silent 40s film about climbing in sheffield

http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/sheffield-climbers?destination=search/apachesolr_search/climbing?mode=quick&solrsort=score%20desc,%20sis_cck_field_film_id%20asc&filters=type:yfa_film&highlight=climbing&highlight=climbing

interesting to see the techniques used

;)

Thanks for this...

rad

my feet are sweating watching this!

There's nothing better than climbing in a pair of culottes and a smart pair of loafers while Margaret Missile-Titts cooks up some kielbasa.

Ray Pinpillage wrote:...Margaret Missile-Titts ...

I almost spit out my coffee when I read that! Awesome!

What is up with all the sheep in the film? Is that some kind of british thing?

Back when men were men and women cooked breakfast.

dude, id cook breakfast for any chick who would give me a body belay. bubba bubba

Ray Pinpillage wrote:There's nothing better than climbing in a pair of culottes and a smart pair of loafers while Margaret Missile-Titts cooks up some kielbasa.

LOL,,,I'm all for that for sure...sounds great to me!

The goats like 'I soloed that when I was two, and you're stupid for rappelling that way'.

The climb they start at the 11:00 minute mark is Flying Buttress (FA 1922 and rated 5.5)

so good!

Surely they understood that most of their use of ropes was totally pointless, right? I liked the guys towards the end, swinging leads at a semi-hanging belay with a body belay!

Also, here's some similar footage from the Northwest
youtube.com/watch?v=JxUixV7…

no repeated cuts to sheep, sorry.

berl wrote:so good! Surely they understood that most of their use of ropes was totally pointless, right? I liked the guys towards the end, swinging leads at a semi-hanging belay with a body belay! Also, here's some similar footage from the Northwest no repeated cuts to sheep, sorry.

the potomac appalachian trail club actually made a series of instructional videos in the 40s/50s where they showed people taking whippers

here they take a whipper and show the "bulgari" rescue technique ...

youtube.com/watch?v=rguTBMw…

they had a dummy named "oscar" that all members were required to practice belaying and catching on ... you can see they practice lead whippers off trees with body belays

youtube.com/watch?v=B7Dx1ek…

the final test was to hold a simulated multipitch lead fall ... for footage of people going off flying and a demonstration of old school "dynamic" belaying ... make sure you listen to the awwwwsuum song at the end

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ngvhCfk7RQ

The belayer felt the rope he tried to let it run ...
It jerked him from position and he knew his time had come ...
He left the ledge he stood on and he shot up to the sun ...
And he aint gonna climb no more ...

Gory Gory, what a hell a way to die ...
Gory Gory, what a hell a way to die ...
Gory Gory, what a hell a way to die ...
He aint gonna climb no more ...

and for all the other vids including climbing and other techniques ...
youtube.com/user/i4nw/videos

i think its totally and utterly awwwsuuum that they were coming up with their own tests and member belay "certification" using dummy whippers even back then ...

i wish many of the outdoor clubs i see today would do the same

;)

"The leader never falls."

"Through the crotch and 'round the thigh,
over the shoulder and down the back,
whatever you do, whatever you try,\
it burns when it's tight, and it burns when it's slack."

Words to live by.