical wall...
Seriously this video is old, but beats a lot of modern videos I saw...
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hurdles
Oct 18, 2004, 6:44 PM
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autoroute is a good one.
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grayrock
Oct 18, 2004, 6:49 PM
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The Professionals with Francois Legrand and Yuji Hirayama far and away meets all your criteria. Most excellent climbing, good story, good dialog, no swearing (you can watch it with your family). I watch mine once a week for sure.
The Pilgrimage is excellent but not if you have kids around. Some inappropriate language, but not as bad as some others out there. The story is great, the dialog is terrific, and the climbing is superb.
Dosage I is also really good.
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petsfed
Oct 18, 2004, 6:51 PM
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In reply to: thisflash, dude I must agree that masters of stone V is one amazing video ... The section about Dan Osman is crazy, when he is speed climbing some cliffs and dynoing from hold to hold !!! crazy! Can you still buy that video ? Also, there is the guy at the beginning climbing a really long overhanging crack, and that girl free soloing a crack on a vertical wall... Seriously this video is old, but beats a lot of modern videos I saw...
Dean Potter on the crack house (which I hear is heinous, but everytime I try to go out there, some desert tower gets in the way...) and Steph Davis on Coyne Crack and Scarface. I've seen a lot of people on Coyne Crack.
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cgranite
Oct 18, 2004, 7:26 PM
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Rampage for bouldering-DVD has good bonus footage.
Autoroute and The Professionals for sportclimbing. Autoroute is aesthetically pleasing to watch, while The Professionals is great for studding technique and Beta.
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