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Uploaded by on May 11, 2007

June, 2006, Squamish, B.C. Patagonia climbing ambassador Sonnie Trotter climbed the first free ascent of Cobra Crack (5.14). Sonnie worked the overhanging, thin-finger crack 30--40 times over the past few years, often rope-soloing the route to dial the moves, before completing it all-free. Sonnie said, "It's very rare to find a climb that is both overhanging, and so aesthetic. The fingers fit inside, but barely -- if the crack was any more shallow, it would be just another impossible wall, if the crack was much steeper, it may be impossible -- so I consider that route a gift for climbers. I've spent the better half of 10 years looking for a climb like that. It's perfect." Credits: Paul...

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  • thumbs up if your hands started sweating for him ^_^

  • 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!!!!!

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  • i dont do climbing it seems like they just place the safety pins in are they guarenteed to hold a persons weight ?

  • how long is the rope?

  • @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.

  • thumbs up if you hate walking up hill

    

  • anyone know the song in the beginning

  • @markus122piesuckers I meant to say that no-one actually says that he made it almost. He was "just a friend there".

  • @RonaiHe yeah Sonnie actualy mentions him at 1:40. But yeah it seems liek Didier just wanted it so bad.

  • my hands and feet are just sweating from watching this

  • @DadyDollaz19 Not even...He has nowhere NEAR the finesse of Trotter.

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