War and Poetry: big wall climbing in Greenland

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  • A three day ascent of War and Poetry (VI 5.12c), on the South West face of Ulamertorsuaq in the Tasermiut Fjord, Greenland.
    We attempted to team free the line hauling a small pack with minimal bivy gear. Whilst we had to send up the emergency aiders a few times higher on the wall, we free climbed the vast majority of the wall, including most of the harder pitches.
    This video details our experience in such a surreal and intimidating place!
    Filmed and edited by Andrew Cherry and Stefan Morris.
    Trip support from the BMC, the Andrew Croft Memorial Fund, the Jeremy Willson Charitable Trust, Berghaus, DMM, Battle Oats and Insitu Climbing Dunkeld.
    With extra thanks to Andy Kirkpatrick for the advice and Niels Tækker Jepsen
    #climbing #greenland
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  •  6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Fantastic movie thanks for shering !!

  • @christinegerard4974
    @christinegerard4974 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Whaouh ! What a climb ! Superb …congratulations from France.

  • @jps226
    @jps226 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This is one of my new favorite climbing shorts. So remote and great shots!

  • @AlexMotal
    @AlexMotal 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well done boys! Looks like an amazing route!

  • @sston506
    @sston506 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was awesome! The veiw at night and the dawn when you summit was phenomenal!

  • @mikelee285
    @mikelee285 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great film, looks like you had a fantastic trip!

  • @EverettWilson
    @EverettWilson 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well done! What a dreamland..

  • @MrSimplesimon007
    @MrSimplesimon007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You made it look so safe and quite easy, but in reality, I'd say its extremely difficult and requires Alot of skill and fitness, hats off to you, very entertaining viewing.

  • @oursful
    @oursful 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Magnifique !

  • @davidroberts5577
    @davidroberts5577 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    One Awesome Wall, great video and spectacular climbing 🕉️

  • @EastWind785
    @EastWind785 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awe I loved it!!

  • @zu_1455
    @zu_1455 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just climbed with Paul yesterday. Was great to listen to him recount this amazing route!

  • @oatmilktravel
    @oatmilktravel 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome I loved it

  • @pierocus3261
    @pierocus3261 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video, awesome climbers

  • @richardprins9677
    @richardprins9677 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing skill and humbleness!!! Kudos to both of u ….🎉

  • @tomhorton2211
    @tomhorton2211 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    seriously cool stuff boys!

  • @rileystratton6232
    @rileystratton6232 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    so rad!!!

  • @enricopedroni102
    @enricopedroni102 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bravissimi!!!!

  • @TheLazyWanderer
    @TheLazyWanderer 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing

  • @UKmarkj
    @UKmarkj 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice one!

  • @HerrExAndreyVlad
    @HerrExAndreyVlad 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Супер! И восхождение, и фильм.

  • @forwardobserver2048
    @forwardobserver2048 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Several charitable trusts.....superb climb.

  • @grantbratrud4949
    @grantbratrud4949 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nicely done, Gents!
    I happen to be rereading just now Maj. H.W.S. Tilman, CBE, DSO, MC and Bar, Ret. (R.I.P.), and whilst the Greenland flag makes me glow inside (what history!), the helicopter made me just a bit queasy. Still, in our modern age, with all the distractions, you climbed a big wall in Greenland!!

  • @anguteeraqolsen2016
    @anguteeraqolsen2016 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Im so proud to say This is my Country🤙🏻

    • @martian4841
      @martian4841 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It is incredibly beautiful!

    • @bastogne315
      @bastogne315 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's melting.

  • @gabafilms3298
    @gabafilms3298 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    That’s awesome :0

  • @meowingtonmat
    @meowingtonmat 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    cool video guys!

  • @visitgreenland
    @visitgreenland 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Dear Team BMC,
    Lovely video you had made there. And the mountain you climbed is so amazing and beautiful.
    I just want to inform you lovely guys that this mountain is called Suikkassuaq. The Ulamertorsuaq is a some how spoon looking further in the fjord.
    This is not to ruin the whole video and naming. I just want to people know that it is the wrong name that is being used. So, I hope you understand.
    Very kindly, Aningaaq - Visit Greenland

    • @zachthompson5335
      @zachthompson5335 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Huh? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulamertorsuaq

    • @jestertoby596
      @jestertoby596 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@zachthompson5335 Wikipedia....

    • @TheEcoClimber
      @TheEcoClimber 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Aningaaq, our Greenland guide from Nanortalik said otherwise. He called it Ulamertorsuaq. I guess there is some local / national misunderstanding on naming ( a common theme in many mountain regions ). My son was there age 14 & went up to the base of W&P. He also did some amazing fishing & an attempt on leading a 2 day First Ascent of a route on a neighbouring peak. Very grateful to some amazing Brits for taking him on the SDMC Greenland expedition back in 2016.
      I agree that it would be healthy to get this naming cleared up one way or other.

