Michael Fassbender: Road to Le Mans

[Yellow491]

Digga said:

Yellow491 said:

Digga said:

Yes, it’s common in many sports and disciplines; your ambition and love for it will invariably drive you to places where you are out of your depth. The moment a challenge is met and conquered, human nature pushes on to the next.

So very true digga,some folk thrive on the feeling,the difference though with most sports ,if you get to uncomfortable you can simply stop or back off,unlike some adventure sports where if you commit and not quite good enough death is the potential outcome, thats the real adrenaline pumper

Yes, I discovered a bit about that, aged 18, the wrong way up the second pitch of a four pitch climb. Downclimbing when you know you have no gear in and the belay is crap. I thought I was dead, possibly my mate too, and knew I was the only one who could do anything about it. Turns out I don’t panic, but I never want to test that out again.

One thing i have learnt over the years,there are clearly two types,those that panic like headless chickens and create a worse situation,and those that stay cool,think about it and make sound decisions.
At least you could climb down,think about those who are truly solo 4 pitches up

[Taffy66]

Yellow491 said:

One thing i have learnt over the years,there are clearly two types,those that panic like headless chickens and create a worse situation,and those that stay cool,think about it and make sound decisions.
At least you could climb down,think about those who are truly solo 4 pitches up

If you've gone the wrong way on a solo four pitch climb and your legs turn to jelly and start quivering uncontrollably best to just give up and let go to save all the stress. At least you've died with your boots on and not in some care home bed drenched in your own piss an faeces.
Alternatively find a safer hobby such as pub quizzes or tiddlywinks etc
When I was 22 and touring New Zealand I went on a solo climb up Mount Cook in the Southern Alps and got caught in a blizzard. Nobody knew I was there as I was travelling solo and pre mobile phone times. Lucky for me being a natural coward I didn't have the balls to let go and instead gritted down and got out of there in one piece to tell the tale.

[Digga]

Yellow491 said:

At least you could climb down,think about those who are truly solo 4 pitches up

The Alex Honnold ‘Free Solo’ film is insane.

Only ever solo’d twice. Easy stuff, VDiff, 70 or 80ft, no more. Solo climbers are another level.

I see even AH has given it up free soloing for sport climbing.

[Yellow491]

Digga said:

Yellow491 said:

At least you could climb down,think about those who are truly solo 4 pitches up

The Alex Honnold ‘Free Solo’ film is insane.

Only ever solo’d twice. Easy stuff, VDiff, 70 or 80ft, no more. Solo climbers are another level.

I see even AH has given it up free soloing for sport climbing.

You can still die at 70 feet digga! I suppose taffy would need a walking stick now to go up mount cook
Solo is as nuts as squirrel suit flying at the top end,my kayaking expeditions were not much different,once you commit you cant stop and get off at the extreme end.Great doc on Netflix, aftershock,about the exped to everest and Langtang valley etc with the Nepali earthquakes,a place close to my heart.

[pingu393]

Yellow491 said:

Digga said:

Yellow491 said:

At least you could climb down,think about those who are truly solo 4 pitches up

The Alex Honnold ‘Free Solo’ film is insane.

Only ever solo’d twice. Easy stuff, VDiff, 70 or 80ft, no more. Solo climbers are another level.

I see even AH has given it up free soloing for sport climbing.

You can still die at 70 feet digga! I suppose taffy would need a walking stick now to go up mount cook
Solo is as nuts as squirrel suit flying at the top end,my kayaking expeditions were not much different,once you commit you cant stop and get off at the extreme end.Great doc on Netflix, aftershock,about the exped to everest and Langtang valley etc with the Nepali earthquakes,a place close to my heart.

I was leading a climb at about 80ft, when my protection fell out. It was a strange experience. I knew that my life was literally in my own hands.
Panic was not an option. Climb was HVS, so it was almost a narrow staircase.

[Wh00sher]

Pretty surprised this series only has 7 pages.

I`m thoroughly enjoying Series 4, but the previous 3 have all been very high quality productions. The endings can be a bit annoying, they don`t need to leave a cliffhanger, I`ll watch the next episode anyway !

I can understand Leitz driving for the factory team, he`s a talent isn`t he. Although have Matt Campbell jump in as the Pro isn`t a bad replacement.

A window into a world I`ll never experience but hat`s off to Fassbender for having a go. I think most of us would relish the chance of anything like that if we had the money behind us to afford it.

[Digga]

Wh00sher said:

Pretty surprised this series only has 7 pages.

I`m thoroughly enjoying Series 4, but the previous 3 have all been very high quality productions. The endings can be a bit annoying, they don`t need to leave a cliffhanger, I`ll watch the next episode anyway !

I can understand Leitz driving for the factory team, he`s a talent isn`t he. Although have Matt Campbell jump in as the Pro isn`t a bad replacement.

