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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 17, 2009 - 04:11am PT
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Just stumbled across this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erfCL-ZfZhY
was this the first BASE of Ancient Art?
Ammon rocks!
fun meter pegged on high!
that cap stone looks ready to pop
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Dec 17, 2009 - 11:31am PT
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Holy shamoly!
There ain't much ground left when those chutes pop open...
that cap stone looks ready to pop
Yeah, its cracked all the way through and rocks a bit when you stand on it. Fairly frightening...
Wild stuff.
-Brian in SLC
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Dec 17, 2009 - 11:37am PT
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cool vid...
I remember a few years back some folks were jumping Castleton Tower(for sure) and Ancient Art(I think? or something else over there...)
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Boymeetsrock
Trad climber
the east
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Dec 17, 2009 - 12:02pm PT
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Sick video. Are there high tension power lines out there? What was the black dot in the sky in the background on a number of those shots.
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GOclimb
Trad climber
Boston, MA
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Dec 17, 2009 - 12:26pm PT
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Very cool - thanks for the link!
GO
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Dec 17, 2009 - 01:20pm PT
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Too funny!
I wondered if that capstone was going to stay when I stepped up on it.
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corniss chopper
Mountain climber
san jose, ca
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Dec 17, 2009 - 01:29pm PT
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That pegged the excitement meter!
If that sandstone pillar had tipped over back side...oh man! With the ropes
attached to the 2nd? Thrilling for everyone.
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Ammon
Big Wall climber
Capo Beach
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Dec 17, 2009 - 04:02pm PT
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Nice! No, that wasn't the first time Ancient Art got jumped but the guy I was with, Mario, was the first one to open it. I might have been the third but not sure. It's a pretty technical jump, anything but an onhead opening would be pretty scary... and the landing is pretty tight too.
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Dec 17, 2009 - 06:26pm PT
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I like how the music sampled the Breeders "last splash".
Yikes!
-Brian in SLC
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Ammon
Big Wall climber
Capo Beach
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Dec 18, 2009 - 05:31pm PT
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Oh, the black dot is the sun. Not sure why but the GoPro's always show a black dot when they get pointed towards the sun. Glad you guys like the video, they are a lot of fun to make, haa haa... Cheers!
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Klimmer
Mountain climber
San Diego
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Dec 18, 2009 - 09:54pm PT
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Classic. This is the state of the art.
Climb. Jump. Fly. Repeat.
It's what dreams are made of.
(I'm envious, but I think I will stick to climbing and paragliding)
:-))
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 13, 2010 - 06:01pm PT
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Ammon, does your stomach still lurch every time you step off one of those jumps?
The head mounted cam as one comes to the lip of the jump, is like being there somewhat. One wants to say "dude, don't step over.... THERRRRrrrrrrrre" as ya fly.
g'naw mean?
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TripL7
Trad climber
san diego
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Jan 13, 2010 - 11:26pm PT
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Coooooool stufffffffffff!!
I've always been intrigued by jumping off of cliffs ever since Rick Sylvester skied off the Captain BITD.
Way to go ElCapPirate, I have watched dozens of your vids.
The one where Mario does the roll-over was realy incredible!
And especially enjoyed the one with you and your son(his first el cap route).
And many others.
Keep posting...the only way many of us will be able to enjoy such great adventures anymore...thanks!!
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johnboy
Trad climber
Can't get here from there
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Jan 14, 2010 - 12:35am PT
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Holy crap!!!
I need a new chair, my ass just took a big bite out of this one.
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BASE104
climber
An Oil Field
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Jan 14, 2010 - 12:57am PT
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I went in there with Phil Smith, around 85 or so, to check out the Fischers. We couldn't find any place to land that we thought we could get to. Back then we used the Para Innovators 52 inch drogue...pretty much the only big pilot chute you could get...on any slider down jump. They tugged so hard that your center cell would get pulled back. It was all kind of goofed together gear back then.
We checked out and passed on a lot of places. Even Castleton, because of the same glide ratio issues. Those 52 inch babies slowed you down so much that you landed very hard. Plus, the 7 cells were actually new tech at the time. First time I jumped El Cap, it was on a 5 cell StratoStar. Go google that one up.
Will Oxx finally put the desert spires on the map. We had a place in the four corners that is even better than Moab, but it is no more. I was fortunate enough to open up some big areas and objects, but the best of all got shut down by the greedy.
I wonder if I was lucky to get into BASE when it was young and new or unlucky because I missed out on all of the stuff you can do with it now.
Here is state of the art 1995. Original Vector container with a loose closing loop, slider down with no toggle mods, packed in a deployment bag, and the massive PI Pilot chute:
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Jan 14, 2010 - 02:55am PT
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Way Cool!!!!
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ElCapPirate
Big Wall climber
California
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Jan 23, 2010 - 03:55pm PT
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Yeah, munge the lurch is there but you don't notice it as much when your active... kinda like the bigwalls.
http://vimeo.com/8815897
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