tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20330864996923577552024-03-26T22:41:08.434-07:00WildfilmVisual VenturesWildfilmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538127785871807318noreply@blogger.comBlogger390125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033086499692357755.post-3657580344640910492024-03-18T12:10:00.000-07:002024-03-18T13:44:10.885-07:00What Not: A Favorite Climbing Photo; Divers; Iron Men<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><i>I asked three bricklayers what they were doing </i></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><i>The first said laying some bricks</i></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><i>The second said making some money</i></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><i>The third said helping to erect a great building</i></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><i> - Unknown</i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><b>---------------</b></i></p><p style="text-align: left;">Go big or stick to the day job...</p><p style="text-align: left;">A few years back we were contacted by an individual asking if we had any "favorite" climbing images we'd like to contribute to a publication of some sort that they were workin' on. Never specified that they had to be one of ours.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><i>"Sure!"</i></p><p style="text-align: left;">Sent 'em this, un-captioned and unexplained - </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY-rUtaiBT0301xDu5RWI-xJd7FQk5gfvqb09Qv64m_6YBGVSym9h9O5CvF5cxczlZfo7qZM327V5MYWLYza4OjWT03N2WPinTslCxLxItHJYxVsYMbJCgc0vJ-UI0wCl3nNLY7gKeSHDcrWi-kQdc6eTtaY-Z4FGSnSWbbQeXJcahyphenhyphen7dyBpDtdPtzSOA/s1947/Royal%20Robbins%20.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="1947" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY-rUtaiBT0301xDu5RWI-xJd7FQk5gfvqb09Qv64m_6YBGVSym9h9O5CvF5cxczlZfo7qZM327V5MYWLYza4OjWT03N2WPinTslCxLxItHJYxVsYMbJCgc0vJ-UI0wCl3nNLY7gKeSHDcrWi-kQdc6eTtaY-Z4FGSnSWbbQeXJcahyphenhyphen7dyBpDtdPtzSOA/s320/Royal%20Robbins%20.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Imag</i>e©️<i>Royal Robbins - Spirit of the Age, 1998, Pat Ament/Author, Stackpole Books/Publisher</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Imagine the forgone life this guy (left) would have had, had he succumbed to this shitty clerk job at the local bank</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Subsequently, never received a response regarding our submittal</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>---------------</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While rummaging thru the archives we came across an old disc of a few assorted images from the day job:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF8DoAcKijNNlbABITY21NK-KV6K2KibnqtcdEfR1LHomPe6miNGisWZNhscu0vPzweNh-LPp6puc2svJA7mcAmBRXq2t7e62o-igkwo9dE4QvF25TjjE6YgXNr9rTIoWz5-GIKg8wWoS8bRQbzMrM4lb_t-WAfWLWVij6lAnSFPxnqK_q-VcTY1nWPpM/s1024/thumb_P8240062_1024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF8DoAcKijNNlbABITY21NK-KV6K2KibnqtcdEfR1LHomPe6miNGisWZNhscu0vPzweNh-LPp6puc2svJA7mcAmBRXq2t7e62o-igkwo9dE4QvF25TjjE6YgXNr9rTIoWz5-GIKg8wWoS8bRQbzMrM4lb_t-WAfWLWVij6lAnSFPxnqK_q-VcTY1nWPpM/s320/thumb_P8240062_1024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On a mission</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWODsaw1MrVeUC4Wr3qwnNkJnGfR_CwiDctvsuCtlUvrawHzDX0x1pEthiv4_X2JtEjh3MA13nfYbPeYkP66rB5H-tIVvQeQRhAySThGo-2bevCmtXlW3SinvoBDu8yqBcgu6HrfTnBbetsRgTMqRiHZ_x2mWsPMIeZSavpTWJWvpRFi7vDHZr_K8fPK4/s1024/thumb_P8270165_1024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWODsaw1MrVeUC4Wr3qwnNkJnGfR_CwiDctvsuCtlUvrawHzDX0x1pEthiv4_X2JtEjh3MA13nfYbPeYkP66rB5H-tIVvQeQRhAySThGo-2bevCmtXlW3SinvoBDu8yqBcgu6HrfTnBbetsRgTMqRiHZ_x2mWsPMIeZSavpTWJWvpRFi7vDHZr_K8fPK4/s320/thumb_P8270165_1024.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Spec-Op" lock & dam project - operation classified</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAHrYFzDuiYPdILkDEIi_5LXdr0WzxamrMWAe0MmI8LHOFbDKVSfL8WuDC6oLGNAXhLL7Mzx9B8JbafgEF_1ox-YWf97bL6ODUzCd0pOANWnqtmnzgpPxrGs27lVAAyNBEzLJka_0nSDPc27CGpbmmGkSw8a7y9HSpV046O4iHYv19mMjeyZdtw5guNso/s1024/thumb_P8270157_1024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAHrYFzDuiYPdILkDEIi_5LXdr0WzxamrMWAe0MmI8LHOFbDKVSfL8WuDC6oLGNAXhLL7Mzx9B8JbafgEF_1ox-YWf97bL6ODUzCd0pOANWnqtmnzgpPxrGs27lVAAyNBEzLJka_0nSDPc27CGpbmmGkSw8a7y9HSpV046O4iHYv19mMjeyZdtw5guNso/s320/thumb_P8270157_1024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the boys hard at work</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>---</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-g6KtDRxT8PbRGObeDRJLFaHppLS9M8lISb68Jw1KkyXH1YiVJ65YxOd64Cn595Ee8u0LCS1epBlLQdICgBuEII6sEORuFLZ62dTaMq_thhdRxhYLKzHOz2Z5ANgoCu1DRFy2YMLIrD_uk_Pyu7vnj2WToNM4-n5Z8cMPYF_Rd0QEums2NsqWoUTf3g/s1024/thumb_P8240012_1024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-g6KtDRxT8PbRGObeDRJLFaHppLS9M8lISb68Jw1KkyXH1YiVJ65YxOd64Cn595Ee8u0LCS1epBlLQdICgBuEII6sEORuFLZ62dTaMq_thhdRxhYLKzHOz2Z5ANgoCu1DRFy2YMLIrD_uk_Pyu7vnj2WToNM4-n5Z8cMPYF_Rd0QEums2NsqWoUTf3g/s320/thumb_P8240012_1024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bridge inspection</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>---</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIYi26k3vTbGIsmGH2SbG-BGlgUV03eKrjfP0ERln310CuuH5omLraNRNywmnLqOxmal8AVTP9xzlYtVTs5iLD4iGayO4hbJwrqOXOGSMYgAi208xpZKmRot32xCBiprqMg88Z_KivJ24AFfeKHYItO9DQesHb75wxBCTSpIS_LDBD_D2rlKpsfMzPivE/s864/thumb_IMG_1101_1024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Preppin' a sectional mini-barge, then out on the lake</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>---</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Always interesting work when the divers are involved...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnPZOzoDKRWKuhDCyKk3xaqbbJViRNO7llDe-ZK8kZ_srGr1hlWWQWOtqtSY62VHrWFL6QYu5f07L4g8TQFrbU1G3jqlFMJRgwH5AN99HhZsiFK1by8iEOna9qVgSRhyphenhyphenXTfZLaAE5HY2qjjPIFI9R54aU9Fr2BZzAq1jepKI83SUD58rRWQc7qtvGzcLg/s2048/P1010027.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnPZOzoDKRWKuhDCyKk3xaqbbJViRNO7llDe-ZK8kZ_srGr1hlWWQWOtqtSY62VHrWFL6QYu5f07L4g8TQFrbU1G3jqlFMJRgwH5AN99HhZsiFK1by8iEOna9qVgSRhyphenhyphenXTfZLaAE5HY2qjjPIFI9R54aU9Fr2BZzAq1jepKI83SUD58rRWQc7qtvGzcLg/s320/P1010027.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaYPDUclP4sYpnXp0AYeolnP_R-tclH_brPvy_1KDX-fDtxYyB3ddhivyaoRuUgOT3qITXb9Ftg3WSF9uMqQETRyLBoxvssjmPpEUO0VElKLh5RCZAhyphenhyphenyDGjqPk9PdNG-JIisr3ei7i5crH9vyRWTM6O0h5W4s21yA8lITZR2A5LXT7UAlnppMVtjPHdU/s320/P1010013.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Divers puttin' in steady four hour split-shifts, zero visibility, vacuum-dredging a silted up gatehouse at a lake dam for later inspection</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After nearly an hour and a half negotiating the final five miles of inbound city gridlock, breaking dawn finds us arriving at the next job situated along Pittsburgh's north shore riverbank. We're scheduled to meet (recently departed) Bob Brown, owner of Three Rivers Diving. Zero hour 7am. Bob's small barge is moored shoreline. We're lookin' about. No Bob. Must have run out to get himself a coffee. We settle back and watch the bumper to bumper rush hour congestion creeping snail pace along the West End Bridge, maybe a hundred feet over-spanning the Ohio River. It's mid-summer and shaping up weather-wise to be a good day out on the water. Great way to get paid. An early morning misty fog is limiting visibility downriver from our vantage point to just past the bridge span. Maybe a quarter mile. Ten minutes out and the rush hour resound is penetrated by the distant droning of a four-stroke Evinrude outboard. A 20ft aluminum workskiff penetrates the mist and a smilin' Bob motors upriver and docks... "<i>I brought the barge up last night!"</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">F*k that - no traffic jams for Bob.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>---</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGnJVWWVrlShNRZfyEYTqobAHbBuMSzVuRCKpBw8oNtc0R4lHq3j67stwWnG2fuVVQxJmbmaooZZSR0ULM8daKo8flVvVeDFzJJAYlUmjvmbOu1Pe2jP6gid7socJWBYPN6xecSn-NBBQfUhd6GQcocBbm3LfmMmK2osFc00tSSLsTFv75dMWS690n8hM/s1024/thumb_100_0802_1024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGnJVWWVrlShNRZfyEYTqobAHbBuMSzVuRCKpBw8oNtc0R4lHq3j67stwWnG2fuVVQxJmbmaooZZSR0ULM8daKo8flVvVeDFzJJAYlUmjvmbOu1Pe2jP6gid7socJWBYPN6xecSn-NBBQfUhd6GQcocBbm3LfmMmK2osFc00tSSLsTFv75dMWS690n8hM/s320/thumb_100_0802_1024.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ_tFojbc0fAsUWhk8XbpCFxSBF3VUW6DCCe1wBKYHSGJ3CmlTzdoscpwvKqEI-1Di98earvKssIOC3kyBe8NWTJtG7ZQJN6im-yiLJ45OZy-reL2P2V0_2f-zC1V0zbj40jHOYiFeurc0iHzT6MiBmHlmRcDl_KdqLw-1mlqOHC7t79kbr883PB_aR3o/s1024/thumb_100_0796_1024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ_tFojbc0fAsUWhk8XbpCFxSBF3VUW6DCCe1wBKYHSGJ3CmlTzdoscpwvKqEI-1Di98earvKssIOC3kyBe8NWTJtG7ZQJN6im-yiLJ45OZy-reL2P2V0_2f-zC1V0zbj40jHOYiFeurc0iHzT6MiBmHlmRcDl_KdqLw-1mlqOHC7t79kbr883PB_aR3o/s320/thumb_100_0796_1024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Commute isn't always settin' in traffic</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>---</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjRAIOmED6IA0_pl7FsFDr39u9qQatPbMUPLSyIgRZPmx4jfWg4eezToFi2nytobIvL_y4Oca_joT0C-EdqQ1oQNo4d4caJKb5Gu9fMhFV2Sj1H_QCd9CaOANhimLTy3Fry2smIAx8ios9LzUVS5TlDFKV0ak2BtgzWzxc015zlnhY6tTPb5P-qA1Jtz4/s2592/30March11%20018.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2592" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjRAIOmED6IA0_pl7FsFDr39u9qQatPbMUPLSyIgRZPmx4jfWg4eezToFi2nytobIvL_y4Oca_joT0C-EdqQ1oQNo4d4caJKb5Gu9fMhFV2Sj1H_QCd9CaOANhimLTy3Fry2smIAx8ios9LzUVS5TlDFKV0ak2BtgzWzxc015zlnhY6tTPb5P-qA1Jtz4/s320/30March11%20018.jpg" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8T2BcP51C5d3dcdx_c59eSO5Z5aWoKC5zzfcDeZZGblHnP_wndoDQuf7DhHsquNhzNt15EXPEsOMoXl4OPGBuLHA9TsaK15mIS6_8H6nK8_XYkz0wkpxuhqM6bEgTeK1mpe8yqnzb4ti2c7TcVlWBVNz-UGsYxEO0LTZmgr39zmDLD_Yg4IZhKR-KQPc/s2592/30March11%20030.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2592" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8T2BcP51C5d3dcdx_c59eSO5Z5aWoKC5zzfcDeZZGblHnP_wndoDQuf7DhHsquNhzNt15EXPEsOMoXl4OPGBuLHA9TsaK15mIS6_8H6nK8_XYkz0wkpxuhqM6bEgTeK1mpe8yqnzb4ti2c7TcVlWBVNz-UGsYxEO0LTZmgr39zmDLD_Yg4IZhKR-KQPc/s320/30March11%20030.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A simple rig we came up with for assisting with structural inspection and testing at Pittsburgh's (then named) Heinz Field.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>---</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We're gonna' have to locate a disk that we know we have of a few steel erection projects...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Prince Georges, County, Md. Early AM. The ironworkers are gearin' up for another day of settin' structural steel for framing a new "modern-style" church building. Erection is complete up to roof level. One of the two guys settin' high steel for the day is workin' his way nonchalantly up the flange of a 1:1 pitch hip rafter framing the church "steeple". Probably 60ft off the ground floor. He's got a 50ft coil of air hose slung over the right shoulder counter-weighting the 20lb air impact wrench he's carryin' left hand.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Same crew, another project. We're ground level checkin' the plumb tolerance of a few steel columns. Hear someone calling out to get our attention. Look left, right, then all around. Where is he? Look up. Two floors above our caller is perched mid-span along the three-inch flange of an open-web steel floor joist. Until "buttoned up", a bit deflecting framing member to say the least. Hunched waist over, hands on knees. Comfortable as if standin' on a four foot sidewalk. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For all the "mountain climbing" that we did, will have to admit that we never really got comfortable the (infrequent) times we had to follow those ironworkers around above the floor decking. Is quite a difference being anchored to a rope on a cliff face and having only to focus on ascent as opposed to balancing (then) untethered along narrow beams while prioritized with concentrating on the job at hand. Hard men those guys. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>---</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Drivin' into the shop and notice that the guys have cordoned a small, maybe 12' x 12', section of the equipment yard off with four corner spaced traffic cones and caution tape. Not a convenient spot, either, for negotiating 25ft trailers, mobile drills and heavy equipment access to the shop bay door. What the f*k did they do now, kill somebody?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>"Hey - what's up with the traffic cones!?"</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>"A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killdeer"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Killdeer</span></a> laid four eggs right there in the gravel!!"</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As Killdeers do - those guys aren't so tough and menacing as they let on.</div></div></div>Wildfilmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538127785871807318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033086499692357755.post-60067024103314442782024-02-02T11:30:00.000-08:002024-02-05T01:20:20.543-08:00Western Pennsylvania Ice IV (Cinema Part 14)<p>Final chapter in our early '00's "ice fest" quadrilogy. On the whole a collection of film shorts that were later "dissected" from the lot, some re-worked, for individual uploading to the former website. Most we've previously posted herein in one form or another - Tim and Laura on <i>'Internet Connection'</i> - Tim and Doyle on <i>'The Sick-le'</i> - Griz and Brint's brilliant master class in "ice craft" with their on sight FA of <i>'The Beast', </i>interspersed with selected clips of assorted "constituents of the order" of the time:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oLsVjzL5C4w" width="320" youtube-src-id="oLsVjzL5C4w"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>'Western Pennsylvania Ice IV' - 2007</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Running Time - 38min (Approx.)</span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Seeing the big picture. Was always drawn to the "time capsule" aspect of photography. Don't exactly recall where we read this quote. A comment from a "first contact" primitive Amazonian tribesman (or something like that) after viewing his polaroid image for the first time... "<i>I shall never die"</i></div>Wildfilmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538127785871807318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033086499692357755.post-34924289348715839352024-01-28T10:18:00.000-08:002024-01-29T01:28:29.407-08:00Brief Flings<p> Took a one day advantage of the short three day winter last weekend:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj27tuUrHJR2Cg90uVhpdlzVHOUqIz-uSONa6u1CdqklKO2TFmuYP-iskr_cM-VrTN2A34fa9OCkGQ9Sb50dXh55iNyscMGxk89FNLMK-_U-xRrjhblPiRtL0akZqIIpKy31nuISNVEXkRh8DZFdGd7KiSwvOWtfFkzNQ7p6jvvvHJlbwPU9Jd-i2n5UDg/s4608/P1200015.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj27tuUrHJR2Cg90uVhpdlzVHOUqIz-uSONa6u1CdqklKO2TFmuYP-iskr_cM-VrTN2A34fa9OCkGQ9Sb50dXh55iNyscMGxk89FNLMK-_U-xRrjhblPiRtL0akZqIIpKy31nuISNVEXkRh8DZFdGd7KiSwvOWtfFkzNQ7p6jvvvHJlbwPU9Jd-i2n5UDg/s320/P1200015.jpeg" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJObyUzouiHXDR2flN6cJ_750-KBMxbWpJw1al_P878DV7XMQZ4dQXeJAyjqKGN8rBpE7MObEaSU2YDlIoTBSZsn8Z4UmFXlK39EXYtAZ_ytvIq1HCwrKFxKEVpb6BCAkeAgZ2rgB1ddBSfp-qE1U7NJ9v_saGH29he-VBfcQfBviCT4XJ10QrtbwMEkU/s4608/P1200034.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJObyUzouiHXDR2flN6cJ_750-KBMxbWpJw1al_P878DV7XMQZ4dQXeJAyjqKGN8rBpE7MObEaSU2YDlIoTBSZsn8Z4UmFXlK39EXYtAZ_ytvIq1HCwrKFxKEVpb6BCAkeAgZ2rgB1ddBSfp-qE1U7NJ9v_saGH29he-VBfcQfBviCT4XJ10QrtbwMEkU/s320/P1200034.jpeg" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUDAkwCsbmOhMK0OQNYJcw-bTJ1NBSP3YDqz7Rg08YzjkQy4Xx0-QKJVQj5WeIlTdQc-FeA9n8KVyiYamA1Whibs_eTVW55kutIHLkf_AeQnYGeIcg6NW3E8xPz_4sm40gt7mlDu0LqV6VXEhyrgoR0x1bPhrkw9u4t-slc59MlG0xATEdf67tcZnrsjc/s4608/P1200035.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2164" data-original-width="4608" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUDAkwCsbmOhMK0OQNYJcw-bTJ1NBSP3YDqz7Rg08YzjkQy4Xx0-QKJVQj5WeIlTdQc-FeA9n8KVyiYamA1Whibs_eTVW55kutIHLkf_AeQnYGeIcg6NW3E8xPz_4sm40gt7mlDu0LqV6VXEhyrgoR0x1bPhrkw9u4t-slc59MlG0xATEdf67tcZnrsjc/s320/P1200035.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">All gone by mid-week. Was enough precip and thaw to get creeks a bit up and runnin'. Always like the contrast between the white froth of the creeks and the various shades of brown throughout the woods:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF1bvGW7ZEtLX1ByfzyWJhl9o2YorhT9JrB7fhvR_PP_taEI27fmtlQes5OG3JkMTAjqd4TLmkPe5hyKb4BzRYx9WaNBhsNZQhw4QxI6EDIL8k9qc7PtUv51c7uj7orfKMPL8Wc3xeO1cH1BGk6Q87zCAbhfOjVz0AH5T2v8F2gWjbbVoXyz32th2MU84/s4608/P1260010.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2364" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF1bvGW7ZEtLX1ByfzyWJhl9o2YorhT9JrB7fhvR_PP_taEI27fmtlQes5OG3JkMTAjqd4TLmkPe5hyKb4BzRYx9WaNBhsNZQhw4QxI6EDIL8k9qc7PtUv51c7uj7orfKMPL8Wc3xeO1cH1BGk6Q87zCAbhfOjVz0AH5T2v8F2gWjbbVoXyz32th2MU84/s320/P1260010.jpeg" width="164" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe3vBGKyu_VsuHrMyN2vB1CUH1sOK4jqLpvThk0G0D5nJxlnEj3aK6zQNwBI_9LzJDAF9AQbHrCatXIxmrYLCoa9j_EbC8yRufrq-FIOCYQUvEAI6A1rPAOP3AH_Oa9HDNJ1IzqF5k7ci0gvs8dATMkQVUsv9VC0bmCIaHLHkzFBwdZ1YX0oYiQim1jZw/s4608/P1260008.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe3vBGKyu_VsuHrMyN2vB1CUH1sOK4jqLpvThk0G0D5nJxlnEj3aK6zQNwBI_9LzJDAF9AQbHrCatXIxmrYLCoa9j_EbC8yRufrq-FIOCYQUvEAI6A1rPAOP3AH_Oa9HDNJ1IzqF5k7ci0gvs8dATMkQVUsv9VC0bmCIaHLHkzFBwdZ1YX0oYiQim1jZw/s320/P1260008.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The (seldom mentioned) short run along the final one mile of this Yough feeder stream ain't bad at higher level, just to experience two small drops as it winds through a local park. Is a bit of a narrow flume ride after that. Bit of an amusement ride through two tunnels - the second of which is a several hundred foot stretch of box culvert (under the railroad) before it dumps ya' into the Yough. Was worth a (long ago) one-time experience. The box culvert definitely warrants a pre-inspection, though. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Disclaimer: Mentioned here for historical purposes only. Could be considered a not very bright thing ta' do. And the box culvert is posted railroad property. </div></div></div>Wildfilmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538127785871807318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033086499692357755.post-24167679132829126782024-01-07T10:45:00.000-08:002024-01-08T07:41:13.336-08:00Western Pennsylvania Ice III (Cinema Part 13)<p style="text-align: center;"> <i>"Have a groovy Sunday!"</i><br /> - Doyle Tarwater</p><p style="text-align: center;">Sure did! A return to the "Ultima Thule" of SWPA climbing. As we recall, the 2005-2006 ice season was pretty lean to non-existent. Think that all of the climbing and photography was done during the month of February. May be wrong, but ain't goin' back and checkin'. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Highlights the first productive visit to the cliff - Tim Anderson's FFA of <i>'Final Obligation', </i>partnered with Tom Kopler and Doyle Tarwater. Tim forced to bail on what would have been the FFA of <i>'The Beast' </i>because of sketchy conditions. FA on TR of <i>'Son of Beast'. </i>FA on TR of mixed <i>'Monsta'</i> - one heck of a photographic line. Also remember that the 300ft of Bluewater static line got froze in on that route and couldn't be retrieved until springtime. Dorky dialog as usual - but we could never find a narrator who would work for the cheap rate of a six-pack of PBR's and two hot dogs that we were payin':</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/15hactGYrwE" width="320" youtube-src-id="15hactGYrwE"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Western Pennsylvania Ice III (2006)</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Running Time: 15min (Approx.)</span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They didn't come more motivated to climb big, steep ice than Tim.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Disclaimer: We aren't condoning anyone venturing into that place. As we understand it has long been posted 'No Trespassing'. Wasn't back during our visits. Encountered a security guard for the lower quarry back in the day who had no problem with us being there. Posting this video for historical purposes only.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This post dedicated to Doyle. If we already did, then now he's got two.</div><p></p>Wildfilmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538127785871807318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033086499692357755.post-20645133887079225502024-01-02T10:53:00.000-08:002024-01-04T08:46:52.681-08:00Sons of Hercules<p>Breaking news, as they say - we were just informed that Strongman Matt and Good-man Rob were newly inducted into the prodigious ranks of the Sons of Hercules! Quite impressive!!.