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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Sounds like they annoyed more than a few locals
http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=404148
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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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Ya, they seem to be pretty “ticked” hehehe 😉
All is see is heavy ticking and pre-placed gear.
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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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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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For me it seems they used the http://www.draganfly.com to shoot the scenes.
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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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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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It is, I imagine it would take a lot of the fun out of it too.
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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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