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ruppell

climber
Feb 20, 2013 - 07:57pm PT
I reckon it was a hidden cam triggered by movement or a remote anyway.

No way. The camera moves during the course of the video. It was handheld for sure.
prickle

Gym climber
globe,az
Feb 20, 2013 - 08:01pm PT
who cares about chipping? unless you never pounded a pin or drilled/clipped a bolt you really have no room to talk.
monolith

climber
SF bay area
Feb 20, 2013 - 08:02pm PT
The vid was made after many attempts to stop the chipping. It's lame to blame the filmer. The public exposure is the next step.
mechrist

Gym climber
South of Heaven
Feb 20, 2013 - 08:03pm PT
unless you never pounded a pin or drilled/clipped a bolt you really have no room to talk.

More bullsh#t.
prickle

Gym climber
globe,az
Feb 20, 2013 - 08:05pm PT
ever drill a bolt?^
DanaB

climber
CT
Feb 20, 2013 - 08:06pm PT
who cares about chipping? unless you never pounded a pin or drilled/clipped a bolt you really have no room to talk.

If two things are similar, they are the same.
Rhodo-Router

Gym climber
sawatch choss
Feb 20, 2013 - 08:07pm PT
It sounds like they'd been looking to find out who the local chipper was for a long time, and wanted to nail him on video.

I wouldn't go confronting a big strong guy in the woods with a hammer in his hand. I think their tactic will ultimately be successful in showering opprobrium on the chipper, even if that boulder had to take a few extra hits.

Can't wait to hear the Duane Raleigh take: is this the right guy doing it the right way, or just an artless poser?
mechrist

Gym climber
South of Heaven
Feb 20, 2013 - 08:08pm PT
Yep, I've drilled bolts.

It is WAY different than pulling out a set of chisels and a 5lb sledge to MAKE holds because you can't climb what is there.
mojede

Trad climber
Butte, America
Feb 20, 2013 - 08:11pm PT
You whip out a hammer, you become a "manufacturer" of holds--pretty simple, really.

Artificial climbing is just that...
prickle

Gym climber
globe,az
Feb 20, 2013 - 08:16pm PT
kinda like bolts, you couldn't climb it without them.
rgold

Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
Feb 20, 2013 - 08:32pm PT
The link provided shows the video. There is an article that accompanies it; http://www.dpmclimbing.com/articles/view/just-cleaning.

I can't tell whether it is Ivan or not. He normally wears glasses and it would seem a bit strange to take them off while banging on chisels.

Ivan is a really good boulderer and led the charge that brought the Gunks out of the bouldering doldrums it had languished in for a decade or more. It would be really sad if, after opening so many eyes to the possibilities all around, he would turn to manufacturing routes as he aged, and I for one hope it isn't true.
Fish Finder

Social climber
THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART
Feb 20, 2013 - 08:37pm PT


What if the camera man was a women?

ruppell

climber
Feb 20, 2013 - 08:40pm PT
What if the camera man was a women?

Then it would be camerawoman. Jeez was that so hard. lol
WBraun

climber
Feb 20, 2013 - 08:43pm PT
He normally wears glasses and it would seem a bit strange to take them off while banging on chisels.

Not if you're worried about rock chips flying into your expensive glasses.

prickle

Gym climber
globe,az
Feb 20, 2013 - 08:44pm PT
easiest thing would be to just go erase the problem with a chisel...

its already chipped anyway
TrundleBum

Trad climber
Las Vegas
Feb 20, 2013 - 08:47pm PT

Arrrgh. here we go again !

Every body is a saint with no ego ?

I *like what Bullwinkle, Dingus and Werner had to say upthread.

What I have to say, I already
said on FaceBook when I first read the news/saw the vid.

MisterE

Social climber
Feb 20, 2013 - 08:50pm PT
Werner has a good point. The hat IS the same. It does look like Ivan. Fishfinder is right: what if it WAS a woman filming? Or even someone who didn't want to get beat up and have their camera smashed or taken by an angry scofflaw?

I just went to his FB and pulled this off of it:


I am seriously thinking it is Ivan, but draw your own conclusions.

That is messed up, IMO - but justify it however you wish.
healyje

Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
Feb 20, 2013 - 08:57pm PT
People who think there is any comparative justification or rationale of any kind for this behavior are completely lost.
OR

Trad climber
Feb 20, 2013 - 08:59pm PT
Does anybody really think its not Ivan? And no the filmer is not as guilty as the chipper.
mechrist

Gym climber
South of Heaven
Feb 20, 2013 - 08:59pm PT
Every body is a saint with no ego ?

When was that ever even the issue? The dude smashed the fuk out of a boulder problem... and probably more. It has nothing to do with anybody else being a saint or having an ego.
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