ryland_moore Posted October 30, 2003 Posted October 30, 2003 For those of you who were up on Denali this past season, you probably remember the National Geographic film crews doing a documentary on the Denali CVlimbing Rangers. Well, it is finished and will air this Sunday on MSNBC at 8pm. Check out the link: http://www.msnbc.com/news/978692.asp Should give some pretty good insight into the lifves of the rangers and all they do while on the mountain. Plus I am sure there will be plenty of good footage of rescues and the like. Enjoy! Quote
blue_morph Posted October 30, 2003 Posted October 30, 2003 If somebody video tapes this I would love to get to see it. I don't get that channel. Quote
forrest_m Posted October 31, 2003 Posted October 31, 2003 so W and I are sitting in Lisa’s tent at basecamp and one of the junior guides for the company that’s contracted to support the NG team comes in, he’s getting ready to carry a load of digital video cartridges up to the 14K camp. He’s planning just to run up with the stuff in the pockets of his jacket instead of carrying a pack, so he takes it out of the boxes and protective packaging and puts the bare cartridges in the pocket of his down parka. (The packaging was ridiculously oversized, for each audio-cassette sized cartridge, the cardboard and plastic was approximately the size of a brick). Turned out the joke was on him, though, because the cameraman wasn’t willing to waste time shooting onto possibly contaminated medium, and doug had to run down the next day and repeat the 7,000 vertical with a new batch… Quote
eternalX Posted October 31, 2003 Posted October 31, 2003 says 8ET. does that mean 5 PT or is it delayed for us west coasters? Yes, i could go to tvguide.com but i'm lazy. Quote
Figger_Eight Posted November 2, 2003 Posted November 2, 2003 5 PM on the west coast. Channel 47 in the Tacoma area. Quote
Figger_Eight Posted November 3, 2003 Posted November 3, 2003 It's on again at 8 I guess. It was a pretty cool show Quote
specialed Posted November 3, 2003 Posted November 3, 2003 ryland_moore said: For those of you who were up on Denali this past season, you probably remember the National Geographic film crews doing a documentary on the Denali CVlimbing Rangers. Well, it is finished and will air this Sunday on MSNBC at 8pm. Check out the link: http://www.msnbc.com/news/978692.asp Should give some pretty good insight into the lifves of the rangers and all they do while on the mountain. Plus I am sure there will be plenty of good footage of rescues and the like. Enjoy! No shit! Those fuckers were all over the place when we were there. Kept tellin us to quiet down and shit when we were straight chillin on the Kahiltna. My bro Freddie, from New Hamshire, would get pissed and stand in the background when they were filming and pull his cock and balls out and wave 'em around. Always took the cameraman a couple ten seconds to notice before he'd have to stop filming and chase Freddie off. Must have wasted minute and minutes of film on Freddie's unit. Quote
Dan_Harris Posted November 3, 2003 Posted November 3, 2003 I watched the show. The insight about the rangers and resues was impressive and how experienced climbers can get in trouble. Yet it never ceases to amaze me that people head up peaks unprepared. Dude leaving his son at base camp, couple of folks at base camp without equipment. But the host continually whining about how cold, tired, and sore he was got old real fast. Quote
pete_a Posted November 3, 2003 Posted November 3, 2003 For those who missed the program, I heard that its going to be on again on sunday nov 9th, don't know what time though. good show...was a real kick to see video footage that was shot this past season. Did think some of the commentary was a little overly dramatic..refering to an accident by saying 'And the body count continues to rise' yet no one had died in any of the accidents. That screwball that left his son at basecamp, couldn't believe it but I met him and his son before they flew to the mountain. Norm and I had just arrived back in Talkeetna and were getting our 'first meal' of bacon cheeseburgers and sat right next to those two....I had just assumed that they were climbing guided because of what little experience they had, guess not. Glad to know that the kid didn't get hurt. Quote
eternalX Posted November 3, 2003 Posted November 3, 2003 It was a good show, though they didn't really talk in depth about the rangers personally. That would have been more interesting to me then all the stuff on the host (*drama* I know I was the slowest member of the team, but I had to push on *drama*). It's pretty amazing how many rescues they made nad how nobody was hurt. Wasn't sure whether the Czechs they saved were assholes or just misunderstood. Also, they could've made it 100 times better by either putting Lucy Liu on the mountain or naked. Quote
To_The_Top Posted November 3, 2003 Posted November 3, 2003 It was pretty good, and I'm sure that you could get a copy from the National Geographic series, or that it will be on again. Drama on the mountain, and why didnt the Checs go the extra 100' up the Messner coulior instead of getting pulled off the mountain in a dangerous rescue, go back and try the normal route without enough equipment? I'm sure the rangers see all kinds. Pretty good show, except the host was a bit whiney. Quote
