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Michael Toffey
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 23 พ.ย. 2009
Best Joshua Tree Solo Climbs: 15-Minute Gap 5.6
Awesome and secure tunnel through-crack climb located on the east face of Watergate Rock near Ryan Mountain in Joshua Tree National Park! I absolutely loved this little adventure just beyond the crowds.
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Mt Emerson 13,294ft SE Face 5.5 Freesolo
มุมมอง 669ปีที่แล้ว
Epic solo scramble up the classic 5.5 Southeast Face/Waterfall Route on Mount Emerson 13,294ft above the town of Bishop in the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains. 3hr 5min up from North Lake campground, 1hr 47min back to the trailhead.
Hurd Peak 12,237ft SE Ridge 5.6 Eastern Sierra Alpine Climbing
มุมมอง 1442 ปีที่แล้ว
Fun quick trad climb up the 5.6 Southeast Ridge of Hurd Peak 12,236’ from South Lake Trailhead in John Muir Wilderness, Eastern Sierra Nevada. Alicia lead the initial roped climbing before we scrambled the last few pitches to the summit ridge.
Vogelsang Peak NW Face 5.6 Yosemite High Country Scrambles
มุมมอง 5152 ปีที่แล้ว
Solo climb of the epic 5.6 Northwest Face of Vogelsang Peak 11,493ft in the Upper Cathedral Range near Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite National Park.
Hobbit Book 5.7R Notorious Runout Face (Pitch 3)
มุมมอง 3682 ปีที่แล้ว
This is the notorious steep runout 5.7R face pitch on the classic Tuolumne Meadows rock climb Hobbit Book 4-Pitch 5.7R in Yosemite National Park.
Yosemite Freesolo’s: The Grack 3-Pitch 5.6
มุมมอง 1.4K2 ปีที่แล้ว
Freesolo up & down The Grack 5.6 on Glacier Point Apron in Yosemite Valley. Video of Downclimb never started recording but I did in fact get down haha 🤷♂️
Sierra Alpine: Norman Clyde Peak 13,855ft West Chute Class 3
มุมมอง 5022 ปีที่แล้ว
Fun scramble up the west chute/face of Norman Clyde Peak in the Palisades region of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Rated at class 3 and a bit steeper but more fun than the very similar East face of Middle Palisade route. This was the second to last peak of a 5 day Palisade peaks trip with Lindsey Jackson in August 2021.
Yosemite Guide Cracks Freesolo 5.7 Up + 5.6 Down
มุมมอง 1982 ปีที่แล้ว
Freesolo up Guide Crack #3 5.7 and freesolo downclimb of Guide Crack #4 5.5/5.6 on Daff Dome in Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park.
Daff Dome 9,153’ El Condor 3-Pitch 5.7R: Freesolo Onsight
มุมมอง 802 ปีที่แล้ว
Last Freesolo of the day on a 18 pitch circuit of 5.5 to 5.8’s in Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park July 2022.
Matthes Crest Part 5: North Summit 5.7
มุมมอง 1342 ปีที่แล้ว
Last part of the classic rock climb of Matthes Crest south to north before we rappelled off the North Summit. I forgot to film the short slanted crack near the beginning of this pitch but it was much easier than expected.
Matthes Crest Freesolo Part 4: Knife Edge & South Summit
มุมมอง 4062 ปีที่แล้ว
More epic knife edge traversing and climbing up to the South Summit of one of then most stunning and unique rock formations in the world! Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park
Matthes Crest Freesolo Part 3: Insanely Exposed Ridge Traversing
มุมมอง 7562 ปีที่แล้ว
Some of the coolest parts of the classic Matthes Crest 5.7 south to north traverse! Ropeless exposed ridge walking and climbing with Sean Casserly in Yosemite National Park.
Matthes Crest Freesolo Part 2: Skywalking in Yosemite
มุมมอง 3202 ปีที่แล้ว
First section on the top of the ridge on the classic 5.7 south to north traverse of Matthes Crest 10,918’. Awesome and mostly easy exposed ridge walking for this portion.
Matthes Crest Freesolo Part 1 South Ridge 5.5
มุมมอง 3652 ปีที่แล้ว
A nice ropeless ascent with Sean Casserly up the first 3 pitches of the south ridge to access the top of Matthes Crest in the Tuolumne Meadows region of Yosemite National Park.