  • @mauriziocuppoloni4392
    @mauriziocuppoloni4392 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    bel video, complimenti! e auguri.

  • @nukaakalund-mathussen1076
    @nukaakalund-mathussen1076 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You guys are so cool, i didnt know there really was walls like that in greenland, all the mountains in my home town have really low incline and there are few climbable walls🇬🇱

  • @xanderzaharis2606
    @xanderzaharis2606 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow i really liked this one harry

  • @steffenmorris3983
    @steffenmorris3983 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like this Stefan Morris guy for some reason:P Great video BTW. Would love to one day try it at this wall!

  • @thor1511
    @thor1511 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    planning on climbing here next summer

  • @josephastier7421
    @josephastier7421 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    7:07 That corner looks dreamy

  • @BS2Dos
    @BS2Dos 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Rockstars!!!

  • @philwaters9751
    @philwaters9751 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Outstanding... Good effort lads. Go to Baffin... Mount Killabuk .... You like that... ;-)

  • @bonefishboards
    @bonefishboards 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Spectacular. I'd be in aiders for the top half, at least.

  • @midi510
    @midi510 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Nice job. I would have liked to hear a brief history on the who the first ascensionists were and when and what style.

    • @TheEcoClimber
      @TheEcoClimber 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just google the route & location. Stunning place. Loved climbing next to there with a great team in 2016

    • @TheEcoClimber
      @TheEcoClimber 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Description
      FFA Bechtel-Bechtel-Lilygren-Mallamo-Model-Piana-Skinner 1998
      This route was first climbed by a Swiss team in 1983, and named the Geneva Diedre. A large American team worked on it in 1998, freeing it and and renaming it "War and Poetry".
      Not sure the thinking of the FFA team, but to me the name reflects the climbing style of the route, though in reverse order.
      The lower half, through pitch 17, is mostly poetic and graceful face climbing, up an ever-steeping slab. The crux of this section is a series of 4 tricky pitches, 13-17.
      The next section is war. The massive right-facing dihedral that forms the upper half is unrelentingly physical, with steep flares and wide cracks. If you're not honed on this style, the OW pitches could feel severely sandbagged.
      Above the OW section, the beautiful Bowstring crack provides two pitches of difficult finger crack.
      Descend by rapping the route with two 60m ropes. The Black Heart ledge is a mediocre bivy for two, as is the p23 ledge.
      Up the middle of the massize west face of Ulamersortuaq, into the long RF dihedral.
      The route starts up some ledges shared with Moby Dick, and then traverse out right onto the face.
      Protection Suggest Change
      Double set of cams to #3, single 4-6. 16 QDs, stoppers and RPs.

  • @MsZbo
    @MsZbo 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are beatiful people, guys :)

  • @peterulicky6560
    @peterulicky6560 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Respekt !!!!

  • @jurajstevonka9879
    @jurajstevonka9879 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice...

  • @2rfg949
    @2rfg949 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow

  • @shn3803
    @shn3803 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    hrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....too mad things to do. Definitely!

  • @moonti6820
    @moonti6820 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I'll go to greenland one day...

    • @jestertoby596
      @jestertoby596 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Trust me you'll love it

    • @maddiekits
      @maddiekits 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you are looking for similar adventure big walls at a lower price tag in the meantime, may I recommend British Columbia 2000-4000ft just a short distance from a logging road all over the place.

  • @javierpavezv
    @javierpavezv 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    mad lads

  • @00lys00
    @00lys00 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice

  • @tedtombling2770
    @tedtombling2770 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Modesty in bucket loads and yes, a very big tick I'd say. The words "The loneliness of the long-distance climbers" comes to mind.

  • @user-ld3nu7ys5j
    @user-ld3nu7ys5j 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Титаны! Парняги, молодцы!

  • @antr7493
    @antr7493 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I barley eat chilli while sitting in front of my computer becasue I'm worried how my stomach will react.

    • @Dev-In-Denver123
      @Dev-In-Denver123 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's a real sad life man. I only eat chili with good hot sauce and with chips 🤣

  • @johnny6148
    @johnny6148 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    nice done that too

  • @justinwiens4658
    @justinwiens4658 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Greenland is stunningly beautiful... id put it up there, with Antarctica, as far as, being in the unknown with people. the world isnt informed enough of the beauty that actually exists in those places.

