Power of Jam - Nico Favresse and Seán Villanueva on Climbing from Patagonia's Tin Shed

Patagonia ambassadors Nico Favresse and Seán Villanueva spent four months in fall 2008 traveling western North America (the pair are from Belgium) with their climbing gear, a mandolin, a tin whistle and a penchant for hitchhiking. From Squamish to the Bugaboos to Yosemite to Indian Creek they did bold repeats, set new routes and played many a jam session along the way.

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Category:

Sports

Tags:

• rock
• climbing
• alpine
• yosemite
• squamish
• cobra
• crack
• canada
• secret
• passage
• bugaboos
• indian
• creek
• first
• free
• ascent
• patagonia
• tin
• shed

[NIKEISNICKY12345]

how did he lift that rock????????

[Tymbartek]

21230 views ? I watched this probably 100 times :) great video , great climbers! greetings from Poland !

[jarumi29]

vino chileno!!!

[IrishRoverauzz]

árdfhear séanie boi

[00pn0rf]

@IrishClimber1 Well...... I think they represent exactly what climbing should be about - having fun with your mates (on and off the crag) and their videos always convey that. No emphasis on grades, rather on inspiring lines like the cobra or well, hanus anus, if that's the way you like it. As for jokes, I think they always make for entertaining watching.. but each to their own. Definately considering taking instruments on our next exp, what a great idea!

[IrishClimber1]

Sean and Nico's videos are always primarily taken up by them doing not funny jokes and arsing around. They're like children with ADD who've overdosed on their medicine. They're still strong as hell.

[kletterkajo]

yeah you're sooo cool with your chilling music in the evening and than jamming yourself through the scariest cracks (especcialy the butt crack!!!). so funny to watch how you let go the giant camalot and pick it up with the other hand :-D very good climbing video, shows not only hard moves but also your great spirit and energy to hold on through these big walls :-)

[JayT017]

Does anyone know how many attempts Nico gave the Cobra? I noticed he used crimps on the face instead of working the crack the whole time like Sonnie. It seems to me that he must have projected it for a while to discover those; I don't think Didier used them either during his attempts.

[kfrb1]

genial ce film!

[liquids1987]

Ajajaja " Vino chileno" NOTABLE WEON !!!!