The Last Tepui Disney+

Crazy, Honnold and Synnott drag a 80 year old man across a Jungle and up a Tepui and nobody mentioned dropping him off with a helicopter?

The Last Tepui

But, they found a tadpole. 

Helicopters are aid

Spoiler alert:

The dump the old man at the base of wall and climb some sweet vegetated choss they scoped with a drone. Honnold climbs an "impossible" roof and pauses for a one-arm-hang-chalk-up at the lip of the roof. Sick.

I invented a new term for this kind of movie "climbploitation".

Well already have an Oscar winner as a poster.

Tradibanwrote:

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I invented a new term for this kind of movie "climbploitation".

“cracksploitation” FTFY

Dave Gauvinwrote:

But, they found a tadpole. 

It sure looked like they were in froggy territory. Also, that picture Bruce gave them of the frog they were to look for had me in stitches.

Aunt Pattywrote:

It sure looked like they were in froggy territory. Also, that picture Bruce gave them of the frog they were to look for had me in stitches.

Omg, I know, it looked any other frog on earth. Maybe if he sent them along with this sketch they would have found it:

I’m just glad that Alex made enough sponsorship money to buy a rack and rope   

Tradibanwrote:

Omg, I know, it looked any other frog on earth.

Remind us again where you received your degree in amphibian biology.

Off topic, but can anyone else not stand Mark Synnott? Throughout the entirety of the film the guy is going "yeah I've never seen anything this hardcore or extreme," then when he gets to the obvious <5.11 roof goes "yeah I don't know if this line is even possible." I found his complaining and bragging to be unbearable over the course of the film. 

Haven't watched it yet but heard Honnold solo'd the route (possibly not shown). 

I love the old natgeo story-times with chin, honnold, synnott. The footage and story from the Ruth Gorge are pretty sick. Stoked to check this out. 

Chronically Injuredwrote:

Off topic, but can anyone else not stand Mark Synnott? Throughout the entirety of the film the guy is going "yeah I've never seen anything this hardcore or extreme," then when he gets to the obvious <5.11 roof goes "yeah I don't know if this line is even possible." I found his complaining and bragging to be unbearable over the course of the film. 

Fun fact: I spent a night in a seedy hotel room with Synnott in So Ill after an inland seafood buffet of all things. Your complaint is just his playing up for the cam and the editor playing it up even more. He's legit cool and the only reason you don't hear more from him is because he's more of an alpinist which isn't so exciting to the braj crowd.

Tradibanwrote:

Fun fact: I spent a night in a seedy hotel room with Synnott in So Ill after an inland seafood buffet of all things. Your complaint is just his playing up for the cam and the editor playing it up even more. He's legit cool and the only reason you don't hear more from him is because he's more of an alpinist which isn't so exciting to the braj crowd.

I mean I never said that playing it up for the cam isn’t lame either. I thought Honnold’s one arm hang was pretty silly as well. 

Awesome movie, all the way up to the point where I learn that Alex racks gates in.  (cringe)

Jared Anglewrote:

I’m just glad that Alex made enough sponsorship money to buy a rack and rope   

Fun fact: he solo'd it after filming ended.

Todd Jenkinswrote:

Awesome movie, all the way up to the point where I learn that Alex racks gates in.  (cringe)

Really made me question everything I knew about climbing.

Also got a kick out of the shot near the end when Synott is posted up under a boulder freezing to death with the other guy and Alex is just walking around in the rain. 

Honnold racks gates in (duh!)

joshua larkinwrote:

Really made me question everything I knew about climbing.

As it should my friend, as it should. A thorough self-audit is clearly called for, but so long as you reconcile by racking gates-in too we can skip all that messy self-reflection bullshit and jump right to the obvious (and foregone) conclusion.

I don’t understand why they didn’t just get dropped at the top from a helicopter

Todd Jenkinswrote:

Awesome movie, all the way up to the point where I learn that Alex racks gates in.  (cringe)

He admitted that here on MP during the ask Alex honnold thread. He said gates in, because that's how he's always done it. 

It's disgusting and I don't like it.