One of the things that I’ve been saying for as long as I can remember is that it is always interesting and exciting to watch a person do something he is good at. And your interest in the subject is irrelevant – it’s all about how that person does it and that only. And ‘it’ can be anything. OK, maybe with few small exceptions, but those don’t count.
Another thought that I support, but always try to avoid is that in order to be good at something, all you need is strong will and a lot of effort. Equipment, financial injections, and stuff like that can only slow you down.
In support of these two ideas, I offer you the link to a video – Russian climbing.
It is a pretty long download and will last for only 8 minutes, but YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO SEE THIS! Actually, you might have seen something similar in Jackie Chan movies, but who believes the cinema these days? Jackie Chan is doing what he is doing for the movies and he uses a lot of trained professionals and equipment to achieve the effect.
In this clip though, you’ll see guys doing some really amazing things without any equipment what-so-ever. Really, really cool stuff!
This type of thing originated in France and is called “parkour” and the people who do this are called “tracers”.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkour
Much appreciated! :)
There is also a movie called Yamakasi by Luc Besson with lots of such scenes inside, but anyway, the falsh clip was great :)