@TeeDotOwe That is climbing tape, it is used to stop your fingers from ripping to shreds on the rock (especially when doing fingers jams etc) and most climbing walls sell it, or online of course.
@TeeDotOwe nah it is used indoors, you can still rip the skin up on normal holds - you can wrap it around the blisters/holes to stop it getting worse etc
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i'd totally do this sport but it's expensive and i don't know anyone that does it. and i live in a city no where near big rocks and my parents got no money and i have no car to get to a big rock and i have to take care of my little siblings cuz my parents work and my dad's not around. ... but it looks like fun
@tryandlike if youre still in school and your school has a woodshop, cut some blocks of different shapes and depths and bolt it to your walls and ceiling.
@1138thz This wasnt a ground up first ascent, which seems to be what you are talking about. He did plenty of hang dogging, plenty of tensioning, and probably used plenty of pre-placed pro. He probably did it as an aid route as well. He had practiced so much, definitely using hang dogging and possibly on top rope, so that he could do it in this manner.
On this ascent he did it without tension and hang dogging because otherwise it wouldnt be a free ascent. Thats the whole point.
I admire guys like Sonnie Trotter, from the ground up, no tension, hang dogging, or pre-placed pro just a perfectly executed free ascent. What he did there is a mixed aid and free climb for about 99.9% of the climbing community...hats off gentlemen. Although some are amazing, I cant say I admire sport climbers that prep their lines with pre-placed pro, rap bolting ect as much as extreme trad climbers. I of course admire their skill but the risk and commitment just isn't the same.
Could someone explain me this technical question..if this is a FIRST ascent means that someone put, before this video, the nails on the wall where climbers hook the quickdraws . So, first: is it correct that there are the nails(it seems to me from the video)? Second: how are these nails installed, maybe descending from the top with a rope? Thanks.
@dayed84 the nails are, like u said installed from the top, u do abseil and they are installed with beton (I dont know m my english isnt that good -,-) hope i helped
@RonaiHenrik the one who does it gets the credit, not the one who almost did it. I think Didier get enough attention in the First Ascent. Time for Sonnie to have some love.
This is called lead or trad (traditional) climbing in england and it is the best way to climb imo. so before you start saying 'thats not free climbing, you've got gear.' Try it and see how you feel.
@klawida Because if the protection is small, or in a place where you aren't sure it will hold, or you are about to run it out like he did and go way above your last protection, then you want to put in as much as you can in case a piece fails. If he just put in one cam and took a huge fall on it and it failed, it would have turned into an epic fall. I mean I guess.
@klawida if he falls from the first he is falling vertically and he will slide down the rock if he falls on the second he falls and doesnt hit the wall
AMAZING I just bought the video for my friend and I'm stocked for when she sees it and I see with her. I really enjoy this climb, because you can see the motion of the climbers body and how he goes about climbing the route. It makes me feel like I'm there watching this kid climb!!!!!! Which motivates me more about trad climbing. I started lead climbing and that is intense but trad is another complete thing and this is awesome and makes me want to do it!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) love it!
I love your passion I do not know the first thing about climbing but I know something beautiful when I see it and I know someone with heart when I see it and the combination is priceless
Dear crack climbers. I have a mental gremlin regarding cracks. if you twist your fingers into a hold, and lock them inplace, and then your foot slipps, does it ever happen you fingers get broken? what if your fingers slip. doesn't your foot remain stuck if ou have twisted it in there?
@uthikoloshe Well the general rule is: if it's locked in place , whatever part of your body locked in stays there until it either unlocks or, if not strong enough, detatches. It might go snap, it might not... depends on your level of skill, the nature of the rock and about 100 other factors:)
watching his footwork on the first attempt of the crux compared to the last is crazy. it was a bit sloppy on the send. must have pissed him off. nice climb!
yeah this was on first ascent,i think didier barthod would have done it first had it not been for a knee injury,he looked solid all the way till that happend
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actually he's lead climbing. where you clip in your rope as you go up; so it is pretty much the same as free climbing, but with a clip and a rope to catch him if he falls
You're getting confused between free climbing and soloing. Free climbing implies not using gear to help you climb, ie. not aid climbing. Soloing implies not using gear at all.
