Free Solo my Ass
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Pnelson wrote: Who brags about not having a TV? |
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F loyd wrote: Why did so many climbers watch the movie? Just curious to know. I didn't watch it because it didn't seem interesting to me. Climbing and El Cap is Awesome!!!!! I will watch anything about El Cap. Even the 12 min rappel vid on YouTube. |
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I just tell people Free Solo sucks and the only climbing film worth anything is Vertical Limit. |
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With all due respect, your family are hopeless morons if that's the conclusion they reached from watching Free Solo. The distinction couldn't have been made more clear between what Alex does and what the rest of the climbing world considers reasonable and safe. |
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Señor Arroz wrote: With all due respect, your family are hopeless morons if that's the conclusion they reached from watching Free Solo. The distinction couldn't have been made more clear between what Alex does and what the rest of the climbing world considers reasonable and safe. Don't confuse idiocy and just not caring about our ridiculous sport. |
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We should all start a class action lawsuit against Honnold because every time I'm asked "you one of them free climbers?" an ulcer develops. F@$k you Honnold, you ruined climbing by bringing it to the mainstream ;) |
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Marc801 C wrote: Easily. Media consumption ≠ training. If it doesn't help me, it's merely entertainment, and I've got other things I'd rather do with my time. |
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Marc801 C wrote:Fair question, and I'll try to give a thorough answer. I got into climbing as an extension of my love for the mountains. At the time, I couldn't have named any famous climbers other than Hillary, Norgay, and Mallory. And I still can name only relatively few because I really am not interested in what famous climbers are doing. While I do admire their accomplishments, following them doesn't appeal to me. The climbing films I enjoy most are Meru and Touching the Void because they involve adventures in remote places, something that really does appeal to me. I also really liked Dirtbag, as Beckey is the famous climber I admire most simply because he boldly put his ass on the line over and over to climb up into the unknown. I'm not hating on Free Solo; I'm just saying going to see it didn't much interest me. And though I did enjoy it, I doubt I'll watch it again. |
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And here I thought that this thread was going to be about going up people's asses without protection. |
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Paul Morrison wrote: Y'all should start a thread so you can spend pages and pages talking about how you're not into Free Solo. |
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Pnelson wrote: It would be better than post after post of how great it is, and what his girlfriend should do, how your family thinks you can climb without a rope.. I'm not against the movie, but the more slob knobbing I read makes me want to see it a little less. |
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Maybe you should get your belay test failing certified guide to give you some advice. |
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Your family sounds like a bunch of dumb dumbs. Took about 4 seconds to explain the difference between free climbing and free soloing to some my friends. Have them watch dawn wall which explains rock climbing with pretty diagrams and cool fonts. |
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Cole Metzger wrote: Literally my entire family has been raving about Free Solo. But what’s worse is now they all think I climb 60 feet without a rope so when I fall I die. Not saying it wasn’t amazing, but it has misled so many people. It’s like they think all climbers do this, and poor Alex is constantly trying to explain that he almost always climbs on ropes. I wonder how many times this thread can be regurgitated. This has been discussed ad nauseum. https://www.mountainproject.com/forum/topic/116587601/free-solo |
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But what grade is your ass? I can only free solo up to 5.4 |
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How big is the difference? |
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Luke Bertelsen wrote: Just what we ALL needed was another Free Solo thread. Thank you. Guys, have you seen this movie called FREE SOLO? |
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If he was soloing why were there all those OTHER PEOPLE there? |
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Robert S wrote: I find it annoying that non-climbers often ask if I've seen Free Solo, but it doesn't exactly ruin my day, much less climbing. I was asked at work if I ever free solo. I adopted the hard-man 1000 yard stare and said "I used to, not anymore". Sounded bad-ass. Neglected to mention I topped out at 5.9, perfect hand crack. |
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What is the average air speed velocity of a unladen Swallow? |