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXItPtJ7_SxtqcGoKpIVkaam3ZuYd_mRHqx4Cl0WTbzEeNbpeYWmHIlILG68w76NcWrsEylS53CnKkpMIUFfatu6DuGDHsMmFHquY5npyK86WyV5QSX_5jjyz8aBAQ6M7MgqQY25_cfPxYu86L7K_KVI9K-baCU6IjNHQtqlhr_JUc60n4HIR0yJHu34U/s1542/Group.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="874" data-original-width="1542" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXItPtJ7_SxtqcGoKpIVkaam3ZuYd_mRHqx4Cl0WTbzEeNbpeYWmHIlILG68w76NcWrsEylS53CnKkpMIUFfatu6DuGDHsMmFHquY5npyK86WyV5QSX_5jjyz8aBAQ6M7MgqQY25_cfPxYu86L7K_KVI9K-baCU6IjNHQtqlhr_JUc60n4HIR0yJHu34U/s320/Group.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The boys were whisked up to the heights of Mt. Olympus by none other than the big man, Zeus himself. There a lavish induction ceremony was held, attended by all the gods and goddesses of rank. Above the boys pose for a few photos and share a few laughs with the invitees. That's Zeus and goddess Hera front and seated. Amongst the crowd can be spotted Apollo, Ares, Poseidon, Athena - to name a few. Aphrodite lookin' good as usual.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOqO-WBR7A9WsTJHjGDqBtuesd6wMsITcfBLlDAEccn6oIkkvDpq-POWNOLXqdJc4HSKzVqSUal0DKxue9vV-ANqZD0EDPvoH0gOZ4O7boXWh2ebcN-revxKHJMx84ujLw9gONgZgHYg1xNf7aXkuuZqeRYuzR7D_EmGgzggfljvVGUWBzrCc8al6U8uI/s1122/Herc_Screen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1122" data-original-width="1108" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOqO-WBR7A9WsTJHjGDqBtuesd6wMsITcfBLlDAEccn6oIkkvDpq-POWNOLXqdJc4HSKzVqSUal0DKxue9vV-ANqZD0EDPvoH0gOZ4O7boXWh2ebcN-revxKHJMx84ujLw9gONgZgHYg1xNf7aXkuuZqeRYuzR7D_EmGgzggfljvVGUWBzrCc8al6U8uI/s320/Herc_Screen.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVIkrCbJfDw6P6uYBd6mmC0aGpS2xSyLt2k25gtaSQyzszRf-bUSVfEpIt8byXm4xD_yhnEEHYzrlzJ1cAPjBZQZd93PxOxh95EBUGNfJbvD1OCrfDSeEsBAAqBlen7mO1ZdK6iJU0E8Web1eIzafW5fwNTEMGGA-FaXYvsSwCbBnUaWRdFsul9nnAtcE/s1568/Screenshot%202024-01-01%20at%203.01.10%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="1568" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVIkrCbJfDw6P6uYBd6mmC0aGpS2xSyLt2k25gtaSQyzszRf-bUSVfEpIt8byXm4xD_yhnEEHYzrlzJ1cAPjBZQZd93PxOxh95EBUGNfJbvD1OCrfDSeEsBAAqBlen7mO1ZdK6iJU0E8Web1eIzafW5fwNTEMGGA-FaXYvsSwCbBnUaWRdFsul9nnAtcE/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-01%20at%203.01.10%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Internet Images)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Herc himself bestowed the award and later exhibited a few feats of strength - literally bringing down the temple. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A short four minute video presentation accompanied the ceremony:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vtzlsdWOL54" width="320" youtube-src-id="vtzlsdWOL54"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Congratulations guys - we couldn't be prouder!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Disclaimer: Not responsible for content going right over the heads of all but the stoutest of 3%'s.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thanks: A bit of content and format borrowed from YouTube/G. Coker - nice work.</div>Wildfilmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538127785871807318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033086499692357755.post-79920492031834276012023-12-17T07:49:00.000-08:002023-12-17T07:49:28.299-08:00Antarctic Nazis, Part 3: Herdegen's Locker, Chapter II - Professor Trygg<p>Another amazing tale from the inner sanctum of <i>'Commander Herdegen's Locker'..... </i>prepare to be astounded:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_NnbL5phXww" width="320" youtube-src-id="_NnbL5phXww"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Commander Herdegen's Locker, Chapter II - Professor Trygg (2023)</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Running Time: 10 min (Approx.)</span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Chapter I replay:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4pCHpMgxGUI" width="320" youtube-src-id="4pCHpMgxGUI"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Commander Herdegen's Locker (2023)</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Running Time: 12 min. (Approx.)</span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Apart from live action and still images, photography is entirely stop motion/miniatures and keyed plate backgrounds. We're not goin' into much other detail. We (maybe-maybe not) developed a (simple) process or two that we're keep'n secret - like a magician not divulging his magic. Or, more appropriately, the <i>'sacred geometry'</i> secrets of the ancient cathedral and temple builders. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The <i>'Colossus'</i> sequence is paean to virtuoso <i>'Ray Harryhausen's' </i>brilliant <i>'Talos' </i>segment from the classic </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">film <i>'Jason and the Argonauts' (1963)</i>: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijiVoOhSWuJNWIpwkdGFTtiWFhWRlQaBrdWxFN3_nUY3sA5O29AK-P7_bMz95_-ruMI4Vf9kEdyGng-5AsnbpdaMY8XFCv-_8LcykC459C6EpMJMDtiTPcNzW1PSnQXyXS37EM0iVKdIifgX86dJBeTtY3GhHCuqhsvnzE538mK3xlgOTWcV55ju830Cw/s1442/Screenshot%202023-12-06%20at%203.55.34%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="868" data-original-width="1442" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijiVoOhSWuJNWIpwkdGFTtiWFhWRlQaBrdWxFN3_nUY3sA5O29AK-P7_bMz95_-ruMI4Vf9kEdyGng-5AsnbpdaMY8XFCv-_8LcykC459C6EpMJMDtiTPcNzW1PSnQXyXS37EM0iVKdIifgX86dJBeTtY3GhHCuqhsvnzE538mK3xlgOTWcV55ju830Cw/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-06%20at%203.55.34%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Internet Image)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qCGiU98vFq0" width="320" youtube-src-id="qCGiU98vFq0"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(YouTube Video)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When this trailer unexpectedly sprang up on the TV tube back in the day, that short glimpse of a sword wielding giant straddling the bay and hoisting the ship out of the water had us in front of the set every night for the rest of the week poised for another glance. No "on-demand", home video nor internet replay available back then. And if ya' didn't catch the flick first run at the theatre, it might be ten years before ya' finally got to see it once or twice a year on television.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Disclaimer: We obtained rights to use of all the soundtrack symphonics and effects - we thank the folks over at <a href="https://www.pond5.com" style="color: #2b00fe;">Pond5</a>. A background plate or two we obtained on-line from sites tabbed as royalty free. Both videos are "experimental" works for on-line/private viewing only. No monetary compensation is involved.</div></div>Wildfilmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538127785871807318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033086499692357755.post-44819090042501711642023-12-12T09:37:00.000-08:002023-12-12T14:06:32.687-08:00Western Pennsylvania Ice (Cinema Part 12)<p style="text-align: center;"> Figured that we'd re-post this video here considering that it went the way of the website:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OXU2WSZvDxk" width="320" youtube-src-id="OXU2WSZvDxk"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Western Pennsylvania Ice (2001)</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Running time 40min. (Approx.)</span></i></b></div><p style="text-align: center;"> For more information, there's a previous post from 2019, retrievable by clicking <span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="http://wildfilm356.blogspot.com/2019/03/western-pennsylvania-ice.html"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a>. </span>A bit vintage considering that it's twenty-three years hence. At least one of the boys is no longer with us. The 'Tunnel Cliffs' have long ago been reclaimed by the mining company. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNOfXfmdt5KZJj2VSbLnkf7PbfZfdL4aMbMGzx1kPpvMkUcfAKyvTxT78T0g7zOQaEzln8SwqsRvKWrkc4UdxPZWbgTl4RoUYBvALiFImJHyKdByu0FIioKIJnte7OFfTBG3RY6-hnmR9EXH1K05-FQXOAu65xmjepKHPca4MC3laCI8o4irP0vHciRpE/s4608/P1220016.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNOfXfmdt5KZJj2VSbLnkf7PbfZfdL4aMbMGzx1kPpvMkUcfAKyvTxT78T0g7zOQaEzln8SwqsRvKWrkc4UdxPZWbgTl4RoUYBvALiFImJHyKdByu0FIioKIJnte7OFfTBG3RY6-hnmR9EXH1K05-FQXOAu65xmjepKHPca4MC3laCI8o4irP0vHciRpE/s320/P1220016.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A giant tin gate has since been constructed at the old 'Irishtown' mine entrance. Think that the site is posted 'No Climbing' now, anyway. The road leading into "Krahlak" has been gated - still, only about a half mile walk in. But, may be posted as well. Now'days winters around here are mostly rain, anyway.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Such is life. Bet that currently there's an ice climbing app you can play on your phone, though - don't even have to get up off the couch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Rn1x0wVmAOsW5RmMB0fhGQyqUA7jgZ9ogYIOue-SfuIbjOgrv3Iiz40S5xiZRCXOjFa-ygPkHz4gbUB-3vr-o459yjyslPZZsNED5n4ezxgNVqZt5W7s7Pb4aHFS8D23Und_0KCv7lxtdr6lgsygvxedYko35YWFDk401zB4cGiDbtluVjKy2Up2-dI/s1077/thumb_Untitled-Scanned-140_1024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="730" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Rn1x0wVmAOsW5RmMB0fhGQyqUA7jgZ9ogYIOue-SfuIbjOgrv3Iiz40S5xiZRCXOjFa-ygPkHz4gbUB-3vr-o459yjyslPZZsNED5n4ezxgNVqZt5W7s7Pb4aHFS8D23Und_0KCv7lxtdr6lgsygvxedYko35YWFDk401zB4cGiDbtluVjKy2Up2-dI/s320/thumb_Untitled-Scanned-140_1024.jpg" width="217" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pulled a few images from the archives of even earlier times. Nearing top-out at the 'Gun Club' above ('84) in good conditions. Bluewater 11mm rope. Stiff plastic Koflach mountain boots. Wool duds and mitts. No ratcheting-type ice screws. Lowe 'Foot-Fang' rigid crampons - those things were a bit of an innovation over the (subsequently obsolete) hinged strap-on crampons for steep vertical ice. Could relax your calves, too. Leashed straight-shaft picks and hammers. Still gets the skin to crawling watchin' guys torquing modern picks on stiff dry-tool routes. Didn't take much to snap those old picks. Particularly 'Forrest' tools. Ya' had to be careful just levering them out of an overstuck ice placement. Broke several that way. Recall that on this route this day we broke a pick lower down. Always carried a hammer as a back-up (left hand in the image). Steep Grade 4 ice was a big deal. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-vJ6XVnb7-9gZMyJq7ko26a26AsJDQtjhHQlkpeDl_pkSpTmbwlfpcSxCs6ZNv7M1NqlAf1uhpPYKRzlsHoiSTp9MCJQ8_cd3zqni5ydqR0bZgbVco_CM9AFCOaloWoyfbQ2HgyIRJYsZCZdvU8UK3fnxZipgfNO0yjVf6nrX9iKEhOCA5DqgEyKMT8/s1078/thumb_Untitled-Scanned-136_1024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="1078" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-vJ6XVnb7-9gZMyJq7ko26a26AsJDQtjhHQlkpeDl_pkSpTmbwlfpcSxCs6ZNv7M1NqlAf1uhpPYKRzlsHoiSTp9MCJQ8_cd3zqni5ydqR0bZgbVco_CM9AFCOaloWoyfbQ2HgyIRJYsZCZdvU8UK3fnxZipgfNO0yjVf6nrX9iKEhOCA5DqgEyKMT8/s320/thumb_Untitled-Scanned-136_1024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Climber Glenn Thomas on 'Layton Falls' (Grade 3) here. He's got some hinged strap-on crampons. Forest fixed shaft tools. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQSlGsXWOGaJzRCMttyKYr6mQP2LDk8BN6Mabz-2BjEkVfxODTUOKiU_gQiuj6qCRze56u8OZjWoZp_6diMNAZco0X9lXy9SqI6UD6sNF-baIeyQipmEqRkaWEVXm5mHNjSOrdXpcowleO-CMkKWjooibbUi-k92Gmg5v8QrHm-5PXmqJ2lQVfKmw1qd4/s1510/Untitled-Scanned-79.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1510" data-original-width="1026" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQSlGsXWOGaJzRCMttyKYr6mQP2LDk8BN6Mabz-2BjEkVfxODTUOKiU_gQiuj6qCRze56u8OZjWoZp_6diMNAZco0X9lXy9SqI6UD6sNF-baIeyQipmEqRkaWEVXm5mHNjSOrdXpcowleO-CMkKWjooibbUi-k92Gmg5v8QrHm-5PXmqJ2lQVfKmw1qd4/s320/Untitled-Scanned-79.jpg" width="217" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bit of top-roping fun at 'Irishtown' on some sketchy-condition ice. Forrest tools. Forgot to bring the gaiters so had to roll the pant legs - always sliced the heck out of the cuffs stumbling around in crampons. Must be cold this day - got out the wool hat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJCJko0TIKrLBvLSqrWKzld1_-UJM463BC9UoTPnh673DTq3GBpE7dwNLJL_8x36vp-iP9G71dt1Qqcm3pNORWFLxDq3xbnjglQIgPYaHk9Yx4HU-lejFNJhxf-I6pIAw1xMOnZVNz7i4hm2otkUNOEKCuW53O4gza6SESUxmURA5GDGR6Fto74DDPWvg/s1528/Untitled-Scanned-90.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1528" data-original-width="1031" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJCJko0TIKrLBvLSqrWKzld1_-UJM463BC9UoTPnh673DTq3GBpE7dwNLJL_8x36vp-iP9G71dt1Qqcm3pNORWFLxDq3xbnjglQIgPYaHk9Yx4HU-lejFNJhxf-I6pIAw1xMOnZVNz7i4hm2otkUNOEKCuW53O4gza6SESUxmURA5GDGR6Fto74DDPWvg/s320/Untitled-Scanned-90.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">More TR fun along Meadow Run up in Ohiopyle SP ('84). Lowe Hummingbird Hammer w/ tubular pic in left hand. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Didn't take too many photographs back in the early days. Was more concerned with not killing ourselves. Wish we had been a bit more extensive with the photography.</div>Wildfilmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538127785871807318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033086499692357755.post-19033267421656891462023-11-07T07:31:00.000-08:002023-11-07T07:31:22.069-08:00Tools Old And New: Fitness Trainer<p style="text-align: center;"> <i>"When he offered ten grand to any climber who could keep<br />up with him for one day, most of us figured it was all about man versus<br />man, dramatic but primitive game. When we realized that he did most of <br />his soloing in private, nobody watching, we elevated his game to man<br />against nature. Only after knowing him for years did we understand<br />that his was the greatest show on earth - man against himself.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i> - Climber/author John Long on his friend John Bachar</i></p><p style="text-align: center;">Enlightening words, Long. Adversity comes from within.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPYuS29FE4n2cBaE1wKNVIia4sgn7jPwXwUSux82chJV13vd9mwXGRzezLD8uiQmqys-_rdP4mwokwQriIOjSmCLPwGZfAmBVRm6avLe2yVs7enTdVijf8WkxNzdd3bqtaKKIVmfXQRZ3v5GrTimnswuEJogYIxefq_2bggt_8hF7GqyQWmjGmQQ46Rp8/s1224/Screenshot%202023-11-06%20at%208.33.46%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="1224" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPYuS29FE4n2cBaE1wKNVIia4sgn7jPwXwUSux82chJV13vd9mwXGRzezLD8uiQmqys-_rdP4mwokwQriIOjSmCLPwGZfAmBVRm6avLe2yVs7enTdVijf8WkxNzdd3bqtaKKIVmfXQRZ3v5GrTimnswuEJogYIxefq_2bggt_8hF7GqyQWmjGmQQ46Rp8/s320/Screenshot%202023-11-06%20at%208.33.46%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Internet Image)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>--------------</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Picked up a "fitness trainer"a few weeks back to supplement road bike training from the comfort of the sanctum. Primarily for days of inclement weather. As well, achieved a pretty decent level of fitness daily riding for the past few months. Don't want to reverse order if stuck indoors be it a sh*tty winter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNZpt9_UHNRLF-YLzWpiSimeiYiVRz78qspnG-G5x5VwGBPoL-TSFAzRzDAf1Wz7DHAXu0ny6tUnf8s-rlurqVNjn-flZVuYcncQWMfLKMsRjOSKfriXaowbOmn06n_CCylejnnu9waaWeBWYG7s_u3FM5G53H4qfQmbAG3O31ujCwfE1o2MiN1RVhylQ/s4608/IC4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNZpt9_UHNRLF-YLzWpiSimeiYiVRz78qspnG-G5x5VwGBPoL-TSFAzRzDAf1Wz7DHAXu0ny6tUnf8s-rlurqVNjn-flZVuYcncQWMfLKMsRjOSKfriXaowbOmn06n_CCylejnnu9waaWeBWYG7s_u3FM5G53H4qfQmbAG3O31ujCwfE1o2MiN1RVhylQ/s320/IC4.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Was more interested in a variable resistance-type machine than a high intensity "assault-style" trainer. No desire to go at the thing workin' like a madman. Years of experience has taught us that if ya' can run two and a half miles you can run twenty five. The magnetic resistance technology is pretty interesting - what'll they think of next. Up to this point have kept it set at (low to medium in) high range. Ya' work up a pretty good sweat well into an hour on that thing. Came with some extras we could have done without - twin 1.5kg dumbbells and water bottle holders. Also have no need for the attached computer console (not interested in a machine telling us how we're functioning) - have yet to power it up. We're content listnin' to Joe Rogan interview Rob Zombie and such (gotta' like a guy who can lucidly comment on all the "Jekyll and Hyde" film versions off the top of his head). They could probably have knocked off $200 on the cost by eliminating that stuff. After two weeks on that thing noticed a significant upgrade in the road bike performance - felt like ridin' at least one gear lower in the normal range of gears. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hadn't been on a "real" MTB ride in darn near a year. Was out this past weekend with these two guys who regularly provide a beatin':</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSbBAJHK__vfbc1d_hcVjux883LqJ4TF3RFFpiVn6mewAZldBJIEy0ErIxpG6c1LDUari5_m831fiMZO9Np_LRvUg1O6Jq8pZnoEcm1s95tshBWhmYrb4U7eOmVT6ww5R3MfjGhR5gJDVvzRz-BDmcSOxZgQTUDkS0g2fmae5qSxvNv9kQcHHDe3jBVjE/s3862/PB060003.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2551" data-original-width="3862" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSbBAJHK__vfbc1d_hcVjux883LqJ4TF3RFFpiVn6mewAZldBJIEy0ErIxpG6c1LDUari5_m831fiMZO9Np_LRvUg1O6Jq8pZnoEcm1s95tshBWhmYrb4U7eOmVT6ww5R3MfjGhR5gJDVvzRz-BDmcSOxZgQTUDkS0g2fmae5qSxvNv9kQcHHDe3jBVjE/s320/PB060003.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Distanced 'em once or twice, including the "big hill climb" of the route</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXA8c2QboUHVCwJVCRRfhCdBMshgBxcUqiQDP7PTGUj74Wl1fQ1zJdGNNY4jagn9VKM9UP0qrh38IIGNFv8eAe6JcbxwipNJ-wzDtBLpGvai9iCKa3ekmVHT1sM9zp-LpXoEBu3AlDeiHsiZf6sTZq_HsYy0DMevKxP1vXNxhNWiw7go7fk5v8fWgudhA/s4212/PB060023.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2955" data-original-width="4212" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXA8c2QboUHVCwJVCRRfhCdBMshgBxcUqiQDP7PTGUj74Wl1fQ1zJdGNNY4jagn9VKM9UP0qrh38IIGNFv8eAe6JcbxwipNJ-wzDtBLpGvai9iCKa3ekmVHT1sM9zp-LpXoEBu3AlDeiHsiZf6sTZq_HsYy0DMevKxP1vXNxhNWiw7go7fk5v8fWgudhA/s320/PB060023.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJgSon_XcO_eZN2q0UGJLMbNRyrp6n4sFm3MReyY31fl3oxgPHmEq6fRRZC0qjqF0jNbnNb-us_cvK5NFMG7oNO3IVRwPiudfFFN8-8CQDUZdSz1ho9KGlMYGeEH1GAXGzxpg4-JdUTZMm73lVJOoZVu5CGD88vrbQq-CsB3q466ufTOSBIRVJqblO3GM/s3965/PB060013.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2491" data-original-width="3965" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJgSon_XcO_eZN2q0UGJLMbNRyrp6n4sFm3MReyY31fl3oxgPHmEq6fRRZC0qjqF0jNbnNb-us_cvK5NFMG7oNO3IVRwPiudfFFN8-8CQDUZdSz1ho9KGlMYGeEH1GAXGzxpg4-JdUTZMm73lVJOoZVu5CGD88vrbQq-CsB3q466ufTOSBIRVJqblO3GM/s320/PB060013.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOPx73beoDXXPc8iUnNoKEpJcPCyqgHfN40anAZUnkq0mxdaeZfdYURZk0NOJzfAj7qmU-Fd6js4QPgTZT61-bAl2Qj55YXtnOhoVvdmUCI8QgeavfPu36Kozu6XSDqHjcAia-0uXmEMGi-nx4e_AJD0HNvL247pSixIaPA0oezmxgp2TNkjSWh2GQRtQ/s3755/PB060014.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="3755" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOPx73beoDXXPc8iUnNoKEpJcPCyqgHfN40anAZUnkq0mxdaeZfdYURZk0NOJzfAj7qmU-Fd6js4QPgTZT61-bAl2Qj55YXtnOhoVvdmUCI8QgeavfPu36Kozu6XSDqHjcAia-0uXmEMGi-nx4e_AJD0HNvL247pSixIaPA0oezmxgp2TNkjSWh2GQRtQ/s320/PB060014.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Probably just pissed 'em off, though. They subsequently smoked this long, technical (leaf hidden) downhill, long ago washed, rutted and fissured, including a rocky drop into a short, washed and rocky chasm, that I'd made the mistake of calling now unrideable considering the deteriorated condition of the past few years. Go f*k'n figure.</div>Wildfilmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538127785871807318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033086499692357755.post-91197127833640126562023-10-08T09:41:00.008-07:002023-10-08T09:44:39.704-07:00Hell-billies of Chestnut Ridge (An October Halloween Spectacular!)<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Warning: Some content may be upsetting to the abnormally sensitive*<br />Disclaimer: For private entertainment only. We claim no rights to certain images and content*</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We recently caught a viewing of this bit engaging <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0lp0GUdJrw"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">documentary</span></a> - <i>"The </i><b style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: medium;">incredible</span></b><i> story of one of the more </i><b style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: medium;">bizarre</span></b><i> places in America!"... "The </i><b style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: medium;">terrifying, true story!