Chase Banking ad - Eldorado Canyon
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I saw an ad today for Chase Credit Cards that has two climbers climbing what looks like redgarden wall in Eldo. Anyone seen this ad and/or know what the route is? |
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Great! I look forward to banking at belays. Very convenient. I'm going to switch my account right now! |
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I haerd it was the Yellow Spur or at least that was the route that peoplewere asked not to climb while they were shooting it. |
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Here is the original thread: Eldorado on Friday |
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Man. I was so pissed off that the day they were filming that. MY buddy and I had actually come to Eldo to specifically climb the Yellow Spur (they were filming it on the Italian Arete apparently).
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I thought some of us were going to start vending at the top of the Redgarden & Bastille. What was it, hamburgers? |
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Anyone know if this ad involved a sizable donation to the Access Fund or something? That would be the classy thing to have done. Otherwise, I say climb on and bribery be-dammed. |
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Found it: |
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Nice demonstration of proper belaying... |
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Jed Pointer wrote:Who is the woman?If it's who I think it is, her name is Jane Sears (possible wrong spelling). She was a local Boulder climber when I lived here in the nineties. She is on the cover of Rossiter's guidebook (Rock Climbing Boulder Canyon). |
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Ha! That was quite 'tarded to say the least. I left Chase recently as they were the worst bank I've ever used. Fee's and charges for everything. I'm keeping my $$ under the mattress! But, I digress. |
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jfox wrote:I'm keeping my $$ under the mattress!Where do you live again, Jeff? Wait, never mind, you're a starving grad student... ;-) |
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brenta wrote:Nice demonstration of proper belaying...I agree, good to know when you're climbing that your belayer has their hands on a phone and not a rope. on the plus side, i was reminded how rad eldo is! |
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bwillem wrote: I agree, good to know when you're climbing that your belayer has their hands on a phone and not a rope.It's a bank commercial, using climbing as a metaphor for control. It wasn't meant to be a training video. Whatever the message, the footage is outstanding. |
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The nerve of these CHASE people!! - next thing you know, they'll shut down the Little Devil for a shoot. Ugh! |
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The only thing I'm "Chasing" is my stocks right down the toilet. |
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Ken Cangi wrote:the footage is outstanding.Can't argue with that. Great photography. Suspending a climber's disbelief, on the other hand, may require better ropework. |
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brenta wrote:Suspending a climber's disbelief, on the other hand, may require better ropework.It's a lot more convincing than the old episode of McGyver free soloing a desert tower, in summer, with full winter gear, ice axes, and crampons - not to mention that Jane is much easier on the eyes. |
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Just watched the Internet version. |
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We were on X-M that day, watching the chopper making impressive low angle run-arounds in high winds. Annoying as it was, the pilot was having fun. Maybe if we scream and bitch loud enough on here Chase will help out the access fund. Umm, doubtful. |
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I think in the future, we should be more hesitant about being "bought off". Talk to the guys doing the filming or, better yet, a park ranger. Find out what the arrangement is; if they are giving back to the community. Make up your own mind. It's too late to productively bitch and moan now, but this kind of thing is undoubtedly going to happen again somewhere. |