Winter adventures part 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ม.ค. 2021
- First winter ascents of one grade VIII and two IX mixed routes on Ben Nevis and Glen Coe which I did during December. The latter two routes were quite scary leads and I talk a bit about approaches to dealing with this sort of terrain.
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I know you’ve spoken to it at length in previous videos but this casual look at some winter climbing really highlights how you’ve gotten the ‘fun all year round’ climbing thing sorted, brilliant!
Thats some serious stuff portrayed in a mild kinda way! Great video
Would love to see more mixed and ice videos this season! Hoping to get out there in Scotland next year!
I've always been curious about giving winter climbing a try and seeing these kinds off views and how everyone of you have a big smiles only reinforces my curiosity. Big respect 🙏
Thanks for capturing these moments, Dave. My wife and I moved to Amsterdam a couple of years ago and we've been unable to get home since early 2020. Worse still, May 2019 was the last time I managed a trip into the mountains. Watching these winter adventures is somewhat bittersweet, but very enjoyable non-the less. The closest I'll get to experiencing it again for myself for a while. Thanks, and keep them coming, much appreciated.
Beautiful views. Thanks for sharing your footage!
Great that you publish also when things don't go 100% as you wanted. This helps a lot to learn! Thanks!
07:50 look at that landscape behind you.....so amazing! Great Video
Thought the exact same thing, I miss my trips up towards the Ben and Coe.
Extremely jealous considering how good the conditions are for Scottish winter right now. At least someone is getting to enjoy it.
I love your humble, down-to-earth (hopefully not too hard of course) narrative in your vids. Enjoy the winter
great video really enjoy the winter climbing episodes.
Great video, thanks Dave!
im always astounded by how beautiful scotland is
Great stuff - so glad you can/could get out and so jealous as us 'southerners' cant get some winter action right now
Always love youre videos! Keep them coming! 😁
Mixed climbing in Scotland seems like a total blast, especially coming from a place where we only have brittle cold ice most of the year! Great work Dave, cheers from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan!
Two new classics!
Great video, some great shots in it
As always Dave another spectacular video
Always fantastic music!
you are the best Dave , climbing at 360°
Great video
Dave whats your approach to staying warm on your winter climbing days ? A video highlighting strategies for staying comfortable on a day out winter climbing would be great!
Amazing how grade 1 easy scrambles become that much more of an adventure when it’s winter
Thank you for inspiring content, as always. I have become a better climber thanks too you. :) So Thanks!
Great video Dave. Allows me to reminisce of days on the Ben and in the Coe while I sit in lockdown 3 in Ireland.
Wondering what kind of layering system you had that day. Find it interesting to see what the pros gear up with 😊
I made a whole video on this on the Mountain Equipment TH-cam channel at the start of last season.
@@climbermacleod super stuff will have to check that out thanks Dave 😊
Being TH-cam, I was half expecting someone doing this in Speedo's drinking Red Bull.
Nice
Are those boots the new Lasportiva G5? Anyway great to see some winter climbing!
BEN NEVIS I AM IN LOVE WITH IT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO CLIMB THERE VERY NICE PEOPLE
They who move up or forward on adversity and never turn back Shall succeed , Good Job...
Dear Dave,
Is there any chance you can do a Vlog on the construction and design of your home climbing wall?
Aaron
Hi please make video about tapering climbing training
Fuck yeah
Wow.. as a kid, I had Yvon Chouinard’s Chouinard Equipment poster of him clinging to the vertical face of Ben Nevis in near whiteout conditions. Btw, what’s the red bag on Andy’s harness at 9:00?Belay jacket in a stuff sack?
"All the right ingredients"
Hey Dave! Emil Abrahamsson just made a video on connective tissue health/strength increase using a hangboard. It would be great if you could check that out and discuss the pubmed article he used as a basis. Of course many people can read it as its not overly complex but I believe with your background in exercise science it would benefit the climbing community to reinterpret the paper.
A quick question, how often do you need to replace front points and pick on your crampons and ice tools, when you are doing this type of mixed climbing?
I normally only goes on a few ice/mixed climbing trips each season (I live in Denmark, so a long drive from any cliffs), but this seems to be enough for me to wear down a new set of front points and tool picks each year. Is this because of poor technique or is it expected?
I was a bit surprised to see you using the BD Reactor tools, which I was hearing are more focused on ice, on these routes rather than the Fuels, which are more focused on mixed. Any particular reason? Just trying out the new(ish) gear?
I actually have one Fuel and one Reactor (BD only sent me one!). But I like the reactor.
Does anyone knows song from 4:45?
Mono or duel points on the crampons?
I believe Dave is using the BD Stingers in this video (and on most of his climbs), which are monopoint only.
Dave, I'm very inexperienced with ice climbing, so this might be a dumb question but, I was wondering, how does the axe affect the rock if you're swinging directly into it rather than into ice? Does anyone ever rock climb these routes?
Yeah, so you've landed on what is a bit of a contentious ethical question in Scottish winter climbing. Some winter climbs (as with one in the video) follow the line of summer climbs. As you indicate, ice axes and crampons can visibly scratch and damage the rock, thus damaging the route for summer climbers. This is partly why there is such an emphasis on routes being "in condition", that is, rimed up and covered in ice. If a route is in condition it partially slows the damage to the rock. Despite this, damage still occurs and it's an issue that some climbers are quite unhappy about. Most though accept it as a necessary evil.
Some of the swinging may also be into frozen turf
We tend to go for the lines ignored or rarely climbed in summer as a default.
Do you ever headpoint winter climbs?
No, never have (well not intentionally, although I've obviously had another try on routes I've fallen off).
Iain smalls climbing ability is pretty stunning. It just seems like this fairly sort of unassuming guy, but then you see him climb up something like that, wicked
Had the great fortune to climb with Iain at the winter climbing meet in 2012, dragged me up Daddy Longlegs and the Citadel. His technique was stellar. Seems to be using the same fusion tools still.
@@magnusstromhall6398 Hi Magnus. I remember talking to you about Iain on the last night of the BMC winter meet and you said that there is no wasted movement when he climbs - every movement is upwards. I always remember you saying that when I watch Iain climb because it's true. Helen
Man, I hate to see hacking and kicking at rock. Could someone explain what's going on and why dry tooling climbing routes is actually fine and I just don't know enough about it?
Used to be,if there wasn't enough ice to tool into...it was a rock climb.
Then it was mixed where you sometimes held onto a rock sticking out the ice.
Now?
If yhe rock is white with rhime,dry tool it.
Call me an old fart but I think " winter climbing" does need ice and snow.
What's going on with all this youtube music, Dave? Bring back the celtic bangers!
Not so easy now with TH-cam. And certainly not so easy making more frequent videos.
@@climbermacleod Royalty free celtic bangers, bingo
first for the first time =]