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For anyone who can access BBC iPlayer
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rydra_wongHere's a little 5-minute short on The Old Man of Hoy, with Andy Cave and Simon Nadin climbing it for the cameras.
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In which Alex Honnold frustrates CBS
Oct. 5th, 2011 12:00 pmrydra_wongI was entertaining people with these in chat, and thought I'd share the linkspam. The unique interview stylings of Alex Honnold:
In which Alex hates this part.
In which CBS would clearly prefer it if Alex would show some signs of having a nervous system while solo-ing a very long way off the ground.
In which CBS try and fail to get Alex to communicate in anything other than valleyspeak. Dostoevsky is heinous, dude.
In which Alex explains his nutritional secrets: "So I figured, why shouldn’t I just eat cookies every day?"
Also, there's some climbing.
In which Alex hates this part.
In which CBS would clearly prefer it if Alex would show some signs of having a nervous system while solo-ing a very long way off the ground.
In which CBS try and fail to get Alex to communicate in anything other than valleyspeak. Dostoevsky is heinous, dude.
In which Alex explains his nutritional secrets: "So I figured, why shouldn’t I just eat cookies every day?"
Also, there's some climbing.
I am so, so doomed
May. 27th, 2011 05:48 pmrydra_wongI just found SteepEdge.
Intended as a "virtual mountain film festival", it has an amazing range of climbing films and TV programmes (including a bunch that aren't available on DVD, AFAIK) which you can rent and stream, or buy and download.
Dooooomed.
Intended as a "virtual mountain film festival", it has an amazing range of climbing films and TV programmes (including a bunch that aren't available on DVD, AFAIK) which you can rent and stream, or buy and download.
Dooooomed.
"I wanna check out the puffins."
Oct. 20th, 2010 10:27 pmrydra_wongGoodies from BBC Scotland: "Five Climbs, Five Islands," a two-parter covering Dave MacLeod and Tim Emmett's attempt to climb five new extreme routes on five Hebridean islands in five days:
Part 1 on iPlayer here.
Gorgeous scenery, quirky people, exquisitely hard trad climbing, filmed in loving detail, with intelligent explanations of what's going on (including an explanation of the British trad grading system, which has defeated many).
I can't rec this one too highly.
Part 1 on iPlayer here.
Gorgeous scenery, quirky people, exquisitely hard trad climbing, filmed in loving detail, with intelligent explanations of what's going on (including an explanation of the British trad grading system, which has defeated many).
I can't rec this one too highly.
BBC-endorsed buildering
Sep. 30th, 2010 09:51 amrydra_wongI may be the last person to know about this, but BBC Two is currently airing a show called Climbing Great Buildings, in which architectural historian Jonathan Foyle explores great buildings by climbing all over them, aided and abetted by top British climber Lucy Creamer.
Okay, it's mostly rope access techniques rather than free climbing, and the focus is on the architecture, but it's still charming, particularly for anyone who's caught themselves eyeing up nearby buildings.
Anyone who's in the UK or can access BBC iPlayer can catch up with the eps here:
Climbing Great Buildings
Okay, it's mostly rope access techniques rather than free climbing, and the focus is on the architecture, but it's still charming, particularly for anyone who's caught themselves eyeing up nearby buildings.
Anyone who's in the UK or can access BBC iPlayer can catch up with the eps here:
Climbing Great Buildings
