Keep it up robbie!! youre quickly becoming the best climbing channel on youtube. I love the fact that you crush super hard but still have a sense of humor and love for climbing. Too often in our sport people get too cool for school, so thanks for being way cooler than all of that.
Awesome video! Best informational video I’ve seen on actually climbing El Cap. It’s refreshing to see a video that is so well planned and edited. So much information packed into short video. Glad I stumbled across this channel.
ding that wee bell. nice bro. i want to climb el cap so bad. i need a lot of practice though, maybe in a few years. i have been there and bouldered when i was 15 in 96'
Love your summary, it's true, the human body can accomplish incredible things, its just whether youre willing to train for years developing the physical, technical and mental skills. I'd love to free the nose, but I think freerider is a more realistic goal XD
Great video Robbie. Having never climbed a route that requires you to sleep on, I’d like tips on staying safe for the whole ascent, setting up the bivi and tips on dealing with ‘the unexpected’... 👍🏼🤷🏻♂️💪🏼🧗🏻♂️
It's a dream to free climb El Cap, visited a couple months ago but not to climb. Did of course take a pair of shoes with me and messed around on a couple boulders around camp 4. 30+ degrees and no chalk meant it felt slick as anything!
@@RobbiePhillips Definitely, and somehow we never look at them as extreme from the inside I feel. I've always been an alpinist and multi pitch climber here but never put in the time that it takes to big wall. One day!
I think it’s easy to paint these sports with the same brush when there are a few outliers who showcase the sport at its most extreme end. I guess more people than ever have seen Climbing from watching films like “Free Solo” which definitely show an extreme end of the scale, but I hope that with Climbing walls and the introduction of climbing to mainstream media that hopefully more non climbers understand climbing as a sport like any other that you can take part in and enjoy with relative safety :) It’s never too late 😉👍
Yep! That’s totally understandable 😁 Trust me though, you get used to it. What is it you’re worried about in particular? Just make sure you get a poop tube, lots of poop bags, and a bottle for the portaledge if you need a pee.
As a carpenter (framer) I’m interested in the river table… what’s the story behind it? Did he make it? Is it a gift? It’s just not something you see in a van
started bouldering about a year ago. started top rope just recently in april. My next goal is to start lead in the next year and hopefully soon start getting out of the climbing gym. Free climbing El Cap seems to be the ultimate goal. I have never feelt the same motivation. tho in my case, I need to learn to fall, trust the rope and my parter before doesing anything like that. I still have problems letting go from 15-17 meter on an autobelay. (but no problems when it's a person holding the rope). still havn't done any lead climbing which feels like it would be a lot scarier when falling.
I know what you mean with the autobelay. I also find it nerve wracking when there’s nobody else on the end of the rope haha With lead climbing it’s just familiarising yourself with the setup and getting used to taking falls whilst climbing above bolts/gear. It is scarier than top rope, but over time you can get used to it. Remember that climbing is all about assessing risks. The more you climb and put yourself in new situations, the better you will get at assessing those risks and making better judgements which will in turn keep you safe. Ironically, I find bouldering the most dangerous of all these disciplines haha you always hit the ground 🤦♂️ 😅👍
Hey man, so regarding ropework, that’s a pretty big question - but I’d say the most important parts are “Building anchors”, “Hauling”, “Rescue” and “Abseil” rope skills. Regarding tailoring training, another big question and one I’d like to do a video on, but in short... if your outdoors go climb lots of granite. If you don’t have granite then sandstone, slate or dolerite is also good rock types that tend to mimic some of the styles. Lots of slabs, corners and cracks! If you’re indoors then focus on mileage - long sessions on lots of easy to mid grade bouldering and route sessions. Again, a big question, but stay tuned, I’ll be doing a follow up video to answer these soon :)
do please more of these .. i was there last year and yeah, a dream was born :D i´m right now learn crack climbing (what is really fun) and learn the bigwall stuff. next year i am gonna attack some granit multipitches in the alps for fun and training the systems. life is good, it´s fun with climbing
If you need to explain the difference between aid and free climbing, then your audience is probably nowhere near ready to climb el Cap. New to this channel, so I'm not sure who the target audience is. Would love to see a video like this geared to climbers with a few seasons under their belt. Questions I have are a little more logistical and focused around trip planning like where to camp before going up the nose? how to know when other parties are going to be making ascents so you can plan around them? Dealing with other parties on the wall and respecting cultural norms? Permits? Best place for a beer after?
