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PSA reminder to leave your Drones at Home
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Hard to believe it needs to be said but drones have little place in climbing and especially busy climbing areas on the weekend. They pose a hazard by being a falling object, knocking rocks or branches and potential damaging ropes and gear. Again this is your mid January reminder to leave the drones at home. Have fun out there. |
Carolinawrote: I would be the first to shoot a drone out of the air but I don’t see the chances of your reasons to be very high. They’re obnoxious and that’s reason enough to cancel them. Anybody have any “That drone severed my rope!” stories? |
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Annoying AF, rude and juvenile. No, you are not a pilot now kid. |
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Given that drones are the new tickle-me Elmo of Christmas gifts, January is the height of drone season. We’ll start to see a significant decrease as untrained “pilots” crash them to the ground throughout the year. Until then, a boomerang should be part of the standard rack. |
Tradibanwrote: The same day we saw the drone offender, another climber told us a story about almost cutting their finger off when trying to retrieve one mid air. |
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How else did you expect me to get those sick pics of me on "sourtown's" premier route? I have gram followers eager to see me send the gnar. It's my drone and I can do what I want with it. It wasn't bothering anybody and I was more than 10 feet away from the nearest climber. I for one have no idea why we are talking about drones, how about we talk about you not being able to make it up that 5.9 - happy to offer some training beta for you. |
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Not sure about all that drone boi. The way that thing was buzzing around it’s doubful your footage was any good. Better post it up in this thread to be sure. |
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Carolina wrote: The same day we saw the drone offender, another climber told us a story about almost cutting their finger off when trying to retrieve one mid air What kind of climber would try and snatch an object with spinning blades with their bare hands? |
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I'd love to shoot a drone from the sky. Then maybe the owner. , , |
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Drones are the future of climbing ...noisy or not ..... I've learned more in a 3 minute drone video than I have spending 2 afternoons scouting around a new cliff by foot. Expect to see more and more drones .... |
Ian Dibbswrote: I could appreciate having a drone to scout a rapid ahead of the run and have seen some great footage of drones following paddlers and bikers, other than that... |
Ian Dibbswrote: Yes I Understand this technology is a precious device for those who prefer not to embark into the unknown. However, the situation that sparked this thread was anything but scouting new lines. It was more about a dude yelling filming directions to his older girlfriend while his drone buzzed all the nearby climbers. This on a busy Sunday at a popular climbing area in the southeast. So in other words, this cliff ain't new. |
Carolinawrote: Imagine studying the holds ahead of time from the comfort of the hammock or even the car! I watched The Last Tepui recently, Synnott and Honnold used the crap out of a drone for exploring |
M Mwrote: I'm surprised. |
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Nimsdai talks about how drones helped on his 14 peaks project in his book here and there. Nims is my #1 guy, but bringing tech into the mountains is completely against my school of thought and is a blemish on the(or any) ascent(s). Just my opinion |
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Much of this video was filmed with a drone: |
Marc801 Cwrote: Aren't almost all climbing films using drones now? My friends wife gave him one for Xmas, a nice one that follows you around on your radical adventures. He was pissed cause he "hates fucking drones" and she didn't even know. Divorce is real. |
ZT Gwrote: So what tech don't you bring? Cams? Modern rope? Climbing shoes or double boots or plastic boots? The point is tech changes and improves and it's a bit naive to make a blanket statement like that. |
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Its fine as long as I dont hear or see it basically |
Marc801 Cwrote: You know what I meant |
