Join: Dec 5, 2008

Name: mikebarter387

Gender: Male

Hometown: Banff

Location: Banff T0L1G8, CA

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Books: A short history of just about everything, Guns, germs and steel, outsiders, world war Z

Movies: Hombre, matrix, rocky, 300, sand pebbles, Blade, firefly, serenity

Music: Kid Rock, Johnny Cash, Bill Bourne Really just depends on the mood or what I am doing.

Hobbies: Scrapping my next meal/Finding a fresh donut

I do not have a home. I wander the streets of a little mountain town in one of Canada's mountain parks. The footage I have shot and edited with a old hi8 camera I have. I publish to you tube from a coffee shop that has free wireless. My old g4 powerbook is all that keeps me sane these days.

Videos (126)

Climbing Tools: Rap Safety- Part 3- Belay Device/prussik

  • Length: 5:54
  • Rating Average: 4.40 from 20 people
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  • Author: mikebarter387

Tags: banff  canadian  climbing  cool  girls  guide  hiton  kissing  lesons  paris  rap  sex  sexy 

Well we are now hooking up the rap device and a prussik back-up. Hooking up your rap device is one place where things can really go wrong, Be sure to do it right and double check everything twice.

Climbing Tools: Testing the Abalakov Anchor

  • Length: 1:39
  • Rating Average: 5.00 from 4 people
  • View Count: 455
  • Author: mikebarter387

Tags: abalokov  anchor  barter  bernie  canada  climbing  ice  icefeilds  joe  lessons  mckay  mike  mountaineering  wapta  wiazka  yamnuska 

So you may be questioning the strenght of those abalokov anchors. That's fine it is good to question your elders every once in awhile. In this little demo we have 5 grown men pulling on this anchor like they were "Pulling a Skier Off Their Sister" . They are also using a 3:1 mechanical advantage...

Climbing Tools: Abalakov Ice Anchor

  • Length: 5:6
  • Rating Average: 5.00 from 1 people
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  • Author: mikebarter387

Tags: abalakov  anchor  barter  canyon  climbing  frozen  grotto  ice  joe  lessons  mckay  mike  mountaineering  waterfalls 

Invented by a russian with limited resources is my guess. This anchor became popular in the late 80's early 90's. It has now become the standard for rap anchors off frozen waterfalls. Before this we used to drive in electrical conduit. This was a scary practice and led to the death of a few...

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Girls Are Not To Be Trusted

  • Length: 3:42
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  • Author: derrickcomedy

Tags: 101  are  be  belanie  comedy  derrick  derrickcomedy  film  filmmaking  girls  not  radiohead  school  sketch  to  trusted  video 

Our full-length feature film "Mystery Team" will premier at the Sundance Film Festival, January 2009. See the trailer and get more info at http://mysteryteam-movie.com

AiPhone

  • Length: 9:0
  • Rating Average: 4.59 from 1641 people
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  • Author: tobuscus

Tags: aiphone  domination  film  iphone  jones  mac  scott  short  sketch  toby  turner  world 

Watch/rate it again here! :)http://www.metacafe.com/watch/966383/aiphone/Aww 5K337 5K337.http://www.tobytees.comhttp://www.tobyturner.comDownload the song from the credits for free here - http://www.tobyturner.com/songs/AiPhoneCreditsSong.mp3Or get it as a ringtone...

How to ice-axe self arrest

  • Length: 6:1
  • Rating Average: 4.87 from 61 people
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  • Author: CountryWalking

Tags: ice-axe  mountain  mountaineering  skills  winter 

A practical guide to ice-axe arresting taken from the British Mountaineering Council's 'Winter Essentials' DVD with their kind permission. Full DVD available here: https://www.thebmc.co.uk/Pages.aspx?page=49For more videos like this, visit www.livefortheoutdoors.com