Hey Thomas, Yeah so in the first min or so of the video I said it’s aimed more towards people who don’t know much about what Climbing Big Walls/ElCap is all about. I think it’s useful for people who perhaps watched FreeSolo or DawnWall or knew people who went big walling, but perhaps didn’t know much about what it actually entailed. I’m keen to do more detailed big wall videos for sure! Definitely a Yosemite specific video down the line :) We had planned on being there the last 2 months but unfortunately due to COVID-19 we had to bail :( Thanks for the feedback and stay tuned for some more videos shortly :)
Hey Michael, haha thanks man! I'm pretty sure its a "Patagonia Responsibilitee" - I couldn't find the design on their website, but here is a similar one eu.patagonia.com/gb/en/product/mens-fitz-roy-horizons-responsibili-tee/38501.html?dwvar_38501_color=NENA&cgid=mens-t-shirts-logo-t
Driving a car is more dangerous than rock climbing in general. It doesn't seem so because it is easy to do and we have so much more experience in cars.
Yo dude! That’s awesome to hear, you’re gonna have a blast! Yep - the El Cap meadows area is great, also another good spot is just before the bridge at ep cap meadows where it’s more wooded as there are loads of bear boxes there for storing food that you don’t want to leave in the car when you’re up on the wall for days on end :)
What climbing in the UK would you say best prepares you for big walling/ do you know where the biggest UK multipich climbs are of roughly the same grade?
Hey man, I would say honestly that the best big wall prep in the U.K. I had was climbing Twll Mawr on the Welsh slate. It’s a mini big wall, feels a little like being on a wall with the flatness and exposure that wall provides. Also the Climbing is very granite-esque. If you climb in the 5.13/7c+ range then doing something like “Quarryman” from the ground is a good challenge. There are also other climbs in that quarry that are excellent and provide similar experiences.
I think when your talking about Big Walls though I think most only consider the main routes on the steep faces that generally take multiple days. So in that case “Freerider” is the easiest of the “Big Walls” however you define that :)
How's the leap from 6-10 pitch alpine to big wall? Done the south face of Aiguille du Midi, but psychologically & equipment / hauling 900m and 300m seems so different.
Hey, great question. A lot of the techniques will be the same, but you’ll just have more gear and be expecting to sleep on the wall (alpine your usually moving faster). Psychologically big walling can be easier in the short term as you can sleep most places with a portaledge, but eventually the relentless climbing day on day out gets harder on the body and mind and as food and water supplies dwindle, you’ll have added pressure - with alpine the pressure is short term as you just have to make sure you move fast enough that day to get up and down. Regarding exposure, a 900m big wall will have more, but if you can climb the aguille di midi then I doubt it will have too much impact on you. And equipment, it’s just some extra stuff like portaledge, poop tube, bigger haul bags, and some slightly more complex systems to haul and keep the bags safe, tied up and lowering them out at each pitch. I wouldn’t say it’s a huge leap for capable alpine climbers to make, but it will require some extra skills/gear and a slightly different approach :)
Just go and get on it. As an alpine climber you'll do just fine. Make sure you have a great partner who can keep it fun when it gets weird. I know the Big Stone well and the single best piece of beta I've ever got a very long time ago is to have a plan with your partner on how you would rescue one another from anywhere at any time. Can you down aid hard overhanging aid pitches and bring your partner down as well? You might want to think about it. How's you're high angle medical skills? I suspect as an alpine climber you've got a better grasp on this stuff as most, that's good. To rely on YOSAR to bail you out of there is a convenient plan, but horrible style. Most people never even think this through and rely on the single best high angle rescuers that are always there and certainly have your back. That said, If your partner cannot get you down or up, or kills you both in that process..you're better off rope soloing. In the end, if you want to go up there, pick out a route and a GOOD partner then, go man go! You gotta show to know and you can't fail until you quit trying. There is nothing like topping out on your first El Cap route. Beer tastes even better up there, don't forget beer or you will die for sure. PEEECE!
