Black Diamond Presents: Babsi and Jacopo Send Zodiac (5.13d) on El Cap 

Yeah, it was interesting to see just how similar their movements were, particularly on 'The Nipple' pitch, awesome video!

Thought the same. That was very effective and cool to watch.

Fascinating ! :O

Split screen is so nice for climbing videos like these!!

quiet sure they put the belay themselves. what we saw was the sent of the pitches not the progress and figuring out where to put belay. wich can be quiet tricky i assume on a 8a tradstyle route.

Agreed!! Far, far too much footage of pre-placed gear in this film. Not placing gear on the lead reduces the grades of routes significantly. Not saying that climbing this route free isn't a big undertaking in itself but it seems that sport climbing tactics have become so entangled with what until the late 80's was known simply as 'climbing' that what used to qualify as an ascent e.g. climbing something on sight (no pre knowledge of holds, moves, or gear) and placing gear on the lead doesn't appear to exist anymore. 'Before' people started trying to adopt sport climbing ethics into 'climbing' you could 'not' claim to have climbed 'anything' without being 'seen' to have climbed it from the ground up, on sight. You could place gear and down climb for a rest but not place gear and lower off it (Yo-Yoing) or adopt combined tactics etc. Now you apparently 'send' a route. What in f*cks does that mean???? Get to the top any old how???? Seriously! More cheap, trash, language from a cheap, trash country that poisons almost everything it comes into contact with!

That's because the Free Zodiac is independent of the Zodiac until pitch 3 or so, I believe

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not typically

they pink pointed the pitches meaning they placed the gear on rappel and then they climbed clipping the grear that they placed not a full hard man/woman style but still very impressive

ah, yes. that would indeed be the case.

I think they meant to say "crowded" or "popular"

@@Deeds_of_Love Zodiac is one of the most popular routes on El Cap.

Bla Blum because they are freaking hard to redpoint

Yeah. That's the idea.

No but that's why no one does it... because no one can...

The numbers are not that high, lotsa people climb 5.14a today. So it's kind of sandbagged?

well the climbing is very technical and not your typical 5.14 overhanging sport route and also there are few sport climbers who have the necessary big wall experience to do routes on el cap.

Always room to improve the style. Hop on it!

Freeclimbing is not free soloing, look it up.

yes, but not as pure as placing your own pros

Trisha Scherfer that's part of the beauty of climbing: we all get to do it in our own style. For some pre placing gear detracts from the purity, for others it's no biggie. To each there own. I found it really cool to see a couple set a goal and accomplish it together regardless of the details.

Well said my man.

You would come and look at El Cap and wet your pants.

lol have fun projecting .13d/8b on el cap and each time you fail you have to get the gear out again and start from the bottom

He did not, this is zodiac