Climbing - Free Solo of Propellor Wall (E5 5c), Ilkley

[LJFHutch]

Impressive is an understatement, that was incredibly cool! :)

[rebelsouljaz]

that looked a pretty easy route but imagine if u fucked up, u'd be scrambled eggs right now lol

[leonidaroofner27]

made my day!!! thanks downloadmusic .im

[Bonne123]

Why free solo? U have something against living? U hate ropes? I just dont get it, can u tell me? Looks very cool place.

[cwdellar]

@Bonne123 people climb solo for the adrenaline buzz

[Bonne123]

@cwdellar Well i get it with ropes too..

[cwdellar]

@Bonne123 yeye but they want more

[alfonz1986]

@Bonne123 E5 5c often means a 'death route' since most E5's are generally 6a-6b. For the route to warrant such a high E-number with a low technical grade its gonna be pretty unsafe. I guess the protection for the upper cruxes is non-existent and might aswell be soloed. I recently climbed E3 5c and a fall from the crux would have resulted in broken legs, so this route must be horrific!

[N3rd133t]

@alfonz1986 there is such thing as E6 5c :)

Death Trap Direct at gogarth

[2ee55haan]

where abouts is this

I know its ilkley but I cant seem to find it

what road is it off?? I need some info to put into ma sat nav.

PLZ HELP

[climbingsean]

@2ee55haan Errrr, think the road is Hanging Stone Road. Just look for the Cow and Calf Pub on google or something and it'll have a postcode there, that'll be close enough

[johnh1967]

Nice work on the route and the vid

[mrcabdriver3]

how old were u wen u did that

[climbingsean]

Think i'd just turned 21 at the time. I had been climbing for about 4 years by this point.

[daveydinodave]

Wonderfully done!

[ClimberNorman]

originally given VS?

now thats what i call a sandbag!

[elmothestar]

@ClimberNorman I think you should solo it and then we will see sandbagging at the max!

[ClimberNorman]

@elmothestar What i said wasn't offensive in any way, all i meant is that it is obviously much harder than vs, is a very impressive ascent!

[draganking1940]

Its very easy i know

[Kelebrinlith]

Intense! Rock looks slippery and reachy. Excellent video and music. -- ghd

[twelvestringtex]

nice job man, i'll be free soloing a 2000ft traverse route in Enchanted Rock, Texas in two weeks. i've been watching random solo videos to get in the right mindset.

[NedRavine]

Are you still alive?

[twelvestringtex]

yeah, still alive, although i did have a belayer drop me 35 ft a few months ago

[natkobajic]

crazy...

[mcgon1979]

good work ;)

[cheamclimber]

very nice