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Street Climbing

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Street Climbing

Postby Zooey on Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:25 am

All right, I'll bite. Someone has to get this forum rolling.

I propose a small (four or five person) team go "street climbing", that is, mountaineer their way "up" a city sidewalk (as if the sidewalk were actually a sheer cliff) while a second small crew (three or four) acts as a Discovery Channel-esque documentary team recording their "ascent". It's not a long or in-depth mission, but it's fun and certainly bizarre enough to cause a scene.

Now while it's not precisely original, thirty or forty years does seem like enough time to let an idea incubate before repeating it. The Pythons originally did this as a skit, and I managed to dig up a Youtube link.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9U0tDU37q2M&feature=related

I think the Pythons hit on a few key aspects that make this a really humourous situation, especially the odd juxtaposition of the sidewalk-bound climbers and the unaffected reporters treating them seriously. We'd need good speakers capable of keeping up a running dialogue for the interviewer and at least one of the climbers. Aside from that, the only real materials required are cold weather clothes for the climbers, a suit and mic for the interviewers, and climbing gear (or mock climbing gear, e.g. ropes around the waist) and a tent for the mountaineers.
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Postby stepisan on Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:07 pm

(laughs) I like it! Im surprised it hasn't been done again since the Pythons. Anyone have access to free mountain climbing gear?
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Postby Me on Wed Sep 17, 2008 11:57 pm

That'd be hilarious! I have a harness, shoes, chalk and some rope that looks like it'd be for climbing but thats only enough for one person...
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Postby Koalina on Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:18 am

and we could have a bunch of people encouraging them, not too many and not too close, because we want others to see what's going on...and where should we do it??
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Postby climberslacker on Sun May 24, 2009 1:40 am

ok, so I have a harness for me, and enough for another person, and some 'biners. Also we could cam the sidewalk cracks?? I can imagine this being really fun, I think me and the other climber should set up a mock trad climb with cams and stuff. Idk if you have aiders but those could be fun too? mabybe ascenders? this could be really fun!
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