@redsolarearth1 The difference is that in FREE climbing, the gear is for safety, not for help (as in AID climbing), whereas in SOLOING there is no gear.
@planteh NO, you are wrong, there is a video of dean Potter AID SOLOING the famous route on El Capitan, "the Nose". Search for "solo the nose el capitan" on youtube and it will pop right up. The reason people say "free solo" is to distinguish it from AID solo.
@planteh ...not exactly, free means un-aided (ie no pulling on gear). Soloing means climbing alone, no partner, you use aid or free technique and gear though. Free-solo is shoes, chalk and or tape, thats all.
I was under the impression that a free ascent would be without a rope. Am I missing something here? Or is it maybe just not included in this video. I mean the video is title "first free ascent", so I was excepting to see him climbing without gear. Could someone clear this up for me?
when doing a free accent you do use a rope but it is only there for saftey reasons. For it to be a true free climb you cannot put any weight on the rope. if you fall or your weight is taken on the rope it is no longer a free accent. a free solo is climbing without a rope.
without rope is called free solo. free ascent is climbing without the use of aid and without putting load on the rope. basically the rope is only there for safety...not help.
okay so how does he get down now. i mean he could untie his rope walk down and around pull the rope threw but then all his cams are in the wall. or he could slowly climb back down collecting his cams on the way down which doesnt look like he could climb down it, or he could " Fall " down from cam to cam grabbing the rock long enough just to release his cams, but this is fkn stupid if you ask me. maybe does he do the climb again in top rope collecting his cams as he goes back to the top?
What puzzles me is that you seem to understand climbing terminology, but not the basic mechanics of climbing. You rapell. You see that anchor he clipped into? You thread the rope though that and rapell down, collecting your gear as you go. I guess you've only top-roped maybe?
I was wondering how the safety works in this vid. He puts in the 'plugs' really loose imo. Do the plugs work that good that they easily support your whole body weight when you fall down?
The "plugs" that he is using are Black Diamand C4 Cams. Black Diamond is the brand, "C4" is the model, and "cam" is short for "Spring Loaded Camming Device," or SLCD. You should look up "SLCD" on wikipedia or something to get a better idea about how they work. Pretty cool.
Ah yeah, good eye. I just saw his one purple C4 .5 and assumed he was all bd. I watched again and saw some metolious, aliens, bd, a little of everything i guess.
He uses cams- they are VERY good, more you pull on them, more force it puts onto the sides of the crack it is in, they are on a spring, pulling the spring pulls the cam wedges back, releasing it lets them spring out.
Sonny, I don't know you but thanks for the new perspective. All that work goes much much farther than is immediately apparent if there are more like me who watch this and change their minds.
I'm not sure, but it might mean using a self belay. if you throw down a single rope from a top anchor and anchor it onto something below you, you can use a shunt to basically top rope without a partner.
This is a great video. I was captivated the entire time, fingers sweating and all. The intent to climb that crack is monstrous. I can just feel what it feels like to attempt such a climb. What a feat!
I really wish people would stop talking about frigging dan osman. Yeah he was good and he was mad, he died in a totally stupid way. His death defies common sense why would you jump on three week old gear???????? He was not the best climber ever!!!
cobra crack - has to be one of my favorite routes. beautiful back story to it; how didier berthod's attempts ceased, without notice, because of an injury that would set him back long enough for trotter to clean sweep.
the beauty is reflected in the way didier is humbled by his injury, stating it might have been an angel, pushing him down, teaching him a lesson about worldly obsession. to overcome his self centered passion to be the first.
absolutely brilliant mate. You certainly are one strong man, great style and yes what a route. Technically superb and awe inspiring. Cant find enough to say , Excellent makes me wanna climb again!
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This maight be a stupid question, but how are they recording him?
futabah8r 11 hours ago
That is not a reason to don`t climb
bob4otototo 2 days ago
i dont do climbing it seems like they just place the safety pins in are they guarenteed to hold a persons weight ?
