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Allison Feckless Swooner
Joined: 17 Dec 2001 Posts: 12287 | TRs | Pics Location: putting on my Nikes before the comet comes |
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Sat Dec 31, 2005 6:47 pm
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It's on TV tomorrow night. 7:30 on channel 13.
Pretty silly movie.
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peppersteak'n'ale Member
Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 1996 | TRs | Pics
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I remember that movie, and as I recall, they used plenty of clamps
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jenjen Moderatrix
Joined: 30 Jun 2003 Posts: 7617 | TRs | Pics Location: Sierra stylin |
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Sat Dec 31, 2005 9:54 pm
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Yes, and they used them all wrong!
If life gives you melons - you might be dyslexic
If life gives you melons - you might be dyslexic
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wbs member
Joined: 11 Aug 2003 Posts: 661 | TRs | Pics Location: Kirkland WA |
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Sat Dec 31, 2005 9:56 pm
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One of these days I'll have to try that dual ice tool leap of faith move - arrghhh.
or... for less insane outdoor enjoyment, just stay hiking and alive
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captain jack Serving suggestion
Joined: 25 May 2004 Posts: 3389 | TRs | Pics Location: Upper Fidalgo |
dumb movie
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Hiker Boy Hinking Fool
Joined: 18 Feb 2002 Posts: 1569 | TRs | Pics Location: Northern Polar Icecap |
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Hiker Boy
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Sun Jan 01, 2006 2:52 am
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I used to have a lot of respect for Ed Viesturs but started losing it when I saw his cameo appearance in this crappy movie. Now I see him pimping his name for almost every product under the sun in magazine adds and I have no respect left for him.
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Spotly Member
Joined: 06 Jan 2004 Posts: 3723 | TRs | Pics Location: Spokane Valley |
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Sun Jan 01, 2006 8:15 pm
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wildernessed viewbagger
Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Posts: 9275 | TRs | Pics Location: Wenatchee |
Did that documentary take place while Rocky was on vacation !
Living in the Anthropocene
Living in the Anthropocene
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marzsit Dork
Joined: 29 Apr 2003 Posts: 884 | TRs | Pics Location: kent, wa. |
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Sun Jan 01, 2006 9:01 pm
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you're thinking of cliffhanger, stallone wasn't in vertical limit.... both movies were pretty bad.
i remember an old movie that was filmed in darrington, same type of thing except the climbers were stranded on whitehorse. i don't remember the name of it, but it wasn't a bad flick.
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Love the movie vertical limit - its wall to wall laughs.
The 'leap of faith' with the ice tools is standard action movie fare - what I really like are the subtle absurdities:
The night before the climb they stay up late drinking beer in front of a massive bonfire (impressive considering the altitude). They start the climb after dawn and appear to be doing the summit as one long day hike.
The 'rescue' itself would go on record as the worst ever. To save 1 person they manage to kill all but two members of the rescue team. The main culprit is the highly volatile nitro (kept in leaky containers of course) which IIRC was supposed to 'blow away' the snow caused by the avalanche. Not sure how this was supposed to work since you would think explosions would cause more avalanches.
Then when they find them in the crevasse EVERYONE has to get on the rope at the same time and they have only a couple anchors. No wonder my grandmother thinks hiking is dangerous.
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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
wbs wrote: | One of these days I'll have to try that dual ice tool leap of faith move - arrghhh.
or... for less insane outdoor enjoyment, just stay hiking and alive |
You mean the "Double shoulder dislocation" technique?
Can you say SSTTUUPPIIDD??
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
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MtnGoat Member
Joined: 17 Dec 2001 Posts: 11992 | TRs | Pics Location: Lyle, WA |
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Sun Jan 01, 2006 10:48 pm
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stupid but fun. it's so bad it's worth it to watch it. stupid from stem to stern. just how is it so much nitro is always around in these movies? criminy, don't the Paks or Indians or whoever have any hand grenades? Something with a fuse would be nice.
the bonfire is a great catch, the whole basecamp area looks like a himalayan ski bum frat kegger for that scene.
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
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MtnGoat Member
Joined: 17 Dec 2001 Posts: 11992 | TRs | Pics Location: Lyle, WA |
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Mon Jan 02, 2006 12:11 am
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as much as i dislike stallone, cliffhanger is better trash than vertical limit. the only crappy mountain movie i've actually seen where their packs actually look like they weigh something was K2. in both cliffhanger and vertical limit, people put on their packs and take them off like there's nothing in them. go figure. if you have a real pack, you have to get some body english going to get the darned thing on. or off.
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
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Hiker Boy Hinking Fool
Joined: 18 Feb 2002 Posts: 1569 | TRs | Pics Location: Northern Polar Icecap |
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Hiker Boy
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Mon Jan 02, 2006 8:06 am
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I liked the movie K2 and actually have the DVD. The acting sucks but the scenery is great. Everyone is wearing TAIGA outdoor clothing in the movie because it filmed up here in BC. I think my all time favorite climbing movie has still got to be the Eiger Sanction.
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