Yosemite Freesolo Circuit: Munginella 5.6 Onsight 3-Pitches
มุมมอง 5642 ปีที่แล้ว
Onsight Freesolo or Munginella 3-pitches 5.6 at 5 Open Books in Yosemite Valley near Lower Yosemite Falls.
Yosemite Freesolo Circuit: After Six 5.6 Pitch 5(Final Pitch)
มุมมอง 902 ปีที่แล้ว
Yosemite Freesolo Circuit: After Six 5.6 Pitch 5(Final Pitch)
Yosemite Freesolo Circuit: After Six 5.6 Pitch 4
มุมมอง 292 ปีที่แล้ว
Yosemite Freesolo Circuit: After Six 5.6 Pitch 4
Yosemite Freesolo Circuit: After Six 5.6 Pitch 3
มุมมอง 1132 ปีที่แล้ว
Yosemite Freesolo Circuit: After Six 5.6 Pitch 3
Yosemite Freesolo Circuit: After Seven 5.7 Pitch 2
มุมมอง 1212 ปีที่แล้ว
Yosemite Freesolo Circuit: After Seven 5.7 Pitch 2
Yosemite Freesolo Circuit: CS Concerto 5.6R Pitch 1 Ranger Rock
มุมมอง 1272 ปีที่แล้ว
Yosemite Freesolo Circuit: CS Concerto 5.6R Pitch 1 Ranger Rock
Yosemite Freesolo Circuit: Bay Tree Flake 5.6
มุมมอง 362 ปีที่แล้ว
Yosemite Freesolo Circuit: Bay Tree Flake 5.6
Yosemite Freesolo Circuit: Hanging Flake 5.6
มุมมอง 242 ปีที่แล้ว
Yosemite Freesolo Circuit: Hanging Flake 5.6
Fairview Dome 9,723ft: Lizard Lieback 4-Pitch 5.7PG Onsight Freesolo
มุมมอง 702 ปีที่แล้ว
Fairview Dome 9,723ft: Lizard Lieback 4-Pitch 5.7PG Onsight Freesolo
Mount Conness Freesolo West Ridge 5.6 Yosemite National Park
มุมมอง 9442 ปีที่แล้ว
Mount Conness Freesolo West Ridge 5.6 Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Trad Climbing Nutcracker 5.8 Crux Pitches
มุมมอง 2.4K2 ปีที่แล้ว
Yosemite Trad Climbing Nutcracker 5.8 Crux Pitches
Yosemite Scrambles: Grizzly Peak via Le Conte Gully Class 4
มุมมอง 3402 ปีที่แล้ว
Yosemite Scrambles: Grizzly Peak via Le Conte Gully Class 4
Lower Yosemite Falls Freesolo 5.5+ Sunnyside Bench
มุมมอง 5572 ปีที่แล้ว
Lower Yosemite Falls Freesolo 5.5 Sunnyside Bench
Picture Puzzle Peak 13,280ft West Face: class 3/4 Inconsolable Range, Sierra Nevada
มุมมอง 1312 ปีที่แล้ว
Picture Puzzle Peak 13,280ft West Face: class 3/4 Inconsolable Range, Sierra Nevada
‘Clouds Rest Pinnacles’ Class 4 Traverse
มุมมอง 492 ปีที่แล้ว
‘Clouds Rest Pinnacles’ Class 4 Traverse
Rad. We did it this past weekend with guides though.
that looked insane!!!! you have balls of steel big dog! great job! ha ha ha
Looks amazing..I do a lot of class 4+ scrambling in Red Rock. Though majority of my routes i can turn into a loop so I go up the class 4. Not saying I don't downclimb it but cant say it's my favorite skill. Are you facing the mountain for most of this downclimb?
This is amazing!
How was the gully before the peak?
@@yosemite-tv dirty, loose, steep & sketchy. We had multiple bad options and chose the best of the worst and it all worked out haha.
@@MikeToffeydid you need ropes at any point ?
@@yosemite-tv we had a rope with us for Starr King later this day but we didnt really see any great ways to protect the hardest/sketchiest part. I think we pretty much climbed a rotten tree to get up and over an exposed wet/mossy wall.
