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No Sleep Till Bakewell - Wideboyz on Grit |
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16-Oct-2014 9:54:28 AM
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Wideboyz do Brown & Whillans grit routes
No Sleep Till Bakewell.
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16-Oct-2014 12:21:21 PM
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Good little vid - the time-lapse and multi image segments are really nice. Very likeable guys without all the American hype and histrionics.
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16-Oct-2014 12:47:58 PM
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Yeah, that was enjoyable
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16-Oct-2014 1:09:56 PM
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Another great vid from these guys.
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16-Oct-2014 4:17:42 PM
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On 16/10/2014 Sabu wrote:
>Another great vid from these guys.
Yes, but what have they done on grit?
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17-Oct-2014 10:42:46 AM
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On 16/10/2014 kieranl wrote:
>Yes, but what have they done on grit?
Even i didn't want to go there Kieran!!
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17-Oct-2014 11:52:25 AM
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On 16/10/2014 kieranl wrote:
>On 16/10/2014 Sabu wrote:
>>Another great vid from these guys.
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>Yes, but what have they done on grit?
or Limestone ?
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17-Oct-2014 12:51:21 PM
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Limestone .. offwidth. (Shudders).
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17-Oct-2014 7:47:31 PM
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I have been their a couple of times and loved the rock and the area. Planning on going next year.
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17-Oct-2014 9:06:40 PM
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Truly it is the cradle of civilisation......
and the odd Gribble...
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17-Oct-2014 9:46:22 PM
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and where is the cradle of the even Gribble?
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17-Oct-2014 10:07:18 PM
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I'll do the jokes Kieran.....
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19-Oct-2014 10:11:45 PM
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It's just gone mainstream, interesting narrative !!!
http://www.news.com.au/travel/rockclimbers-the-wideboyz-take-on-125-peaks-in-22-hours/story-e6frfq7r-1227095298708
"Pete has trained his body so he can cling on to jutting rock"
Don Whillans trained his body to hold 8 pints of beer at the same time, these puppies don't look like they could handle half a shandy....
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21-Oct-2014 10:22:10 PM
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On 19/10/2014 MisterGribble wrote:
>It's just gone mainstream, interesting narrative !!!
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"The first in our 'Never Give Up' series of documentaries "
The whole thing was basically a Caseo ad.. Shame there was almost no climbing!
Still, hats off - these guys are definitely the kings of their crazy niche.
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22-Oct-2014 8:31:05 AM
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On 21/10/2014 Martym wrote:
>The whole thing was basically a Casio ad.
That's hardly unique amongst climbing videos sadly. Same can be said for many BD, petzl, red bull, etc sponsored videos.
Still a cool feat.
Pete's just flashed freerider as well. Talented little bugger.
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22-Oct-2014 5:59:15 PM
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On 22/10/2014 phillipivan wrote:
>On 21/10/2014 Martym wrote:
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>>The whole thing was basically a Casio ad.
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>That's hardly unique amongst climbing videos sadly. Same can be said for
>many BD, petzl, red bull, etc sponsored videos.
So how many video's were being produced before sponsorships started paying for it again?
I'm all for advertising masquerading as climbing/adventure films - much better than not having climbing/adventure films or just having crap quality, poorly produced films along with the very occasional half funded but doomed to never make a profit film.
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22-Oct-2014 8:57:22 PM
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But when there's more footage of the guy checking his Watch than there is of him climbing, I think the line is crossed...
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23-Oct-2014 8:52:58 AM
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I find it a little odd that people who are primarily crack climbers are sponsored by a wristwatch company.
Does anyone else find it quite hard to jam when wearing a timepiece (offwidth and finger jams excluded of course)?
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23-Oct-2014 9:00:32 AM
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I find climbing in a watch in general pretty annoying.
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23-Oct-2014 9:38:46 AM
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On 23/10/2014 ajfclark wrote:
>I find climbing in a watch in general pretty annoying.
It is equally annoying to climb whilst wearing a watch.
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