@@RobbiePhillips Thanks Robbie, it's all a bit academic as I've age out a bit. But really wish I had done the sword on squamish when I could climb. Exasperator on the apron was my second trad lead, which is crazy in hindsight(!). But alpine "capable" is debatable - both my hardest leads are likely alpine at 3800m by virtue of being off route ! One deliberate - fed up on the Eperon de Cosmique waiting in queues behind guided parties on the Rebuffat Pierre, I just went for the roof of C'est pas Physique c'est electrique, over the Cosmique hut power cables. Found out later I'd pulled a 6c one move wonder. A year later did the Rebuffat on Aiguille du Midi, aiming for the Cretton finish, but got off route after all the difficulties were over and did the run out 6a final pitch of Midi Sonne instead. So had fun, but some incompetence in route finding was present(!).
Im so confused, wtf is the difference between free climbing and aid climbing. People use cams on free climbs do they not? The only time ive not seen cams used is free solo. So wtf is aid climbing? You basicly said aid but then described free climbing. What am i missing here
What route has the lowest difficulty grade for free climbing there? Cause a pitch at 7a+ already about what I'd consider an "up there" grade for a non professional climbers.
Hey Julien, the easiest Big Wall free climb on El Cap is “Freerider” 5.13 (7c+). It’s been climbed by many non-pros, but without a doubt it still requires a lot of dedication to climbing to get to that skill level. There is an easier smaller free route on the side of El Cap called the “West Face” which isn’t considered a Big Wall climb like the others, but gets many ascents and is by all means still a big day out. It goes at about 5.11c/d which I think is 6c+/7a - but again, it’s trad and not sporty in style.
In Yosemite it depends when your there, what time in the day and the weather. Of course it can get cold up there, especially the higher you get the thermal winds get worse and it definitely keeps you cool in the sun. In the evenings it can get cold, but in the Fall (Autumn) time I haven’t found it too chilly. A down jacket and synthetic is definitely recommended for when your at the bivy. I always climb with a light wind proof jacket attached to my harness for when I get to belays and that is usually enough to keep me warm until the second arrives.
I'm really curious.. which are the aide routes that are apparently so deadly, and why are they so dangerous?? Is it just really crappy bolts & gear on the way up? Would it be so hard to just bolt the route from top to bottom?
Don’t think Honnold wore a helmet when he free solo’d El Cap. Hansjorg Auer wore one when he free solo’d “The Fish” because of the loose rock - he was worried it might hit him and knock him off
Yep! El Cap has less falling rock because the granite is glacier polished - most of the really loose rock has already been taken off. The other side of the valley on upper and lower cathedral is a lot looser :)
Haha! Yeah so have I :P the accent can really fluctuate depending on where you're from. Probably the trickiest accents are Glasgow and Doric from Aberdeenshire. I'm from edinburgh, but have a more subtle lilt to the accent which is more well pronounced. In fact I heard that the accent most common in the Scottish Highlands is considered the easiest to understand English speaking accent in the world (easier than the Queen's English). They say it's because of the sing-songy style of speaking. @@samik83
“Still a pretty difficult thing to do” ThAts a horrible way to describe what Alex did.. smh after editing everything that’s the way u explain it lol smh the video has good Info in it but your very lackluster in your description of honnolds free solo adventure
Hey dude, you’ve misunderstood what I said. I didn’t say that about Honnold, I said that about climbing “Freerider” free, not free solo. Climbing “Freerider” free is indeed a difficult thing to do, as I said. Climbing it free-solo is remarkable!