I'm not going to critique what you did, the comments below did that. For people watching this before doing the route I'll add this. At 1:57 you were in the right spot, but you needed to go right (almost horizontal) onto a large ledge overlooking the Valley. At 3:36 when you were downclimbing the dihedral there was a thick tree below you, that's your target, and it's above the ledge mentioned above. At 6:25 you were also good, then retreated and moved further right to a thinner crack, which you started up at 7:32. From your spot at 6:25 you keep going up the hand crack, which will join the crack you actually climbed. At 9:02 you were on the awesome traverse to the right and correctly went up the far right crack, passing a crack with small tree halfway across the traverse. Thanks for the video!
Where and at what point did you go off-trail to summit?
I was off trail for this entire day. I was camped at Grayling lake climbing every named and unnamed summit in the Clark range over 3 days. This video is the northwest ridge but I climbed the southeast ridge the same day too and descended the northeast slope both times.
@@MikeToffey Awesome Mike! Did you find the SE ridge much easier? I imagine it was! Crux is rated Class 3 off that route ... likely the route I would take to summit. Shortest most direct route appears to be Echo valley up thru Clark canyon!
@@scottinca1 actually no the southeast ridge is also rated class 4. It’s the first ascent route with the classic “King Step”. Great historic first ascent report available for that one. The northwest ridge is the beautiful dragon like ridge when viewed from Clouds Rest and Mt Hoffmann. I’d call the southeast route easy 5th class, and the northwest route 5.6 in modern grades. Only the northeast slope is class 3 and I think it would be kinda boring to climb it that way and skip everything Mt Clark has to offer. The northeast slope is mostly just sand slogging with short class 3 up an easy corner. I did the northwest ridge for its aesthetics and the southeast for the history and just used the northeast slope for the descents.
You place any nuts? The crack looks to have enough irregularities for it
No I didn’t bring any, hardly ever do.
Awesome video . . . . well done with great music. Couldn’t have said it any better when you reach the summit. What time did you start? That’s a bucket list climb, for me anyways. How stable are the rocks near the summit? They look like they could easily move but each time you grabbed or stepped onto one they looked really solid. Thanks for sharing! Cheers.✌🏼❤️🙏🏼❤️🧗🏼⛰️❤️🏔️❤️🗻❤️🥾❤️
Bro made the curve of death look like nothing.
I climbed my Clark from an other side. Truly terrifying and awesome
Which side...Northeast?
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Wild man! Absolutely wild!!! That arete at 1:50 had me sweating.
"Fuck yeah!"
Great video
Hey I have a question. How long did the whole scramble take you? And was it a difficult Class 3? Thanks
This is pretty much the whole scramble so as long as the video but I’d say it is not class 3 but class 4 for the last bit
So it's a hike than just approximately 5 minutes of scrambling? Wow, that's short I thought you just edited the video that way
Thanks for the cool video.
@@Eman-wj8gq yeah it’s just steep sand up to there for the most part. I’m pretty fast but the scrambling should take no more than 30 minutes I’d approximate.
Love this area so secluded.
I OS downsolod this last summer by accident
time for ski tracks
I broke a chicken head off on the down climb from IRS wall back in the early eighties. Fell 40 ft. down a chimney, scraping everything on the way and landing on my ass. That was the start and end of my thoughts on soloing.
shattered my ankle into 14 pieces on my first highball (white rasta v2) and have dreams of sending it / falling off it. im lucky i can walk and will not test fate again. board climbing for me. looks beautiful though. my hands and feet are sweating. i love joshua tree
Incredible climb man! Thanks for taking us along
Kickass!
You're entering rope territory bro, stay safe!
Sounds like you have a rack of pins.
Norman Clyde 3rd class....technical dirt
Beautiful climb! Your risk tolerance wows me
Had to watch this video again because I finally made it to VDC this past weekend. I’m 53 so I took the old man route from the hoist and camped at pat spring before hiking to the summit. It wasn’t easy but it was nothing compared to this. Now that I’ve seen the terrain in person I realize what a crazy hike this was. You sir, are the insane hiking warrior.
