For some reason I feel the need to tell you all this

[rydra_wong]

I just did my first ever fingerboard training* session.

While watching Cliffhanger on video.

I feel that irony is good for the tendons.

*By "training" I mean "hanging for several seconds at a time off the largest holds, whimpering." My finger strength is not l33t, so I am taking it gently.

Comments

[jumpuphigh]

That is something that is very important to share with us. \o/

[robynbender]

CLIFFHANGER?
Did you put an Adult Content warning on this, missy??

R

[rydra_wong]

You just want to come and visit again so you can watch it. DON'T LIE TO ME I KNOW.

[cofax7]

oh, dear god, why did you subject yourself to that?

(And I don't mean the hangboard!)

[rydra_wong]

Because it's hilarious.

ETA: Though I should add that I'm only watching it while fingerboarding, so will be getting through it in short chunks, thus shielding my brain from an overdose of terrible acting.

[ilanarama]

Heh, it's not just the acting. I saw it at the cheap cinema in Boulder CO, where pretty much everyone's a climber, and the entire audience was in stitches. Start with "Rocky Mountain National Park" being (badly) acted by the Dolomites. Then the ludicrous "climbing" (hello, the purpose of gear is for protection, not just to randomly place and then ignore). Then the contrived accident. Heck, by the time you get to the actual acting it's already an awful movie.

[rydra_wong]

I know, isn't it great? *g*

I even have Vertical Limit on the same videotape! A double bill of terrible climbing movies! Found in Oxfam for 99p! It was like a little gift to me from the universe.