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Brown Corduroy Trousers 17-Aug-2015 At 3:23:05 PM johny

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On 17/08/2015 dmcg wrote:
>Okay.. I’ve got to say it… and its not just because I was at frog at the
>time (one of the few non Tasmanians it would seem - we walked under brown
>corduroy trousers when this guy (merry) was having a (earlier?) shot and
>you were belaying him, also saw him cruise impulse while you were taking
>sunset pics from above (followed by a redhead with a lovely smile pink
>pointing it, how did those shots turn out?!)) but that video is a ripper.
>Love the way, zooming in from above, it captures both the physical and
>emotional effort the climber is putting in when (well) above his gear fighting
>to gain and stay attached to the tenuous foot and hand holds (positively
>vibrating from the effort in fact – all been there, even if at half the
>grade) and the facial expressions in those last few seconds..and love
>the editing too especially how you went to slow mo and Elvis for the fall.
>Already watched it repeated times (hard to focus on all elements at the
>same time) - more than any other climbing vid where one look is usually
>more than enough - and still find those last few metres totally absorbing..
>Also the film quality loses nothing on full screen (if big brother is monitoring
>my computer at work today all they will see are repeats of this vid) Thanks
>JF!

Thanks man! Wow. I swear to all that I didn't write this under a pseudonym. Yeah Merry usually goes for it so its well worth watching him climb something. The shots turned out really well. Most of them are here=

http://www.dropbox.com/sh/wn3prk0zj2ztr2k/AAA_aHXYUuPlpkpJpmLZb4Mpa?dl=0

I hope that link works. I am making a little movie about our trip as well. Should be done in a week or so but in the middle of making the Tassie climbing film so all these side projects take the backseat.

cheers,
cj