Climbing Video:  Mammut Team Does Hard Grit

Climbing Video: Mammut Team Does Hard Grit

Via UKClimbing is this teaser video from a recent Mammut sponsored trip to England’s famous gritstone featuring the likes of Alex Johnson, David Lama, Anna Stöhr and Magnus Midtbø:

Check out this post to see the crazy flying camera setup they used to get the aerial shots.

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10 Responses to Climbing Video: Mammut Team Does Hard Grit

  1. peter beal April 20, 2010 at 9:15 am #

    Sounds like they annoyed more than a few locals

    http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=404148

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    • the dirtbag April 20, 2010 at 10:51 am #

      Project backfire…whoops. The video looks pretty cool and what a neat device that can be used in tight situations, but it’s amazing how good a well framed shot with out a ton of trickery can be.

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      • John Knoernschild April 20, 2010 at 12:35 pm #

        Ya, they seem to be pretty “ticked” hehehe 😉

        All is see is heavy ticking and pre-placed gear.

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  2. Julian April 20, 2010 at 3:06 pm #

    Yeah, “excessive” tick marks and the subsequent failure to clean them up sounds like inconsiderate behavior, but hardly a big ethical problem. I think big tick marks are ugly, but I’m willing to let that stuff slide.

    Far more… interesting (in a sad, hilarious way) is the discussion of sanding polished holds (linked in a post in the UKC thread Peter linked above).

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  3. Ginger April 20, 2010 at 4:25 pm #

    michimammut (uploader) Hi John,
    thanks for your remark. Of course it is also in our sense to leave the crags in a natural state. Due to the good weather conditions the chalk has not been washed off yet 😉 But there’s someone on the way to clean the lines.
    Cheers
    Franz 7 hours ago

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  4. Christian April 23, 2010 at 3:16 am #

    For me it seems they used the http://www.draganfly.com to shoot the scenes.

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  5. mike April 25, 2010 at 7:20 pm #

    Whats the point of leading on pre-placed trad gear? The only time I see a point to this is if its a stick-clip type first piece to prevent a bad fall, or if teaching new trad climbers on easy climbs. If a sponsored climber can’t place gear on lead at a given rating, they should be climbing something easier.

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    • Narc April 26, 2010 at 2:40 pm #

      If it’s not being done ground up placing gear on lead isn’t it a bit contrived no matter what methods are used (pre-placed gear, headpointing, etc.)??

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  6. Mike April 26, 2010 at 4:39 pm #

    It is, I imagine it would take a lot of the fun out of it too.

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  7. Rhoads June 11, 2010 at 6:10 pm #

    Clipping pre-placed gear is by definition sport climbing. If you’re going to do it someone might as well throw some bolts in. Bet you they’d like that on Grit! LOL!

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