Back in the year 2000, I distinctly remember being excited when the “climbing” movie Vertical Limit came out. My excitement wasn’t so much about the movie itself, but rather the excuse it gave for a large group of climbing friends to get together and go to the movies. Always good times.
As for the movie itself? Well…if you’ve seen it you know. Vertical Limit is quite possibly the dumbest movie ever made, with one possible exception. It was almost as if there was a contest among the makers of the movie to see who could get the most absurdly improbable climbing scene in the movie. There are so many bad scenes it’s hard to decide which one is worse, but my favorite is the huge party at K2 base camp with the opening rock climbing scene being a close second. You can really take your pick though.
Like I said, the movie is so absurd that it’s really more funny than anything else. Adding to the hilarity is this new Vertical Limit inspired instructional video. Enjoy.
My kids really have to work on their camming skills. Can you imagine if your daughter couldn’t place cam, cause that cam was totally not cammed enough. Horrifying! I definitely learn a ton about cams and camming from the movie as well as the instructional tutorial. Kids and cams not a good mixture. I think if my daughter built a belay with cams like she did i would want Charlie to cut my rope too.
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Hilarious! I didnt even know this movie existed. I will watch it just to laugh.
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That was hilarious! It reminds me of an after school special on topics like why not to play with electricity or chainsaws are not toys. It had that same bad acting cheap visual effect feel to it. Made my day thanks!
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i love the coming soon. free soloing with gear. awesome
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The best part is that the 70 foot jumps, “dynamic cam placements,” etc. were all supposedly done at around 26,000 feet, where most people can barely stand up. Sign me up for the Vertical Limit school of acclimitization techniques!
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Apparently heavy drinking is an important factor, something I thought most climbers would already have dialed.
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just because you don’t understand the techniques involved doesn’t mean it’s not correct practice. when i multipitch rock climb i always self-belay with a gri-gri while the rest of my party belays me from two anchors. TWO ANCHORS. it’s called “professionalism”; learn to deal with it. because it’s important.
noobs.
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Bwahahahaha! It’s on deck for movie night at Boulders. Super awesome.
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