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rich sims
Social climber
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Any one know who the real climbers were for the Eiger climbing shoot?
I heard one real climber died when they dropped a bunch of fake rocks. Some real rocks were dislodged by the fake ones.
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Stewart Johnson
climber
lake forest
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"tell me mr.bowman, in your opinion, do these men climb to prove their manhood, or is it more a matter of compensating for infieriority feelings?"
a great smile from ben and, "lady, why dont you go get yourself screwed, it might do you some good"
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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That goes right along with "Hey kid,why don't you go f*#k a duck" as classic George Kennedy lines! LOL
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Allen Hill
Social climber
CO.
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Off the top of my head Dougal Haston, Bev Clark, and Chic Scott where among the stunt climbers. The climber who died was Dave Knowles. It was the first day of the shoot. Most of the climbers came out of Leysin and worked for Haston at ISM.
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Allen Hill
Social climber
CO.
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Chic told me that he had been next to Dave minutes before the accident. Had he not moved he would have also been killed. The studio hadn't taken out insurance for the climbers so his widow was left with nothing. They all had insurance the next day.
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apogee
climber
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I love this flick.
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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not just best climbing movie ever, but best movie ever
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Fluoride
Trad climber
West Los Angeles, CA
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It is the best climbing movie ever.
The shot of Clint running up Checkerboard Mesa in Zion pretty much makes my world.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Aug 13, 2011 - 01:28pm PT
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The last of the quality press photos...
Roll the credits...
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Aug 13, 2011 - 01:46pm PT
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Cheapy Stylee...methinks.
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Bad Climber
climber
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Aug 13, 2011 - 02:50pm PT
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Thanks, Steve! Great shots from one of the all time great movies. Cheesy, silly, fun, exciting, gotta watch it again soon. I believe John Cleare worked on that, too. Gaston as well?
BAd
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Allen Hill
Social climber
CO.
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Aug 13, 2011 - 11:07pm PT
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They picked up the helmut at the last minute for the desert scenes. They kept it for the Eiger scenes for continuity. At least that's the way Bev Clarke explained it to me.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Aug 13, 2011 - 11:16pm PT
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I've got a pristine copy of Summit, 6/76, with the totem pole on the cover and an article about the filming of the movie. I'll scan and post it if anyone is interested.
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Allen Hill
Social climber
CO.
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Aug 13, 2011 - 11:28pm PT
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Please do.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Aug 14, 2011 - 12:35am PT
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Sorry, the pages are out of order. Too tired to care, I;ll fix it tomorrow.
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JOEY.F
Gym climber
It's not rocket surgery
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Aug 20, 2011 - 12:32am PT
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Saw this 25(?) yrs ago, giving it another go, 45 minutes into it and waiting for something to happen.
Edit,
Just finished it. The climbing sequences were great. So were the aerial shots. I didn't know there was a death associated with the filming.
With respect.
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TomCochrane
Trad climber
Santa Cruz Mountains and Monterey Bay
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Aug 20, 2011 - 01:29am PT
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i think Hoover lurks here sometimes, so perhaps will shed some light
our movie 'Solo' was the pilot that established the possibility of filming something like this
Hoover told me he was not very happy with the 'Hollywood' choice of a script
i had written another script with him that we were hoping to fund
we were trying to open up public awareness of Yosemite style climbing; not just produce another Hollywood drama with a climbing theme
Universal Studios VP of Production offered me funding for it, but again wanted to incorporate sex and violence dramas
however i bowed out of the enterprise and went to sea
Hoover was the stunt double for a lot of the shooting; and apparently became a close friend of Eastwood during this movie
i have long been convinced that the dead climber would have been me, if i had stayed with the project
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Mick K
climber
Northern Sierra
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Aug 20, 2011 - 02:11am PT
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My buddy mikee and I just climbed that thing last week via the Mittilleggi ridge last week and I must say it is one very bad ass peak!
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o-man
Social climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Aug 20, 2011 - 04:01am PT
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QuoOlaf,
that is the N face of the Landing.
Are you sure you are not confusing slides with the George Willig Wide World of Shorts attempt? te Here Ron, I am sure that is a photo of Mike Hoover.
He was Clint Eastwood's stunt double for the desert scenes in the "Eiger Sanction" His crew did a lot of the filming for that production.
BTW: Yes,that photo That I took of Hoover was on an entirely different project.
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