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Long Live Ruby Dome and Ruby Pyramid!
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so epic. was it hard to stick to the route? did you find yourself in any class 5 and have to backtrack?
Yes at the very bottom we got on 5th class and had to bail and almost totally bailed before we found the correct ramp to the class 3/4 gully up to the ridge. From there it was very easy for me to stay on track. Just had to remember features I was passing on the way up for the descent.
Unbelievable videos! You've inspired me to try this traverse unroped this summer. Of course I won't do the 5.7 part though. So, you mention a class 3 downclimb near the notch between the 2 summits. Does that class 3 downclimb allow you to climb down to flat ground? Or would you have have to rappel?
Class 3 gets you to the notch from the lower south summit and then class 4 or easy 5 with good routefinding will get you down past 2 or 3 rap stations to the bottom from there.
@@MikeToffey thanks Michael!
Is that downclimb to the east or the west?
@@averywear8295 west. You can’t miss it. It’s where the only line that looks soloable from the south summit goes down to.
I spend a cold, frozen night up at the window about a decade ago. The north side had need deep powder and the south side was a pure ice sheet!
Are you just wearing regular hiking pants for this or some sort of rock climbing pant?
I use Prana Zion Stretch pants for all my climbing & hiking. Super durable on rocks and bushwhacking but still stretchy. They’re great!
Were there any sketchy parts?
In my opinion no. I tell most people that have climbed this one ropeless, don’t think you can climb any other 5.5 ropeless because this may be the softest one on the planet. I’d say no harder than any other high Sierra 4th class summit route.
As a hardcore Class 3 at most walk-up guy, this is inspiring stuff!
Great job!! Thank you for sharing!!
Do you ever feel afraid while free-solo climbing? Also amazing footage!
You downclimb this or rap?
Downclimbed
On the way up that last finger crack before the final runout slab section I was eyeing a featured section of slab leading off to my left to the edge of the flake and I wondered if it would be easy to get down to that flake from the top. And when I got to the top I saw that it was indeed a class 3/4 scramble down the side of the flake back to the spot I had looked at. So to bypass the slab at the very top on the downclimb, I scrambled down that side about 30ft from the top anchors and traversed over on the slightly featured face back to the finger crack and then downclimbed the rest on the standard route.
Why do you have crack gloves on ?
2nd 2/3 of the first pitch is a little dihedral flake kinda deal and has a handcrack in the corner I used as much as I could and I never took them off after. This was the first time I climbed the route and the next time I didn’t wear any.
Just did the route yesterday and completely understand your swear words 🤣
epic. you are super human
Such a pity you actually did the 5.9 crack 1st pitch (which I also did but no youtubers seem to ever do) but failed to show it in the vid! That is such a great crack and way harder than the rest of the climb. I climbed it in 1991 and although the gopro fisheye lens cameras make anything up close hard to recognize, I still recognized the high "roof" (which isn't a roof but is actually just about the only spot on the entire wall that's vertical...It's what everyone calls the crux even though the 1st 5.9 finger crack pitch is harder), which you spent a lot of time farting around on when you realized you had to commit without having a nice piece of pro right in front of your nose! But then you stepped up and realized it wasn't that hard, just exposed and scary. Brings back nice memories. You also show at 57 seconds a good shot of that 1st little wave, the tiny overhang that I remember very well gave a real feeling of exposure pulling myself up onto. Thanks for doing this!
Nice! I have heard the minarets are pretty chossy but this route looks amazing regardless!
Yeah it is still one of my favorite high Sierra scrambles to date and I’ve done hundreds! So good!
That's awesome!
good shit. how you usually get down from these climbs? down climb? rappel?
If I’m solo I downclimb 99% of the time. I’ve brought a small rope to rap a handful of times when I know there are good raps and the downclimbing is exceptionally sketchy.
Amazing
Dude, maybe look at a topo before you solo…
Haha what’s the fun in that? Just kidding I actually had looked at it prolly an hour before this just not too hard. I now know that ppl get lost on that second pitch all the time though so I don’t feel to stupid about it. That first crack I climbed and downclimbed leads to a 5.9 bolted face variation.
Topo is aid
Fuck yeah dude this is sick!
Watch out for wraiths on that route
Lol