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Ground/solo fall video

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Brian Prince · · reno · Joined Mar 2010 · Points: 2,727

Not sure if this has been posted... but worth seeing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WzYni4QjOI#t=126

Jon Zucco · · Denver, CO · Joined Aug 2008 · Points: 245

This was Rock & Ice's "weekend whipper" last weekend.

Pretty groovy that he was able to stick the landing so gracefully.

Brian Prince · · reno · Joined Mar 2010 · Points: 2,727

Ahh weekend whipper. I guess I should ask on the mp layout thread, but why was Rock and Ice news removed from the homepage a little while back?

Meme Guy · · Land of Runout Slab · Joined Sep 2013 · Points: 325

We need weekend whipper on homepage here.

Jon Zucco · · Denver, CO · Joined Aug 2008 · Points: 245

MP used to have the weekend whipper as a weekly link under the Rock & Ice headlines a couple months ago. Not sure why it is no longer on the MP homepage, maybe a contract expiration between R&I and MP? But you can easily check it out at rockandice.com

Here is a link to their weekend whipper archive.

Actually that's just a link to a blank page. Apparently you have to search "weekend whipper" using their search box.

Anyhow, good stuff. It's a part of my weekend routine; watching others fail. Just before I fail at the NY Times crossword.

Gunkiemike · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jul 2009 · Points: 3,492
Jon Zucco wrote:It's a part of my weekend routine; watching others fail. Just before I fail at the NY Times crossword.
Shoelace tip = aglet
Jon Zucco · · Denver, CO · Joined Aug 2008 · Points: 245
teece303 · · Highlands Ranch, CO · Joined Dec 2012 · Points: 596

A word to the wise: don't ever use your smartphone to shoot video in portrait mode.

Also, don't solo if you're not up to it: ground falls from that height rarely end so well. But that's almost secondary to shooting video in portrait and triplicating the vid, as if we wouldn't notice your sin that way...

StonEmber · · Raleigh, NC · Joined Mar 2013 · Points: 35

Yeah, but that ominous wind, and lonely call of the gull kind of lend to the suspense. Shoulda had a gopro, as well

Brian Milhaupt · · Golden, CO · Joined Jan 2001 · Points: 860

How do you know he didn't have a crash pad?

Adam Reinhardt · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jan 2011 · Points: 0

Out of curiosity, did anyone else notice that the video jumps shortly after the fall. Notice the discontinuity in the cloud formation starting at about 2:06 into the video. With how slow the clouds are moving early in the video, there appears to be some reasonable amount of time missing between the fall and casual walk away.

LeeAB Brinckerhoff · · Austin, TX · Joined Aug 2008 · Points: 10,288
teece303 wrote: Also, don't solo if you're not up to it: ground falls from that height rarely end so well. But that's almost secondary to shooting video in portrait and triplicating the vid, as if we wouldn't notice your sin that way...
I agree with both points, though based on the intro it is probably safe to assume that the line was TR clean several times previously and offers no protection "How not to climb E10".
David Coley · · UK · Joined Oct 2013 · Points: 70
Brian Milhaupt wrote:How do you know he didn't have a crash pad?
Because of who he is.

I recommend his autobiography: ukclimbing.com/gear/review.…
Syd · · Unknown Hometown · Joined May 2013 · Points: 0

"...with perfect climbing technique ...". Obviously not perfect enough.

Dylan Randall · · Nashville, TN · Joined Sep 2012 · Points: 615
Jake Jones wrote:No wonder I couldn't find this vid. I was looking under "weekend crater". Apparently I was under the mistaken impression that whippers happened on the ends of ropes. So embarrassed.
I was having a similar issue.
Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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