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I'd love to know more about your mental prep. 👊
Awesome! I’ll definitely be doing a video of that in the near future then 🙂👍
Yes dudes! More of big wall stuff and multipitch tips n tricks! Getting psyched :))
Glad you’re psyched 🙌 We’ll definitely aim to get more of the big wall tips and tricks to you guys!
Keep it up robbie!! youre quickly becoming the best climbing channel on youtube. I love the fact that you crush super hard but still have a sense of humor and love for climbing. Too often in our sport people get too cool for school, so thanks for being way cooler than all of that.
Awww thanks dude!!! ☺️🙌 And Culann is alright too I guess 😂
Yea the mental fortitude of climbing with that exposure would be awesome!
Awesome! We’ll definitely do one fore sure!
Yes for the mental prep! Becoming One of the best climbing channels going, nice one man
Thanks for the psyche man! 😜🤙 We’re on it!
Awesome video! Best informational video I’ve seen on actually climbing El Cap. It’s refreshing to see a video that is so well planned and edited. So much information packed into short video. Glad I stumbled across this channel.
I hope this channel grows enough for Robbie to have the time and money to train someone to hit El Cap with him. Film it too
I’ll volunteer as tribute
Hahaha that would be an awesome thing to do! We could definitely look into some “Training for El Cap” vids to get the ball rolling 😉
Robbie Phillips that would be great! I know we’d like to see them.
A video on your mental prep and methods would be sick! Love the commentary style videos and the humor!
Glad you like the video dude! Mental prep seems a popular comment - I’ll definitely do some videos focussing on this area
I love your content, please continue at this pace an you'll be a great youtuber one time💪🧗♂️👌
Thanks dude - We’ll try :)
ding that wee bell. nice bro. i want to climb el cap so bad. i need a lot of practice though, maybe in a few years. i have been there and bouldered when i was 15 in 96'
Hah go for it man! The bouldering is awesome too can’t deny it
@@RobbiePhillips thanks bro really considering it. i'm going to work hard to try and achieve it in the next few years
Hell yeah man, im working toward this and I have been waiting for little bits of condensed info like thos
Awesome! Good luck getting there man - El Cap is a beautiful piece of rock to hang of 😉👍
Sick video man. I would very much like a video about your experience with exposure / mental training in that area!
Thanks for the feedback dude - we’re on it! The mental prep vid has been asked by loads of folk!
Just starting bouldering. This is my goal in years to come
Love your summary, it's true, the human body can accomplish incredible things, its just whether youre willing to train for years developing the physical, technical and mental skills. I'd love to free the nose, but I think freerider is a more realistic goal XD
Love to hear the video about the mental strength side on the big wall 👍
Your van looks awesome man😀!
Thanks man! 🚐 I love it!
Great video Robbie. Having never climbed a route that requires you to sleep on, I’d like tips on staying safe for the whole ascent, setting up the bivi and tips on dealing with ‘the unexpected’... 👍🏼🤷🏻♂️💪🏼🧗🏻♂️
Good shout! Will definitely aim to showcase more in depth details on big wall climbing in future videos
It's a dream to free climb El Cap, visited a couple months ago but not to climb. Did of course take a pair of shoes with me and messed around on a couple boulders around camp 4. 30+ degrees and no chalk meant it felt slick as anything!
Great video. Mental prep video would be excellent.
Awesome dude. It’s on its way :)
My main hobby is cave diving rather than climbing(I know, shame hah) but I feel like I have a version of this conversation with so many people.
Haha 😂 yep, I think everyone who partakes in a sport/activity regarded as extreme probably does
@@RobbiePhillips Definitely, and somehow we never look at them as extreme from the inside I feel. I've always been an alpinist and multi pitch climber here but never put in the time that it takes to big wall. One day!
I think it’s easy to paint these sports with the same brush when there are a few outliers who showcase the sport at its most extreme end. I guess more people than ever have seen Climbing from watching films like “Free Solo” which definitely show an extreme end of the scale, but I hope that with Climbing walls and the introduction of climbing to mainstream media that hopefully more non climbers understand climbing as a sport like any other that you can take part in and enjoy with relative safety :)
It’s never too late 😉👍
Looking forward to hearing about the mental aspect of coping with big wall exposure. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome! We’ll definitely do a video on that!
