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Re: Alpine climber survives fall - GoPro catches it all

PostPosted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 7:22 pm
by mrchad9
Did you sleep with him?

Sounds like it!

Re: Alpine climber survives fall - GoPro catches it all

PostPosted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 7:32 pm
by TimB
Damn...video has been pulled.
:(

Re: Alpine climber survives fall - GoPro catches it all

PostPosted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 7:45 pm
by Vitaliy M.
mrchad9 wrote:Did you sleep with him?

Sounds like it!


Yes, in the same tent. So did you I think... :D

Re: Alpine climber survives fall - GoPro catches it all

PostPosted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 8:28 pm
by Baarb
TimB wrote:Damn...video has been pulled.
:(


You can still watch it via the BBC link I posted at the top of page 4.

Re: Alpine climber survives fall - GoPro catches it all

PostPosted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 8:58 pm
by Josh Lewis
TimB wrote:video has been pulled.


Works fine for me.

Re: Alpine climber survives fall - GoPro catches it all

PostPosted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 9:08 pm
by TimB
Josh Lewis wrote:
TimB wrote:video has been pulled.


Works fine for me.


Thanks, Josh.
First time I tried to pull it up it was blank and said something about somebody having a copyright on the vid.

Quite a video! Poor bastard must have thought he was dead.

Re: Alpine climber survives fall - GoPro catches it all

PostPosted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 9:10 pm
by mrchad9
Or that he'd have to buy a new camera!

Re: Alpine climber survives fall - GoPro catches it all

PostPosted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 9:13 pm
by TimB
mrchad9 wrote:Or that he'd have to buy a new camera!

Inexpensive compared to the cost of the emergency room visit, I would guess?
Oh, that happened in Scotland. Maybe the healthcare there is 'free'?

Re: Alpine climber survives fall - GoPro catches it all

PostPosted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 9:59 pm
by Baarb
There's an interview here with the guy: http://www.thebmc.co.uk/helmetcam-slide ... ain-rescue

Re: Alpine climber survives fall - GoPro catches it all

PostPosted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 10:04 pm
by brichardsson
johnm wrote:Amazing footage of a climber trying to avoid falling ice and loses footing.

Update: The climber, Mark Roberts, has claimed a copyright to the original video. It is still up in a few places.


doesn't matter. it's fair use now due to it's newsworthiness. that video is everywhere.

Re: Alpine climber survives fall - GoPro catches it all

PostPosted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 10:10 pm
by mrchad9
Guy uploads a video to the internet and then wants to erase criticism of his actions.

Re: Alpine climber survives fall - GoPro catches it all

PostPosted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 10:12 pm
by brichardsson
mrchad9 wrote:Guy uploads a video to the internet and then wants to erase criticism of his actions.


he needs to wiki the Streisand effect.

Re: Alpine climber survives fall - GoPro catches it all

PostPosted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 11:08 pm
by johnm
brichardsson wrote:
johnm wrote:Amazing footage of a climber trying to avoid falling ice and loses footing.

Update: The climber, Mark Roberts, has claimed a copyright to the original video. It is still up in a few places.


doesn't matter. it's fair use now due to it's newsworthiness. that video is everywhere.


Agreed, but the original youtube link was dead stating a copyright violation. So I had to upload another.

Re: Alpine climber survives fall - GoPro catches it all

PostPosted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 3:39 pm
by TimB
mrchad9 wrote:Guy uploads a video to the internet and then wants to erase criticism of his actions.


That would be my guess.
I say don't worry about it-he screwed up, but he is still alive. He should be grateful. I'm glad he didn't get waxed, either. Let the video be a(very vivid!) example of what not to do.

Re: Alpine climber survives fall - GoPro catches it all

PostPosted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 3:41 pm
by mrchad9
JC wrote:What are you guys on about, it was actually not bad footage.

I thought the video was a bit shaky for most of the film. It would have been better if he'd had a third party film it rather than trying to do it all himself.