Heads up - Free Solo
Heads up - Free Solo
C4 9pm this Thursday (tonight). A great watch if you haven't seen it before. The first free solo climb of 3200ft El Capitan in Yosemite National Park without ropes or any safety gear. Not for the fainthearted or for people who don't like heights! Enjoy.
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Re: Heads up - Free Solo
Hanss up who else thought this was a Star Wars thread
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Not on my listings.
You got your channel wrong. It’s C4.
Thanks for posting as I’ll be saving that. Hope it comes near to “the dawn wall”.
You got your channel wrong. It’s C4.
Thanks for posting as I’ll be saving that. Hope it comes near to “the dawn wall”.
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This guy is a complete legend...nutter as well...I have watched this already and it really does take your breath away.
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Re: Heads up - Free Solo
Captain Kirk did it in Star Trek V
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dawn wall was good, but they were roped on.Tricky Trevor wrote:Not on my listings.
You got your channel wrong. It’s C4.
Thanks for posting as I’ll be saving that. Hope it comes near to “the dawn wall”.
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With some of the degrees of difficulty they took on they’d want to be.Wile E Coyote wrote:dawn wall was good, but they were roped on.
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Brilliant film...such a talented free climber...absolute nerves of steel...made me sick just watching him.
Also does great charitable work with the cash he has made from climbing.
Also does great charitable work with the cash he has made from climbing.
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Great documentary. If you enjoy this then give The Dawn Wall and Valley Uprising a watch. In fact I’d recommend watching them in the following order; Valley Uprising, The Dawn Wall and Free Solo.
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I only buy the Daily Mail on a Saturday simply for the TV guide.
Given 5 stars so already hit the record button.
Given 5 stars so already hit the record button.
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Don't think that I'd even be able to just stand on the top and look down, nevermind climbing it with no ropes, helmet etc!
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Re: Heads up - Free Solo
That only applies, if you're single.Bosscat wrote:Hanss up who else thought this was a Star Wars thread
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Watched this last night and it is brilliant.
There have been a few quality climbing films recently.
There have been a few quality climbing films recently.
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That's one day to many then, newspapers do one though as well as that Right Wing Political rag.kentonclaret wrote:I only buy the Daily Mail on a Saturday simply for the TV guide.
Given 5 stars so already hit the record button.
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touching cloth or whatever it was called wasn't a good climbing film, book was decent though, the one about the two lads climbing and one cut his mates rope to survive.
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Touching the Void I think....Wile E Coyote wrote:touching cloth or whatever it was called wasn't a good climbing film, book was decent though, the one about the two lads climbing and one cut his mates rope to survive.
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South West Claret
Which Left Wing Political rag did you have in mind
Which Left Wing Political rag did you have in mind
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Napoleon Solo.
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KC.
So you except that the Mail is a Right Wing Political Rag then? I also didn’t say anything about a Left Wing Political Rag.
So you except that the Mail is a Right Wing Political Rag then? I also didn’t say anything about a Left Wing Political Rag.
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Christ a thread about an excellent documentary and you try to derail it. Bellend.South West Claret. wrote:KC.
So you except that the Mail is a Right Wing Political Rag then? I also didn’t say anything about a Left Wing Political Rag.
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Well said!Clarinetclaret wrote: Christ a thread about an excellent documentary and you try to derail it. Bellend.
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Why turn it into a politicsl thread ffsSouth West Claret. wrote:That's one day to many then, newspapers do one though as well as that Right Wing Political rag.
#letskeeppoliticsoutofUTC
Re: Heads up - Free Solo
Final bump. If you haven't already seen it get it watched.
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Leisure wrote:Final bump. If you haven't already seen it get it watched.
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Isnt that a porno?ClaretDiver wrote:Touching the Void I think....
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Isnt that a porno?Leisure wrote:Final bump. If you haven't already seen it get it watched.
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Isn’t that a porno?Hipper wrote:Napoleon Solo.
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Very Disappointing he didn't even climb back Down...Leisure wrote:Don't think that I'd even be able to just stand on the top and look down, nevermind climbing it with no ropes, helmet etc!
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Re: Heads up - Free Solo
I thought he came across as a rather strange bloke. didn't seem a happy chappy whatever he was up to.
There's a fine line between brave and stupid and I think, personally, that he crossed that line.
A good watch non-the-less.
There's a fine line between brave and stupid and I think, personally, that he crossed that line.
A good watch non-the-less.
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Funkydrummer wrote:I thought he came across as a rather strange bloke. didn't seem a happy chappy whatever he was up to.
There's a fine line between brave and stupid and I think, personally, that he crossed that line.
A good watch non-the-less.
Guess that you've got to be a bit strange to do what he does!
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You could also say that about Guy Martin, Jacques Cousteau or any other person who has pushed boundaries and made a mark!Leisure wrote:Guess that you've got to be a bit strange to do what he does!
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i think it was mentioned in the film he has autistic characteristics
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So did Rembrandt .
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I still fail to understand why some posters had to politicise this thread!!!
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Worth watching for one line.
“That’s the most magnificent crack on planet Earth”.
That guy needs to get out more!
“That’s the most magnificent crack on planet Earth”.
That guy needs to get out more!
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Re: Heads up - Free Solo
Commenting on the climbers who had died free climbing ‘they were doing crazy things’. I had sweaty palms watching it!
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James Kingston climbs cranes:
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