</span></b>"<i>... "The </i><b style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: medium;">first </span></b><i>feature film to document this </i><b style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: medium;">hotbed of paranormal activity!</span></b>"<i>... </i><span style="font-size: medium; font-style: italic;"><b>"hair covered man-apes</b>... <b>monstrously large birds</b>... <b>upright-walking canine creatures</b>... <b>mysterious lights in the forest</b>... <b>UFO's that wreak havoc on the local populace</b>... </span><span style="font-size: large; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">'Invasion On Chestnut Ridge' </span><i>is a</i><span> <b style="font-size: large; font-style: italic;">"cocktail of weirdness!" </b><span style="font-size: large;">... </span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">So go the promotional superlatives.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We can't attest to all the supernatural, paranormal nor extraterrestrial activity... but... having grown-up and lived here for many years (the "Ridge" is pretty much our back yard), and being fully familiar of the local populace of the heights and hollows, we can corroborate a "cocktail of weirdness" as fact (come to think of it, we're familiar with a few hair covered man-apes as well). And we do claim witness to a black panther sighting. The creature crossed our path while traversing the 'Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail (LHHT)' quite a few years back.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">But now, <span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>for the</i> <i>first time</i></b>, </span>we are releasing footage of our own <i style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">horrifying </i>ridge encounter. <i style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">Caught on video! Words cannot describe what happens </i>within the dark, deep recesses of the backwoods <span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>Ridge!:</i></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-qB0YXHS91E" width="320" youtube-src-id="-qB0YXHS91E"></iframe></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><i>Lost Footage</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Running time: 2min. (approx.)</span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>A bit of nonsensical fun with an old film outtake. We have quire a few - several climbing falls, MTB crashes, boat flips, filming miscues - a bit funny stuff. (Rob) Goodman had been badgering me for a few years to put 'em all together in sequence. I put this clip together and once he viewed it he never bothered me about it again. Actually did start to go thru and sort out that stuff for 'em. Unfortunately, he's no longer around.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>So why is he dropping his drawers behind a log in the middle of the woods to begin with you ask? That outtake is from the <i>'Backcountry' </i>MTB video (available for viewing a few posts back). Filming took place throughout the Fall seasons over a period of two years. Temperatures were up and down - low 40F's thru high 70F's. He kept showin' up dressed for the days weather - short pants or long tights. This created a bit of a continuity issue for editing. We tried to work around it by including a shot of 'em changin' pants. Immediately upon viewing the footage everyone's comment was <i>"looks like you guys are makin' 'Deliverance'." </i>So that was the end of that notion. Didn't work, anyway. A bit of a take on the old film, <i>Blair Witch Project, </i>of the time</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>---------------</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Any <i>Rob Zombie </i>has got to include the visuals:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EqQuihD0hoI" width="320" youtube-src-id="EqQuihD0hoI"></iframe></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-size: x-small;">(YouTube video)</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uHBtpqbOKXk" width="320" youtube-src-id="uHBtpqbOKXk"></iframe></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-size: x-small;">(YouTube video)</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Encore: <i>Alice Cooper</i> - one from a classic album from back in the day:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fGOD1-NtxH8" width="320" youtube-src-id="fGOD1-NtxH8"></iframe></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-size: x-small;">(YouTube video)</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>If ya' wanted to piss off the "old folks" (or "disco folks" for that matter) back in the day just turn-up the <i>Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath </i>and such. You could watch their socks rollin' up and down. Lent a copy of <i>Cheech and Chongs Big Bambu</i> album (with the included giant "rolling paper") to a gal once. She called me the next day and said that her dad had "accidentally" sat on it and broke it. Figured that the reaction alone was worth the $10.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>---------------</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrutZkDOlkN7Xhoqn8h-6js6kptSlAGi2nDjwPcr1_SHCz9p-a_3dJOj8KbootUQ3QdLc9KK59SZgS2JmS9uQB7H5w-1cz0hZF46TqhclEUd35Au8MenjOjPamE_2im021fY5TzceKmfAHHx6f46GMuGnklorSxUV-z8Ke9DksIRuJRxYzSuJfjPAjf4/s1655/Rob_Matt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1655" data-original-width="1122" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrutZkDOlkN7Xhoqn8h-6js6kptSlAGi2nDjwPcr1_SHCz9p-a_3dJOj8KbootUQ3QdLc9KK59SZgS2JmS9uQB7H5w-1cz0hZF46TqhclEUd35Au8MenjOjPamE_2im021fY5TzceKmfAHHx6f46GMuGnklorSxUV-z8Ke9DksIRuJRxYzSuJfjPAjf4/s320/Rob_Matt.jpg" width="217" /></a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>We'll dedicate this post to these two guys. Figure that by now they've linked up and have at least put up a few routes on the amber yardangs of Venus in their ventures throughout the cosmos</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-size: x-small;">*Subsequently, should any images or content disappear, ya' know why.</span></span></span></div></div><p></p>Wildfilmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538127785871807318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033086499692357755.post-37477235197584585702023-09-02T11:41:00.000-07:002023-09-02T11:41:49.577-07:00Night Creature<p style="text-align: center;">Have 100% free time on our hands - </p><p style="text-align: center;"> Upside: No excuse anymore for missing early morning workouts<br />Downside: No excuse anymore for missing early morning workouts</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirnrYtdSey41b6vvyK47r5saVx27agmOoOq6ZER7T4kkt2WpKCIJJ40GrGXqegsGJYX3TeU6oQlfxHtt6x9VymoF6KsZx0_QxcVePKG7DKiEK3wBEfLVTPzukD32j8DHlzhx5ujoEXzkylkfWF25JACCTyK8UqWY_lH38QXvLC2kVUyDjIh_dfcIphXs/s4556/P8060011%20copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3109" data-original-width="4556" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirnrYtdSey41b6vvyK47r5saVx27agmOoOq6ZER7T4kkt2WpKCIJJ40GrGXqegsGJYX3TeU6oQlfxHtt6x9VymoF6KsZx0_QxcVePKG7DKiEK3wBEfLVTPzukD32j8DHlzhx5ujoEXzkylkfWF25JACCTyK8UqWY_lH38QXvLC2kVUyDjIh_dfcIphXs/s320/P8060011%20copy.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sunrise</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Used to crank frequent long distance cross-country road rides back in the day, before MTB's came along. Twenty miles +. Some great rolling SWPA backroads directly out the from door of the sanctum. Currently have consistently been hitting up a before sunrise "every day but Sunday" ten miler. A rolling F1 track. 270 miles/month<span style="font-size: xx-small;">avg</span> - (say) 11mph<span style="font-size: xx-small;">avg</span>. Not bad. The alternate could be stumbling about the back yard pullin' weeds - or pushin' 'em. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Always an inspiration:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/n_XFewCZ_jQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="n_XFewCZ_jQ"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(YouTube video)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Since the local high schools have recently been back in session we've discovered that there is, apparently, a few early morning/before school "make out" pull offs along our route. Our near silent, quick moving, white (t-shirt) clad apparition materializing from out of the cemetery darkness drove 'em off each instance - and fast. Pretty funny. We wonder what later tales were generated, if any.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0oh28HwUa5A" width="320" youtube-src-id="0oh28HwUa5A"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(YouTube video)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Reminded us of the old Disney <i>Scarecrow of Romney Marsh </i>TV series from way back ('63). Remember when right after the first Sunday night airing that every eight-year-old kid in the neighborhood was runnin' around wearin' a Scarecrow hood that his mom sewed together from an old pillowcase.</div>Wildfilmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538127785871807318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033086499692357755.post-51261866361723878882023-08-04T11:48:00.000-07:002023-08-04T11:48:43.662-07:00Ass Blaster<p><i> <span style="font-size: medium;">"Relax! I got it all under control!!"</span> </i>Our "other buddy Rob's" banner call to action. Somewhere between <i>"This is a job for Superman!" </i>and <i>"Hold my beer!". </i>Heavily weighted, more often than not, toward their latter. Typically with kindred results.</p><p>Was well into the late July "dog days of summer". Temperatures had been soaring. Probably day four inward a mid ninety-degree heatwave. What's more, for the past two days had been hit with quite the stench first step out the front door of the sanctum sanctorum. <i style="font-size: large;">"Wow - somethings dead!". </i>Did a bit of investigation. First along some foundation edge brush, then into the neighbors bushes - nothing. Only other possibility is that some varmint had made it's way into the next door neighbors latticed, inaccessible under porch crawlspace where it's perished and has been lying in a state of lingering rot.</p><p>Other buddy Rob (aka: paddlin' Rob, as opposed to recently departed climbin' Rob) and I are loading a few riverboats and gear into the pickup for an afternoon paddle trip to beat the oppressive temperatures. <i>"Phew - what the f*k stinks?!" </i>One whiff of the fetor and Rob's off to investigate. <i>"Found it!" </i>he shortly announces. Don't know how I missed it - was hidden right out in the open. A bit stout 'possum had got itself wedged within the neighbors porch deck wood lattice trimming. The poor critter was a bit too wide in the hips for the narrow opening for entrance and a bit too plump in the belly to reverse his escape. Definitely a sorrowful ending in this heat with no food nor water.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSuJEbuV1vGfgJuNl5ghbAccm10wB1Gqlog-TJbc6y23j8J0Xm84V3bQ0APTh27HHoQi5rECHdX0liqzCizN3_fSVk1X4x5_YE5FUd25d6hkP5QW7CtB_GbqjXp7wg5FZwKNWyUBlROdf_nuYFvHevRxFojokac2e19NdcKLN7wv9lPJPbxSS8X7WUoUs/s1086/thumb_IMG_1198_1024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="1086" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSuJEbuV1vGfgJuNl5ghbAccm10wB1Gqlog-TJbc6y23j8J0Xm84V3bQ0APTh27HHoQi5rECHdX0liqzCizN3_fSVk1X4x5_YE5FUd25d6hkP5QW7CtB_GbqjXp7wg5FZwKNWyUBlROdf_nuYFvHevRxFojokac2e19NdcKLN7wv9lPJPbxSS8X7WUoUs/s320/thumb_IMG_1198_1024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Business end of the "Ass Blaster"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZXe4k6OyglUNDaVBz3FXQYrE4LXhrKWq-rYsdXDNKJq9ZkWJ5ebfMyApBCOPK07pR9hU4pzpWQzEof5SbGgzLFUUG_rL8a0Xi29biuXcVV0PqeHv6VKIOSMNfx9EdXaik-EE4B30_BVmkvqgVG37u7biTT9XiDZL_UzyusW1JLT3xKs5PPw9oh3_81yk/s434/PGN_Feb_83.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="434" data-original-width="256" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZXe4k6OyglUNDaVBz3FXQYrE4LXhrKWq-rYsdXDNKJq9ZkWJ5ebfMyApBCOPK07pR9hU4pzpWQzEof5SbGgzLFUUG_rL8a0Xi29biuXcVV0PqeHv6VKIOSMNfx9EdXaik-EE4B30_BVmkvqgVG37u7biTT9XiDZL_UzyusW1JLT3xKs5PPw9oh3_81yk/s320/PGN_Feb_83.jpeg" width="189" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Image: ''<i>Pennsylvania Game News', </i>February '83 issue)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Reminded us of a long remembered image from an article published in an old issue of <i>Pennsylvania Game News ('Wildlife Misfortunes' by Will Savage, February '83). </i>A 'possum had met its fate after it had somehow entangled its tail into an overhand knot and was left helplessly dangling from a rhododendron bush. Either way, grisly ends for both creatures.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">"Well that sucks!"</span> </i>I comment. <i>"We're gonna' have to saw cut that lattice to get it out of there - and that f*ker stinks!!"</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: large;">"Relax! I got it all under control!!" </i>Rob proceeds to grab the tail in one hand and both rear legs in the other and gives a pretty hefty tug. He's immediately rocketed ass-backward onto the ground. Looked like he was waylaid upside the head by an invisible sucker punch. He's sprawled - choking, heaving, gagging and gasping. Evidently, yanking with pinching the beast thru the twice too small constriction had apparently compressed the bloated belly and Rob subsequently received a direct in the face anal exhaust of noxious death gas.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Better him than me. Never laughed so hard in my life. He was down for longer than the allotted ten count - unofficially a TKO. We say unofficial as, to his credit, he quickly recovered and "jumped right back into the ring" and worked the carcass until free so it could be disposed of in some nearby woods.</div>Wildfilmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538127785871807318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033086499692357755.post-26300671538512474702023-07-16T11:48:00.002-07:002023-07-22T04:04:18.073-07:00Antarctic Nazis, Part 2 - Creatures<p>Got a lot of questions regarding "behind-the scenes" of that stop motion short. Concerning the most asked - yes, it was all model and miniature work. We only used the computer for compositing (chroma-key/green screen).<span style="color: #2b00fe;"> <a href="https://www.dragonframe.com"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">'Dragon Frame'</span></a></span> stop motion software for image capture. The "laser blasts" were created using some basic graphic design software. We achieved some pretty good effects using the most basic of methods. A bit of "forced perspective". No computer animation (CGI) was involved. We have great respect for CGI. We have greater respect for craftsmanship. One should compliment the other in our opinion. A few of the techniques we stumbled across by (lots of) trial and error. We're keepin' that secret. That's all we got to say about that.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjSzO6RZVcUCesY5xSPT5wASTVLmytL3PK-OB-5_6AGIdVdZmSsfoLGb1K1uJw7VvfTUvizKIHfr8LgHYjRpd2ZqSNHjNj_Nlbm-DxIfkeoxE1vcmx0oKinGib4sBIMqCLmX4K6z8xbSv3MqM29BT9OFB6UX8ccILujY0uPVTZLypI3CYegqy9FLHOi0o/s4608/P7170001.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjSzO6RZVcUCesY5xSPT5wASTVLmytL3PK-OB-5_6AGIdVdZmSsfoLGb1K1uJw7VvfTUvizKIHfr8LgHYjRpd2ZqSNHjNj_Nlbm-DxIfkeoxE1vcmx0oKinGib4sBIMqCLmX4K6z8xbSv3MqM29BT9OFB6UX8ccILujY0uPVTZLypI3CYegqy9FLHOi0o/s320/P7170001.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ya' gotta' start with a script. Basic shooting script for the short. We're in the process of expanding the storyline into a full length spec script.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBQz_0nQO_WkLmuc2ve2CGu12bVowEYEHkPegefyrXRecPffq3_SPI8TAUbKBoCeQe-YJcPxhhP46Dr0doWmqZ9uSOj_GgRxtsiP4sLreczX2coTG_3asf4gsyhvADfBMnca_GGjkNWeQIOadr7-fT6aoFsx2_ybcSSHrUKdp3GQU-bqEaN0ApXnJAqSQ/s1109/A1421C82-A428-4D9D-9353-506D69AFE888_1_105_c.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="1109" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBQz_0nQO_WkLmuc2ve2CGu12bVowEYEHkPegefyrXRecPffq3_SPI8TAUbKBoCeQe-YJcPxhhP46Dr0doWmqZ9uSOj_GgRxtsiP4sLreczX2coTG_3asf4gsyhvADfBMnca_GGjkNWeQIOadr7-fT6aoFsx2_ybcSSHrUKdp3GQU-bqEaN0ApXnJAqSQ/s320/A1421C82-A428-4D9D-9353-506D69AFE888_1_105_c.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkvT1Rmt7Q2O10414lldNnqX2UBbyk4Fkhhm9mjRwZUIv5MlnhsnKVoJjwHIvbKaCTRbciuraBgsu_SOxW5CkcGsg_GuXhVb1gGOtIybACS2XNekh_on9RF4UOCEcjMn-A-BCH5UCrScxLE0RmjwGRUH4pd7Vd0WbRq022QgXHrFANiJKg0ObNSo95emI/s1086/DE836A51-B2E3-4799-9B81-15DDA46810D3_1_105_c.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="1086" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkvT1Rmt7Q2O10414lldNnqX2UBbyk4Fkhhm9mjRwZUIv5MlnhsnKVoJjwHIvbKaCTRbciuraBgsu_SOxW5CkcGsg_GuXhVb1gGOtIybACS2XNekh_on9RF4UOCEcjMn-A-BCH5UCrScxLE0RmjwGRUH4pd7Vd0WbRq022QgXHrFANiJKg0ObNSo95emI/s320/DE836A51-B2E3-4799-9B81-15DDA46810D3_1_105_c.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Original "creature" design and construction. "Ball and socket" armature (T) and a later, smaller wood and wire armature "Yeti" (B).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijOP3_Yx4M3nZu1oE5sI1sMR0rPotJrojMztEmEbXGFo4yC2D5ZlHRwk0P0PlKms2h5EI8ZZy2eZvkn1mTbMpTk7Uf__HYGo2Zy6qgP12Zdo0rz3W72LTdA7vlxcxxwNzQAr5avPozAGbUIiqjMwv6OsRv-Vr5dMWab1rkDNMpqZd9BXDybyROTFWRroQ/s1024/BAC98564-7F8F-48B3-8AF7-78AE3D648724_1_105_c.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijOP3_Yx4M3nZu1oE5sI1sMR0rPotJrojMztEmEbXGFo4yC2D5ZlHRwk0P0PlKms2h5EI8ZZy2eZvkn1mTbMpTk7Uf__HYGo2Zy6qgP12Zdo0rz3W72LTdA7vlxcxxwNzQAr5avPozAGbUIiqjMwv6OsRv-Vr5dMWab1rkDNMpqZd9BXDybyROTFWRroQ/s320/BAC98564-7F8F-48B3-8AF7-78AE3D648724_1_105_c.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hand built ball and socket joints.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikAjl6_OjA2ElIq7pzCY790JGL3qnTb2QrZ0MeP1QQDd2GWpwETuj7jOcaMSnbSVTE4VYPZ73pNtwCETDEEmZXFOvLQMVVU1HwTBeeQbc7ChCoGpRfqqzLfxz43P0T2OL2bTaFMB95Xdl0s3aZsCW8ME68ZepiuVaiiKMFIItR5yrTJB0C6_212gAPYs/s1976/Screenshot%202023-07-16%20at%2010.25.27%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="294" data-original-width="1976" height="48" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikAjl6_OjA2ElIq7pzCY790JGL3qnTb2QrZ0MeP1QQDd2GWpwETuj7jOcaMSnbSVTE4VYPZ73pNtwCETDEEmZXFOvLQMVVU1HwTBeeQbc7ChCoGpRfqqzLfxz43P0T2OL2bTaFMB95Xdl0s3aZsCW8ME68ZepiuVaiiKMFIItR5yrTJB0C6_212gAPYs/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-16%20at%2010.25.27%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A composite ball socket and hinge joint - from forge to finish</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzGUMUjKabpL6NJf1beczPxh1dn1rqyq8jzl1MeLLUfzQbxv4D2zNhaSWr1OiV0lrGAYdY9YnugkInEx4tfkA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An early test. After weeks of work we finally decided we didn't like the results. Our big issue was that the "eye" needed some articulation to give this guy some personality. Back to the drawing board. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyv0rv5e-T_zNeXNeQem3mVuFVMS4J7yqCjof0i9TEjNjYdK6m8E3KKj1hSlY3itzoEsAC4yrFwFwUMHh-fcw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Decided to go with an "Artificial Intelligence (AI)" mechanical look. Required some revision of the script. Here's an initial test of that concept. Camera lens focal Depth-of-Field (DoF) test as well. Don't think that we ever worked at a DoF greater than 2" throughout the entire "shoot". We wanted a 40's-50's "Sci-Fi B-movie", bit corny type of creature look</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN08-Wzo2Is_GOKTOvGBb05seFGvGLhSo2UGgZC-tDwic_DG7i6m2Oj7m1_IKp9nhAX-3etIejRsCrcQ-zkxlFyMdsz5xGIZ_DST1vSz3ZkfwcdNmvFzs5mCSLuDvag1Vov5YBnuFRI2XLF0t3DcLjfqYnbdKiFdnXLl3RIgXaSPi-nw0-H5mQsqZHHjw/s1024/Jag_Construction.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN08-Wzo2Is_GOKTOvGBb05seFGvGLhSo2UGgZC-tDwic_DG7i6m2Oj7m1_IKp9nhAX-3etIejRsCrcQ-zkxlFyMdsz5xGIZ_DST1vSz3ZkfwcdNmvFzs5mCSLuDvag1Vov5YBnuFRI2XLF0t3DcLjfqYnbdKiFdnXLl3RIgXaSPi-nw0-H5mQsqZHHjw/s320/Jag_Construction.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That guy for the test is a wood and wire joint armature. Subsequently built one metal ball, socket and hinge armature "production model". </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZLfjQ_5wZmDZap_lSjKmTnszkBXyN-BvAzY9VUoidj2GB327e2NmvCELqNUxZ0L71GOxvfEG2dOPMwHKISlI60q1stlRofWIPVKXxX6ZRGKwuNfch9tNPCPN7kG0UMDr8DaI_wlDno4G5LYnWZ0_SLhxpQUTvGfSxORfNPbsWwVNHW1BOiBEfnyudBE/s4608/PC200005.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZLfjQ_5wZmDZap_lSjKmTnszkBXyN-BvAzY9VUoidj2GB327e2NmvCELqNUxZ0L71GOxvfEG2dOPMwHKISlI60q1stlRofWIPVKXxX6ZRGKwuNfch9tNPCPN7kG0UMDr8DaI_wlDno4G5LYnWZ0_SLhxpQUTvGfSxORfNPbsWwVNHW1BOiBEfnyudBE/s320/PC200005.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's it "on set". Next issue was how to "finish" this thing. Every covering, such as cloth, liquid latex, combination of both, didn't achieve the "mechanical look". </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWMnS39myX-EggcQWrCdCKVl2A-Uy2hwWk6Ct_ztVau_gHX5YLEZ2L5aQclwaTvFDiVZfE1nyqhiWIYYwfNvLabY3vIyGXl_sWAEL2k39fhu7Hpk8n1knw-J4p1V69B1V_dnNLLCj6rQW-7ye0JEHrRas-_9fGZrMwgvr6X4QtFoUkOa3qWfneKUmbMbU/s3114/8938E05A-1753-417E-9404-7895CB3B8F15.