Jay Smith - Incredible Hand Crack
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it depends where he slips.probably not after the first protection is placed. but this is done with a great deal of technical and mental training.
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very nice.
He certainly travels light ... 5 mins in before placing his first piece ! If he had a grounder at that height a helmet probably wouldn't have helped anyway.
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he is so ridiculously confident. i want to call that runout but it's not even runout because there is zero gear in until he gets as high as most indoor walls. (funny how serious the belayer is when he is providing no more safety than he would be if he just took him off belay and set the rope down until jay puts the cam in)
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i dont know this guy but i do love him after watching this....NO HOMO!
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He seems pretty awesome
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absolutely amazing
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@proweligator probably, the distance from his first cam to where he is when the video ends is probably the distance to the round.
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He so chilled out.
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@climberjerm Climbing with only 1 piece? Sounds like lazy climbing to me- any of these folks do that repetitively and successfully over long periods of time? Even if you think it's easy why would you forgo protection on a single pitch if time isn't a concern?
Very nice climb, Jay...smooth, confident flow...
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this climb is training wheels, with ton of rests. i have know people to climb this with only one piece. with that said if you have doubts on gear placements on any rock type. dont do it listen to your wife and take up golf
Yes, it is an easy climb for him and he's done it many times. Objective was to show jamming technique, so he emphasized that instead of placements. Please see other video of him doing the placement demonstrations.
brodient1 3 years ago