Flight of the Frenchies
November 13, 2014 7:17 AM Subscribe
The Frenchies in question are Tancrède Melet and Julien Millot. They are the subjects of the award-winning 2011 film, "I Believe I Can Fly"; here's a 13-min segment of that film, showing the two men atop some Norwegian cliffs "highlining" (climbing + slacklining + tightrope walking), BASE jumping and parachuting, all with tremendous panache.
The full film is available for rental ($3) or purchase ($7).
Their next film, the "catapult project," shows them launching themselves from a cliff-top catapult (trailer). BASE jumping previously on MeFi: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
Their next film, the "catapult project," shows them launching themselves from a cliff-top catapult (trailer). BASE jumping previously on MeFi: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
That catapult looks like a lot of fun and seems like it would help clear jumpers away from the wall surface. Therefore the catapult is a safety device!
posted by exogenous at 9:53 AM on November 13, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by exogenous at 9:53 AM on November 13, 2014 [1 favorite]
Legitimate question: for these BASE jumping, etc. videos where they go off the thing over and over, do they have access to a helicopter? Or are they actually climbing to the top every time? Because that would be impressive.
posted by deadbilly at 10:32 AM on November 13, 2014
posted by deadbilly at 10:32 AM on November 13, 2014
Or is there a road that goes to the top, because it's a fjord in Norway or something and it's actually just one or two fjords down the coast from Bergen?
posted by deadbilly at 10:33 AM on November 13, 2014
posted by deadbilly at 10:33 AM on November 13, 2014
Aside based on what I thought the thread was going to be about: Baguette!
posted by maryr at 11:28 AM on November 13, 2014
posted by maryr at 11:28 AM on November 13, 2014
You know what happens if you fall off one of those cliffs?
Tremendous pan ache.
posted by chavenet at 1:06 PM on November 13, 2014 [1 favorite]
Tremendous pan ache.
posted by chavenet at 1:06 PM on November 13, 2014 [1 favorite]
The film looks wonderful, but I must admit I did cringe a bit at the use of the women (presumably girlfriends?) in the extract and the trailer (the only bits i've seen so far) - they just seemed to be there to be impressed, the film doesn't even seem to bother subtitling them. I'm sure that the full film might have more context, but that bit did did make me feel a bit icky.
posted by silence at 3:15 PM on November 13, 2014
posted by silence at 3:15 PM on November 13, 2014
I felt like I was developing PTSD just by watching them.
posted by Obscure Reference at 6:04 PM on November 13, 2014
posted by Obscure Reference at 6:04 PM on November 13, 2014
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