Aidokinn 1 week ago
how long is the rope?
file1116 1 week ago
thumbs up if you hate walking up hill
ogdemigod 1 month ago
anyone know the song in the beginning
res813 1 month ago
my hands and feet are just sweating from watching this
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conorsmale 1 month ago
I do believe my hands just sweated about a gallon of water watching this.
MrScreechingWeasel 2 months ago
What is that tape he uses for his fingers, what is it used for and where can you get it from?? Thanks
TeeDotOwe 2 months ago
@TeeDotOwe That is climbing tape, it is used to stop your fingers from ripping to shreds on the rock (especially when doing fingers jams etc) and most climbing walls sell it, or online of course.
996o0o966 2 months ago
@996o0o966
Thanks a lot. So it isnt really necessary for climbing indoors?
TeeDotOwe 2 months ago
@TeeDotOwe nah it is used indoors, you can still rip the skin up on normal holds - you can wrap it around the blisters/holes to stop it getting worse etc
996o0o966 2 months ago
That guys forearms are like a chimpanzee. (no homo)
Guitarplayer22222 3 months ago
Didier Berthod is better
DadyDollaz19 3 months ago
@DadyDollaz19 Not even...He has nowhere NEAR the finesse of Trotter.
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OliGrounsell 3 months ago
congratulations
it's amazing!!!
taufiqurrahman100 3 months ago
...after figuring out the moves on top rope
deadballo 4 months ago
Great film Paul... congratulations!!!... enjoyed it muchisimo...
marshallzacatitos 4 months ago
goddamn, is that beautiful to watch
fnarces 5 months ago
What's free accent mean?
JFM94 5 months ago
@JFM94
ground up, no falls, no takes. the gear is only there to protect in event of a fall; he doesn't rely upon it to assist his way to the top.
e.g, were the gear hypothetically not to be placed (no rope, no cams), he'd live to tell the tale at the top
fnarces 5 months ago
@fnarces pro
JFM94 5 months ago
Boss.
walawa1a 5 months ago
AmaZing. Woohoo. Great job.
tw0se7en 6 months ago
I read about this in the Toronto Star.
lynked3 6 months ago 2
he looks like CR7
twistoffeat 6 months ago
Oh my god I have actually broke my mouse from sweating hands so hard.
EventHorizonOfficial 6 months ago
He's a great climber ol' Rodney isn't he? lol
poeticmelodies 7 months ago
sick dog
chaosmode100 7 months ago
i'd totally do this sport but it's expensive and i don't know anyone that does it. and i live in a city no where near big rocks and my parents got no money and i have no car to get to a big rock and i have to take care of my little siblings cuz my parents work and my dad's not around. ... but it looks like fun
tryandlike 9 months ago
@tryandlike
it's not that expensive you should look into a climbing gym around ur place... best way to start :)
DimitriNakos 8 months ago 2
@tryandlike if youre still in school and your school has a woodshop, cut some blocks of different shapes and depths and bolt it to your walls and ceiling.
RYDERkN 8 months ago
@1138thz This wasnt a ground up first ascent, which seems to be what you are talking about. He did plenty of hang dogging, plenty of tensioning, and probably used plenty of pre-placed pro. He probably did it as an aid route as well. He had practiced so much, definitely using hang dogging and possibly on top rope, so that he could do it in this manner.
On this ascent he did it without tension and hang dogging because otherwise it wouldnt be a free ascent. Thats the whole point.
Olbert111 9 months ago
32 people are afraid of cobras
MrLebowski01 9 months ago
I admire guys like Sonnie Trotter, from the ground up, no tension, hang dogging, or pre-placed pro just a perfectly executed free ascent. What he did there is a mixed aid and free climb for about 99.9% of the climbing community...hats off gentlemen. Although some are amazing, I cant say I admire sport climbers that prep their lines with pre-placed pro, rap bolting ect as much as extreme trad climbers. I of course admire their skill but the risk and commitment just isn't the same.
1138thz 10 months ago
Respect. Placing pros on the way up. Hard core.
