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onyourleft
climber
Smog Angeles
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 7, 2010 - 09:20pm PT
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Yvon appears in a nicely-photographed commercial for sustainable practices.
Historical shots of Great Pacific Iron Works.
He refers to piton damage and the evolution of chocks.
Also dam-removal for fish habitat
Sponsored by American Express
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onarunning
Trad climber
Duluth, MN
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Yeah I saw that one. I was looking down at my computer, and was pretty surprised to ask myself if I just heard the word piton during the Oscars. Pretty cool commercial.
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L
climber
Hangin' by a thread and lookin' for my wings
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Tell me when it's on U-Tube...that's my anti-television television. ;-)
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Inner City
Trad climber
East Bay
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This is one of the defining 'no TV' nights...Maybe my Avatar watches TV?
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L
climber
Hangin' by a thread and lookin' for my wings
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Thanks Tattooed 1!
"To do good...you actually have to do something." - YC
One of the best lines I've ever heard.
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
CA
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I deleted my post, then edited out my edit....
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Pretty cool.
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Chris Jones
Social climber
Glen Ellen, CA
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Certainly one of my heroes! For the record, both versions have footage featuring Yvon from Lito Tejada-Flores film of the 1968 first ascent of the "California Route" on FitzRoy; the first link has more footage than the second. (You can tell this footage as the guys are young and in an alpine environment). In the snow-climbing scene Doug Tompkins follows Yvon up the slope. Tompkins is another of my heroes ...
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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That was a terrible Oscars telecast overall! But Yvon's commercial was unexpected and well done.
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MTucker
Ice climber
Arizona
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Looks Good
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scuffy b
climber
Where only the cracks are dry
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Welcome, Chris.
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WBraun
climber
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Doug Tompkins the original creator of the "The North Face" company.
Doug's message: Technological civilization is destroying nature and human life.
Doug's solution: Dismantle technological civilization. Simple as that.
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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"//Doug's message: Technological civilization is destroying nature and human life.
Doug's solution: Dismantle technological civilization. Simple as that//."
Well it's a damn good thing that I know how to knap a Clovis Point out of chert. Unless stone spear heads ALSO count as technology, then I guess I'll be down to throwing rocks at bunny rabbits.
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TripL7
Trad climber
san diego
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Ricky D- "then I guess I'll be down to throwing rocks at bunny rabbits."
It worked for David taking down Goliath!
Maybe we should take pause, and reflect on the past, and look how it has/will effect the future!
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Prezwoodz
climber
Anchorage
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Normally I would say "sellout!" ...but that was surprising well done and I felt it was really meaningful. Excellent!
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Doug's message: Technological civilization is destroying nature and human life.
Doug's solution: Dismantle technological civilization. Simple as that.
Gimme a f*#king break. Technology also lets us discover wonders of the universe, and understand it better. I suppose that Werner would say that we shouldn't try to do that....
Humans are industrious and curious, as well as stupid and lazy, but don't confuse the two. Some strive to help/study/persevere, and others sit around and do bong-hits/ask for their handout.
I'll choose the industrious human. And just because it has 'industry' embedded in it's definition doesn't mean that humans aren't capable of being shepherds of the Earth.
Sometimes these ad hominem attacks on machines and technology are tiresome and unfounded.
and don't get wrong, bong-hits rock sometimes, but ya gotta keep a grip on reality.
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Almost looks like some rock above Malibu (Santa Monicas) in that footage?
And, yeah...
Welcome Chris!
From that ol' fun hog movie, sounds like they almost missed you. Really, how close was that to you not being a part of that gig?
Wild stuff...
-Brian in SLC
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Here's a link to Yvon giving a speech "The Reluctant Businessman," put it on in the background, pretty interesting.
He is a great inspiration to a better world!
And welcome Chris Jones! What an honor.
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