William Shatner explains climbing

For an explanation of "why Climbing" I give you: Shatner of the Mount

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=60&v=HU2ftCitvyQ

Lest you think the remix took his comments out of context, here's the actual interview:

Still entertaining, though.

Amazing! New life goal - embody both of these videos.

I always thought that Kirk was climbing El Cap, but just realized when looking at this photo that he's def not climbing El Cap. What it that? Last Resort? Little Wing? Audubon Buttress?

kevin deweese wrote:

I always thought that Kirk was climbing El Cap, but just realized when looking at this photo that he's def not climbing El Cap. What it that? Last Resort? Little Wing? Audubon Buttress?

Yet when you watch the entire scene, they establish that he's on the Boot Flake pitch when Spock flys up for a chat. The closeup part of the scene above was filmed on a sound stage.(Not quite - see edit below)

EDIT: did a little digging on IMDB and discovered that the scene above: 

Shots of Spock talking to Kirk while he is climbing El Capitan in Yosemite were actually filmed on a set in a parking lot at a vista point overlooking the valley. The actual face of El Capitan is just visible in the background behind Kirk.

King Tut wrote:

For an explanation of "why Climbing" I give you: Shatner of the Mount

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=60&v=HU2ftCitvyQ

Damnit.  Gotta get you back outside.

A few more fun facts from IMDB:

• There is irony in Captain Kirk's attempt to climb El Capitan: William Shatner suffers from acrophobia: the fear of heights.
• In the scene where Spock watches Kirk's ascent, and saves him when he slips and falls using levitating boots, most of the shots framed Leonard Nimoy from the waist up; in these scenes the actor was supported by a crane that gave the appropriate "float" to achieve the effect. Bluescreen footage of William Shatner falling was shot later at Paramount and composited, while stuntman Ken Bates set a record for the highest American descender fall by plummeting off El Capitan - with a wire support rig - for long shots.
• Long shots of Kirk scaling the mountain were filmed with stunt doubles, while William Shatner's closer shots had him on a fiberglass set positioned in front of the camera, with the real mountains visible in the background. Aided by two trainers, Shatner had spent weeks at the Paramount lot, learning to climb a wooden replica.

Yea, that shot of Kirk climbing is a stage at Discovery View parking lot. lol.

Eric L wrote:

Damnit.  Gotta get you back outside.

 Hug the mountain!