  • @louloumagoo2512
    @louloumagoo2512 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So much was left out: how they slept on the wall, how they prepared food... Inadequate.

  • @anderslangoks3813
    @anderslangoks3813 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Well, was there snow on top?

  • @alexsika7160
    @alexsika7160 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Jealous, nothing like going on a grand adventure with your bros.

  • @phutton88
    @phutton88 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The best weight loss program, in my opinion. For those that wanna just eat better, but still sit around on the couch, here ya go!

    • @TheEcoClimber
      @TheEcoClimber 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      yes & no .... We got fat on the Salmon ( Atlantic Char ) there in the Fjord. :) :)

  • @mosin9105
    @mosin9105 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gnar!

  • @tyhamsher134
    @tyhamsher134 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I would be terrified to sleep on a small little edge

  • @sugandanataatmaja3331
    @sugandanataatmaja3331 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Masya Allah
    Very nice place
    Safety First

  • @atom1345
    @atom1345 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Look like you guys had a great time. I stared climbing a year ago and I've made it a goal in my life to climb big walls like this but I'm unsure about how to achieve this. I was wondering if you could give some advice about how to go from climbing walls in a gym to finally venturing out into long routes showcased in your video ?

    • @andrewcherry7976
      @andrewcherry7976 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ben Kalbfleisch I started climbing in a gym about 7 years ago and felt very much the same - great granite walls were what inspired me! Just follow through the process of gaining experience both outdoors and on a rope, be open to learning everything you can and don't rush! Climbing with some like minded people who share similar goals can really help too, although those sorts of partners can be tough to come by.

  • @tyr678
    @tyr678 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How did you sleep in the nights?

  • @z00ttt
    @z00ttt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    anyone know the name of the song that keeps playing throughout the vid? great vid guys and awesome climb!

  • @nantzstein3311
    @nantzstein3311 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is this the group who gopro filmed their climbing under the tilted peek?

  • @scottweldon8212
    @scottweldon8212 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    These guys and this production style is cool? If true, I'm totally lost

  • @bizzybugseverywhere7801
    @bizzybugseverywhere7801 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    could of at least paraglided down , i mean come on . awsome effort , super vid

  • @MrStuartp
    @MrStuartp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just don't understand why people have down voted this vid? It's like what's your problem? Some guys went climbing, what's so bad about that?

    • @hanshermes1137
      @hanshermes1137 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe that their (cool but actually senseless) travelling causes lots of emissions. Another motivation jealousy could be.

  • @drugsdelaney2907
    @drugsdelaney2907 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Blame it on the boogie!

  • @matt2522
    @matt2522 ปีที่แล้ว

    How are they climbing with fingerless gloves? I thought it was frigid cold there

  • @inov-8polska190
    @inov-8polska190 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:45 - Fundacja Wspierania Alpinizmu Polskiego :-) - a sticker on a barrel :-D

  • @VegasCyclingFreak
    @VegasCyclingFreak 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What is the elevation of the summit? Looks pretty high...

    • @andrewcherry7976
      @andrewcherry7976 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Vegas Cycling Freak - it's just shy of 2000 metres! Most of the landscape shots in the video are taken from sea level (well Fjord level).

    • @VegasCyclingFreak
      @VegasCyclingFreak 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh that's not nearly as high as I thought. But I suppose it's the highest thing around for many miles, so that makes it seem higher than that when you can see things so far away.

    • @andrewcherry7976
      @andrewcherry7976 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There's actually a taller formation in the next valley along, but it isn't nearly as impressive as Ulamertorsuaq (in my opinion at least). Nothing there is super high in altitude, which is great for climbing really as you don't need to acclimatise!

  • @seancusack4926
    @seancusack4926 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where did they sleep?

  • @starcloud4959
    @starcloud4959 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    How high is the top?

  • @mankokennewick5802
    @mankokennewick5802 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Big time

  • @gorangaber8094
    @gorangaber8094 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    great
    video! also looking for the song if anyone has any ideas.. thanks!

    • @andrewcherry7976
      @andrewcherry7976 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hiya, The song is Elephant in the Room by Jonathan Lloyd. Purchased from a royalty free music site :)

    • @MrHollingbury
      @MrHollingbury 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      My man!

    • @gorangaber8094
      @gorangaber8094 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks a lot brother - putting it on repeat as we speak : )

  • @eldiagrama
    @eldiagrama 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sweeet

  • @MarcelloRossi87
    @MarcelloRossi87 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Name of the song in the back?

    • @andrewcherry7976
      @andrewcherry7976 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hiya, The song is Elephant in the Room by Jonathan Lloyd. Purchased from a royalty free music site :)

    • @MarcelloRossi87
      @MarcelloRossi87 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Many thanks!!