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2070" data-original-width="3114" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWMnS39myX-EggcQWrCdCKVl2A-Uy2hwWk6Ct_ztVau_gHX5YLEZ2L5aQclwaTvFDiVZfE1nyqhiWIYYwfNvLabY3vIyGXl_sWAEL2k39fhu7Hpk8n1knw-J4p1V69B1V_dnNLLCj6rQW-7ye0JEHrRas-_9fGZrMwgvr6X4QtFoUkOa3qWfneKUmbMbU/s320/8938E05A-1753-417E-9404-7895CB3B8F15.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Finally realized, <i>"Hey - he looks good just the way he is!"</i>. Trimmed some aluminum tubing to cover the joint hex nuts for added effect. Can't get much more mechanical looking than that. It was always interesting when someone would stop by and inquire of our progress. Their questions would always wind up enhancing the storyline. We would always just make up answers on the spot. <i>"Well, this guys the head AI Bot - sort of like the head alien in the 'Alien' films - he's a scientist/physicist type - the brains of the outfit". </i>Would then revise the script.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyXAViBRfjh4639zQJfDVMkd9l9IQIWr1VuCj4-4E7ybPGq1InHZ2zNtnyPjtfiN0qaFS-1e5RsB51LQEd03A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Built three more, wood/wire joints, and gave 'em some "laser weapons". Added a few to the background plate, to create a portion of a subordinate "army".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8dmwEXy6c7cH3ynftFUn1V2d_rmextWGSPk_BoLAbI_HM0zuYnC6cJ0BYjFeUrJlvQoc6xxkVx9RdgZWwNWGqXNiHIFCm1ChT86GzP_HXDiZPr4u59bkWg6G02uO7G32fh6u3OWuXJr2f3T6JpPJ_IvoVhD3NOHjp7X_PiwxQAebfRXFPB8X3fahvMj4/s4608/P1250007.jpg%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8dmwEXy6c7cH3ynftFUn1V2d_rmextWGSPk_BoLAbI_HM0zuYnC6cJ0BYjFeUrJlvQoc6xxkVx9RdgZWwNWGqXNiHIFCm1ChT86GzP_HXDiZPr4u59bkWg6G02uO7G32fh6u3OWuXJr2f3T6JpPJ_IvoVhD3NOHjp7X_PiwxQAebfRXFPB8X3fahvMj4/s320/P1250007.jpg%20Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Laser weapon test frame</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiyOoGN3zO1KZF7GUA-oc4EMtjMehGt8nefOYx7lTbvIoK5MVHcjbWc4tvMgtd_n4qGc_osvJqAJIaar--eoBOHpw3gkywF4R68pxW7m6jDtV6Xzqr76fdGAOuhYgZi6xaXwY4BG8bh9rYXHvz7BWiYM1ZNN0i5iBElrrswIRWft7jVI7wdPpQSmSYb6k/s4608/Trouble%20Light.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiyOoGN3zO1KZF7GUA-oc4EMtjMehGt8nefOYx7lTbvIoK5MVHcjbWc4tvMgtd_n4qGc_osvJqAJIaar--eoBOHpw3gkywF4R68pxW7m6jDtV6Xzqr76fdGAOuhYgZi6xaXwY4BG8bh9rYXHvz7BWiYM1ZNN0i5iBElrrswIRWft7jVI7wdPpQSmSYb6k/s320/Trouble%20Light.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>A simple "trouble light" to warn that the U-Boat has arrived</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyx1muMljmPrY2ubgNkWvBfq8ZbCh0pxGz9t23seBGA18f03kgpuMC4Z2-vz34z5dqGV7Pp-b2aNE1PgmJ9aQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Three shot composite scene</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We wanted a 40's black and white film stock "look". That was simple enough by just adding a digital filter to Herdegen's "film footage". We mistakenly filtered the opening "locker" sequence as well. That should have been color footage. Oh well. Can't complain. Not many missteps for a first go.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">End of Part 2 - Part 3 to follow</div>Wildfilmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538127785871807318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033086499692357755.post-36275328401820656462023-07-04T00:56:00.000-07:002023-07-04T00:56:44.009-07:00A Few For The Fourth<p>Brilliant <b><span style="font-size: medium;">Johnny Western</span></b> - </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uXs1MF-OgzQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="uXs1MF-OgzQ"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(YouTube Video)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <b><i>Ballad of Paladin</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">... our kind of guys...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Yyda6uZ4vIc" width="320" youtube-src-id="Yyda6uZ4vIc"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(YouTube Video)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Encore</span>...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2K4cGXenL4Q" width="320" youtube-src-id="2K4cGXenL4Q"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(YouTube Video)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Happy</span> <span style="color: white;">Birthday</span> <span style="color: #2b00fe;">America</span>!</span></b></div>Wildfilmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538127785871807318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033086499692357755.post-89775329013396907372023-07-01T07:28:00.000-07:002023-07-01T07:28:42.034-07:00Schoolhouse Wall (Cinema Part 11)<p> Schoolhouse Wall, Ohiopyle SP, 2009 - typical fun day out with Tim and Laura Anderson:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fEgR-1zYL7M" width="320" youtube-src-id="fEgR-1zYL7M"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Schoolhouse Wall (2009)</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Run Time: 18min (Approx.)</span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span>---------------</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">A bit of recognition for our "Li'l Buddy" - one tough gal:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfSQie3GKg-1wO39uVTAQcEpsAxWN3VizOPe8aNYHa3uqjSPQxTvkgmbIXXus9lsRf32PIwPiWNliQHk212xMddlOKtSm9OV2LfQtqHwHa1V6HeJFkTwgbKDF2bwcitq11_eU4Xu7oPbgXX_TRFma8sis0SDJ1L7r93U-xIJq4A4qjjWgPgXQUGdzybfU/s1087/thumb_DSC_0238_1024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1087" data-original-width="723" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfSQie3GKg-1wO39uVTAQcEpsAxWN3VizOPe8aNYHa3uqjSPQxTvkgmbIXXus9lsRf32PIwPiWNliQHk212xMddlOKtSm9OV2LfQtqHwHa1V6HeJFkTwgbKDF2bwcitq11_eU4Xu7oPbgXX_TRFma8sis0SDJ1L7r93U-xIJq4A4qjjWgPgXQUGdzybfU/s320/thumb_DSC_0238_1024.jpg" width="213" /></a></div></b><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> <u> <b>Schoolhouse Wall</b></u> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7koQXEqfUXy5UXr83UFTpxuAolIVe1JQ9ZJMwPpiGWTT0W_nkHcWi07iiDViXxtz5WZ9aIkjH210sScINz6VqdjOUHTK-1FIm4cvYvNiBU9RbWHQeV0HwWdxqvxPq5TnDqdmO2Cy_J__kAXZlJThcHlsnmuAbNxsWiRe4ML53LOMgjc_zilUkwsaeSZs/s1086/thumb_IMG_5937_1024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="1086" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7koQXEqfUXy5UXr83UFTpxuAolIVe1JQ9ZJMwPpiGWTT0W_nkHcWi07iiDViXxtz5WZ9aIkjH210sScINz6VqdjOUHTK-1FIm4cvYvNiBU9RbWHQeV0HwWdxqvxPq5TnDqdmO2Cy_J__kAXZlJThcHlsnmuAbNxsWiRe4ML53LOMgjc_zilUkwsaeSZs/s320/thumb_IMG_5937_1024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Schoolhouse Wall Express</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb7mAOqUaYsUh8TNXTi7RwWmGmUOwSNTmpAzsgz5CxGPB-bcdcTCcf8s6J3Plw0ls-0HAYyq_ck5v85l-OUZCTlp1Pbhpk7wOrfSJiAwX-x7jQ5uER4Bf0O0epMdCntPopgNcufQGVEuT5LyxKf0xxJrvpeE9XNSxqmGNyL6cBZNkICgjhDhiSIijNm9Q/s1086/thumb_IMG_6059_1024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1086" data-original-width="724" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb7mAOqUaYsUh8TNXTi7RwWmGmUOwSNTmpAzsgz5CxGPB-bcdcTCcf8s6J3Plw0ls-0HAYyq_ck5v85l-OUZCTlp1Pbhpk7wOrfSJiAwX-x7jQ5uER4Bf0O0epMdCntPopgNcufQGVEuT5LyxKf0xxJrvpeE9XNSxqmGNyL6cBZNkICgjhDhiSIijNm9Q/s320/thumb_IMG_6059_1024.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDzR-cZh829_EyrQY_GEuMnZA2Fo_zGBL2OWpjqQ7tbXtnC67kVH6GZMAaaZxO6Nm-PcGJO4Tcfk1-JiK34Gxl7dPPLtYGJ0XSLByy-39jXYUKYFOYt51ndoF_QS0o8pgJiEU13aTJLOw0zN2Ixq-dfTb6PIDVKw1ZHbK2i-bBUhjowIqd9_euiyqAaYk/s990/thumb_Time%20Lapse_2_1024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Laura w/ Tim - Sandy Flats Boulders</div></div></div></div>Wildfilmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538127785871807318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033086499692357755.post-9967419038996418452023-06-26T08:32:00.011-07:002023-06-26T14:09:11.451-07:00Old Rag Mountain, Va.<p>While rummaging the archives in support of the past several posts we remembered a few old 35mm film negatives of a trip we had completely forgotten about. An '89 visit to Virginia's <i><a href="https://www.mountainproject.com/area/105894489/old-rag"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Old Rag Mountain</span></a></i>. We had prints as well. Those were lost in a move long ago. No ability currently on our part to scan the negatives. We had a great printer with film negative scanning capability, a CanoScan 8400F. Unfortunately, a few versions ago Mac system upgrade resulted in loss of support for that thing. We actually still have it, as we didn't pitch it out. Is settin' in it's box in the next room. Also lost support for an excellent software package, called <i>Cinematize</i>, that we had previously purchased a few years earlier. Could extract clips from DVD's, YouTube videos, just about any format, with excellent sound quality. When attempting to reinstall it we found that the developer/provider had gone out of business. So that was that. A lesson in quickly learning that ya' don't own anything on line. Can be gone with just the flick of a switch. Bet Adolph Hitler is layin' ass up in the grave knowin' he's missed out on the potential to control that library. Maybe not, though. Could be only minutes away if they packed 'em in that <i>gravity bell</i> before shoving off. We're workin' on that. And there's more than enough wanna-be's around now days. But we digress. </p><p>Visited "Old Rag" with a climber friend from Maryland who had grown up in Sperryville, Va., about ten miles north of Old Rag. Was originally his home crag. At the time I was extolling on the splitter cracks of Bellefonte quarry. He was just smirking, <i>"Bring some gear and come with me next weekend" </i>he says. <i>"I'll take ya' to some nice granite cracks"</i>.</p><p style="text-align: left;">He wasn't lyin'. And possibly one of the best hikes we've ever done as well. Not just an approach hike. A trek. A little over 2.300ft of prominence in a little over three miles (as we recall). A summit of large granite domes and large boulders with a 360º view of the surrounding Shenandoah NP and Blue Ridge Mountains. Sort of an east coast miniature version of the<i> <a href="https://www.mountainproject.com/area/105851693/the-needles"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Needles</span></a> </i>in California's Southern Sierra. Ya' couldn't camp directly on the summit. Had to pitch our tent several hundred feet below summit elevation. Hiking to the summit early Saturday morning just before sunup we were treated to a pretty fantastic view. That 360º panorama blanketed with thick valley fog, the many lower peaks of the Blue Ridge piercing the mist. The yellow-orange sun slowly rising to the east into a clear blue sky. We could have been standing in the Himalaya for all we knew. For the moment forgot all about the climbing. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzNkx3bcLgUraVP4WsgBu8V1MiC-3Usi6E20GiALtdq4uzWzePi4gNAJmadp29g8Q5e5xHcXyaQ2le1JgWLe6SZWg8uSA7HOBpLcDvnhlpZx3FsiKiJORd6qFiIyvWGW-ou3OSK5kmhCgXLETFtSlNHD13ccFUzBPzSUMvKfTbAN0JbHAONumbcNTzI_U/s1516/Summit.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="1516" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzNkx3bcLgUraVP4WsgBu8V1MiC-3Usi6E20GiALtdq4uzWzePi4gNAJmadp29g8Q5e5xHcXyaQ2le1JgWLe6SZWg8uSA7HOBpLcDvnhlpZx3FsiKiJORd6qFiIyvWGW-ou3OSK5kmhCgXLETFtSlNHD13ccFUzBPzSUMvKfTbAN0JbHAONumbcNTzI_U/s320/Summit.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Internet Image)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Summit view</div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">The area had the most interesting geology of anyplace we'd climbed as well. The rock formation consisting of </span><i style="text-align: left;">billion</i><span style="text-align: left;"> year old "Old Rag Granite" - </span><i style="text-align: left;">900 million years</i><span style="text-align: left;"> older than the Rocky Mountains. Kind of hard to comprehend. Check out the 'Geologic Time Scale' on this link to this</span><a href="https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/of00-263/of00-263.pdf" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> <span>USGS</span></span></a><span style="text-align: left;"> pdf. Puts things into perspective. Our knowledge of existence is nanoscopic at best. Better to just to sit back and enjoy it.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjejbn6YeufdttbVjGjIDNJNUNbe9zfMafGmHhvE2WdZv7JfbFiF5yNpDFVvzl92F-DVIs3F99Bt14NHqBBGepEFmes1Abg6Gwsuq7RfOuhQ2X6FdMQns8dTauECo9JdI6-dkIodrPgPvfvV-nJ58osvXOGPSvxPkx9Xb8dqgu_-tRiWMI2loIiaUI8CoM/s1256/Natural%20Staircase.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1256" data-original-width="932" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjejbn6YeufdttbVjGjIDNJNUNbe9zfMafGmHhvE2WdZv7JfbFiF5yNpDFVvzl92F-DVIs3F99Bt14NHqBBGepEFmes1Abg6Gwsuq7RfOuhQ2X6FdMQns8dTauECo9JdI6-dkIodrPgPvfvV-nJ58osvXOGPSvxPkx9Xb8dqgu_-tRiWMI2loIiaUI8CoM/s320/Natural%20Staircase.png" width="237" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Internet Image)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A pretty cool geologically formed "granite staircase"</div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Gettin' back to business at hand. We visited with direct intent of climbin' three routes. Stole a few images from the 'Mountain Project' link above considering that any images we had are long gone. We gave the photographer/contributor (or both) credit. If any disappear ya' know why. 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Baumgartner (T), John-Paul Zajackowski (B)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjViW-CtmRBBegkjRfOLImMrDFNBLzp4sJx3Cm3sO_Sudt8JRmC3NJBH_h1aSqQK1lJSGS_EIgkK7r9AMw1hXtBUuBHhJiT4k9fycBsE39FBO9PYrVo3i1fh6S_0XJQz7BLn42b4KRgrwLvvXWPFZOI_GX06Dhbum2YJyE8jhIPNFJEsPEMGNG-BolJ36A/s1610/OMG%20Dihedral.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1274" data-original-width="1610" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjViW-CtmRBBegkjRfOLImMrDFNBLzp4sJx3Cm3sO_Sudt8JRmC3NJBH_h1aSqQK1lJSGS_EIgkK7r9AMw1hXtBUuBHhJiT4k9fycBsE39FBO9PYrVo3i1fh6S_0XJQz7BLn42b4KRgrwLvvXWPFZOI_GX06Dhbum2YJyE8jhIPNFJEsPEMGNG-BolJ36A/s320/OMG%20Dihedral.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMojE4nJpELV7hhM9e4Afy8ddxJcKYg1sR3m1x4SqloBnAlxrUIfpbZWPIb7yWmfFS43XCXp3TH0tfvq0Py5h_gNvOblzflUGweXe5fYuG7KTz4rcOJ0TaUo3qf4UqD4g3XgUMtQtZTpDuqNjL38zoKqJMYNBp0LKaxvyESoo7frc39zYxRZQ8kEuVPx4/s1674/OMG%20Dihedral_5.10c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1264" data-original-width="1674" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMojE4nJpELV7hhM9e4Afy8ddxJcKYg1sR3m1x4SqloBnAlxrUIfpbZWPIb7yWmfFS43XCXp3TH0tfvq0Py5h_gNvOblzflUGweXe5fYuG7KTz4rcOJ0TaUo3qf4UqD4g3XgUMtQtZTpDuqNjL38zoKqJMYNBp0LKaxvyESoo7frc39zYxRZQ8kEuVPx4/s320/OMG%20Dihedral_5.10c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Oh My God Dihedral</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photos - Jeffrey Lash (T), Stuart Webb/Will Alford (B)</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span>Those bottom two images I'd have said California's Needles if asked to guess. You can get an idea of the summit view as well. The rock texture is pretty coarse-grained granite for the most part. We played around on one short boulder problem that was a regular cheese grater. Routes are mostly one pitch, around 80ft length. Doesn't get any bigger sky than this. Wish we would had visited more than just that once.</span></div></div></div></div><p></p>Wildfilmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538127785871807318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033086499692357755.post-11389178718339893452023-06-22T08:54:00.000-07:002023-06-22T08:54:01.107-07:00Rob Goodman (1959 - 2023) - Part III<p style="text-align: left;">The<i> </i>Blogger scrolling format can be a bit tedious. Split this post to three shorter "chapters" to break the monotony. A bit more climbing and other adventures:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>White Mountains, NH</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0AZmRcHp_R-0fOIh1CBeLV7H_-64i-bHSUEtZ9rjfK4Uj9CZpwYTMktfG_x14PZnDPZOaKp_gAwSDDB6t43j9vU8bag8yqwtOqTUMM67-sDrkEP_hK3T5ob8KtU01oyG7srkJ2O6WTl8TGzbr5j1yQDz_Tdfq-qUz1pivOMFj4zuNPrfFL-Lg19x5R6s/s1533/Untitled-Scanned-82.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1031" data-original-width="1533" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0AZmRcHp_R-0fOIh1CBeLV7H_-64i-bHSUEtZ9rjfK4Uj9CZpwYTMktfG_x14PZnDPZOaKp_gAwSDDB6t43j9vU8bag8yqwtOqTUMM67-sDrkEP_hK3T5ob8KtU01oyG7srkJ2O6WTl8TGzbr5j1yQDz_Tdfq-qUz1pivOMFj4zuNPrfFL-Lg19x5R6s/s320/Untitled-Scanned-82.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5zSXB_mUy98M11aQIS12vVZmsKCHudVswOVC6dayIa-fAwsXbf7SAiEmA3s1Gh4YviUeE5EXe0MET3WO8qwMVDPI8Xevc-AUtojx1uGFT3oRDCyDwnvAkhZDVEE5pRyzCEgt1RvwTG6NyYZ7iwGADN_6brVJjgyxb-dcmb3qnMoudAZyarJiRdXsO6QA/s1529/Untitled-Scanned-84.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I'd ventured into a few local Western PA caves with 'em - Casparis (Oppermans), Brooks Spring, Lemon Hole, Bear Cave. Remember crawlin' into some short passage up near Hillside Quarry with 'em. About ten feet in, crawlin' along, scraped my back along the ceiling. Soon swatted a spider big as a tarantula off my neck. Shined my light up at the ceiling, settin' about a foot above head. Was blanketed wall to wall with big, crawlin' wolf spiders. He used to make trips down to caving mecca Germany Valley located in Monongahela National Forest, WV. Used to come back with photos of some big drops he was doin'. 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Not far from Seneca. Probably around '82. It's long since been fenced closed and declared off-limits by the property owner. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD0sJ_U8IuNpbd3kJDDha1YxysWnqIffZzQXQcWGjkjDAWGcEeW9zFncKklQ9BaPuKoGB2DuBneEDaQWojDmiJsUolZ6QcnhfAkM8U14btq0EXh2SJYlZEHVnWTDw_X2lILjQ6Lppy34nIMQikmzSkghppMwBsun2wnhfJFlE2TuLutcu6VpgqaokoPR0/s1086/Cow%20Hole%20Well.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="1086" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD0sJ_U8IuNpbd3kJDDha1YxysWnqIffZzQXQcWGjkjDAWGcEeW9zFncKklQ9BaPuKoGB2DuBneEDaQWojDmiJsUolZ6QcnhfAkM8U14btq0EXh2SJYlZEHVnWTDw_X2lILjQ6Lppy34nIMQikmzSkghppMwBsun2wnhfJFlE2TuLutcu6VpgqaokoPR0/s320/Cow%20Hole%20Well.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Goodman's frequent caving partner, Lisa Hall, ascending out of vertical <i>Cow Hole Well</i> located in WV.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkyO3SJL0gZIfB5ARuk1WhEKxsQaLIlFK0s-zqLQexATkkpqxHyjP_hu8tnTB_SCyPvMw9UscaCQtpUwuwkfOwElBgRD7E2WXbaodl4Gi0fdkMFyNbb4CNT9d9I7NIrSVDK8uNbEs8fTZuNuYS5k2ycJWX6BkFgn0kJiyfGXQ-npKvT5SL0p5c50P0YLU/s1088/thumb_Practice_1024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1088" data-original-width="722" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkyO3SJL0gZIfB5ARuk1WhEKxsQaLIlFK0s-zqLQexATkkpqxHyjP_hu8tnTB_SCyPvMw9UscaCQtpUwuwkfOwElBgRD7E2WXbaodl4Gi0fdkMFyNbb4CNT9d9I7NIrSVDK8uNbEs8fTZuNuYS5k2ycJWX6BkFgn0kJiyfGXQ-npKvT5SL0p5c50P0YLU/s320/thumb_Practice_1024.jpg" width="212" /></a></div>Practicing vertical ascending technique at the Wheeler Bottom trestle near Connellsville, PA. Old P&LE Railroad. 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Ya' always ran into good climbers up there. Guys like Cal Swoager, Stu Kuperstock, Fred Gunther, John Govi. Eric Janoscrat. Goodman included. Guys that had been around the block. The harder routes was pretty much all that got climbed. There was a short learning curve unless ya' wanted to stick to climbing the easier stuff. The place was pretty motivating. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw2UzMRlbf2RGgN5Vq-vLF0D_DxLCM_2Az8qNXMJqj6gAH2NP3ucc65xcPQYmylNIHPvnIRrIAhJW1HswoB28lCENkZ_P9an06s4ZA8SWH6H66vI_H0SBZa8XYP30Z8w-ZpXJkFfhnwnXWK-Ln3Bgov5ywKJRQJeWctOEPoyzUDmYrsmEuEQUuQ94c-zE/s1058/thumb_Untitled-Scanned-30_1024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="743" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw2UzMRlbf2RGgN5Vq-vLF0D_DxLCM_2Az8qNXMJqj6gAH2NP3ucc65xcPQYmylNIHPvnIRrIAhJW1HswoB28lCENkZ_P9an06s4ZA8SWH6H66vI_H0SBZa8XYP30Z8w-ZpXJkFfhnwnXWK-Ln3Bgov5ywKJRQJeWctOEPoyzUDmYrsmEuEQUuQ94c-zE/s320/thumb_Untitled-Scanned-30_1024.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Mysticism</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5nvJXXMROoP5i2qA9IXSaKsWgtXD2bJh-F7RdPCgPiJl5INPYqiTCLg_GMz_HbkvrIRkkTM4ntLLW87slCaJgLqlnzzX1UH2n49RjNiqgwJ2KV32Of9bXM_L_KN9YaGjvjTANEqfCEbbIm_nS1x4ni9uF__zOCNiHzLdgfXB4BLSExVMmZNw0-BY_oek/s1058/thumb_Untitled-Scanned-35_1024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="743" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5nvJXXMROoP5i2qA9IXSaKsWgtXD2bJh-F7RdPCgPiJl5INPYqiTCLg_GMz_HbkvrIRkkTM4ntLLW87slCaJgLqlnzzX1UH2n49RjNiqgwJ2KV32Of9bXM_L_KN9YaGjvjTANEqfCEbbIm_nS1x4ni9uF__zOCNiHzLdgfXB4BLSExVMmZNw0-BY_oek/s320/thumb_Untitled-Scanned-35_1024.