They also say the best youtuber is the one with the shortest memory. Thanks for the experience, and for keeping the stoke high, lmk when that PTO hits for next season ;)
I have always so enjoyed your videos but brother on this one you raised your game to a whole other level. What a joyful experience! I really liked the narration, and the camaraderie between you guys. What a feat of endurance! Keep enjoying the best years of your life. Oh, and hey you’re looking pretty burly there brother.
Just saw this. Really a wonderful day. Thank you for the TR on S wall and S Africa and S everything else. I was so nervous. I was wondering if I was going to fall. Can't wait to climb with you again.
I haven’t heard but I’d be really surprised if they did. The climbing is not too hard for some soloists, but with this feature being required to rappel and with so much fixed gear it would be hard to want to solo this with a rope and climb right past the gear. It’s also not the best place to need a rescue haha
Imagine climbing it in 1938, with no fancy climbing shoes, no cams. And imagine climbing the Wiessner route nearby. A 65' 7" wide crack, with no protection other than 1 piton halfway up. The climbers back then were badass!
I am on Pins and Needles the whole time, I dont dare look down, I am thinking my hands or arms could not handle any more than 2 minutes, These guys are He Men for sure, yea I am scared to death and I am sitting at a desk LoL !!! Great Job!!!
I did the first pitch twice back in 79. I was by myself and hung out in the upper parking lot with my rope and gear asking if I could join other climbers. One guy tried to lead but couldn't make any progress, so I lead it up to that first belay point. It then started to rain so we gave up on it and I rappelled down. The next day I tried it again with a different couple of climbers. Again, the leader failed and I climbed up to the belay ledge and no one would follow me. A group next to us, the, University of Minnesota Rovers Outdoors Club, offered to belay me up past the ledge and on to the summit. I untied my leader rope and let it fall to the guys who wouldn't follow me, and tied into the Rovers Rope and finished the climb with them. I rappelled down off of the tower on the Rovers rope as well. I climbed the Grand Teton a couple of weeks later and met up with the Rovers again who let me use their belay and rappel to get down off of it. Previous to these climbs, I had been climbing at Taylors Falls, Eldorado Canyon, Palisade Head on Lake Superior and with NOLS in the North Cascades.
My buddy has soloed this. It’s pretty chill but the consequences are hard to ignore. The gear we bring usually weighs less than 10 lbs and when it’s around your waist you don’t feel it much.
I lead like 5.11+ indoors and this still looks harder than what I do 😅 Every time you got above your pro my hands got sweaty. Y'all trad climbers are crazy
@@albertlutton9920 Yep, truth is “lame” to NPCs. For those of us who have eyes ri see and ears to hear and love to learn and grow in understanding of the world around us, knowing about the giant trees of the past is one of the most fascinating realizations/truths of all time. Enjoy your boring world of fiction, poor little NPC.
You are wrong. No tree could ever be this big. The tower is an igneous type of rock. Look at the NPS website about the geology of the Tower. Where did you get your info?
@@albertlutton9920 I’m not wrong. I know well the reality of ancient giant trees. And in fact that tree stump is the remains of a very, very small tree in comparison to the true giants. One channel I highly recommend is Hangman1128. If you don’t have a desire to dig into the topic and want to stick with the teachings of mainstream geology then you likely won’t get far, as his videos are rather lengthy. I do encourage you to step out of your comfort zone and watch for a bit. Many of us have come to realize that so much of what is taught as science is in fact pseudoscience. The narratives and theories of geology often fall to pieces when out to the test. Much like the fake history that fills school textbooks or the countless lies of Western medicine. You ask where I got my information. It started and continued with many like Mike from channel I recommended. And then just using my own eyes. I’m in Houston and went back to Colorado last year for my first trip to the mountains since realizing the reality of ancient giant trees. It was easy to see the truth with my own eyes. The mainstream explanation for the tower in question is laughable and holds no weight when scrutinized. To the contrary, when viewed as remains of a giant tree everything matches our observations and scientific studies without having to just trust some so-called authority and the textbooks. I hope you’ll explore deeper. There are tons of videos on it and you are sure to have your mind blown. One other video that comes to mind is titled something along the lines of “No Forest on Flat Earth”. I’m sure that title alone will trigger you and I might have differences of opinion with some parts of that video. But it’s well worth the watch.
I climbed Durrance in 1983, IIRC. I took the Mountaineering class at Wyo a couple of different semesters and we did a class trip after the end of the semester. (The classes were at Vedauwoo, so we had lots of experience with crack climbing.) We were a big group and didn't get started as early as some other folks on the same route, so we ended up doing the rappel down in the dark. I loved that second pitch. It was perfect for my style and size and it was an amazing experience. The jump traverse was ... memorable; I came up a bit short and caught myself with my arms on the ledge. I was never better than a mediocre climber, but I'm glad for the experiences. Thanks for the video; it brings back fun memories.
I did the same at WYO, in 1975-1980. Lived in McIntyre Hall and climbed with some guys on the floor at Vedauwoo and Devils Tower, Went to Joshua Tree over spring break around 1978. I was a mediocre climber, and only lead a couple of easy climbs.
Hello! I’ve thought about your question for a while and I think it’s just best to not compare them. The style and severity are drastically different. But most of the specific strength requirements could be similar. Come out to a gathering and there should be Topropes on most routes for you to try consequence free!
I think I did South Africa one time and wrote "never again" in the summit register. The fingers move out of the apex on South Pacific is so choice I always chose that and the under-cling jam above.
You did it right the second time; you were 5 feet off route on something horrible the first time. LOL Type 1 and type 2 fun... Who's the old man topping out at the end? Looks like he can still climb.
These two climbs get so confused there in the middle. But I enjoy both for different reasons. And I think you may know Jon Frank! Looks a little different outside of a raft
When I started climbing back in the day you either top climbed or lead climbed. The words trad and sport did not exist. If you do get into trad climbing take your time and climb well within your abilities. I was seriously injured and spent a couple weeks in ICU. I made a recovery and climbed for many more years. I took the advice I am giving you after I got hurt. Take care
I'd love to see you place more nuts and chocks and quit trusting cams so much, because honestly you pass up a ton of fast, reliable nut placements and make a lot of untrustworthy cam placements. Talking not just about location but direction they'll be loaded if you fall. They are tools, not gadgets. They're not good just because they stay put when you stick 'em in the crack. I'm old enough to be your grandpa so I don't care if this makes you mad because I'm only concerned about your safety and survival. Point cams in the direction they'll be loaded in a fall and carry some longer runners for placements that could spin when the rope goes tight, so they'll stay pointed the right way and also reduce your rope drag. Elementary stuff that you probaby know but don't always practice. You climb like a charging bull and most of your cam placements are angled away from the fall line or even stuck in almost horizontally in verical cracks. Then you usually clip that directly or just hang a draw or short runner on it. Someday you're gonna pump off of something hard and take a terrifying fall, if you haven't yet. Please don't be that guy who gets hurt or dies because his cams unzipped. And when you see a good wire placement, use it even if you don't think you need it right then. It backs up your whole system and in the worst-case scenario, one solid wire nut placement can keep you alive and/or off the deck. Maybe your partner too. I hope you have a long, successful climbing career like I did. I'm done now but I still climb vicariously through watching young folks like you. Be smart and stay alive.
