Bad Climbing movies

[bigwalling]

Ha, I've freaked some tourists out in Yosemite. "No you can't climb up there unless you are drunk!"... they always are looking at me and asking "is that safe". I just reply, "No, but who wants to live forever". They always seem to move towards their car at that point.

 

I like most climbing movies as long as it is hard climbing. Best shit was with Danno!

[Alpine_Tom]

4.)how did you get the rope up there

5.) my favorite: did you get to the top?

6.)were you free climbing?

7.)who was your point man?

 

8.)"You're a climber? Boy, I've always wanted to climb Mt. Rainier."

[HeMan]

Dont forget Cliffhanger. Stallone on a bluescreen tyrolean traverse was gripping.

[ivan]

4.)how did you get the rope up there

5.) my favorite: did you get to the top?

6.)were you free climbing?

7.)who was your point man?

 

8.)"You're a climber? Boy, I've always wanted to climb Mt. Rainier."

 

better, more inexplicable question, invariably encountered when walking down the trail from the top of beacon, having soloed up w/ nothing more than a pair of shoes

 

9) "have you been rappelling?"

[MPaul_Hansen]

"High Ice" -

filmed on Whitehorse Mtn near Darrington, WA

[iain]

7.)who was your point man?

 

[underworld]

the best climbing movie is the one having the most fun.

[iain]

Next time I'm at smith I'm definitely going to say to my partner "do you want point?"

[Ed_Hobbick]

Downhill Racer (ski movie) about the 1976 Winter Olympics is a good one.

[Alpinfox]

If I'm asked on my deathbed if there is anything I want to go back and undo, my answer would be to not watch Vertical Limit. I'd like those 2hrs of my life back, please.

 

A few friends of mine went to see that movie opening night at the Cinerama (or whatever that big theater is downtown). They wore head to toe goretex, wore harnesses and helmets, and belayed each other into and out of the seats.

[hubris]

Keep it real playah!!

[magellan]

A few friends of mine went to see that movie opening night at the Cinerama (or whatever that big theater is downtown). They wore head to toe goretex, wore harnesses and helmets, and belayed each other into and out of the seats.

If that is true, I would have wet myself laughing!

[sobo]

we did pretty much the same thing.

click me

 

ps: how do get this thingie to point to a single post in a thread, and not the whole thread?

Edited November 12, 2005 by sobo

[magellan]

Do not point your thingie at my post!

[thatcher]

 

ooh, i hate to admit this, but i am a film student in LA and my professor directed "the climb".

[Nick]

Subzero is the baddest I've seen. I liked the large Coleman lanterns everyone was using on K2. No one used headlamps, just these great big camping lanterns that you hold in one hand (leaving the other hand free for the ice axe). I did notice that Coleman was listed as a sponsor in the credits . . . this movie has too much badness in it to enumerate. Watch it!

[hopalong]

Just saw subzero. Holy Flirking Schnit. I felt like I was getting brain damage from watching that film.

[Bigtree]

Here's links to a couple of bittorrents with climbing/mountain themes (including K2 Ultimate High and Touching the Void in dvd and avi format). Can't vouch for quality as haven't downloaded yet. Couldn't find the recent Nova show on Denali but will post a link if I come across it.

 

 

http://www.torrentspy.com/default.asp

 

http://ts.searching.com/torrent/35090/PBS_NOVA_Everest_The_Death_Zone_XviD_AC3_www_mvgroup_org

 

http://ts.searching.com/torrent/47851/Nova_Kilimanjaro_Africas_Highest_Mountain

 

http://ts.searching.com/torrent/179020/K2_The_Ultimate_High_NORDiC_PAL_DVDR_BAH

 

http://ts.searching.com/torrent/309245/Touching_The_Void_LIMITED_DVDRip_XViD_SCREAM

[Bigtree]

Here’s another interesting bittorrent I found (IMAX Everest - 1998) in AVI format:

 

http://www.torrentspy.com/torrent/511326/Everest_IMAX_1998

 

I use BitComment as a client to download - has worked fine for me for last couple of years - there are others if you need:

 

http://www.bitcomet.com/

[iluka]

The movie K2 which was out a few years ago was pretty lame but it was actually based on a play by the same name that had been out years earlier which was just great. Two man play. The entire story took place on a ledge on K2 after they were caught in an avalanche on their descent. The set was a rock face that went from the basement of the theater stage up to the rafters. There was actual climbing on the set as well as a 20 foot fall where one of the actors was caught by his pro. Great storyline and, unlike the movie, no hollywood ending. One guy climbed down, leaving his buddy to die from his severe injuries.

[fatswaller]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned "THE WHITE TOWER" with

Lloyd Bridges as the superior nazi climber and Glenn Ford

as the good guy american sap.Based on a fictional James

Ramsey Ullman book.Its hilarious with the totally serious,

fanatical Lloyd bridges saying "To rest is not to conquer".

[Dr_Flash_Amazing]

How about that Ron Kauk new-age nature-fluff bit in the middle of Dosage Vol. 3? Definitely not what you want in the middle of a showcase of cutting edge climbing sickness.