A window into a world I`ll never experience but hat`s off to Fassbender for having a go. I think most of us would relish the chance of anything like that if we had the money behind us to afford it.

Yes Campbell seems a very steady pair of hands. Old head on young shoulders.

I’d love to have a go but would really not think I’m up to the responsibility, let alone the task.

[Digga]

Yellow491 said:

You can still die at 70 feet digga! I suppose taffy would need a walking stick now to go up mount cook
Solo is as nuts as squirrel suit flying at the top end,my kayaking expeditions were not much different,once you commit you cant stop and get off at the extreme end.Great doc on Netflix, aftershock,about the exped to everest and Langtang valley etc with the Nepali earthquakes,a place close to my heart.

You don’t die at 70ft, it’s the last foot of falling that is the most dangerous.

I’d love to go to the Himalayas. I’ve traveled a fair bit (enough) and have a very short bucket list, that and Terres del Paines are at the top.

Get kicks from mtb now. Eight of us out in Lakes last weekend in the snow and ice. All very experienced riders. Three came off on Saturday’s 19 miler. Was a real mission. No one badly hurt.

[Yellow491]

Digga said:

Yellow491 said:

You can still die at 70 feet digga! I suppose taffy would need a walking stick now to go up mount cook
Solo is as nuts as squirrel suit flying at the top end,my kayaking expeditions were not much different,once you commit you cant stop and get off at the extreme end.Great doc on Netflix, aftershock,about the exped to everest and Langtang valley etc with the Nepali earthquakes,a place close to my heart.

You don’t die at 70ft, it’s the last foot of falling that is the most dangerous.

I’d love to go to the Himalayas. I’ve traveled a fair bit (enough) and have a very short bucket list, that and Terres del Paines are at the top.

Get kicks from mtb now. Eight of us out in Lakes last weekend in the snow and ice. All very experienced riders. Three came off on Saturday’s 19 miler. Was a real mission. No one badly hurt.

Himalayas are fantastic been going off and on since 1988,indian himal possibly the best in terms of remoteness and little tourism unlike the Everest trail etc,great mountain biking out there.If you look up mount kailash in tibet,the 4 main rivers of asia start from it,tried to kayak all 4 of them,managed two of them over the years,a very special spooky place,considered the centre of earth, all 4 faces like a pyramid facing north,east,south and west.
Left my electric mountain bike in the shed this snowy period,did not fancy a broken limb for xmas a big deviation from fassbender sorry.

[Ken Sington]

Fassbender vs Dempsey; who is the better driver? Both actors, both Porsche fanatics.

[Penguinracer]

It would interesting to know the business model around Fassbender's participation.

Rather than being 100% sponsored by Porsche or a full pay-to-drive arrangement - I suspect it's a hybrid - a subsidised seat in return for the PR involvement.

[Nurburgsingh]

Ken Sington said:

Fassbender vs Dempsey; who is the better driver? Both actors, both Porsche fanatics.

isnt the team he's driving for Dempseys?

[Penguinracer]

I agree that Leitz is the real deal...the consummate professional...

[Digga]

Nurburgsingh said:

Ken Sington said:

Fassbender vs Dempsey; who is the better driver? Both actors, both Porsche fanatics.

isnt the team he's driving for Dempseys?

It’s quite the trick to be actor, racer and then successful team leader.

[Philvrs]

Excellent as always, i know he’s a good actor but that mental torture looks genuine for him.

[Skin981]

Anyone who thinks they can drive should watch this sort’s the men from the boys.

[RDMcG]

Skin981 said:

Anyone who thinks they can drive should watch this sort’s the men from the boys.

Yes indeed...I learned many years ago the difference between an OK amateur and a proper racing driver. Have had the experience of some passenger laps with good racing drivers in the my own car.

There is simply no comparison.

[Skin981]

Couldn’t believe how mentally exhausted he was after that crash

[BobToc]

Penguinracer said:

It would interesting to know the business model around Fassbender's participation.

Rather than being 100% sponsored by Porsche or a full pay-to-drive arrangement - I suspect it's a hybrid - a subsidised seat in return for the PR involvement.

Yeah I reckon that’s it. He started off doing the Porsche Racing Experience in at GT3 Cup car and I’d guess he showed enough competence (combined with the stardom) to get Porsche to support it as a marketing effort.

https://www.porsche.com/specials/en/international/...

[Digga]

RDMcG said:

Skin981 said:

Anyone who thinks they can drive should watch this sort’s the men from the boys.

Yes indeed...I learned many years ago the difference between an OK amateur and a proper racing driver. Have had the experience of some passenger laps with good racing drivers in the my own car.

There is simply no comparison.

Tim Harvey was kind enough to give me and handful of pax laps around Donington in his 991.2 GT3 RS MR. It was staggering, visceral, but just a road car.

Can’t really fully picture how it must feel in a full race car on slicks.