I have a goal in 5 years to climb the nose. Trust me i know what i’m getting myself into. I’m seriously only worried about the pooping and peeing part
Yep! That’s totally understandable 😁 Trust me though, you get used to it. What is it you’re worried about in particular? Just make sure you get a poop tube, lots of poop bags, and a bottle for the portaledge if you need a pee.
Robbie Phillips I just saw that you replied. I have an acute case of IBS so i poops a lot. Like longer and more than the avg person
As a carpenter (framer) I’m interested in the river table… what’s the story behind it? Did he make it? Is it a gift? It’s just not something you see in a van
This was a really amazing commentary!
This is such a good video thanks man ❤
started bouldering about a year ago. started top rope just recently in april. My next goal is to start lead in the next year and hopefully soon start getting out of the climbing gym. Free climbing El Cap seems to be the ultimate goal. I have never feelt the same motivation. tho in my case, I need to learn to fall, trust the rope and my parter before doesing anything like that. I still have problems letting go from 15-17 meter on an autobelay. (but no problems when it's a person holding the rope). still havn't done any lead climbing which feels like it would be a lot scarier when falling.
I know what you mean with the autobelay. I also find it nerve wracking when there’s nobody else on the end of the rope haha
With lead climbing it’s just familiarising yourself with the setup and getting used to taking falls whilst climbing above bolts/gear. It is scarier than top rope, but over time you can get used to it.
Remember that climbing is all about assessing risks. The more you climb and put yourself in new situations, the better you will get at assessing those risks and making better judgements which will in turn keep you safe.
Ironically, I find bouldering the most dangerous of all these disciplines haha you always hit the ground 🤦♂️ 😅👍
mental prep for sure!
Good video. Very motivating. 👍
Thanks man!
Cracking video dude
What rope work would I need to know and how would I tailor outdoor and indoor climbing to prepare for El Capitan?
Hey man, so regarding ropework, that’s a pretty big question - but I’d say the most important parts are “Building anchors”, “Hauling”, “Rescue” and “Abseil” rope skills.
Regarding tailoring training, another big question and one I’d like to do a video on, but in short... if your outdoors go climb lots of granite. If you don’t have granite then sandstone, slate or dolerite is also good rock types that tend to mimic some of the styles. Lots of slabs, corners and cracks!
If you’re indoors then focus on mileage - long sessions on lots of easy to mid grade bouldering and route sessions.
Again, a big question, but stay tuned, I’ll be doing a follow up video to answer these soon :)
More big wall action please!!!
We’ve got some exciting stuff in the pipeline
Great info!!! EL Cap 101
This video is amazing bro jGod bless and be safe bro
do please more of these .. i was there last year and yeah, a dream was born :D i´m right now learn crack climbing (what is really fun) and learn the bigwall stuff. next year i am gonna attack some granit multipitches in the alps for fun and training the systems. life is good, it´s fun with climbing
Great to hear dude and thanks for sharing your psyche! Well for sure release more big wall videos soon!!!
you're awesome man :)
Thanks man 🙏 😊
If you need to explain the difference between aid and free climbing, then your audience is probably nowhere near ready to climb el Cap. New to this channel, so I'm not sure who the target audience is. Would love to see a video like this geared to climbers with a few seasons under their belt.
Questions I have are a little more logistical and focused around trip planning like where to camp before going up the nose? how to know when other parties are going to be making ascents so you can plan around them? Dealing with other parties on the wall and respecting cultural norms? Permits? Best place for a beer after?
Hey Thomas,
Yeah so in the first min or so of the video I said it’s aimed more towards people who don’t know much about what Climbing Big Walls/ElCap is all about. I think it’s useful for people who perhaps watched FreeSolo or DawnWall or knew people who went big walling, but perhaps didn’t know much about what it actually entailed.