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The Sloth</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Goodman had been climbin' there since '77. Had the place wired. Could have probably climbed all the main routes there blindfolded. Used to like to show off for the uninitiated. Loved it on the occasional weekends that the National Guard would show up for high angle rope training. He'd crank up <i>Mysticism </i>or <i>Ten Crack</i>, most often placing one piece of gear for protection about half way up the route. Mysticism he'd then down climb and clean the piece himself. He'd always attract an audience of guardsmen at the base of the route. He wouldn't pass up the opportunity to ham it up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">---------------</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Sloth</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Swoager had just finished a short "smoke" break. He was boulderin' around at the base of a main face. He's explaining his philosophy regarding unroped soloing. <i>"Never solo anything that ya' can't down climb!" </i>was his mantra. He climbs up ten feet, down ten feet, traverses over five feet, climbs up ten feet, traverses back five feet, down climbs ten feet. Never once a break in his homily. He then traverses over to the base of the <i>Sloth, </i>a pumpy off width horizontal roof crack, maybe 12ft length, maybe 12ft off the deck. Rated 5.7 at the time - don't know what it would be now days. He proceeds to solo up the lower face, out the crack, pulls the lip, then up the upper face. He's standin' out of site, atop the route. Never once a break in his litany, bottom to top. All the time casual as spoutin' from the church pulpit. Was wonderin' how he was gonna' reverse the lip on the down climb, but he opted to walk off. Good decision. Probably 5.12+ down climbing that thing and reversing that roof crack.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">---------------</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hendrix</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">SWPA's first 5.12 and 5.13 ratings were established at High Rocks. <i>Der Kommissar</i>, 5.13, established by Swoager. We've seen it rated 5.12 in an old omnibus-style, "roadtrip" guidebook. We're stickin' with Swoagers original rating. <i>Jimi Hendrix</i>, 5.12, is an interesting story, particularly to us, It was a long established 5.10 rated classic route. Very thin, insecure smearing moves up a short, steep slab. Goodman and I had recently each picked up a pair of the new <i>Boreal Fire </i>rock shoes. Got 'em at the <i>Gendarme</i> climbing shop down at Seneca the recent weekend. Souped-up with "revolutionary sticky Spanish rubber soles" per the propoganda. Noticed a bit of a difference on Seneca's steep faces and always bit slippery-feelin' quartz sandstone, compared to the older, reliable EB's. Couldn't wait to try 'em out on some steep friction. We're both thinkin' Jimi Hendrix back in PA. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The first couple moves to start Hendrix were always a short, right facing traverse onto the direct line. Maybe the first five feet as recalled. Been a long time. Then ya' pretty much smear your way straight up the slab. Is pretty thin. We tried it straight on several times, as probably had most everyone else, I assume. No one ever did it direct far as we knew. I went first with the new Fires (pronounced <i>fee-ray) - </i>hurried up and laced mine on ahead of Rob. I went for the direct start. <i>"That's not the way it goes" </i>declares stickler Rob. <i>"No sh*t - I'm tryin' it my way." </i>I was always pretty good on steep friction climbs that were mostly delicacy over technique. Think I popped once. Second try made some very insecure moves, then waltzed up the face to the top. I lower back down. Rob's turn. He's just lookin'. Scrutinizing the holds I used. He tries balancing his way up. Again and again he pops. <i>"What holds did you use again?" </i>I point 'em out. None really - <i>"There's where I stuck my foot".</i> He still pops off. Now he's startin' to not believe what he's just seen. <i>"Let me see you try that again!" </i>I tie onto the toprope. Make those initial starting moves and again waltz up the slab. Lower back down. Untie and hand the rope to Rob. He ties in. He's just lookin'. Occasionally clearin' his throat. Chalkin' up over and over. Dustin' his shoes. Wipin' 'em off on the carpet square. Then repeating the process. Back on the rock, he still keeps repeatedly popping off. <i>"That second time felt a bit easier." </i>I comment. I could tell he's gettin' pretty pissed. I offer some beta for fun. He's really pissed now. He finally made the moves, just barely, then cruised up the remainder of the route, which he had wired (he used to occasionally boulder up the route unroped). Lowers back down. <i>"That was pretty good - I'll give ya' credit on that one" </i>he says. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A few weeks later we were out somewhere and the subject of steep slabs came up. We were comparing hard routes we knew of. I mentioned Hendrix as being 5.10. <i>"That's been upgraded to 5.12 - someone put a direct start to it recently." </i>I never asked who that was. Was only two or three moves anyway.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>---------------</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Bouldering</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSRsuaYbpuDKTScfaWFqIdkwVxC4tS6m035CPaN_6p82Wj4tX-luFbQ75SqN99jQPv2_IpNJWgAQaIEGJ_DaVGjKn5V8JJbbvmlLjewuMBYb2i1Dj0oTMF1wKArkDNdV8e6dDMgr9IIrr_1TTeLPhIFLx4z6nFsbWX2oHm4nblSemYL0TpE6I31UoMVPg/s1452/Untitled-Scanned-37.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1452" data-original-width="1026" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSRsuaYbpuDKTScfaWFqIdkwVxC4tS6m035CPaN_6p82Wj4tX-luFbQ75SqN99jQPv2_IpNJWgAQaIEGJ_DaVGjKn5V8JJbbvmlLjewuMBYb2i1Dj0oTMF1wKArkDNdV8e6dDMgr9IIrr_1TTeLPhIFLx4z6nFsbWX2oHm4nblSemYL0TpE6I31UoMVPg/s320/Untitled-Scanned-37.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">High Rocks Boulder</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was always fun matchin' Goodman move for move. Sometimes bouldering new stuff he'd first do a route that he might initially consider 5.9. I'd then do it. He'd down rate it to 5.8. He'd jump back on and use some eliminate holds. <i>"Might be 5.10 usin' those holds". </i>I'd then repeat that. He jumps back on. If the holds were there this would go on until he had it up to 5.12 or 5.13 if need be, or until I couldn't get it. Pretty competitive. But good training. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He'd go into the woods alone and find a new boulder problem. If really difficult, he'd work it for days until he had it wired. Keeping it secret throughout. He'd then phone ya, <i>"Boy did I just find a hard boulder problem - probably the hardest one I ever did - I gotta' take ya' up to try it!" </i>You'd first watch 'em repeat it. You'd later be thrashin' on the thing. After about your 20th attempt, and your fingers are fried, you'd ask, <i>"F*k - how long did it take ya'</i> <i>to do this thing!?" "About</i> <i>two or three tries."</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b>---------------</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b><br /></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>'<i>Feed Me Jack</i>', 80's</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A one-off crack climb located at an abandoned quarry. There was a bolt ladder located not far away that was a fun climb clipping aid slings bottom to top. Intentional for practicing aid climbing. I couldn't tell ya' now as to the exact location of either. Think the quarry was the old Hillside Quarry near Derry, PA. There were a few small limestone caverns in the area as well. A few ok ice climbs formed at the nearby old Darlington Quarry, located a bit further south at Long Bridge, just off Rt. 30 near Ligonier.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib_mJ_lcCe7gArDZCBodQS9smhI0eHj8azzH2qGr89XZK-RhEOyL9F3SJVRjy-m-zPkVUX9MFi_M8KwvJ-kM9bkl8GpQzZ6bqTLZYmJyzEUlwoTIOmnoUJAf_gBVVDcZZyGNPcKaYZCAYs7ZxYs9MO1OLVsqIJp6KT3E_Cz99nZWjcGDCQfGE2x0dgRXo/s1024/thumb_Untitled-Scanned-103_1024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="803" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib_mJ_lcCe7gArDZCBodQS9smhI0eHj8azzH2qGr89XZK-RhEOyL9F3SJVRjy-m-zPkVUX9MFi_M8KwvJ-kM9bkl8GpQzZ6bqTLZYmJyzEUlwoTIOmnoUJAf_gBVVDcZZyGNPcKaYZCAYs7ZxYs9MO1OLVsqIJp6KT3E_Cz99nZWjcGDCQfGE2x0dgRXo/s320/thumb_Untitled-Scanned-103_1024.jpg" width="251" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEVBerljQehTTBoVOUPMAexsAYeP07CJzxVmL30pOUo0kKPQK_BJzrMN6oO95yCvm-mNO2A9T7YCal0fmnhSCHSRrU5KjZbHMMdEtzUN1C7xFfV_MAKvejW8VyD_CqYKl240YsYajrPNrdmviWTjDDkCBn5o6pvYfVvAX1lDGO9ufbkb0R_cbnTtyKfs8/s1024/thumb_Untitled-Scanned-106_1024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="795" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEVBerljQehTTBoVOUPMAexsAYeP07CJzxVmL30pOUo0kKPQK_BJzrMN6oO95yCvm-mNO2A9T7YCal0fmnhSCHSRrU5KjZbHMMdEtzUN1C7xFfV_MAKvejW8VyD_CqYKl240YsYajrPNrdmviWTjDDkCBn5o6pvYfVvAX1lDGO9ufbkb0R_cbnTtyKfs8/s320/thumb_Untitled-Scanned-106_1024.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3wX2o8rQylHZzbpgbJ4-4M4ZUyHx5psTtqYu3H5tC8Gazqt7cV9mK8ui8eTh_x1Q5uJBHbXTjyGK-4I3SLeVaUlwfDfgFdfRdIWz1EmDsziDoiLPxguyP5HwwtlzTDbYMPBse_AfQGyNHCpuKkMy8xHbIeD0VVmNhnzQVymkSnmZevjEvWvcTzSTO24/s1024/thumb_Untitled-Scanned-104_1024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="806" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3wX2o8rQylHZzbpgbJ4-4M4ZUyHx5psTtqYu3H5tC8Gazqt7cV9mK8ui8eTh_x1Q5uJBHbXTjyGK-4I3SLeVaUlwfDfgFdfRdIWz1EmDsziDoiLPxguyP5HwwtlzTDbYMPBse_AfQGyNHCpuKkMy8xHbIeD0VVmNhnzQVymkSnmZevjEvWvcTzSTO24/s320/thumb_Untitled-Scanned-104_1024.jpg" width="252" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rob on <i>Feed Me Jack</i>. We're up there one day. Did one lead ascent then set up a top rope to run a few alternating laps apiece. Messing around trying some variation of holds. Taking a few falls. Lowering off the anchor after each lap. Never pulled the top after each lap. Just lowered from the top of the face. When retrieving the top rope anchor at the end of the session, we discovered that the 1" tubular webbing anchor had slid from the cushion we placed and was abraded almost completely thru. Over 1/2 way. One of us was pretty lucky. Could have been a stupid, serious mishap on our part. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>---------------</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Locust Grove, Md, 80's</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also known as Lovers Leap, the Narrows - whatever. One of the favorite areas. Then no guidebook, internet or such information. Ya' just jumped on something not knowing exactly what to expect. 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text-align: center;">YRT Bluffs</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An uncompleted route from '82. A thin crack that runs the height of the wall. Face climbing. Our high point was maybe 30ft up the route. Got a bit stymied at that point by some difficult moves. We're both taking turns tryin' to work thru 'em. Robs weighin' in at around 175lb. I'm around 230lb - in the process of transitioning from weight lifting to bein' a rock climber (eventually got down to wafting between 195 - 205 climbing weight). Finally got to be too nerve-wracking taking repeated falls on a small wire stopper we'd placed protecting those moves. Also dislodged a large block which clobbered me. Gave up for the time being to regroup. The following day Goodman wakes up with a horrible case of poison ivy, oak, sumac - one of 'em. Covered his inner thighs and stomach. Got it from rapping the route the day before to clean it of that stuff. Never went back.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGFAin849mq4-x1yDBXM11sESI1dgc5_I3dylsdIRGgFEz2-OnuA2IiAA9Iic2UWjVefX6D2VG5i7x2LUjOpU3KgT7jvSHWysQzk1k95WC22MkB6SKL4TrrbaZ8fvWcOWtOkPN28XVQC6sv2q13_W81lSby8BCuz0EEpXIdxwoTMWbYa2hOoRs6FGec9s/s1299/Untitled-Scanned-129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1299" data-original-width="1031" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGFAin849mq4-x1yDBXM11sESI1dgc5_I3dylsdIRGgFEz2-OnuA2IiAA9Iic2UWjVefX6D2VG5i7x2LUjOpU3KgT7jvSHWysQzk1k95WC22MkB6SKL4TrrbaZ8fvWcOWtOkPN28XVQC6sv2q13_W81lSby8BCuz0EEpXIdxwoTMWbYa2hOoRs6FGec9s/s320/Untitled-Scanned-129.jpg" width="254" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rob's Knobs</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An excellent jumble of boulders situated on a high knob of ground in the forest. We had put up maybe fifteen routes. All of the few short trad leads then progressing to toproping others - the rocks were just a bit too high for unroped bouldering. No pads back in those days. Rob then took another guy up there, who in-turn took a guy, who in-turn took a group. The place was soon festooned with expansion bolts. Rob was appalled. Would never visit or even discuss the place again. Mentioning it was like uttering Niagara Falls to Moe Howard. Was considered desecrated ground. The knob and rocks soon became eponymic with Rob.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3jjj6fwENbIUWbmYL1QS4DdH4eZv2VAYZnp9NN1RKDfEkof-lVFklV9uMaIk2z-EZOBGj9uHDtzRkXHRvZuzzCH-q3TArUXS6x7tykKXhzEK4aytSchpv-nuYVNwnv241aDhUAuwAAzn2RJTt6TEBGpbxk5UO_2fgiEPSIEozqBnKLWnqXi2_cLq5Ig/s4113/Map.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3304" data-original-width="4113" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3jjj6fwENbIUWbmYL1QS4DdH4eZv2VAYZnp9NN1RKDfEkof-lVFklV9uMaIk2z-EZOBGj9uHDtzRkXHRvZuzzCH-q3TArUXS6x7tykKXhzEK4aytSchpv-nuYVNwnv241aDhUAuwAAzn2RJTt6TEBGpbxk5UO_2fgiEPSIEozqBnKLWnqXi2_cLq5Ig/s320/Map.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Secret Map</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An old USGS South Connellsville Quad. We got it all marked up with local climbing areas - small cliffs, boulders, one-offs, ice. A little over forty sites. Not bad for one quad. Added MTB trails as well. Throw in outlying areas and we can count close to sixty locations within a 45 minute drive of the sanctum. Shortly before we follow Goodman to the happy hunting ground we're gonna' bury this thing in the woods nearby. Leave a few esoteric clues to its whereabouts.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">End of Part II. Think we'll do a final Part III. Pulled a few more photos from the archives than expected.</div><p></p>Wildfilmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538127785871807318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033086499692357755.post-40060346534858558212023-06-17T06:29:00.005-07:002023-06-25T08:41:55.507-07:00Rob Goodman (1959 - 2023)<p>We'd posted a few old videos and images of late featuring our buddy Rob Goodman. Ironically, Rob up and passed away last weekend after a somewhat rapid illness. Totally unexpected by us.</p><p>A bit of fond remembrance. Most images we may have posted previously:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpEP5-q8LqfEvnNfQ419vLVqmu4m40GHauvuyL7qcgckmf504Ji9wuAe_jzMqGr4wyp-QDcaFCOAfmX8eLydMpgpE_m-G6slHWroq_1_ouCDxlQblrZ0E5RFNqpRU71DRzeKYf6iPoC-5_wRKAsDwI4Q4ujCONBnRD-DFbwZfvlFC70LVJjL5HkPNu/s1448/Untitled-Scanned-121.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1031" data-original-width="1448" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpEP5-q8LqfEvnNfQ419vLVqmu4m40GHauvuyL7qcgckmf504Ji9wuAe_jzMqGr4wyp-QDcaFCOAfmX8eLydMpgpE_m-G6slHWroq_1_ouCDxlQblrZ0E5RFNqpRU71DRzeKYf6iPoC-5_wRKAsDwI4Q4ujCONBnRD-DFbwZfvlFC70LVJjL5HkPNu/s320/Untitled-Scanned-121.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our boy, summit of Seneca Rocks, WV</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>---------------</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>New River Gorge, '84 - '85</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rob (lookin' for a fight): <i>"You think I'm a 'woodland faerie' wearin' these tights, don't ya'!!"</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Me: <i>"Yea"</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had made some exploratory trips into the New River Gorge, WV. This was initially around '84 and following a cover article in <i>Climbing Magazine </i>extolling the then seemingly endless climbing potential. We had prior connected with local NRG climber Bruce Burgin, referenced as contact in the article. Burgin responded with some hand drawn area mapping including established climbing routes. Think less than fifty - nowhere near the over thousand listed in the many guidebook editions available today. We made an initial trip, found and climbed a few of the mapped routes, explored around a bit, and left impressed with the area and potential, as advertised.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our interest was later further piqued from several conversations we had with local climbing hero Cal Swoager, while climbing at (Derry) High Rocks, PA. Cal had been involved in a bit of the current route development. He described a few new areas he was working, recent ascents, and alluded to the potential of a multitude of untouched splitter hand cracks, long layback corner cracks and roofs. Following his directions, our second weekend trip down we climbed what were probably the second ascents of both <i>Leave It To Jesus and Team Jesus</i>, recent ascents by Swoager, both led by Rob. On the negative end, we were caught in a heavy regional rain system and spent the remainder of the weekend socked inside a soaking wet tent in a claustrophobic mud patch in the woods.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I personally made two more weekend trips with Rob. Both times we climbed a few undocumented routes which were most probably first ascents - one a very cool dihedral which was as good as it gets. Alas, the second of the two trips we again spent the majority of the weekend tent bound in the rain soaked mud patch. That was enough for me. Considering the distance from home, that was a bit too much commitment and effort for single pitch climbing and persnickety weather. And there was plenty similar climbing, albeit on a bit smaller volume and scale, within minutes of the home front door. And we still preferred big sky <i>Seneca Rocks</i>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN5x8HnDROA3OJQU2dnzklnZ6mA_vNdNJiwBe0zmVrtU3CuEswzXNKPV-YDaqIJ9hst2Dm9HKqkR66HL-AFBGDjSVNxGiZkXVzjkiDeGE3d0yvOooObHI1G6GRFfJ56uBqzx2XnbczgIArqFspHP37dnoqrmcmjoa7ou--Rhg-06Bu6chq8r8w5f-I/s4608/P6160017.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN5x8HnDROA3OJQU2dnzklnZ6mA_vNdNJiwBe0zmVrtU3CuEswzXNKPV-YDaqIJ9hst2Dm9HKqkR66HL-AFBGDjSVNxGiZkXVzjkiDeGE3d0yvOooObHI1G6GRFfJ56uBqzx2XnbczgIArqFspHP37dnoqrmcmjoa7ou--Rhg-06Bu6chq8r8w5f-I/s320/P6160017.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The book, <i>Big Wall Climbing (Doug Scott, 1974) </i>was pretty much our personal standard reference. Frolicking around in pastel tights (still haven't fathomed that trend) deep in the heart of heavy coal and timber industry West Virginia was a bit of a contrast to the image of British climber Rusty Baillie anchored high on Norway's highly exposed <i>Troll Wall</i>, working ropes, cigarette dangling from his lip. To over-romanticize a bit, we looked at climbing as serious exploration. Guys like Brits Tony Howard and Leo Dickinson. Flying hot air balloons over <i>Everest. </i>Trekking into foreign lands with exotic named areas like <i>Wadi Rum </i>and <i>Baintha Brakk (aka: The Ogre) </i>in search of unclimbed several thousand foot walls and peaks. Into the mountains of madness. Scott himself with a harrowing descent from the Ogre with two broken legs. There be dragons. Modern day Ulysses and Sinbad the Sailor. Men who would be king. Never once saw 'em in flashy tights.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rob persevered onward. He linked up with a few other sequential partners. Always with issues. He them found a steady girlfriend who climbed and would commit to the frequent journey south. Problem was, the area was gettin' more popular every weekend. A group social gathering vibe was becoming the norm (and with climbing in general). A few of Rob's earlier ascents were claimed as first by others - some after the addition of a few protection bolts. That included our dihedral, which has since been listed as a "classic". The final straw was when his girlfriend ran off with another spandex tight-clad climber. Don't think he'd been back there since except to maybe hike around. Never asked 'em. Such is life.