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Watch First Ascent on Nat Geo Adventure


jkane

7-Jan-2010
12:11:56 AM

On 6/01/2010 wallwombat wrote:
>
>>......... it's Spam because the channel is not free to air.
>
>Do you think they expect people to rush out and get Foxtel just to watch
>this program?
>

I dunno if they expect it but I considered it It made me grumpy because I can't watch it. Therefore it's advertising that nearly worked on me - damn them! Half joking really, I expect it's probably one of the better channels. Do you have to pay for a load of other crap to get it though?


ajfclark

7-Jan-2010
11:13:29 AM

On 6/01/2010 foreverabumbly wrote:
>eg. It has genuine climbing footage. IT showed Dean soloing the Eiger North with a base jumping rig on in case he fell.

Was this part of it?: http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/2009/12/best-of-adventure/dean-potter-video


foreverabumbly

7-Jan-2010
4:09:03 PM

On 7/01/2010 ajfclark wrote:
>On 6/01/2010 foreverabumbly wrote:
>>eg. It has genuine climbing footage. IT showed Dean soloing the Eiger
>North with a base jumping rig on in case he fell.
>
>Was this part of it?: http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/2009/12/best-of-adventure/d
>an-potter-video

my bad, it was actually called the sharp end and was on the fox sport channel. whoops.

it also had a spot on the Czech crag where metal pro and chalk are banned, it had people doing ground up first ascents on 5.14's on knots. Way cool.


ajfclark

7-Jan-2010
4:11:54 PM

And gap jumping?


MonkeyBoy

7-Jan-2010
4:40:46 PM

>my bad, it was actually called the sharp end and was on the fox sport
>channel. whoops.
>
> it also had a spot on the Czech crag where metal pro and chalk are banned,
>it had people doing ground up first ascents on 5.14's on knots. Way cool.

I saw the sharp end on the free to air channel (if you have digital) I think its called ONE
its owned by channel 10. That stuff about no metal pro and no chalk was INSANE !


foreverabumbly

7-Jan-2010
4:44:19 PM

On 7/01/2010 ajfclark wrote:
>And gap jumping?

yeah. and the guy hurts his ankle


ajfclark

7-Jan-2010
4:45:19 PM

I remember them saying that there's no metal pro but the occasional bolt is allowed which seems odd. Maybe I misheard... *goes digging though collection*


foreverabumbly

7-Jan-2010
5:15:50 PM

yeah, there was some old rusty things around, kinda looked like old pins or really old ring bolts on some of the footage; but I didnt want them to get in the way of a good story

egosan

7-Jan-2010
5:46:18 PM

Wrought iron pound in ring-bolts that look like they weigh 5 kilos a piece. That is what they
look like in the movie.


jkane

27-Jan-2011
3:35:25 PM

First Ascent was on OneHD on Monday at 5PM, but unfortunately I missed it. Not sure which version if there are two different films? This Monday (31 Jan) is "King Lines". The segment at 5PM is called "Adventure Sports". Set your PVRs people.


cruze

27-Jan-2011
3:40:56 PM

It was the original First Ascent - Didier.

I don't get why Sender confused the issue by reusing the same name. Stupid.

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