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General Climbing Discussion

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Watch First Ascent on Nat Geo Adventure 6-Jan-2010 At 6:45:30 PM foreverabumbly
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On 6/01/2010 Wendy wrote:
>Sounds a bit like the quality show on the ABC a while ago, can't remember
>the name of it. Two guys roaming around mountains being nongs, like getting
>guided up Mt Blanc in order to ski down, but expecting to fly out of London
>and be on top of Mt Blanc the next day and surprise surprise, they had
>to turn back with altitude sickness. The next episode they tandem skydived
>over the Eiger. I can remember the review of it in the paper though, for
>the classic line "where's an avalanche when you need one?"

I remember that, it was hilarious. This is a bit more serious, it had a section showing Dean Potter for eg. It has genuine climbing footage. IT showed Dean soloing the Eiger North with a base jumping rig on in case he fell.

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