  • @russellking9762
    @russellking9762 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    ever been to Monument Valley ?

  • @ozandogrultan
    @ozandogrultan 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Does anyone know the last track of the video?

    • @Anggeloukos
      @Anggeloukos 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've been searching for it too. Did you by any means find it?

    • @ozandogrultan
      @ozandogrultan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Anggeloukos It was in the description of the video all along apparently:) Jonathan Lloyd - Elephant In The Room

    • @Anggeloukos
      @Anggeloukos 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ozandogrultan Thanks a lot!

  • @dandamanman2200
    @dandamanman2200 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    So what to you do if you gotta go poopy

    • @DrFumesta
      @DrFumesta 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      In Greenland, you can just shit over the side of the port-a-ledge. On El Cap they gotta shit in bags. lol

  • @CanIbeWithThee
    @CanIbeWithThee 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    How do they shit on the portaledge? If they need to that is

    • @maddiekits
      @maddiekits 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Poo baggies and containers are the typical method.

  • @whoopwhoop1207
    @whoopwhoop1207 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I climbed it 6 years years ago

    • @swim2kill
      @swim2kill 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Awesome man. How tall is the wall? I missed that bit

  • @johnevans6399
    @johnevans6399 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I reckon me and my mates would have done it in a day if we weren't all fat and lazy! Same as we could be Messi or Ronaldo,easy. Well done chaps.😉

  • @egyptianamericanpatriot1531
    @egyptianamericanpatriot1531 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How did they sleep? How can they set up a tent or sleeping bags on a flat rock?

    • @johanleclerc8899
      @johanleclerc8899 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Egyptian American Patriot its called a paraledge. Pretty much a platform hanging from the wall with a tent on top. It's tiny tho.

    • @egyptianamericanpatriot1531
      @egyptianamericanpatriot1531 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Johan Leclerc
      Thanks bro. These guys are hardcore

    • @tyty17172
      @tyty17172 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Don't mean to be that guy but it's called a "Port-A-ledge"

    • @johanleclerc8899
      @johanleclerc8899 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tyty17172 you are right :)

  • @mankokennewick5802
    @mankokennewick5802 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wing suit

  •  4 ปีที่แล้ว

    And I thought Troutdale Pinnacle was hard......

  • @ingeenWL
    @ingeenWL 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Skąd mają beczki FUNDACJI WSPIERANIA ALPINIZMU POLSKIEGO im. KUKUCZKI ?

    • @stefanmorris729
      @stefanmorris729 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      pożyczyliśmy je od biura turystycznego w Nanortalik

  • @elfspicer
    @elfspicer 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did I see bolts at the top?

  • @markegstad7258
    @markegstad7258 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    A little more video from the top would of been nice. Otherwise nice climb.

  • @cmetube
    @cmetube 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There will be plenty more fjords to climb when every bit of that snow in Greenland melts away soon

  • @dilldowschwagginz2674
    @dilldowschwagginz2674 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This may be a dumb question (which I hate) but who installed the climbing anchors there and how did they do it? Seems like a very inaccessible piece of granite

    • @TheEcoClimber
      @TheEcoClimber 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hand drilling. 15 mins to 45 mins a hole

  • @KamhamVloger
    @KamhamVloger 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Guys is not essayist

  • @NeverRubARhubarb
    @NeverRubARhubarb 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    An incredible achievement. Unfortunately the video just does not do it justice. At all.

  • @HourRomanticist
    @HourRomanticist 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fun fact:
    That iceberg we see in the beginning of the video is actually Iceland.

  • @philippechevereau9818
    @philippechevereau9818 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What an amazing climb... but it SUCKS Tonsequenzen you burning so much fossil energy for you to enjoy nature! I really SUCKS!

  • @Hephasto
    @Hephasto 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Я бы залез туда за пару часов

  • @cubensispleez5422
    @cubensispleez5422 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dope climb. Audio sucks lol

  • @user-zm2rl4zv5x
    @user-zm2rl4zv5x 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    쫘식들 먼지다.♡♡

  • @biteme4573
    @biteme4573 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    So ... when camping on a cliff... Does it really matter who's below when ya gota shit?? Lmao.

  • @ofrinokrian4645
    @ofrinokrian4645 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    fake el capitan :)

  • @beethovensg
    @beethovensg 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where do you shit?

  • @bretthannan5127
    @bretthannan5127 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dont get me wrong,but y,do you people,do these things,when no one makes you,and then you moan about it???

    • @maddiekits
      @maddiekits 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can't really turn off the suffering aspect lol it hurts a lot, and it's good to let it out naturally.