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Chaz
Trad climber
So. Cal.
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 26, 2008 - 09:16pm PT
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I got these today (3-26) using a kite to lift a camera. I would have got a bunch more if the g.d. wind didn't peter out.
And the self-portrait:
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand.... man.....
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Mar 26, 2008 - 09:17pm PT
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Hey! Those are boss!
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Mar 26, 2008 - 09:24pm PT
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I have always wondered: How did those rocks get in the desert?
Cool pix.
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Mar 26, 2008 - 09:25pm PT
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Way cool.
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John Moosie
climber
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Mar 26, 2008 - 09:27pm PT
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Now thats boss
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bachar
Gym climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Mar 26, 2008 - 09:42pm PT
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Damn good idea!
Got a picture of your kite setup?
Cool photos, very cool....
Thanx, jb
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looking sketchy there...
Social climber
Latitute 33
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Mar 26, 2008 - 09:51pm PT
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Those are awesome photos. What a great perspective.
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bachar
Gym climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Mar 26, 2008 - 09:53pm PT
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nav - No - they didn't have links yet.
But I would like to use the photographic kite machine sometime!
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Darren D.
Social climber
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Mar 26, 2008 - 10:24pm PT
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The wind died out in J-Tree?!? Why wasn't I climbing that day?
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Chaz
Trad climber
So. Cal.
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 26, 2008 - 10:28pm PT
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The camera part of my rig looks like this:
I have two kites; a 16'sq parafoil for good (15-25 mph) winds and a 9' delta for light winds.
Today I spent more time dicking around trying to keep both the camera and kite flying than pointing the camera and taking pics. In a good wind I can anchor the kite, forget about it, and focus on the photography part.
Honestly I'm surprised I get any decent shots at all considering the built-in unstability of the whole works.
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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Mar 26, 2008 - 10:33pm PT
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two thumbs up Chaz - way neat.
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SamRoberts
climber
Bay Area
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Mar 26, 2008 - 11:02pm PT
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Holy shit! I thought it would be some kind of Jed Clampett duct tape contraption- that thing's stout! Good job!
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martygarrison
Trad climber
atlanta
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Mar 26, 2008 - 11:05pm PT
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posts like these make this place always on my favorite list. thanks!
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TrundleBum
Trad climber
Las Vegas
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Mar 26, 2008 - 11:07pm PT
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Ingenious, that is so cool!
How much control do you have over camera attitude, shutter release etc...?
And what about a balloon for low/no wind days ?
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susan peplow
climber
www.joshuatreevacationhomes.com
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Mar 26, 2008 - 11:28pm PT
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Those are fun. What a great way to spend a rest day!
Thanks, give us more!
~Sooze
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 26, 2008 - 11:31pm PT
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Clever stuff Chaz!
Thanks for posting up.
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WBraun
climber
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Mar 26, 2008 - 11:32pm PT
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Hey Chaz
That's pretty ingenuitive. I'm impressed.
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Chaz
Trad climber
So. Cal.
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 27, 2008 - 12:00am PT
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Nothing new about taking pictures with kites. People have been doing it since the camera was invented.
This classic shot of San Francisco right after the 1906 earthquake was taken by a guy named Lawrence from a boat in the Bay. Because the cameras in '06 weighed a ton, he had to use 17 kites linked together in sort of a train. Bet he didn't have 500 pics on his memory card either.
I swivel, tilt, and trigger the camera via radio-control, the radios designed for model aircraft.
This guy http://www.brooxes.com/ will sell you the structural parts and give you the know-how. I got the radio system from a model airplane site.
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Mar 27, 2008 - 12:14am PT
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Now that's fun.
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bachar
Gym climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Mar 27, 2008 - 12:16am PT
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Chaz - Great stuff, thanx a ton man. I had no idea how much effort people had already put into this.
How about mini-blimps or something that you can fly around without wind?
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
Arid-zona
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Mar 27, 2008 - 01:15am PT
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Man I'd never have thought of that. Super great idea man!
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John Moosie
climber
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Mar 27, 2008 - 01:43am PT
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This is a cool thread Chaz. I want a mini blimp for taking pictures around the valley.
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Mar 27, 2008 - 03:37am PT
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Really swell Chaz!
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Mar 27, 2008 - 07:24am PT
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Boss-o-nova!
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rlf
Trad climber
Josh, CA
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Mar 27, 2008 - 08:04am PT
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That's cool. Have you ever tried flying that over a nudist colony?
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Mar 27, 2008 - 09:12am PT
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Boss?
No, that's Rad, Sick, The Sh*t, The Shizzle!
Nice work man, we'll be watching for other climbing areas soon.
B
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bwancy1
Trad climber
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Mar 27, 2008 - 01:19pm PT
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Awesome!
Can you see what is in the viewfinder, or do you just guess and take tons of shots hoping one will come out?
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Mar 27, 2008 - 07:12pm PT
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Thank you - a rather cool idea. It reminds me a bit of the pictures from a balloon floating over the summit of Everest, about 15 years ago.
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WBraun
climber
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Mar 27, 2008 - 07:30pm PT
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navblk4
You gonna donate one of those drones to YOSAR for big wall rescue recon?
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Omot
Trad climber
The here and now
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Mar 27, 2008 - 09:06pm PT
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Hey Chaz,
Cool. I've been hoping to get my own KAP setup going this spring, after seeing Scott Haefner's images. They are so awesome. I thought he was the only person doing such stuff, then I found a whole community online once I researched it.
Keep posting those aerial pix. Totally rad.
Tomo
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Curt
Boulder climber
Gilbert, AZ
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Mar 28, 2008 - 01:57am PT
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Cryptic is certainly one of the best climbs of its grade in the Monument. I'm still surprised that SW Corner is considered more of a classic.
Curt
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Chaz
Trad climber
So. Cal.
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 28, 2008 - 02:27pm PT
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Omat,
Check these guys out:
http://steel.ced.berkeley.edu/cris/kap/discuss/
Every question I had was answered here without me even asking. Seems these guys have tried everything at least once.
Being climbers we're ahead of the pack already just by having a working knowledge of knots, anchors, friction, etc.
NavBlk,
That's the kind of thing my pals and I used to dream about when we were kids.
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Jingy
Social climber
Flatland, Ca
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Mar 28, 2008 - 03:25pm PT
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Cool shots.
Thanks for pointing the camera on the actual camera used to photgraph... I weas thinking the pics were from a tiny helicopter or plane or something...
Very cool indeed!
More, more!
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