He get pretty high above his two twin friends once he got that right hand placed properly.
zerascal3 11 months ago 2
Could someone explain me this technical question..if this is a FIRST ascent means that someone put, before this video, the nails on the wall where climbers hook the quickdraws . So, first: is it correct that there are the nails(it seems to me from the video)? Second: how are these nails installed, maybe descending from the top with a rope? Thanks.
dayed84 11 months ago
@dayed84 the nails are, like u said installed from the top, u do abseil and they are installed with beton (I dont know m my english isnt that goo -,-
Cheesemax96 11 months ago
@dayed84 the nails are, like u said installed from the top, u do abseil and they are installed with beton (I dont know m my english isnt that good -,-) hope i helped
Cheesemax96 11 months ago
I wish he still had a rc.com account
TheDanielRagsdale 11 months ago
It's not fair! Nobody mentions Didiers Berthod!
He was there too, and almost made it for the first, but an injury made him to stop trying.
Thumbs up for Didiers!!!!!
RonaiHenrik 11 months ago 53
@RonaiHenrik listen again...
pdrums777 10 months ago
@RonaiHenrik but live inst fair
LuciaaHugo 5 months ago
@RonaiHe yeah Sonnie actualy mentions him at 1:40. But yeah it seems liek Didier just wanted it so bad.
markus122piesuckers 1 month ago
@markus122piesuckers I meant to say that no-one actually says that he made it almost. He was "just a friend there".
RonaiHenrik 1 month ago
@RonaiHenrik the one who does it gets the credit, not the one who almost did it. I think Didier get enough attention in the First Ascent. Time for Sonnie to have some love.
pupeeck 1 week ago
This is called lead or trad (traditional) climbing in england and it is the best way to climb imo. so before you start saying 'thats not free climbing, you've got gear.' Try it and see how you feel.
thomaselgarsmith 1 year ago
thumbs up if your hands started sweating for him ^_^
motovx171 1 year ago 68
Nay cumberlands will fit in that crack ; )
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Really enjoyed this, gratz & ty for sharing
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jonitaJakse 1 year ago
At 05:47 why is he using two wuickdraws so close to each other? Any one who knows why?
klawida 1 year ago
@klawida Because if the protection is small, or in a place where you aren't sure it will hold, or you are about to run it out like he did and go way above your last protection, then you want to put in as much as you can in case a piece fails. If he just put in one cam and took a huge fall on it and it failed, it would have turned into an epic fall. I mean I guess.
jsparger 1 year ago
@klawida for safety, because thats the crux
shapsito 1 year ago
@klawida if he falls from the first he is falling vertically and he will slide down the rock if he falls on the second he falls and doesnt hit the wall
qwert371 1 year ago
All my congratulation fron Italy
esalvaterra 1 year ago
Power!!!
MrRoaldbe 1 year ago
he brave as a mofo
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fghgjsrat 1 year ago
Should see the other part of the history on "First Ascent" movie
choringa 1 year ago
Amazing! Just started climbing last summer! Love it! :D
DRMSEXTON 1 year ago
AMAZING I just bought the video for my friend and I'm stocked for when she sees it and I see with her. I really enjoy this climb, because you can see the motion of the climbers body and how he goes about climbing the route. It makes me feel like I'm there watching this kid climb!!!!!! Which motivates me more about trad climbing. I started lead climbing and that is intense but trad is another complete thing and this is awesome and makes me want to do it!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) love it!
banffblue 1 year ago
how did they film this...
joecrzy199 1 year ago
@joecrzy199 the cameraman/woman would have rappelled from the top
drweelz 1 year ago
How does he record this
rippter1996 1 year ago
I love your passion I do not know the first thing about climbing but I know something beautiful when I see it and I know someone with heart when I see it and the combination is priceless
WTFMusicPerson 1 year ago
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SONNIE!!!!!!!
jeremymovie 1 year ago
that looks delicious
laserspatula 1 year ago
fucking cool.
sinclaircooper 1 year ago
how much ft high
QuinnHunterO 1 year ago
Cool stuff!
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MortenRodsjo 1 year ago
mmmmm cobra crack 8c/c+
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tom2010stx 1 year ago
Is that that big granite rock you drive by to get to Squamish?