specialed Posted November 3, 2003 Posted November 3, 2003 That Czech shit happened when we were there too. It was pretty entertaining. The Czech's girlfriend called in a rescue from 17,000 I think, even though they only 100' from the top of the messner. The lama dumped them off at basecamp and the Rangers had a plane waiting to take them back to Talkeetna, but they refused to get on it, because all their gear was still up there The Ranger was like my pilot risked his life to save your ass now get on the fucking plane or I'll have you arrested and drag you on forceably. But the Czech wouldn't budge. They stood there and yelled at eachother for five minutes. It was like high drama on the Kahiltna and shit. Finally the Czech gave in but he was pissed. What a retard. Quote
Monty_Smith Posted November 4, 2003 Posted November 4, 2003 I checked MSNBC's website and the Denali special will be re-broadcast Sat, Nov 8, 8-10pm ET (not sure if that's 5PM PT - no mention). Monty Quote
Fairweather Posted November 4, 2003 Posted November 4, 2003 Anyone know how that Seattle (Cerebral Edema) guy is doing? The epilogue said he "relapsed". Hope he's OK. Quote
Junebug Posted November 4, 2003 Posted November 4, 2003 Fairweather said: Anyone know how that Seattle (Cerebral Edema) guy is doing? The epilogue said he "relapsed". Hope he's OK. I was at his house last night watching the show, and he seems to be doing just fine. They misreported his ailment though. It was apparently some kind of hypoglycemic insulin reaction - not edema. Two other Seattle climbers appeared in the show in the background, although very very briefly! You had to pause it to see them. I thought the narrative guy was kind of crazy. What was he doing drinking out of his pee bottle the next day? And stuffing all those socks in his pants! Fun show to watch, but too dramatic. Quote
Fairweather Posted November 4, 2003 Posted November 4, 2003 Junebug said: I was at his house last night watching the show, and he seems to be doing just fine. Good to hear. Quote
Figger_Eight Posted November 4, 2003 Posted November 4, 2003 I guess we had just missed that high school band that had been flown out to play that impromptu concert. We walked into basecamp just a day or two later...bummer. Quote
Duchess Posted November 5, 2003 Posted November 5, 2003 hey, i met freddie on the ruth this spring. he was very "kind" to me. Quote
bremerton_john Posted November 5, 2003 Posted November 5, 2003 I got the show taped in case anyone misses it again. Quote
Mtguide Posted November 5, 2003 Posted November 5, 2003 eternalX said: It was a good show, though they didn't really talk in depth about the rangers personally. That would have been more interesting to me then all the stuff on the host (*drama* I know I was the slowest member of the team, but I had to push on *drama*). It's pretty amazing how many rescues they made nad how nobody was hurt. Wasn't sure whether the Czechs they saved were assholes or just misunderstood. Also, they could've made it 100 times better by either putting Lucy Liu on the mountain or naked. They certainly missed a great opportunity regarding the rangers themselves,especially Darryl Miller and Roger Robinson,the two head rangers.These guys are amazing men,with absolutely incredible backgrounds and experiences on Denali and other great peaks around the world.They are both directly responsible for the fact that there have been so many successful rescues with so few losses incurred in the process.Miller and Robinson were the guys who pretty much established and organized the rescue system at Denali.They could both tell tales that would have put the weenie host in his proper category: just barely beginning to become a pimple on a climber's ass.Darryl Miller made the first circumnavigation of Denali in winter several years ago with Talkeetna climber Mark Stasic;they both presented this epic with slides at the excellent convention on climbing on Denali here in Portland in '97.Both Miller and Robinson have risked their necks in more hair raising rescues over the years than a whole barrelful of climbing rangers could match in several lifetimes.Talk about brass balls and cool heads.Nat'l.Geo definitely needs to go back and do the story right,leave the weenie whiner home,and yeah,Lucy Liu naked at basecamp would probly be about what it would take to get a big enough viewer audience to do justice to just how underappreciated these guys are.Here's a for the weenie,and afor the incredible climbing rangers of Denali. Quote
Kyle_Flick Posted November 7, 2003 Posted November 7, 2003 Did anyone tape the program? We had just returned from the summit via the upper west rib when the folks had to be rescued from the top of the Messner Couloir. Since we only have basic cable here in the sticks, I didn't see it. I'll pay for the copy and postage. Quote
Necronomicon Posted November 7, 2003 Posted November 7, 2003 bremerton_john said: I got the show taped in case anyone misses it again. Did anyone tape the show? I missed it. Quote
ryland_moore Posted November 7, 2003 Author Posted November 7, 2003 It will be on again this Saturday. Read above or check out the MSNBC website. My copy is loaned out, but if anyone still needs it in a week or so, I can proabalby loan it to ya. Quote
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