"I'm not the kind of boulderer who is gonna spend all my time on two moves. I'd much rather do a bunch of moves." Sounds like you should sportclimb bro!
I'm from Detroit and I thought this was another doc revisiting the auto industry bailouts. The crashpads looked like rubbish you find next to the abandoned plants. Glad to see its just some dude pulling on rocks. Nice send.
Surely an amazing feat, congrats! Nick was clearly climbing at his limit, thought, and I have the feeling that involved way too much risk of fatal or very serious injury.
And yet, he climbed with more composure and much faster than every other ascent before him... and I think that's what's really interesting about Nick. Might seem foolish at a glance, but I just see a climber cruising a route far within his comfort zone. We haven't seen his limits yet.
@drew13600 Ha, fair enough. But even the fall he took in stride. It was on his terms, he wasn't hesitant or scared... he just hopped on down and wasn't rattled by it.
They'll keep you reasonably safe for the first half of the route (maybe up to 35 feet for someone as bouncy as Nick), which for him was long enough to get out of the toughest/most insecure moves. It's a free solo for the last 15-20 feet though!
@@YoureInSilico : I dont think so. Here one of many definitions (some even say 15-20 ft): "The upper limit is somewhere around 25 or 35 feet in height; above that the argument can be made that it is a free-solo climbing route, although the line is blurred between boulder problem and route." Too Big to Flail is 55 feet, and it is most popular as a toprope problem.
@@Alex76182 Eh, many highballs are most popular as top-rope problems. A climb with 27 pads (or pads at all, for that matter) can't really be called a solo. Not to take anything away from this problem though, pads or not it's extremely serious.
I hope this beautiful rock will never be desecrated with bolts. Like I ain't even that good yet, doing it for 4 months now, my record on a route toprope was a 5.11b , lead 5.10d but yeah, would be cool to do that one day
Impressive that he went right back on after that fall! I'm too logical for that - nothing changed, there was still that numb-fingers risk. Insane, possibly in a bad way.
Way to go Nick, super proud line. Takes a serious combination of bravery and stupidity for a project this mega. Well done. I really enjoyed you talking about the moves, but the final edit of the send was marred by the tunes.
The general rule of thumb around Bishop is with a flat, padded landing at 25 ft, you're flirting with a broken limb. That being said, knowing how to land can float that limit up to 30/35 ft, but people have also broken legs from five feet up... Lol. It really all depends on too many factors to put a solid number on it.
“Most people say you should climb 3 grades harder than you solo, but I’ve only climbed a couple v12’s”...basically, “according to the majority of the climbing community I am not at a level where I can do this solo safely”...this is definitely the type of mindset that gets free soloers killed. It is also setting a horrible example for the younger generation of climbers
I would argue it would turn one of the world's most iconic highball boulders into a fairly pedestrian sport route. The ethic in Bishop has always been 'bold, not bolts.' Nothing wrong with bolts, obviously, but there's plenty of safely bolted 5.13d's out there. There's only one Too Big to Flail.
@@johny.echevers Part of the sport is being able to choose the risks you take. If you wanna be 100% safe with plenty of bolts stay inside and climb your plastic.
I've grown tired of these climbing/extreme video formats that are always basically: show a climb, talk about how hard it is and the risks involved in doing it for 95% of the time and then finally show the totally-epic-stunt dude.
