Why is everyone tripping there aren't that many people in the world who can do a completely free climb of the nose just because he aids the hardest pitch doesn't mean he didn't French free others.
It's only terrifying if you're inexperienced and afraid of heights imo. Not many climbers die in Yosemite every year so I'm assuming it's safe if you know what you're doing.
As someone who has climbed for the better part of a decade I still think El Cap is beyond terrifying. That exposure is similar to looking out the window of a plane.
I don't think that is even close to representing it... I've looked out many airplane windows and never felt exposed... I have climbed radio and cell towers and drill-rig derricks without safety equipment and felt mildly exposed... But the day after watching free solo, I felt like I had climbed the mountain myself as my body was so sore from all the "oh shit" moments and vertigo I felt while watching the video and the camera just starts floating out over a ledge and looking down... Similar vibe here... I feel like hanging onto the outside of a flying airplane would be more similar... Lmao
everyone who is complaining about the aid climbing is pathetic. You have the right to not like it, but you dont have to shit on everyone who does. el cap would probably still be unclimbed today without aid climbing.
yeah i mean free climbing/ leading the pitch. forgot to add the more nervous THAN free climbing it. just knowing they could give out any second and i absolutely dislike taking suprise whippers! i dont think i would free solo anything right now maybe not ever. lol
They are called camhooks and yes they can sometimes be sketchy but often are the only thing that works in very thin seams like the kind you find on this pitch (which is one of the hardest to free climb on the nose).
That is so terrifying, the cams man....life is clinging to the design of how it wedges in rock, has anyone video-taped a cam failing on the "Changing Corners pitch" This is absolute insanity.
Jan No objections to gear, but also no respect for someone who relies entirely on aid climbing to make it up a route. This is not even actual climbing and should never be viewed as such.
The old climbing ethic was once an aid route had been free climbed ('freed'), it was no longer classified nor climbed as an aid climb. But this is El Cap and it would have restricted access to The Nose to only a handful of climbers in the world over several decades I guess...
I can’t speak for anyone else but yes it is scary but if you are doing everything right it’s pretty safe… I think that’s what makes it fun and f it wasn’t scary everyone would do it
Wow, technical climbing is so much fun (sarcasm). But being on this exposed vertical hundreds and hundreds of meter tall granite dome is quite something - I'd rejoice and shit my pants at the same time (no sarcasm).
I can't watch this without thinking one of those clips you stick in the cracks (not sure what they're called) are going to pop out. Does it ever happen? Stunning video!
You can watch Hazel Findlay work out and free a slightly easier and less disturbingly airy dihedral at Squamish without cam hooks, which if used would be placed the opposite way, but instead they rely on tiny wires and cams on "Tainted Love" on youtube.
I’ve been watching climbing videos for a month now and I still don’t understand how it works, how do you remove your gear as you climb? Another climber? Ok how does he climb and remove gear as he climbs ?
Climbers usualy work in pair so the first climber place the piece of gear as he lead the pitch then when the leader has no more rope he buid an anchor and belay his partner from the top. So as the second climber goes up he retrieve the gear.
I've wanted to watch Alex Honnold free solo the mountain but it only shows small sections of him free soloing it, likewise in the documentary free solo by Alex Honnold, more about psychology than footage of free soloing. Nonetheless, this video showed how fearful it is, with a rope or without a rope.
fuckkkkkk thattttttt. i vapor locked just watching the vid. i admire anybody that can climb stuff like this and not freeze up a hundred foot (or 3,000😮) in the air.
God, those bumping sounds every time he hits the camera... Is horrible. Decent video of the crux... But you have to turn the audio all the way off, which sucks
This rock is so smooth how do you trust that a bit of contact will hold you down.. there are times everything is smooth and you can't find a place to put your gear o man
Im no climber, but i have tons of experience in west coast forestry and I'm no stranger to being exposed on slippery fallen logs up in mointainous terrain... but holy fuck! this is mindnumbing. It must feel great to make it past this difficult part of the route. Congratulations!
Why didn't you put a runner when you clipped that piece at about 1:16? Looks like that would have created a knife edge for the rope in the case of a fall... I guess you are going to have that issue almost no matter what depending on where/if you would have fallen... Just curious. I've done some easy A0-A1+ aiding but nothing like what you are doing ;)
Okay so this might be a retarded question, but when you climb up the mountain you gotta climb back down it right? Like there ain't no path to get down or anything right? If yes, how the fuck do you do that?! I imagine it's not the same as climbing down a rock wall.
Cargo Shorts For President Ahhhh that makes sense. So for the repel doesn't someone have to be at the top managing it? If so does that mean this person climbs up everyday or would they just get dropped off by a helicopter?
sit on the rope for a bit and let your feet rest. A toe cramp is probably only going to happen early on anyway and that's if you didn't properly stretch.
Himi Jendrix i know you left this comment a while ago, but seeing as no one replied I’ll explain. This is one of two pitches on this route rated at 5.14. In other words, absurdly fucking hard. Only 3 people have ever climbed in without using aid gear (the rope ladders he was clipping). Essentially the rock is just super steep and pretty featureless, so it’s hard to get a grip onto anything really. The only way up it is jamming your fingers into that crack to support your weight.
Sinisteo Soxilano just physics (strength of materials, lever mechanics, etc). Devices are engineered to hold lot more weight than weight of human body, and they lock up in crack on several angles and under the load.
@@Sebastian-cq7sf well it is climbable, and some few people have done it. but not only is it difficult in itself, it's just one pitch in about 30 pitches of hard climbing.
Jaroslav Capek Alex free soloed freerider route on el cap not the Nose route which has never been free soloed. Changing corners being the best example of why that is.
