This will be the last for the ice video uploads (for now, may post additional next season - might not).
Rope gun Tim Anderson partnered with wife Laura on two mixed rock/ice routes. Locations are Ohiopyle SP (The Amphitheater II) and the Rod and Gun Club (Internet Connection):
The Amphitheater II (2011)
Run Time: 11min (Approx.)
Internet Connection (2012)
Run Time: 11min (Approx.)
The videos of this and the past few posts were previously viewed on our old website which until recently had been up and running since 2006. The AVI/MOV video media was driven by Adobe Flash Player via a third party server. Adobe ceased supporting Flash Player a year or two ago. All the video was subsequently inaccessible for viewing. Was no big deal to us, they're rather old in format and content anyway. Almost a bit corny by todays standards. We then came to realize firsthand that DVD discs degrade over time. Rather than leave 'em to languish into obscurity, and with some free time on our hands, we decided to transfer (most) of the existing DVD-format video content to current MP-4 format and "perpetual" computer hard drive storage. Other than the discs, we had previously had 'em backed up stored in a DVD duplicator hard drive. Subsequently uploaded 'em to a private YouTube account. A few of the videos have gone from a generation of transfer from 16mm film to Beta tape to VHS tape (Hi-8 and "digital") to DVD to now MP-4 format. It's pretty cool now'days to be able to download media from a computer hard drive on to a USB drive and toss it in your pocket - especially after starting out years back conforming hundreds of feet of A Roll and B Roll (a whole different meaning back then) negative 16mm film to an eventual "print".
A bit of image recap (may have posted a few previously - maybe all):
A good shot of the scale of the "Beast Wall"
Tim high on the 'Beast'
Climber high on the north section of the wall (SC II)
Tom in mixed conditions
"Dr. Bob" on a thin column ('Son of Beast')
Tom
Un-identified climber
Laura on a foggy morning
Great condition anytime there's snow on the ground
Ditto
Laura checkin' the snowpack
More good snow conditions at the parking area
Climbers at "Irishtown"
Panorama along the 'Gun Club Wall' in average conditions. We've seen it almost completely frozen over during an exceptional winter
A few guys have inquired as to the "chick" in one of the previous videos:
That would be our buddy 'Regina'
"Elle est un bon oeuf"
She's also a (now retired we understand) university professor of astro-physics (true)
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