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A few early images - Goodman at NRG:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmsf0UZxnAN_2leLpbx0eCyFctVU1bI3Hzd4WaIrjuW-zndO03TxJk70n0C-ABxTgZ3MT0ICD-UbYrXifX1K3AA3OjmSMlvin00llJ6pyYizJghbHG4qR9eXAikEdGEsX9-SjU43bTbltY_TQC18EFsQkoAEsOct_x0B9fWvKJwHM7EkdUxxiGtkLS/s1024/thumb_Untitled-Scanned-27_1024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="810" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmsf0UZxnAN_2leLpbx0eCyFctVU1bI3Hzd4WaIrjuW-zndO03TxJk70n0C-ABxTgZ3MT0ICD-UbYrXifX1K3AA3OjmSMlvin00llJ6pyYizJghbHG4qR9eXAikEdGEsX9-SjU43bTbltY_TQC18EFsQkoAEsOct_x0B9fWvKJwHM7EkdUxxiGtkLS/s320/thumb_Untitled-Scanned-27_1024.jpg" width="253" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><b>Bellefonte Quarry, '80's</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>The Soloist</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We're layin' back catchin' some rays while lounging on some large breakdown boulders along the edge of the quarry pool. Always clear aqua-blue water. Said to be over 100ft deep - supposedly confirmed by scuba divers. The pool formed when the open pit limestone mine struck an artesian aquifer during mining operations. Hit a gusher resulting in the pit filling to its current level within hours. The operators didn't even have time to evacuate some heavy equipment, said to remain on the bottom to this day. At least that's what the locals told us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We're viewing the length of the north facing, east-west striking quarry wall from opposite side of the pool. From approximate wall mid-length, extending east, is the real climbing. A couple classic "western-style" splitter cracks, large flakes formed along detached vertical fractures within the limestone bedding which itself separates like stacked dinner plates. All etched in a steep angled, near vertical billiard table top slab. The western wall length is a bit more broken (as we recall, been many years) and more featured regarding hand and foot holds, and not as dramatic. Was referred to as the "Beginner Wall" by several locals we initially ran into. We scoped it out but had to agree - never really messed around on it. Still, it's no walk up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>"Hey, there's someone up there" </i> I mention to Rob after I spot a climber about 3/4 way up the most obvious line on the 80ft Beginner Wall. First other soul we saw all day and it's mid-afternoon. We're watchin' his progress - movin' slow and deliberate. Rob, suddenly posturing to upright, exclaims <i>"He's not roped up."</i> He's focused on the climber like a hawk now. A lengthy pause and Rob now shouts to the guy <i>"YOU'RE GETTIN' PRETTY HIGH THERE FELLA - THAT'S PRETTY DANGEROUS!"</i> I'm now thinkin' <i>"Aw f*k, here we go." </i>The guy shouts somethin' back. Rob shouts somethin' back. The guy shouts somethin' back. Now we've got a 300ft cross-quarry shoutin' match goin' on, with one guy danglin' from fingertips 70ft up a stone wall, unprotected. <i>"Rob - will you shut the f*k up and let the guy climb on - you're breakin' his concentration - you're gonna' make 'em fall off the f*k'n wall!!!" </i>For a moment Rob's silenced and the guy continues moving up the wall. He does a mantle finish and is now standing atop the wall. Rob gotta' get in a last shout, <i>YOU'RE LUCKY!!".</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A bit later we're ropin' up at the base of <i>Coleman's Crack, </i>which we've climbed a dozen times over the course of our visits. Here comes the "soloist" strolling over our direction. He stops. Never mentions the shouting match. Rob just glaring, waiting for a comment to set him off. The guy gestures toward the upper height of the route, <i>"Hey, I had to bail on that route yesterday - I left a piece </i>(small stopper) <i>higher up - could you guys grab it for me - it's really wedged in there, though." "Sure, no problem" </i>I reply. The guy strolls off. He's a bit unique looking to say the least - mullet-style hair with twin lightening bolts etched either side in the close-cropped sidewalls. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">About sixty-five feet of climbing and I get to the wedged bail stopper - a fairly small wire. It lifts right out. Zero effort. I wonder, <i>"Why couldn't he retrieve it initially?" </i>The only thing I could figure was that the guy was rope soloing and bailed about 15ft from the top for some reason. No point for a second to leave the nut. Never saw the guy after that. Later, inquired around to other climbers, "<i>Oh, that's Rick </i>(Rick Mix - a local climber we learned later)<i> - he climbs around here by himself all the time".</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rob held on to the stopper as he was occasionally goin' to the quarry, in between our visits, with a girl he met up there. Never ran into Mix again. Sure that Rob has had the piece to this day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Goodman at Bellefonte Quarry:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj79ivMa9zqlyETC53nAdgEop_ZXrpgNOr5ZdPJ0rTmjiNMjf6_CtvqAirH_a0310dG-99cDvFQDwVIFQvqsAQYsQ7ZkmZeWHbGmgYtE0QtNsmlTz7hWzq8xsAAVV2qfab6ESAWyyR1Dg7eAfqughVF94V8fAz5o_-HCHFrCa3dBeApGta5dGrlohdF/s1080/thumb_Untitled-Scanned-99_1024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="1080" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj79ivMa9zqlyETC53nAdgEop_ZXrpgNOr5ZdPJ0rTmjiNMjf6_CtvqAirH_a0310dG-99cDvFQDwVIFQvqsAQYsQ7ZkmZeWHbGmgYtE0QtNsmlTz7hWzq8xsAAVV2qfab6ESAWyyR1Dg7eAfqughVF94V8fAz5o_-HCHFrCa3dBeApGta5dGrlohdF/s320/thumb_Untitled-Scanned-99_1024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Flyin' Blind</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There's a second quarry, named the <i>Dark Star</i> quarry, adjacent the main quarry. We knew that strongman eastern PA climber, Eric Horst, had ventured into there and put up a few super hard routes. After a day of climbing at the regular quarry we decided to hike over and try to find it. Still lots of daylight left. And, <i>"It's only supposed to be right over there." </i>After a bit of bushwalking we found the place. A "bit of bushwhacking" is an understatement as we didn't bring along the necessary proper brush cutting tools, having not anticipating such endeavor. We decided to circumnavigate the quarry - didn't really matter backtracking as we really hadn't been cutting trail. That way we can check out the whole wall. Besides, returning didn't appear much better than forging ahead. Moving forward, the just-above-head height brush kept getting thicker. Don't know what type of vegetation we were in. It eventually was like trying to penetrate thru garden hedges - the upper three foot just that with the bottom three foot thick wooden stalks. We had to finally resort to stooping and crawling, weaving in and out of the stalks. Eventually had no guess as to what direction we're heading. <i>"Wonder what the poisonous viper situation is around here,</i> s<i>ure is the habitat for 'em."</i> On top of that, there's gonna' be no moon out tonight for sight, and that also means that once the remaining twilight is gone it's gonna be <b>DARK</b> - you won't see your hand in front of your face. And we didn't bring along any lighting either. Left 'em back at camp. Who the f*k would have expected to get lost literally in the middle of town in these conditions. We could have been 50ft or 500ft from camp for all we knew. With daylight fading, I'm thinkin' that this is suddenly turning into a lighter version of a script for the old <i>Sea Hunt </i>TV series, and we're both Mike Nelson, 60ft down, trapped in a sunken steamer cabin with six minutes of air remaining. Luckily, we finally broke thru the "hedges" and into waist high grass, maybe another 200ft to camp. <i>Hey, I can see the top of the tent over there!"</i> We weren't a long spell from having to just bed down and wait 'till morning, though. It was shortly pitch black after arriving back to the tent. We'd probably have never made our way out of that tangled mess in the dark with no lights. A compass would have been nice. Had one of those, too, <i>in the top flap of my pack, back at the tent.</i> We were never in any physical peril, but were both pretty f*k'n starved after not eating since breakfast and climbing all day. It would have been a long hungry night thinking about a cooler full of food and drinks settin' a short distance away. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht8rWE_XfF1XkpYsAlNIxyRd2Y4l6xs9U9dGjkTNn_T8QioC5z-wz8Gn95-1E-CmUuTwYg995Opp7RP3WZIC8v5HlgjiRMimvsIcqlXpBRNnYPt8WQrmu-eokbCtrTuMdJRrNJRftBHmm_kH7-BZ_4WW_gmjI2qczcZm3cYaThh6IW4BE39tPeP9P6/s1309/Untitled-Scanned-03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1031" data-original-width="1309" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht8rWE_XfF1XkpYsAlNIxyRd2Y4l6xs9U9dGjkTNn_T8QioC5z-wz8Gn95-1E-CmUuTwYg995Opp7RP3WZIC8v5HlgjiRMimvsIcqlXpBRNnYPt8WQrmu-eokbCtrTuMdJRrNJRftBHmm_kH7-BZ_4WW_gmjI2qczcZm3cYaThh6IW4BE39tPeP9P6/s320/Untitled-Scanned-03.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Approaching Bellefonte Quarry camp. Used to be able to (a bit rough) 4WD almost to the top of the wall. I had an '80 Subaru GL Hatchback. Rob could never believe that I could four wheel that thing up into there. That thing was a tank. Shift in 4WD gearbox. He was so impressed he went out and bought a GL wagon.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>---------------</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Seneca Rocks, WV, 80's - '90's</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4pzRmx3xnlicl0PkziBLeO37gGCVsDxNMXE040wTZHN2_tOGj4QG94zZD7XpiCUSxM9rie-bVhfE2k25U1azcaDYmKgs9YJXxuscre9VOqtHa8uNeo9yfTHU23alwa_p-YhTMOtYRzCfyPHW7-xQmmY79mzpk9iVRx0ni--FBTW8g5HCVsDYyxby/s1533/Untitled-Scanned_Sen-38.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1533" data-original-width="1031" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4pzRmx3xnlicl0PkziBLeO37gGCVsDxNMXE040wTZHN2_tOGj4QG94zZD7XpiCUSxM9rie-bVhfE2k25U1azcaDYmKgs9YJXxuscre9VOqtHa8uNeo9yfTHU23alwa_p-YhTMOtYRzCfyPHW7-xQmmY79mzpk9iVRx0ni--FBTW8g5HCVsDYyxby/s320/Untitled-Scanned_Sen-38.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">High on <i>Green Wall</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPlehYPEjamUxlLPqAiBuhlKVW651p5PN1kHWz85VH1XpyFiOEL8wQF2qFGYb3-VhlB0VudTLAYGjisVXkinj5FN0DC-wnNOj_uTUQOIZN5MXkUgn9fUnkWFk3QjicsT3ngpGGBggXUjpOlJ-T-SmvleMyJgI1S-EKbELHtxquy6KY9HoDDb4jEHzQ/s1322/Untitled-Scanned-69.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="1322" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPlehYPEjamUxlLPqAiBuhlKVW651p5PN1kHWz85VH1XpyFiOEL8wQF2qFGYb3-VhlB0VudTLAYGjisVXkinj5FN0DC-wnNOj_uTUQOIZN5MXkUgn9fUnkWFk3QjicsT3ngpGGBggXUjpOlJ-T-SmvleMyJgI1S-EKbELHtxquy6KY9HoDDb4jEHzQ/s320/Untitled-Scanned-69.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgisq8OxtlcyFQSFuR2uUWP_6yM_roI38nTZM1dLaQ1wYEbEueSk_ZxvNFiJKjkKDajXDIoKKzgRJWewN0aAiGoJbgncJ_54c2ONHprKINOnpVFfsksyQg380Bl8NccIIYfjAOhBEfeOSINBy-M0KuCfwQO4_G4lHj8qxaPz1_YlTcRDgi7PQc0QJVC/s1322/Untitled-Scanned-70.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="1322" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgisq8OxtlcyFQSFuR2uUWP_6yM_roI38nTZM1dLaQ1wYEbEueSk_ZxvNFiJKjkKDajXDIoKKzgRJWewN0aAiGoJbgncJ_54c2ONHprKINOnpVFfsksyQg380Bl8NccIIYfjAOhBEfeOSINBy-M0KuCfwQO4_G4lHj8qxaPz1_YlTcRDgi7PQc0QJVC/s320/Untitled-Scanned-70.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Finger Stinger</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A great old Herb Laeger route. That short traverse could be a bit gripping. Had been a few broken ankles falling from that position. Someone fell and either broke a leg or was actually killed a week after this photo was taken. Just remember the timing, not the actual details.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg20I5cEApPiyyre_9HC5VUepYGrkp1mJ4VyiaLG4Ysm6UQUM9n96yo979f6fxywtiDtzsVXRSxYUidUYc9hDcHKv6z_uGqRxRAnR1QlFMkrfbTKaAcjJLhA1-1x2rarf1S7TjaWZjJJhtOp-1cxPhFAx_YDkdnFeSYiZlTwkZy3mo_DKRDQCPnYFa/s1024/thumb_Untitled-Scanned-113_1024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="815" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg20I5cEApPiyyre_9HC5VUepYGrkp1mJ4VyiaLG4Ysm6UQUM9n96yo979f6fxywtiDtzsVXRSxYUidUYc9hDcHKv6z_uGqRxRAnR1QlFMkrfbTKaAcjJLhA1-1x2rarf1S7TjaWZjJJhtOp-1cxPhFAx_YDkdnFeSYiZlTwkZy3mo_DKRDQCPnYFa/s320/thumb_Untitled-Scanned-113_1024.jpg" width="255" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKt4YgDRoQeTOs-BvLIVO0fSZ9jAzi9-GBVZN3NuDgNKc8kF4NPj87mdDQRy-U5-rL9blDy00ouO1t6c1uCQW7pgTzULIdq5vasJmgPWeZ2-50ST3ycEQx0TIzxaBm4CcLvOdYyTUennRt6FEXXk7FMB4jJ7t4REkgJoW5o-ZyW0mQUsBhaOwrwmdf/s1716/Untitled-Scanned-125.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1716" data-original-width="1183" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKt4YgDRoQeTOs-BvLIVO0fSZ9jAzi9-GBVZN3NuDgNKc8kF4NPj87mdDQRy-U5-rL9blDy00ouO1t6c1uCQW7pgTzULIdq5vasJmgPWeZ2-50ST3ycEQx0TIzxaBm4CcLvOdYyTUennRt6FEXXk7FMB4jJ7t4REkgJoW5o-ZyW0mQUsBhaOwrwmdf/s320/Untitled-Scanned-125.jpg" width="221" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Soler</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had got some aluminum tubing from the scrap yard and fabricated a few "tuber" chocks to protect the wide crack that starts the route (upper image). Boy is that route steep and fun. Rob said that he was setting on the summit one day when two hands popped over the edge and one of Markwell's guides (John Markwell, then owner of the local <i>Gendarme </i>climbing shop) comes mantling onto the top, unroped. He'd just soloed the route. Rob was a bit aghast. He mentioned the incident later to Markwell. Typical Markwell reaction, <i>"Hey, you're free to kill yourself any way ya' want to in this country." </i>Markell was a great guy. Pretty sure that the soloist was Fly'n Brian McCray. A Seneca guide at the time. He went on to become one of America's best (and fearless) climbers throughout the late 90's and into the millennium. Bouldered with 'em down there one rainy day on some secret boulders he had stashed aside. Good guy as well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaT64z2EGcS7vi08utrw9PAAXnPJOJoDG3lZazSO7s5Hm2Bo4X8kVjNz17RA83PF4_h9u384elA74Vfn0GntB_GjBHwSxFoNoSNd2MFUuOVvhp3werRP3N53X-ufJzHxa7QQSOdaFthbBEHFOBNw7ozCDRESF50-BesSTcxgGu4vDx1hFoi0YqlcHF/s1295/Untitled-Scanned-118.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1295" data-original-width="1031" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaT64z2EGcS7vi08utrw9PAAXnPJOJoDG3lZazSO7s5Hm2Bo4X8kVjNz17RA83PF4_h9u384elA74Vfn0GntB_GjBHwSxFoNoSNd2MFUuOVvhp3werRP3N53X-ufJzHxa7QQSOdaFthbBEHFOBNw7ozCDRESF50-BesSTcxgGu4vDx1hFoi0YqlcHF/s320/Untitled-Scanned-118.jpg" width="255" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Banana</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrLYhW9D2BPcFc0qQ-xj3FumCjCN35OXOywCi67Ws4IpFYdgjkJQGjSoAV642nR7jBrxeV_xvQxhrQU3ynwzDmsgQQRLryjjErrU9-8sbfDnqZuSEAK_FV2hVgESIWOZGNKs-H3br8mIIUEprDo584xFzXNQ4eBcECglUzOM-LOidHxIwZKJoyQ03O/s1712/Untitled-Scanned-122.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1712" data-original-width="1183" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrLYhW9D2BPcFc0qQ-xj3FumCjCN35OXOywCi67Ws4IpFYdgjkJQGjSoAV642nR7jBrxeV_xvQxhrQU3ynwzDmsgQQRLryjjErrU9-8sbfDnqZuSEAK_FV2hVgESIWOZGNKs-H3br8mIIUEprDo584xFzXNQ4eBcECglUzOM-LOidHxIwZKJoyQ03O/s320/Untitled-Scanned-122.jpg" width="221" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Ecstasy</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqdP-5blntP3NmTwwvgnZDT4jbF-YeC6kNHhBShgNsb6B1S-GcfbnvcIHF5VwGlBfUEN_8PZFbsXju_v2XWs4aLeRRJt73rC4ixQBisze_YP8bL-EReYcJpoeXzdt6WQNhy4Fr2wg-mZe67DIkduP6xC7u45m3HCIG21EN6taAu-sXZVDgELmMMhiR/s1533/Untitled-Scanned-37.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="1533" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqdP-5blntP3NmTwwvgnZDT4jbF-YeC6kNHhBShgNsb6B1S-GcfbnvcIHF5VwGlBfUEN_8PZFbsXju_v2XWs4aLeRRJt73rC4ixQBisze_YP8bL-EReYcJpoeXzdt6WQNhy4Fr2wg-mZe67DIkduP6xC7u45m3HCIG21EN6taAu-sXZVDgELmMMhiR/s320/Untitled-Scanned-37.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A view of the rocks from a parking lot. That's Rob's old '80's Subaru GL wagon. He's kept that thing running all these years and still has it. Rebuilt the engine himself a few years back. Pistons, rings, lifters, valves - complete overhaul. Knowin' him I'll bet all tolerance was within microns.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Note that the <i>Gendarme </i>rock formation is present in the windy notch. A few years before it's demise.</div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div>The Sultan</b></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Coastin' in to our North Fork River-side campsite at the old (pre flood) Yokum's Campground after a long day on the rocks. During our absence someone had checked in to the campsite two or three spots over. Rob brings the vehicle to a short stop. We're both settin' silent, gaze fixed on a pretty magnificent, dark crimson/brown <i>Yurt </i>tent. <i>"Wow - look at that - pretty cool!" </i>There's no one about. No vehicle to be seen. Some boxes and a large cooler on the picnic table. The Yurt is closed up. We continue on to our site, park, and stroll over and do an admiring walk-around inspection of the Yurt. Natural animal fabric and lace stitched. Definitely authentic and not a cheap sporting goods imitation. We return to our site and go about busy work unloading our gear from Rob's wagon, emptying packs and sorting gear and such. Every one in a while snatchin' a return glance over at the Yurt. Looks like it dropped in from outer space. Is mid-week, late June. There's not another party in the campground other than us and whoever occupies the Yurt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just about twilight when a white Land Rover Defender comes rolling in, right up to the Yurt. A guy and gal hop out. They spot us hangin' out, wave and shout hello and go about unloading the Land Rover. They're obviously climbers as well, judging by the sound of clanging gear upon tossing a large pack on the picnic table. That was it for the evening. We ran into 'em the next morning up at Yokum's restaurant during breakfast. Exchanged some friendly banter. They said that they were going up to climb <i>Pleasant Overhangs </i>that day, and <i>"We'll see you guys later today back at camp."</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That evening we got together with 'em at their site. Had a good campfire goin'. The guy spoke with a Balkan accent. His name (which I remember and will explain a bit later) we'll keep private. We'll call him the "Sultan". The gal was his wife. What a doll. Resembled and put ya' in mind of actress <i>Barbara Eden </i>of the old <i>I Dream of Jeannie </i>TV series. She was from the states (Rhode Island plates on the Land Rover). They were on a four month cross-country climbing trip headin' out to the west coast. Thet were then havin' a rally car they owned shipped out to their place in California for some desert rally race in the fall, in which they were entered. Four month climbing trip, Yurt tent (authentic, sheep wool, picked up on a trek thru to Central Asia. They modified it with some quick connect aluminum tube framing), homes on both coasts, rally cars - obviously high rollers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I got the above and all other information from exchange with "Jeannie". Within an hour of meetin'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> them I had never gotten a chance to speak to the Sultan nor Rob for the remainder of the evening. Jeannie cracked open a bottle of pretty good wine. Once the conversation got around to climbing it was over. The Sultan commented that he only climbed with a rack of cams - Friends and TCU's at the time. No passive gear - stoppers, hexes, none. Rob makes some (typical) dismissive comment about that. The Sultan makes a comment. Rob makes a comment. The Sultan tells him that he doesn't know what he's talking about. They're now goin' at it. The Sultan grabs his climbing rack and the two hightail it over to our campsite, where Rob grabbed his rack. The two soon had gear spread all over the picnic table. Some absurd overheard comments:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sultan: <i>"You would be laughed out of the Dolomites...."</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rob: <i>"That's why you got your two cams fixed on the route today...."</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sultan: <i>"You would never last with that weight...."</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rob: <i>"You must never climb anything harder than 5.8..."</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What the f*k - my racks bigger than your rack... two numb-nuts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This went on for at least two hours. Jeannie and I just hung out. Conversing, occasionally stoking the fire, enjoying the warm full moonlit night, sipping wine. She offers one of the Sultans cigars - <i>Romeo y Juliet's </i>ta' boot (Sean Connery smokes 'em) - about an $8 cigar todays prices. At her suggestion, I grabbed two additional for later. The Sultans buck I reason. Although a bit muffled across the span of two campsites, we'd occasionally listen in on the debate and chuckle. She obviously loved the Sultan, laughing <i>"Let 'em argue all night. He does this all the time. Everywhere we go". "I know what ya' mean" </i>I reply.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>"More wine?'</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>"Sure"</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A couple of months later I receive a mail order catalog from an international climbing gear manufacturer. Used to get multiples of those things - Black Diamond, Wild Things, Mammut, Climb High... still have a shelf full of 'em. I'm thumbin' thru the catalog lookin' at the photos - they always had good photography of exotic places. There's a photo of a team climbing <i>Gasherbrum II, </i>a serious big mountain in the <i>Karakoram Mountain Range </i>of the <i>Himalaya</i>. I look at the photo credit. Damned if it ain't the Sultan. That's how I remember his name.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The guy was apparently a no bull*hit serious climber.