Conan568 1 year ago
5.14 on trad?!?! much respect, way more impressive than seeing sharma climbing 5.15 sport
Fox843 1 year ago
Ich würde mir in die Hose pissen wenn beim Fallen mein Leben nur an den zwei Friends hängt.
auegg 1 year ago
thank you patagonia video ive been dying to see this ascent
StaticWack 1 year ago
Dear crack climbers. I have a mental gremlin regarding cracks. if you twist your fingers into a hold, and lock them inplace, and then your foot slipps, does it ever happen you fingers get broken? what if your fingers slip. doesn't your foot remain stuck if ou have twisted it in there?
uthikoloshe 1 year ago
@uthikoloshe Well the general rule is: if it's locked in place , whatever part of your body locked in stays there until it either unlocks or, if not strong enough, detatches. It might go snap, it might not... depends on your level of skill, the nature of the rock and about 100 other factors:)
hereticmx 1 year ago
Climbing looks like a dangerous fucking hobby.
RIP Guy Edwards
Shukria123 1 year ago
@Shukria123 This is advanced people doing lead climbing on a difficult route. Us beginners take it a tad bit easier :P .
MidgardEagle 1 year ago
great. now i can't on sight it... stupid video... oh well :-)
develupa 1 year ago 15
Dear Sonnie Trotter, marry me?
abbyflutterby 1 year ago
gr8!!!
kleimber 1 year ago
Awesome work! I completed my first 5.10 crack today and had to hang dog it, you are simply amazing!
sdmbaddict 1 year ago
@sdmbaddict what does 5.10 crack means anywaY?..
FlyingBittch 1 year ago
that was awesome man
holukarl 1 year ago
Now I want to see him climb back down, without repeling! : )
kootenaycat 1 year ago
Fuck sea shepherd
don't kill Kangaroo
rid86436 2 years ago
how is this route rated?
Dave1507 2 years ago
Rad trad! 5.14 without having a fixed route (bolted) is real climbing.
Raksaht 2 years ago 3
good job...... master!!!!!!!!
nacho395 2 years ago 3
good job........ master!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nacho395 2 years ago 2
baithead...i'll be doing that soon ;)
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watching his footwork on the first attempt of the crux compared to the last is crazy. it was a bit sloppy on the send. must have pissed him off. nice climb!
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Lancesitton 2 years ago
niggas lats are super ripped!!
thegadawgs11 2 years ago
I'm not a climber but even my fingers were sweating just watching this... respect
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SorenCalh563 2 years ago
9:11 Nice freakin grab dude!
McQueen456 2 years ago
outstanding congrats
suitgonewild 2 years ago
is this on the trail to the top of the chief ? how can I get to it ?
steelstud 2 years ago
Trotter for president! hehe super climbing!
ironorioriori 2 years ago
Great movie !
I hope one day i could climb at Squamish !
MistrMayer 2 years ago
yeah this was on first ascent,i think didier barthod would have done it first had it not been for a knee injury,he looked solid all the way till that happend
bizzle1783 2 years ago
a++++
kuikai100 2 years ago
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actually he's lead climbing. where you clip in your rope as you go up; so it is pretty much the same as free climbing, but with a clip and a rope to catch him if he falls
rcpkdil 2 years ago
You're getting confused between free climbing and soloing. Free climbing implies not using gear to help you climb, ie. not aid climbing. Soloing implies not using gear at all.
planteh 2 years ago 31
@planteh NO, soloing implies no-one belaying you, FREEsoloing means no gear, no belayer
redsolarearth1 1 year ago
@redsolarearth1 @redsolarearth1 No. You are wrong.
FREE CLIMBING. Progressing up a route by using your body rather than the gear.
SOLO. To climb without ropes. High-risk; carries the near-certainty of decking out if you mess things up.
From UKC.
planteh 1 year ago
@planteh I know what free climbing is. I free climb in Yosemite. You can aid solo as well as free solo.
redsolarearth1 1 year ago
@redsolarearth1 The difference is that in FREE climbing, the gear is for safety, not for help (as in AID climbing), whereas in SOLOING there is no gear.
planteh 1 year ago
@planteh NO, you are wrong, there is a video of dean Potter AID SOLOING the famous route on El Capitan, "the Nose". Search for "solo the nose el capitan" on youtube and it will pop right up. The reason people say "free solo" is to distinguish it from AID solo.
redsolarearth1 1 year ago
@planteh Nonooo. aid climbing is not the same as free climbing...
