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Jaybro

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Wolf City, Wyoming
Jan 1, 2019 - 11:37am PT
March?! Jeez! I’m waiting as fast as I can....
Rattlesnake Arch

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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 2, 2019 - 03:27am PT
March?! Jeez! I’m waiting as fast as I can....

Hope this tides you over...

[Click to View YouTube Video]
Rattlesnake Arch

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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 5, 2019 - 03:43am PT
The upcoming IMAX release of Free Solo starting Friday has been advertised for a couple weeks, but the IMAX website does not have up to date information. However, in some cases local theatres are selling advance tickets. eg Sacramento

https://www.sacbee.com/entertainment/movies-news-reviews/article223925940.html

Only select theatres will be showing it, for one week only. So you should check the web sites for your closest IMAX theaters or give them a call.
Rattlesnake Arch

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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 5, 2019 - 04:06am PT
A few days left to vote! So far 1000s of votes have been cast & 3 films are within 100 votes of one another!


https://cinemaeyehonors.com/audience-choice-voting/
i-b-goB

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Nutty
Jan 5, 2019 - 06:39am PT
Boulder Problem, "that's that"!
Roger Breedlove

climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Jan 5, 2019 - 08:16am PT
This link shows a leader leaping to the handhold and making it (3 minutes in) as well as a climber following the pitch with a karate kick to the opposing corner.

https://youtu.be/FymkiD1Me7g
Rattlesnake Arch

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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 5, 2019 - 09:11am PT
Good post, Roger...Thanks.
PhilG

Trad climber
The Circuit, Tonasket WA
Jan 5, 2019 - 09:23am PT
I don't think I will be brave enough to watch this movie.
i'm gumby dammit

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da ow
Jan 6, 2019 - 08:27pm PT
This link shows a leader leaping to the handhold and making it (3 minutes in) as well as a climber following the pitch with a karate kick to the opposing corner.

https://youtu.be/FymkiD1Me7g
It's fun to watch people having fun.
Rattlesnake Arch

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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 7, 2019 - 02:40am PT
Another review, this one from the UK:

[Click to View YouTube Video]
Ed Hartouni

Trad climber
Livermore, CA
Jan 7, 2019 - 08:05am PT
any SF Bay Area venues for the IMAXed version?
Rattlesnake Arch

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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 7, 2019 - 01:21pm PT
We're not ignoring you Ed, just that nobody knows what IMAX is up to yet...
Rattlesnake Arch

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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 7, 2019 - 01:23pm PT
Interesting article, esp for cinematography buffs...

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/could-documentary-feature-free-solo-break-oscars-category-barriers-1172594


"Those shooting on the wall had stripped-down Canon C300 MIIs, and we also had a number of fixed Canon 1DX MII cameras set up for remote trigger shooting in some of the most precarious spots where we wanted to give Alex the most space. We used a traditional jib arm where we could but also built a stripped-down wall-climbing jib arm we could use up on El Cap. For the aerial shots, we had a helicopter 3,000 feet above the valley rim, with a mounted ShotOver gyrostabilized system and a Canon Cine-Servo 50-1000mm lens. We also had a Canon Cine-Servo 50-1000mm lens shooting from a distance on the ground."
johntp

Trad climber
Little Rock and Loving It
Jan 7, 2019 - 05:27pm PT
It's going to IMAX. Lotsa commercials promoting it on the National Geographic channel.

Or is this old news?
Hardman Knott

Gym climber
Mill Valley, Ca
Jan 7, 2019 - 08:16pm PT
any SF Bay Area venues for the IMAXed version?

Yes.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/films/free-solo/screenings/

Click California in the drop down menu to see locations.
Rattlesnake Arch

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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 8, 2019 - 02:34am PT
Click California in the drop down menu to see locations.

Hardman, if you do this you get the Landmark Opera Plaza Theatre on Van Ness. I don't think its an IMAX. Sacramento is the closest IMAX venue selling tickets (so far)...
Hardman Knott

Gym climber
Mill Valley, Ca
Jan 8, 2019 - 08:19am PT
That link was gotten to by clicking through this; it clearly mentions Imax.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/films/free-solo/

Here's what it shows for Ca:


It would be very misleading if these are knott Imax screenings!

Edit: It does say "starting Jan 11th". If in doubt one can always call the theater to make sure.
i-b-goB

Social climber
Nutty
Jan 8, 2019 - 09:13am PT

Thanks Hardman!

[Click to View YouTube Video]

You control where to look 360 view, cool!
ron gomez

Trad climber
Jan 8, 2019 - 09:20am PT
La paloma in encinitas is a standard old school venue....but a cool place
Peace
High Fructose Corn Spirit

Gym climber
Jan 8, 2019 - 12:16pm PT
This was pretty good...

[Click to View YouTube Video]

https://youtu.be/qvsBz7hbIj8

Starts about 5 min in. What's kind of fun is considering the contrasting povs of Armstrong and Honnold.

"The garland feels about half-way to having kids to me - it's pretty committing."

re: the silverfish

"Silverfish are agile runners and can outrun most of their predators (including wandering spiders and centipedes). However, such running is possible only on horizontal surfaces, as they lack any additional appendages, and therefore are not fast enough to climb walls at the same speed."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverfish
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