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNB-sDBzTWmb0XibT6-9XBjsHzaYw8O47HSZUc-hmwyy66B3VDPsmZeeFOVF-9Y8zLx4Oa1uUi3eVVXEDGPGpqyTuYXByMQ2tU87-W883oc8hwkZfCRzLe58vVmTImAOU97avDxAC3BP86VlhenV86csU-U40HTIvWGLXf6PYdikpdCu1VH7JdV5hp/s1450/Untitled-Scanned-36%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="833" data-original-width="1450" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNB-sDBzTWmb0XibT6-9XBjsHzaYw8O47HSZUc-hmwyy66B3VDPsmZeeFOVF-9Y8zLx4Oa1uUi3eVVXEDGPGpqyTuYXByMQ2tU87-W883oc8hwkZfCRzLe58vVmTImAOU97avDxAC3BP86VlhenV86csU-U40HTIvWGLXf6PYdikpdCu1VH7JdV5hp/s320/Untitled-Scanned-36%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>A bit obstructed view of the rocks from the old Yokums Campground. Great place. Occasional cattle strolling about. Right along the North Fork River. Lots of soul to that place, as with everything about Seneca back then.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">End of Part 1 - we'll follow with a Part II</div></div>Wildfilmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538127785871807318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033086499692357755.post-74426827121912564092023-06-04T04:39:00.001-07:002023-06-04T04:42:10.913-07:00River Time<p>Could have been out in the desert southwest considering the weather pattern of the past week - high temps with no humidity. Took advantage by four straight days of Yough River trout fishing. Got 'em figured out, too. Stuck to the shadowed rocky, foamy shorelines with abrupt, deep drop-offs.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglpY21-VJByAgDtIOmLvm2si8OVt8bcxBT_8np_vYlB8laOdqZlrrof8ZVLN6qVeQmTP05nSIafl8vRZxwchtE81qqLfR3lY0z4y6N7VO5WAZDLPuZV9uXGzKGzbcLKbETRPkVQsns8e-yomiR9ZHxiDY3RfO7LSoULD6gUaUMCBMYMAcUIs4yMNB4/s3895/P6030019.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="3895" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglpY21-VJByAgDtIOmLvm2si8OVt8bcxBT_8np_vYlB8laOdqZlrrof8ZVLN6qVeQmTP05nSIafl8vRZxwchtE81qqLfR3lY0z4y6N7VO5WAZDLPuZV9uXGzKGzbcLKbETRPkVQsns8e-yomiR9ZHxiDY3RfO7LSoULD6gUaUMCBMYMAcUIs4yMNB4/s320/P6030019.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Casting an assortment of wet flys and streamers. Doesn't appear to be a shortage of wild fish as some would have you to believe. Hooked eighteen average-size brook trout throughout, 7-6-3-2 over the four days. Probably three hours of effort per day between 10am - 2pm. Not bad for mid-afternoon when the fish usually 'aren't bitin' (our opinion).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXyjgLLFoBVjNAwmnFlz3bhLEfTcFbuFaEolat76zWegHE_XJlKCqJEYcvvinTMcZ91ZzGPo6Iu93_zY8E2Qb1822xhC-a8_l2OmFt84AeUXNRy4l4RYjSYJw1a8JMBFhNzaJP_orxbdCyFnDBXlkSRM4kHgkSKpsZ3-w1xELNKIGCCKgxbl-NmwBG/s4608/P6040021.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXyjgLLFoBVjNAwmnFlz3bhLEfTcFbuFaEolat76zWegHE_XJlKCqJEYcvvinTMcZ91ZzGPo6Iu93_zY8E2Qb1822xhC-a8_l2OmFt84AeUXNRy4l4RYjSYJw1a8JMBFhNzaJP_orxbdCyFnDBXlkSRM4kHgkSKpsZ3-w1xELNKIGCCKgxbl-NmwBG/s320/P6040021.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Added a fifth day of SUP With MG Sarah and ZMan - a brief rain shower blowin' in</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ran into a few railroad workers. One guy said that a few days previous he had been moving a pile of rocks by hand. Grabbed a shovel as a pry to dislodge a larger, heavy boulder laying toward the bottom of the pile. He had just prior been trying to work it loose by hand-snatching along the edges. Flips the rock up with the shovel and there lies a <i>"big 'ole rattler!" </i>Never made a peep.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gotta' be wary along those south-facing river banks. One afternoon a few years back we encountered two snake hunters who said that they unearthed thirty-two copperheads in a two mile stretch of river.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Wf5SSH8E5mHHnUzCLfso1ACq4bDFFXiEZuFScf-6s7Y69vfoKmACUGFiWF0BrZolf_tiS1zfoVu1_NbTrlhDyxtwprchM2zGbnRGwjE5csaHLxLNoAIuTPvEo9glFNyCaTuZEu3L_dI2fP44BGr9MYHe6s84Zvfh6ocOfScEMfbvF3gAlCVNIBuJ/s4608/P8080013.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3150" data-original-width="4608" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Wf5SSH8E5mHHnUzCLfso1ACq4bDFFXiEZuFScf-6s7Y69vfoKmACUGFiWF0BrZolf_tiS1zfoVu1_NbTrlhDyxtwprchM2zGbnRGwjE5csaHLxLNoAIuTPvEo9glFNyCaTuZEu3L_dI2fP44BGr9MYHe6s84Zvfh6ocOfScEMfbvF3gAlCVNIBuJ/s320/P8080013.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dead copperhead, apparently run over, along the railroad bed.</div>Wildfilmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538127785871807318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033086499692357755.post-61168911649632680152023-05-26T00:26:00.000-07:002023-05-26T00:26:40.627-07:00Dedicated Few (Cinema Part 10)<p>Boy - pulled this one out from far up the ass end of the archives. Was recently searchin' an old file cabinet for somethin' else entirely and came across four master VHS tapes. Was an old project we put together when needing some media for a course in "Digital Imaging and Non-Linear Editing" at the old 'Pittsburgh Filmmakers' back in the mid '90's. That's as far as it went. Hadn't viewed this in probably twenty-five years. Immediately had a copy transferred to digital MP4/MOV format (thanks Dino at <i><a href="https://www.imagineaudiomedia.com"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Imagine Audio and Media</span></a></i> located on Pittsburgh's South Side - the only guy we'll let touch our stuff).</p><p>Couldn't remember much of what we shot or the content. "Good-man" Rob and Strongman Matt, with Wonder Dog Ben, on some moderate slab/crack climb on the large "Sharks Fin" boulder located high on the ridge not far from the sanctum. Again, shootin' on premium 16mm film so we didn't want the expense of multiple re-takes while thrashin' up somethin' far more desperate. Think our shooting ratio was probably darn near 1:1 on this one.</p><p>As said, shot on 16mm film. Processed at <i>'ColorLab' </i>located in Rockville, Md. Later had the negative transferred to Beta tape format at <i>WRS Film Laboratories </i>located in Pittsburgh for editing on an 'Avid Media Composer' digital non-linear editing system which we were learning at aforesaid Pittsburgh Filmmakers. No longer messing with grease pencils, film and tape splicers, synchronizers, conforming 16mm film negative (real A/B rolling) and such (although we do miss the occasional tedious craftsmanship of it all). Just mentioning all of this as it wasn't just whipping a Smart Phone out of the pack and hitting the record button for endless recording. Coincidentally, we just received an email today introducing Final Cut Pro for IPad - amazing - but still think that someone is going to pull the plug on all this IT/AI stuff one day after all the "ancient arts" are long forgotten by the masses and the spirits had long said <i>"f*k these people"</i>.</p><p>Surely not brilliant, features our corny dialog, but the short does have a bit of <i>'<a href="https://www.brucebrownfilms.com"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bruce Brown</span></a>'</i> and old '60's and '70's vibe, sort of like somethin' ya'd see for a buck at the Santa Barbara HS auditorium back in the day - somethin' we always tried to impart. Even has some 'Dick Dale' and 'Gary Hoey' on the soundtrack (thanks for the use - no commercial application intended - private YouTube viewing only).</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2RHH6ZMkDZs" width="320" youtube-src-id="2RHH6ZMkDZs"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Dedicated Few (1995)</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Run Time: 12min (Approx.)</span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">We always used to spend Memorial Day week out west roaming the Mojave with Strongman Matt. That's all ended so we'll dedicate this post to him - the only reason we're posting this anyway. Both those guys could be a bit difficult, but when things got tough and had to be done neither would quit and (albeit bitchingly) toil on 'till the job was through and happiness would again reign. When things got really difficult and desperate it was just </span><i style="text-align: left;">"F*k it - give the rope to Rob"</i></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p></p></div>Wildfilmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538127785871807318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033086499692357755.post-34901752114484237792023-05-20T08:09:00.000-07:002023-05-20T08:09:28.427-07:00A Morning At The Scrap Yard<p> A good time is the occasional exploratory trip to the local metals salvage yard...</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTh62AWVvylR28j3SV4pBi-gandhWeTIMno78L2MrrB5950vpbYdJ5AUF7PJyoXT7usMgp-Ipt1ch4_AGR8CkqkTErndHWOE67xIUQp1QC8KHIo1LcA1inw8wOeEO5TfCQGZYKFVEMstVEK3X6OhK-e8KfJJslMusqsZQDvKJdsvHBhk77X83e6Lmo/s4608/1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2445" data-original-width="4608" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTh62AWVvylR28j3SV4pBi-gandhWeTIMno78L2MrrB5950vpbYdJ5AUF7PJyoXT7usMgp-Ipt1ch4_AGR8CkqkTErndHWOE67xIUQp1QC8KHIo1LcA1inw8wOeEO5TfCQGZYKFVEMstVEK3X6OhK-e8KfJJslMusqsZQDvKJdsvHBhk77X83e6Lmo/s320/1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></blockquote><p>Inspirational, too...</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQMwQJ6ZE0yVk1X3RO7FGBOO1z5Grg0IrYkFQUDczScb85Yn-YFSmHHtvSZTXkCRCpZSbmHAwFoM4aJ-Kl02caPARXAE90zc8FgdtxeQcqEAIDhX6WX6wmkG_-UjN15xnpPV1mJDO8paB3giJdEifI78QHuhwuZwy2seOv_GvLLzufqjPW9vVqJJ4p/s3884/6.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2491" data-original-width="3884" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQMwQJ6ZE0yVk1X3RO7FGBOO1z5Grg0IrYkFQUDczScb85Yn-YFSmHHtvSZTXkCRCpZSbmHAwFoM4aJ-Kl02caPARXAE90zc8FgdtxeQcqEAIDhX6WX6wmkG_-UjN15xnpPV1mJDO8paB3giJdEifI78QHuhwuZwy2seOv_GvLLzufqjPW9vVqJJ4p/s320/6.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>We sure would like to get a hold of about 12ft of this heavy cable chain - it immediately inspired a welded metal sculpture project we've been thinking about for about the past five years since first view - gonna' need an air/gas torch set, however, to cut us a section - might finally get around to it now that we have some free time on our hands - might not...<p></p><p style="text-align: left;">Educational 'ta boot...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm8TabEoJCEwS_1wvndLD2bN2OqbHbSRvilEBuPwBz6IyP3p_r5fh8zWOI0qdWL4aTpvPHhKWlpOlFT6C_CZxEyFzTfL8AIArbwyPA6va7EwGH6e_Bg8Ny1lmyv5OWFvYo6vLq-OazfVtO9UoI5gjmsU5xBbZo02SkT_W-ei1FAGcmEB64QTnET6ZV/s4608/2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3115" data-original-width="4608" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm8TabEoJCEwS_1wvndLD2bN2OqbHbSRvilEBuPwBz6IyP3p_r5fh8zWOI0qdWL4aTpvPHhKWlpOlFT6C_CZxEyFzTfL8AIArbwyPA6va7EwGH6e_Bg8Ny1lmyv5OWFvYo6vLq-OazfVtO9UoI5gjmsU5xBbZo02SkT_W-ei1FAGcmEB64QTnET6ZV/s320/2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bit of a game trying to identify much of the "inventory", particularly the heavy industrial-looking stuff...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8AX2fGRmzq_GtmqWycxceJQz3ykH3zOGPoe8i4bs9YyKbudQWIGPXTXvyjSs0Vx8IY9hQ-KShtvx7jduvt7Z5TcArQ_yKD6w5uX0_JcveNCP26GUNCuBxoE4uGgtlPboohc_eiyqf84sZMYf1f9XTFUeFdjSPhTu2Fb_8m4eYxGF-F-8GzxX2GvJO/s4608/4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2769" data-original-width="4608" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8AX2fGRmzq_GtmqWycxceJQz3ykH3zOGPoe8i4bs9YyKbudQWIGPXTXvyjSs0Vx8IY9hQ-KShtvx7jduvt7Z5TcArQ_yKD6w5uX0_JcveNCP26GUNCuBxoE4uGgtlPboohc_eiyqf84sZMYf1f9XTFUeFdjSPhTu2Fb_8m4eYxGF-F-8GzxX2GvJO/s320/4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wonder what these short 3-4ft length pipe sections were used for?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhoowNu23WQtZ4rhujc31o99_t5LLs-BclM5f6wyp1dbX3yUbLPbkqp3va6YjVJ_NC-UhbAAHsg_Yq9tf-hcY_qDAKtl6wVV-NUR7Sv8GzOrP9_L6ftF88Ne9Ignzw_t4MwuN6M4jwNFNlkeXw3beKGpnZr-Tt6n0XbMCnUqUngjmTNmLXbQ0KZ4Hk/s4608/8.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnaAoBQSZe2QYSjKmgjhhAFQ8C_Rsa_jil4ypx4vPwekK_yYTBjxlMeDFYOeNqoi3VEsOUSVlnwT0tefGMnzbNpao9XsZQsIS5C9HFy9t5mftarJuOb39LvLr7jQwnf8GQfJt-y462n5-KjWPBgA9R9pwTjxI4WVnDw98WScDaUpT19V8dlMC5MZZr/s4608/12.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnaAoBQSZe2QYSjKmgjhhAFQ8C_Rsa_jil4ypx4vPwekK_yYTBjxlMeDFYOeNqoi3VEsOUSVlnwT0tefGMnzbNpao9XsZQsIS5C9HFy9t5mftarJuOb39LvLr7jQwnf8GQfJt-y462n5-KjWPBgA9R9pwTjxI4WVnDw98WScDaUpT19V8dlMC5MZZr/s320/12.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Big electromagnet crane attachment - was wonderin' whether this was scrap or yard equipment. Was buried a bit toward the rear of the works...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG8oObIQbSo4N4LqCGuCbnGxu_dJOkgiASgPpzD40adtLWGRYOiD8V4qhmkf8vgpAC270T6dXgGTcJHiZqWrU7TMVyectGd__EEPRFx0UozCnssiciuZOrpDhzleMgnSU9Fkcfj1H3n1KIiMJ8_mQbGDxsiGT5Nhtro5PiwkgM-2vQ2YDovHglXKkt/s4608/18.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG8oObIQbSo4N4LqCGuCbnGxu_dJOkgiASgPpzD40adtLWGRYOiD8V4qhmkf8vgpAC270T6dXgGTcJHiZqWrU7TMVyectGd__EEPRFx0UozCnssiciuZOrpDhzleMgnSU9Fkcfj1H3n1KIiMJ8_mQbGDxsiGT5Nhtro5PiwkgM-2vQ2YDovHglXKkt/s320/18.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some of this stuff doesn't appear in too bad of condition compared to replacement cost new...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii7Ii4a2aR0jq-H2Oec83KKbmYwbrIpwPEsx3PWincXicP9px_0Y4wnanZZVzW03AqK0IJAbD-IZEY5T0ZM13tOEiho_6EKPzRnesWcrZ896HjNoBegCHsLbEUvhFLoXDU5IZQKp9Ts9OBTgFOlj7iV7JJHgV_LmL0L4WTiv4mj2Vln_c37OV7ht_0/s320/16.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our guess - rotors for some very high pressure progressive cavity pumps for the fracking industry...??</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We figure that we're correct maybe 80% of the time with our recognition.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGV5RStIbGMRxvgO4lLYhfqo3FdLd9sN0pLPPhXQHU7_2nyYcWxFG19agzaeXle45g3PnCVGUfPd-1rBOZS-INd1kMDPCqm1o5PPMxEtT-8Q0eqLymywzNg7JyAlG27EOns-wKJJL5PdOPPm21FkRFYH1jP3GScu_6-f1ORfdy-m-h1tFCsRojMtbs/s4608/17.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGV5RStIbGMRxvgO4lLYhfqo3FdLd9sN0pLPPhXQHU7_2nyYcWxFG19agzaeXle45g3PnCVGUfPd-1rBOZS-INd1kMDPCqm1o5PPMxEtT-8Q0eqLymywzNg7JyAlG27EOns-wKJJL5PdOPPm21FkRFYH1jP3GScu_6-f1ORfdy-m-h1tFCsRojMtbs/s320/17.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We were searchin' today for some old gauges and a bored metal flange for a prop for a new stop motion film project - didn't find a (workable) flange, that metal hoop will do... $4...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmKgSqGpuhaNVez2eLyakqy1JTapAxaTpV7ierE-mRq7fHybbGriKOaEpzyiRWK2We0qkxLGeARn9ZVqEQ4aL44KCi2LBTo8Zr2y454qe8v4MLk-AS0cqf4z0Zga-vmi-eKIEBTNLXeYikLmt6XpwVwBAQttsXlgTUoE-52sDOkQSwwSKWMhEuFIb2/s4608/15.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmKgSqGpuhaNVez2eLyakqy1JTapAxaTpV7ierE-mRq7fHybbGriKOaEpzyiRWK2We0qkxLGeARn9ZVqEQ4aL44KCi2LBTo8Zr2y454qe8v4MLk-AS0cqf4z0Zga-vmi-eKIEBTNLXeYikLmt6XpwVwBAQttsXlgTUoE-52sDOkQSwwSKWMhEuFIb2/s320/15.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>!!</b>...We'll be back. </div>Wildfilmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538127785871807318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033086499692357755.post-18767078936117192142023-04-26T10:06:00.000-07:002023-04-26T10:06:10.403-07:00Eldritch Stones (The People In The Woods - Cinema Part 9)<div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Up the airy mountain,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Down the rushy glen,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>We daren't go a'hunting</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>For fear of little men</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Wee folk, good folk,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Trooping all together;</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Green jacket, red cap,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>And white owl's feather.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Down along the rocky shore</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Some make their home,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>They live on crispy pancakes</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Of yellow tide-foam;</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Some in the reeds</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Of the black mountain lake,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>With frogs for their watch-dogs,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>All night awake.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>High on the hill-top</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The old king sits;</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>He is now so old and gray</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>He's nigh lost his wits.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>With a bridge of white mist</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Columbkill he crosses,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>On his stately journeys</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>From Slieveleague to Rosses;</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Or going up with music</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>On cold starry nights,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>To sup with the Queen</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Of the gay Northern Lights.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>They stole little Bridget</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>For seven years long;</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>When she came down again</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Her friends were all gone.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>They took her lightly back,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Between the night and morrow,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>They thought that she was fast asleep,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>But she was dead with sorrow.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The have kept her ever since</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Deep within the lake,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>On a bed of flag-leaves,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Watching till she wake.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>By the craggy hill-side,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Through the mosses bare,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>They have planted thorn-trees</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>For pleasure here and there.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Is any man so daring</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>As dig up them in spite,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>He shall find their sharpest thorns </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>In his bed at night.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Up the airy mountain,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Down the rushy glen,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>We daren't go a-hunting</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>For fear of little men</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Wee folk, good folk,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Trouping all together;</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Green jacket, red cap,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>And white owls feather.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><i> - 'The Fairies' (William Allingham) </i><i> </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sighting a group of several boulderers single-filing through the woods always reminds us of that rhyme.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Careful out and about the forest - Fairies are actually pretty fearsome creatures of lore. Wouldn't want to piss one off</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The People in the Woods:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rSCjqIZyZbQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="rSCjqIZyZbQ"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>'The People In The Woods' (2009)</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Run Time: 15min (Approx.)</span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Revisiting some old photo files from days of yore. SWPA, year 2000+ (UNO):</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm2Uk9psL9lp-QjZwbsup7sNVdGK9UxVH8dvaPpkBsxnaiCGflG9m0agJf4oW0pn2g3cF1JfB2xhRPbCj3gK_xcxsiDBuATdRIFILx2LwfF4mjt-NUVLx23LEqEO2NRKOGPl7HgF2vH2jmVwhI-aCkBN6oTbLFHwi1Qq_mWEC9apH-cgYpz6qO8ZUJ/s1086/thumb_IMG_3217_1024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="1086" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm2Uk9psL9lp-QjZwbsup7sNVdGK9UxVH8dvaPpkBsxnaiCGflG9m0agJf4oW0pn2g3cF1JfB2xhRPbCj3gK_xcxsiDBuATdRIFILx2LwfF4mjt-NUVLx23LEqEO2NRKOGPl7HgF2vH2jmVwhI-aCkBN6oTbLFHwi1Qq_mWEC9apH-cgYpz6qO8ZUJ/s320/thumb_IMG_3217_1024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(L-R) Carl, Tim, Laura, Bob</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1515" data-original-width="1031" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizD814uK3Av78kvrz-mhXvGCXpVX1PICOJiEBAqbIIyHjmai4s36hzPqrRl5CbY9bfbkjfx5XzVEHWx4Ush8hqkb0YgEI09dNhvcU2_fNxR4Wyy5Z_H-l7Il4-h1uZZyTmwrSnvKelCD9aTEK7Pz7xgLDKrWYO267kCiPNCcmdD5Fp9nsc3yGtvzOz/s320/Untitled-Scanned-44.