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planteh 1 year ago
@Snorri520 Yeah, that's what I said. They are opposites, in fact. l2r?
planteh 1 year ago
@planteh ...not exactly, free means un-aided (ie no pulling on gear). Soloing means climbing alone, no partner, you use aid or free technique and gear though. Free-solo is shoes, chalk and or tape, thats all.
pestobrother 1 year ago
@planteh I think we know the difference, but still is pretty cool.
danielep69 6 months ago
I was under the impression that a free ascent would be without a rope. Am I missing something here? Or is it maybe just not included in this video. I mean the video is title "first free ascent", so I was excepting to see him climbing without gear. Could someone clear this up for me?
NaturalDoggy 2 years ago
when doing a free accent you do use a rope but it is only there for saftey reasons. For it to be a true free climb you cannot put any weight on the rope. if you fall or your weight is taken on the rope it is no longer a free accent. a free solo is climbing without a rope.
99Mus 2 years ago 14
Thanks for clearing that up. I've never heard the term used in that way before.
NaturalDoggy 2 years ago
Yeah..with out the gear its solo, not free ascent
bamonxxx 2 years ago
without rope is called free solo. free ascent is climbing without the use of aid and without putting load on the rope. basically the rope is only there for safety...not help.
jayturf 2 years ago
free ascent means: lead-climbing the whole route without resting on the rope, that is, as if there was no rope.
Free solo is when you climb a route without any gear. "free" has different meanings in the two cases...
kimboII 2 years ago
Thanks for the info guys. I get it now.
NaturalDoggy 2 years ago
okay so how does he get down now. i mean he could untie his rope walk down and around pull the rope threw but then all his cams are in the wall. or he could slowly climb back down collecting his cams on the way down which doesnt look like he could climb down it, or he could " Fall " down from cam to cam grabbing the rock long enough just to release his cams, but this is fkn stupid if you ask me. maybe does he do the climb again in top rope collecting his cams as he goes back to the top?
lildude52ca 2 years ago
What puzzles me is that you seem to understand climbing terminology, but not the basic mechanics of climbing. You rapell. You see that anchor he clipped into? You thread the rope though that and rapell down, collecting your gear as you go. I guess you've only top-roped maybe?
deliveryboy2 2 years ago 4
Lowered on top rope or rappel
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What a wanker.. didy found and made the route and you came along and stole his glory....what a twat!!!
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MrAdamizer 2 years ago
Totally amazing. I want to be like him!!
Wildstar1001 2 years ago
incredible, i bet he slept well that night, great footwork
Fox843 2 years ago
yeh after the beers eh. lol :)
davidcross30 2 years ago
grats man, i hope to climb that some day.
Kensarez 2 years ago
and btw he is not the first who climbed the cobra :S its all lie :@:@
draganking1940 2 years ago
but he was the first free ascent ;)
gheib1 2 years ago 3
i watch the film fisrs ascent its very grat film and i think all people who love this sport should watch it ;)
draganking1940 2 years ago
great video.
JonnyFitnessNYC 2 years ago
he's inspirational and a pure rolemodel.
damn I want to be like him, he seems so happy and satisfied.
Hasuris 2 years ago 3
awsome video, jst wish there was a shot of the route from the front so you could see how good it looked. nice 1!
willspurplemonkeys 2 years ago
super video, professional shooting, suреr people!!!
bravo!!!
bonbon796 2 years ago
what a manky finger crack
thejugglingfool 2 years ago
I was wondering how the safety works in this vid. He puts in the 'plugs' really loose imo. Do the plugs work that good that they easily support your whole body weight when you fall down?
