On 17/06/2013 maxdacat wrote:
>Nice - stuff - but how did you switch angles when he was pulling the lip
>on the 29?
I shot that at a different time. I actually wish I had more 2nd angle stuff but the batteries died, thus my panic "jump jump jump" trying to get Matt to jump off - the camera was about to go dead flat!
I agree with the comments about seeing vids of roped climbing vs bouldering.
Now all we need is more vids of soloing vs roped climbing ... heh, heh, heh.
>Hardcatch Pipertron...
... So if Matt was allowed to drop further, would the pendulum into the rockface below have been any less severe?
~> I doubt it. ☺
>Camera and edit – Monty
Why does your voice in that vid sound like a cartoon character?
Were you wearing your harness too tightly while filming?
;-)
On 17/06/2013 Benjenga wrote:
>Loving all the short flicks you have been releasing lately Neil, keep them
>up. So much better watching rope climbing them bouldering.
And hearing Aussie accents instead of "venga! venga!"
On 17/06/2013 IdratherbeclimbingM9 wrote:
> snip ...
>>Hardcatch Pipertron...
>... So if Matt was allowed to drop further, would the pendulum into the
>rockface below have been any less severe?
>~> I doubt it
>
Definitely dodgy belaying - more rope out certainly would have helped, and a bit of a jump, rather than sitting . . .
And seriously who wears gloves belaying these days? And when using a Grigri ? Come on . . .
On 18/06/2013 Macciza wrote:
>>>Hardcatch Pipertron...
>>... So if Matt was allowed to drop further, would the pendulum into the
>>rockface below have been any less severe?
>>~> I doubt it
>>
>
>Definitely dodgy belaying - more rope out certainly would have helped,
>and a bit of a jump, rather than sitting . . .
>And seriously who wears gloves belaying these days? And when using a Grigri
>? Come on . . .
It looked like there was an attempted jump, perhaps it was a bit early, or perhaps there was a lot of drag over the lips of the previous rooves.
Not sure what, but the catch definitely could have been softer.
The problem with catching this route is you can't see the climber when they are above the lip - and it's very hard to judge when you jump into a catch when someone is coming down and towards you.
What crap! If the guys jumping from there you should have a whole lot of slack out - rope on the ground in front of you sort of thing . . .
And you don't need to be able to see anything to judge when to jump, feel works fine . . . .
Um i think that Matt weighs around 20kg less than most climbers. The weight difference makes dynamic belaying tricky, especially with a gri gri. Combined with rope drag from the roof its a recipe for being slammed.