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bouldering wall, Bellefonte Quarry, PA ('84) - note the "crash pad"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-IWCoo-8fG4ji4e3eEUddOoZf9x_kvdIBUr1eZ-ZvU2Cn7G6iSw7EOVrqn4owZIfcpVxNQhmRg6nCYJrig-8sqaoJU8l9CZpvY4O4C9Pa7v5koRw5JHnr7nBI_WJ2pTz1RX7lHvfrwVnrM3SUfdwSjlc4yr6ocXRHShUa5fkZ1JWFYYGHsPYXwcIw/s1452/Untitled-Scanned-37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1452" data-original-width="1026" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-IWCoo-8fG4ji4e3eEUddOoZf9x_kvdIBUr1eZ-ZvU2Cn7G6iSw7EOVrqn4owZIfcpVxNQhmRg6nCYJrig-8sqaoJU8l9CZpvY4O4C9Pa7v5koRw5JHnr7nBI_WJ2pTz1RX7lHvfrwVnrM3SUfdwSjlc4yr6ocXRHShUa5fkZ1JWFYYGHsPYXwcIw/s320/Untitled-Scanned-37.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A "Good-man", Rob, on a thin route on the large boulder located at (Derry) High Rocks, PA ('80's)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBwlDyO0iPZgoWOLOm5rmZC3lCijtUz7UlP_thfa26uWSNQcslAQXc1TzUsLlO18FU_1yqgNq2nRR829S32L1zevCF5DnWJuH029UB-ERvWjiq5PG2sBRuu8-tBi2NKq7zYWzRzfHAb94r4uYjlhzST1E_EcSYqky-UjD77nfD9CX7R4JydpC-9hMU/s1300/Untitled-Scanned-133.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">No climbing gyms back then. For training ya' ran laps on the 'Workout Boulder' (T), ran laps on your 'Bachar Ladder' (M) and alternated a few laps on the garage "boulder wall" (B) with fingertip hangs and pull-ups on the nearby hang board (1x4 screwed to the under porch floor joists - not pictured). We had read somewhere (or someone told us, don't recall which) that raked brick mortar joints were equivalent to 5.11 difficulty rock climbing. Definitely some crimpers. Always elicited a comment from the mailman.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Back to the future:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1deIB429yP7XGYLlbhRxiKqcKLmco5wAihrGGI5cBGYWKSqKqvCumL-aRUpgYhgLxi_hue2i-_h9C42bZwqeQ1CraplfJbIysJtSHiReiA-XZrusakrg6EnkKcZJly2LVHfOtEK9LTOjRpzgSUEkOtH0pWnlLs4G1wIqqT-ZevSWbdMBFe7halEig/s1086/thumb_The%20Beach_1024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="1086" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1deIB429yP7XGYLlbhRxiKqcKLmco5wAihrGGI5cBGYWKSqKqvCumL-aRUpgYhgLxi_hue2i-_h9C42bZwqeQ1CraplfJbIysJtSHiReiA-XZrusakrg6EnkKcZJly2LVHfOtEK9LTOjRpzgSUEkOtH0pWnlLs4G1wIqqT-ZevSWbdMBFe7halEig/s320/thumb_The%20Beach_1024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When too hot to climb - hangin' at the nearby "beach"</div>Wildfilmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538127785871807318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033086499692357755.post-30739668079076934092023-03-14T10:04:00.000-07:002023-03-14T10:04:02.856-07:00Antarctic Nazis (Commander Herdegen's Locker)<p> We've been wanting to try our hand at stop motion animation for quite the while. Just finished this project short film that we've been working on and off for the past two years:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4pCHpMgxGUI" width="320" youtube-src-id="4pCHpMgxGUI"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Commander Herdegen's Locker (2023)</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Run Time: 12min (approx.)</span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span>We'll post a <i>Part 2 </i>with a bit more details for those interested. The film is a narrative format. We didn't want to just shoot a bunch of clips - there's gotta' be some story involved. Considerable homage to 50's thru 70's sci-fi/fantasy films, ranging from <i>Atomic Submarine </i>to <i>Johnny Quest </i>and influences <i>Ray Harryhausen </i>to <i>George Lucas. </i>The observant and perceptive (and far out) among us may catch on to a bit of cryptic "planetary" theory (plasma energy, earth bio-rhythmic cycles, time travel, Delta-T Antenna and such - fun stuff). </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span>Lots of miniature and model work. We snatched a few background plates off line from sources that (we understand) are royalty free. Hopefully no one has a "beef" with that issue. This was an "experimental" work with no compensation to be involved. Actually, we've been working on a corresponding full feature spec script which is for now a top secret project. Thank's to <i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.fesliyanstudios.com"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Fesliyan Studios</span></a> </i>for use of their brilliant music tracks. </span>Hollywood couldn't even create better "bad guys" than the Nazis - always fun to beat up on 'em (although, Herdegen is a <i>"Captain Nemo"</i>- type in the spec script - he don't like the Nazis either).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The animation didn't turn out too bad for our first attempt (our opinion - only one that matters to us). We'd have some issues if we were five or more films into it.</div>Wildfilmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538127785871807318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033086499692357755.post-40462984468027443352023-03-04T10:24:00.000-08:002023-03-04T10:24:34.275-08:00Beauty In Darkness (Cinema Part 8)<p> We're nearing the conclusion of these old videos:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AkSBRiU_j9o" width="320" youtube-src-id="AkSBRiU_j9o"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Beauty In Darkness (1998)</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Run Time: 17min (Approx.)</span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Beauty in Darkness. </i>We've already posted a few years back so we're not gonna' get too descriptive. We had an updated version as well, which was posted on the website, that included a segment on PA brown bats that inhabit the cave. This is the original version that doesn't include the bats. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shot entirely in HI8 video format. Wish we had the LED lighting technology available today. Some of the small, portable and adjustable light units with built-in batteries, that we currently own, was made for this work. We drug a lot of stuff down and into this place.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank's to O'Hearn and Boddy/Boots/Van Der Heijen for no issues with the YouTube upload.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Most of the dialog was transcribed and cave map duplicated from the publication <i>Caves of Western Pennsylvania; Casparis (Opperman's) Cave (J.R. Dunn and G. Storrick), 1976.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Think we included a few if not all of these photos in the earlier post. We'll post 'em again:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6jBu3xENXW35sj-NoQR60ntslqsk4IMnSQ26CPFo4LwFYj2aAWNp9FJc5Y2IkSA-30jwDA00CcQvmTLsjU1Pj_m_CgdCXb1G3JMgal03E2C-lnOBDVZUI5Oq_Ee0ew47y1pO8LUvUlVgR94HwwDebVqsJGi4MhakjFKduO45B1voa6KM2hDhBySVh/s1140/Entrance.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="1140" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6jBu3xENXW35sj-NoQR60ntslqsk4IMnSQ26CPFo4LwFYj2aAWNp9FJc5Y2IkSA-30jwDA00CcQvmTLsjU1Pj_m_CgdCXb1G3JMgal03E2C-lnOBDVZUI5Oq_Ee0ew47y1pO8LUvUlVgR94HwwDebVqsJGi4MhakjFKduO45B1voa6KM2hDhBySVh/s320/Entrance.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9q45HYEx6d5ZvcF2Eo-U31HbrqZqCJ6h4CA-gwCBGm1EUPTEN8n9UBwRguICUvXqk3ZVhTkkCrkivlSRpx9Ob9icE0X2LmuJvohpcZJJlIweY21Q3dxTGdBt18x-hEAyoiidc6SssNm0pqsinEpjVvF710xPOE7bX-eKOY-bSHb1QrKnR_HizvtD4/s1140/Rob_82.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1448" data-original-width="994" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbyuUUSwhHwMAkN6sMAZF5615tikMH84Kw9wRuxY_4KZrlZuMm3aWISZ15PB7VHGoFlICNT0BFj-g7k0ShEJIeMjSM_Fguzt2TaaGktraEh0vlvF-R1Sufq9qvpGVeIJNYNZdie4fK8HXE0l0mVJZBMXE2Y_F2OLC6hlmQd5pwQi7fENsS0KBsRz8q/s320/Rob_Light.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A portable light unit we designed and built specifically for this project. Are some halogen lights from the auto store. DC power. Everything folds down and tucks into that ammo box, where the battery is stored. The LED lights of today we could have put in our pocket.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqFDD4uu3tqwjjQ_wQbyBvaYrLSjMxhRSk3hCuLXom0uCG39YqkJ7NdwU3c0fL3rRPimxAWpK7gHfDzY3jVonnFlmyg204tet3pNRznMbt2MQeWPwmzDpCBQdfxYWqTZnspe9IGCFrmmGBrCadEsWYFpma-LZmn86RL_u_4jS33hjN5GsbuVRbL0f9/s1517/Demon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1015" data-original-width="1517" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqFDD4uu3tqwjjQ_wQbyBvaYrLSjMxhRSk3hCuLXom0uCG39YqkJ7NdwU3c0fL3rRPimxAWpK7gHfDzY3jVonnFlmyg204tet3pNRznMbt2MQeWPwmzDpCBQdfxYWqTZnspe9IGCFrmmGBrCadEsWYFpma-LZmn86RL_u_4jS33hjN5GsbuVRbL0f9/s320/Demon.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A hideous and frightening cave demon!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioAYkuI8SMSLOzo1WKXutbPuq7DwND6rA4JpMhQq7VGvdH4D_rHp6JbJ05fKkGUME1gKDGOj7s8xRcmSK8484bGX8_8dutnTtUUps5QIw-4vx9dmGM-zeBjdcydRuWW2gUP9q_cK3k3N2CvsYi_2su5SMm-jgHd-WkEMnuwQb00AFNWKez1dx3q8mA/s1285/Waterfall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1285" data-original-width="901" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioAYkuI8SMSLOzo1WKXutbPuq7DwND6rA4JpMhQq7VGvdH4D_rHp6JbJ05fKkGUME1gKDGOj7s8xRcmSK8484bGX8_8dutnTtUUps5QIw-4vx9dmGM-zeBjdcydRuWW2gUP9q_cK3k3N2CvsYi_2su5SMm-jgHd-WkEMnuwQb00AFNWKez1dx3q8mA/s320/Waterfall.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The waterfall at the end of the cave. The cave/watercourse obviously extends up through the ceiling, but is not traversable beyond this point.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As far as we know, the cave was gated shut a few years back and is now under <i>state</i> <i>control</i> lock and key.</div>Wildfilmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538127785871807318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033086499692357755.post-32271015870140342552023-02-24T09:09:00.002-08:002023-02-24T11:53:20.029-08:00Old Dad Tales Of Bullsh*t<p style="text-align: center;"> Was tearin' apart the sanctum a few weeks back in search of a (still) never located "misplaced item" (we've come to the conclusion that it was most probably "lifted"). In our hunt we ran across a few lengths, trimmed from a full rope, of old style 'Goldline' twisted nylon climbing rope:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilHlBdul4bgVvCO62d1HAzC_acNtrLyB4YUPpOgIM6CF7VVKkI4yLvOgvqOz9MfRAMOcz7-Szw74-ov8DqIQ3Kn4liQTBvG_s67C49qNQjsF8aF8BaA3KaH7xhXGpAp18gbBC3952NzbmA4bccoxeuscLf29cEN5XCT3WZ3szDPwvgeNaY0f06PLvm/s4608/P2250002.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilHlBdul4bgVvCO62d1HAzC_acNtrLyB4YUPpOgIM6CF7VVKkI4yLvOgvqOz9MfRAMOcz7-Szw74-ov8DqIQ3Kn4liQTBvG_s67C49qNQjsF8aF8BaA3KaH7xhXGpAp18gbBC3952NzbmA4bccoxeuscLf29cEN5XCT3WZ3szDPwvgeNaY0f06PLvm/s320/P2250002.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4_a_Csd8e5sqfctb52DeH6Pz4Dr1DkP6zrvSxRHjg7xcPMhZXF5RSvq6wwuRgjGZm_dRLoCMbHthtgVz2Vktm6mjiMEqdA0usMRO7AhJSZgJ6eGUn5bqWynb7maksUbf47StOnw0mXMYgu0LK_drEzDMwlRWUFQUUZgYrqFZXFxgC3uLlLuLGNSZt/s1519/Untitled-Scanned-52.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1519" data-original-width="1010" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4_a_Csd8e5sqfctb52DeH6Pz4Dr1DkP6zrvSxRHjg7xcPMhZXF5RSvq6wwuRgjGZm_dRLoCMbHthtgVz2Vktm6mjiMEqdA0usMRO7AhJSZgJ6eGUn5bqWynb7maksUbf47StOnw0mXMYgu0LK_drEzDMwlRWUFQUUZgYrqFZXFxgC3uLlLuLGNSZt/s320/Untitled-Scanned-52.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Same rope coiled and settin' on the top edge of the cliff in that lower photo</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If a wire strand cable had a hot time with a bungee cord one night after a few drinks in the local bar, the resultant offspring would most assuredly resemble a Goldline rope. Picked this particular rope up from REI back in the early days. Think it was $25 cost (may be wrong). One of those items that you are subsequently glad to <i>have had</i> experience with and no more. Twisted three-strand construction with handling similar to aforesaid wire strand cable. Nearly just as stiff. Unless you used a <i>figure-eight </i>device for rappel/belay you were assured to be working with a jammed rope at some point. When rappelling, usually in some hairy spot where ya' couldn't unweight the rope. Useless with a <i>sticht-plate </i>device of the day. Elongation was somewhere between superior performance kernmantle rope and said bungee cord - weighted more toward the bungee cord spectrum of the scale. You had to be <i>at least </i>15 feet off the deck to avoid a ground fall when tied in. A (now'days dreaded) double bowline knot was your best option for direct tie-in. A figure-eight knot was best clipped with a locking 'biner, particularly if ya' took any falls of significant force. Hauled that rope back home several times to work out an overly cinched figure-eight knot in the vise when frozen fingers wouldn't work it out at the crag. To be fair, that rope was intended more for glacier travel and general mountaineering. This was well before we had attained "astute expert" status (i.e.: fu*ked up and scared the sh*t out of ourselves a lot). Hey - looked just like the rope those guys were usin' in the book.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After retiring it for good we used the rope to tension a large elm tree we were sawing down next to a buddy's driveway. Maybe 80ft let, anchored from near tree top to the bumper of a '66 Ford Bronco. Bet we edged the Bronco am additional 40ft before we got sufficient tension between the rope and the tree.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>---------------</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>"Lookers need looked at"</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i> - Festus Haggen</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A few of us were settin' around a buddy's living room. We're minutes into a first viewing of climber/author <i>John Long's </i>80's classic '<i>Art of Leading' </i>climbing video<i> </i>loaded in the VHS player. The bud's sister-in-law happens to drop by. She's built and quite the looker and knew it, so quite naturally had to pop into the living room full of guys to say hi and let the boys get an eyeful. <i>"Hi - watcha' watchin'?" </i>We're now all lookin' her up and down, down and up and back down again. She's glancin' at the tv screen to see what we're viewing. There's some superimposed text on the screen, <i>"Blood of Christ"</i> (a so named 5.12 rock climb out at California's Joshua Tree NP) which she reads aloud, say's nice seein' ya' then turns and walks out of the room. We're all now checkin' out the rear perspective until she disappears around the doorway. Back to the screen for us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A short bit later I overheard her say to the bud's wife, <i>"It's nice to see those guys in there watching religious programming."</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For us it was.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>---------------</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>"Most horrible of all sights are the little unpainted wooden houses remote from travelled </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>ways, usually squatted upon some damp, grassy slope or leaning against some gigantic</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i> outcropping of rock. Two hundred years and more they have leaned or squatted</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>there, while the vines have crawled and the trees have swelled and spread. They are </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>almost hidden now in lawless luxuriances of green and guardian shrouds of shadow;</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>but the small-paned windows still stare shockingly, as if blinking through a lethal stupor</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>which wards off madness by dulling the memory of unutterable things.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i> - H.P. Lovecraft, 'The Picture In The House'</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Used to go on many a lone hike (or with the pooch), sometimes quite deep into the local backwoods, to check out some unknown area, either after researching geologic and topo mapping, or otherwise rumored by others, to be site of a spectacular cliff or gigantic boulders never touched by the grip of rock climbers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One such trip, after considerable distance and much bushwhacking, inadvertently stumbled across a small chinked log cabin.The cabin appeared pretty ancient. The wood dark and weathered. Weathered wood shake gable roof. Wooden porch with roof in need of some bracing. Two square windows. Torn and faded shades drawn. The surrounding property was completely overgrown with thick brush and vines. The dense forest was darn near suffocating the place. There wasn't a cut road nor trail in to be found. Someone was in there - a wisp of smoke was curling from the stone masonry chimney. Pretty fu*k'n creepy place. Did I just see the shade move? Didn't take much prompting to decide to keep moving along.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another mile or two and came to a pretty decent boulder field buried in the woods. After checking 'em out, kept moving ahead, veering east, to bushwhack the flank of the river gorge the steep 800ft elevation down to the railroad and easier hiking back to the vehicle. Will admit that we were a bit apprehensive about backtracking past the cabin.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The following weekend hiked back in with a buddy to show him the new "find". One hundred percent positive we followed the exact same route as bushwhacked the previous week. When we came to the area I approximated the cabin to be located, there was no cabin. Wouldn't be hard to bypass it if only a few seconds off route, the woods were that thick. We did come across an old foundation, about the same dimension as the cabin. Tumbledown stone chimney. Completely overgrown with thick brush and vines and darn near suffocated by the dense forest. We looked about and discovered two aged, weathered and now indecipherable flagstone grave markers. Never mentioned the cabin to our buddy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28FGC3wBycZ-ozkVCVTM3tJ_vNkYhuyquVtvyrAMXTcKXqQ9QL9zUyVsh3b66mB5pgET7imodEjfVleFyPDeyUJn3tl0eLm0xVfgrtNXne85TABE4V-GGY-TItNEQCmAWeYeWp3a9YKwwgnOqVjosV_14CshU2rlfjWaOu86zkpUkAiNQtEELOnMR/s1442/Untitled-Scanned-356.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1103" data-original-width="1442" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28FGC3wBycZ-ozkVCVTM3tJ_vNkYhuyquVtvyrAMXTcKXqQ9QL9zUyVsh3b66mB5pgET7imodEjfVleFyPDeyUJn3tl0eLm0xVfgrtNXne85TABE4V-GGY-TItNEQCmAWeYeWp3a9YKwwgnOqVjosV_14CshU2rlfjWaOu86zkpUkAiNQtEELOnMR/s320/Untitled-Scanned-356.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not the cabin "of sayeth", but one of a few of relic homesteads we've encountered while stumblin' about the local woodlands. A young "wonder dog Ben" is the critter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>---------------</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ben would hike or chase MTB's for miles. Never tired. We always figured an extra 1/10th mile per mile traveled for his effort. He would constantly be darting left and right, in and out of brush, thickets and bracken. A twenty mile run was no big deal. He'd definitely sleep good that night. He was medium sized and possessed a smooth, sleek gait resembling a racehorse. Definitely built to run for long distance.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He tunneled under the fence once and escaped from the back yard. Searched hi and lo for 'em. Always expecting to find him flattened along the road somewhere in our pursuit. About the middle of the third day of his flight we sort of gave in to the fact that he was gone for good. Next morning got up early figuring to drive around for one last search. Opened the front door to depart and there he is settin' on the porch, dusted like a chimney sweep, waiting' to be let into the house. He knew he was in big trouble. Pissed off with relief, gave 'em a good boot in the ass as he passed thru the doorway. He yelped and ran down the basement stairs. After gobbling down two large bowls of dog food and a bowl and a half of water, we didn't see 'em for another full day and a half thru which he slept non stop in the basement.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A few months later was driven'. Don't know why but made a turn down a back alley located about two blocks from the homestead. Happened to glance over into a back yard and there's a pooch chained to a dog house with a litter of pups running about. Every one of the pups looked just like him.</div>Wildfilmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538127785871807318noreply@blogger.com0