Thanks!
triesscheijn 2 years ago
The "plugs" that he is using are Black Diamand C4 Cams. Black Diamond is the brand, "C4" is the model, and "cam" is short for "Spring Loaded Camming Device," or SLCD. You should look up "SLCD" on wikipedia or something to get a better idea about how they work. Pretty cool.
kylerussellt 2 years ago
He's using CCH Aliens, not C4's.
snow33445 2 years ago
Ah yeah, good eye. I just saw his one purple C4 .5 and assumed he was all bd. I watched again and saw some metolious, aliens, bd, a little of everything i guess.
kylerussellt 2 years ago
He uses cams- they are VERY good, more you pull on them, more force it puts onto the sides of the crack it is in, they are on a spring, pulling the spring pulls the cam wedges back, releasing it lets them spring out.
elKuarlos 2 years ago
this is a great film,
naration, film and best of all the climb itself, all top stuff,
love it,
gd303uk 2 years ago 2
I see a crack.. He sees beauty
I wanna see it how he does :/
TheOriginalFrancis 2 years ago
Sonny, I don't know you but thanks for the new perspective. All that work goes much much farther than is immediately apparent if there are more like me who watch this and change their minds.
PolyVshot 2 years ago
I realise this might be a stupid question but as i've only ever climbed indoors its not a term i've come across before.
How do you solo rope climb?
WTP2k 2 years ago
I'm not sure, but it might mean using a self belay. if you throw down a single rope from a top anchor and anchor it onto something below you, you can use a shunt to basically top rope without a partner.
this is just a guess though.
devilaces 2 years ago
Was kinda what I thought. Thanks dude
WTP2k 2 years ago
Use a silent partner device or an adapted gri-gri to grab the rope when you fall.
F1X0R121 2 years ago
Ok thanks
WTP2k 2 years ago
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F1X0R121 2 years ago
This is a great video. I was captivated the entire time, fingers sweating and all. The intent to climb that crack is monstrous. I can just feel what it feels like to attempt such a climb. What a feat!
zibikowski 2 years ago 2
Ahh, the pain... does anyone know the rating?
jsollien 2 years ago
Its a 5.14
kcirtapegur 2 years ago
I really wish people would stop talking about frigging dan osman. Yeah he was good and he was mad, he died in a totally stupid way. His death defies common sense why would you jump on three week old gear???????? He was not the best climber ever!!!
nicsandee123 2 years ago
Lol! My brother was just saying the same thing to me!
tisaacso3625 2 years ago
i just read a lot of trash
campusmang 2 years ago
Osman is head and shoulders above the rest. Period. That is clear if you watch him move on the rock. He was too fearless though.
xxyox 2 years ago
He moved smoothly on the rock because he was not climbing the hardest routes in the world.
Its one thing to run up a 5.8 or whatever it was and another to have the skill and strength to free a 5.14 which he never had
DonaldBumsfeld 2 years ago
Don......you don't climb do you...
5.14 is right up there mate, especially on gear.
flashba99 2 years ago 2
Im talking to all these idiots who keep banging on about 'The great Dan Osman' saying he is the best ever.
Tell me, what was the hardest route he ever climbed?
DonaldBumsfeld 2 years ago
I was replying to a comment proclaiming that Dan Osman is/was the greatest climber the world has ever seen,
Obviously Sonny is awsome if that's who you thought i was writing about
DonaldBumsfeld 2 years ago
cobra crack - has to be one of my favorite routes. beautiful back story to it; how didier berthod's attempts ceased, without notice, because of an injury that would set him back long enough for trotter to clean sweep.
the beauty is reflected in the way didier is humbled by his injury, stating it might have been an angel, pushing him down, teaching him a lesson about worldly obsession. to overcome his self centered passion to be the first.
great climb. great dude.
YouTheHappyTube 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
would have liked to watch Dan Osman climb that wall =)
jensbastian 2 years ago
shaddddap
CDPuffer 2 years ago
wow
it takes guts to do a climb like that dude
jensbastian 2 years ago
absolutely brilliant mate. You certainly are one strong man, great style and yes what a route. Technically superb and awe inspiring. Cant find enough to say , Excellent makes me wanna climb again!
nicsandee123 2 years ago
great video! inspiring climb
clayounderwood 2 years ago