I’m keen to do more detailed big wall videos for sure! Definitely a Yosemite specific video down the line :) We had planned on being there the last 2 months but unfortunately due to COVID-19 we had to bail :(
Thanks for the feedback and stay tuned for some more videos shortly :)
@@RobbiePhillips Thanks Robbie! Looking foward to it
speaking of your style, got a link for your shirt? 👀
Hey Michael, haha thanks man! I'm pretty sure its a "Patagonia Responsibilitee" - I couldn't find the design on their website, but here is a similar one
eu.patagonia.com/gb/en/product/mens-fitz-roy-horizons-responsibili-tee/38501.html?dwvar_38501_color=NENA&cgid=mens-t-shirts-logo-t
Driving a car is more dangerous than rock climbing in general. It doesn't seem so because it is easy to do and we have so much more experience in cars.
this is rad! i am attempting the big stone in september. My biggest question...where do i park?! right along the meadow? in a campsite parking lot?
Yo dude! That’s awesome to hear, you’re gonna have a blast! Yep - the El Cap meadows area is great, also another good spot is just before the bridge at ep cap meadows where it’s more wooded as there are loads of bear boxes there for storing food that you don’t want to leave in the car when you’re up on the wall for days on end :)
Robbie Phillips Sweet! That’s pretty straight forward. Thanks for the help :)
Free climbing the east buttress counts! It's on El cap. Also, good ML humble brag. I'll allow it.
What’s ML?
good video bro
Thanks man!
What climbing in the UK would you say best prepares you for big walling/ do you know where the biggest UK multipich climbs are of roughly the same grade?
Hey man, I would say honestly that the best big wall prep in the U.K. I had was climbing Twll Mawr on the Welsh slate. It’s a mini big wall, feels a little like being on a wall with the flatness and exposure that wall provides. Also the Climbing is very granite-esque. If you climb in the 5.13/7c+ range then doing something like “Quarryman” from the ground is a good challenge. There are also other climbs in that quarry that are excellent and provide similar experiences.
@@RobbiePhillips Nice, thats about 30mins away... including the walk in 😅🤣
Haha perfect then!!!
Sooo what does ist take to climb Silbergeier?
Haha 😂 Stiff shoes 👞 Good balance and will power for the runouts!
30 people died trying to climb El Cap. 30 that we know. How many climbers privately buried or never found?
East buttress is the easiest at 5.10 it is still on el cap (correct me if I'm wrong)
I think when your talking about Big Walls though I think most only consider the main routes on the steep faces that generally take multiple days. So in that case “Freerider” is the easiest of the “Big Walls” however you define that :)
How's the leap from 6-10 pitch alpine to big wall? Done the south face of Aiguille du Midi, but psychologically & equipment / hauling 900m and 300m seems so different.
Hey, great question. A lot of the techniques will be the same, but you’ll just have more gear and be expecting to sleep on the wall (alpine your usually moving faster). Psychologically big walling can be easier in the short term as you can sleep most places with a portaledge, but eventually the relentless climbing day on day out gets harder on the body and mind and as food and water supplies dwindle, you’ll have added pressure - with alpine the pressure is short term as you just have to make sure you move fast enough that day to get up and down. Regarding exposure, a 900m big wall will have more, but if you can climb the aguille di midi then I doubt it will have too much impact on you. And equipment, it’s just some extra stuff like portaledge, poop tube, bigger haul bags, and some slightly more complex systems to haul and keep the bags safe, tied up and lowering them out at each pitch. I wouldn’t say it’s a huge leap for capable alpine climbers to make, but it will require some extra skills/gear and a slightly different approach :)
Just go and get on it. As an alpine climber you'll do just fine. Make sure you have a great partner who can keep it fun when it gets weird. I know the Big Stone well and the single best piece of beta I've ever got a very long time ago is to have a plan with your partner on how you would rescue one another from anywhere at any time. Can you down aid hard overhanging aid pitches and bring your partner down as well? You might want to think about it. How's you're high angle medical skills? I suspect as an alpine climber you've got a better grasp on this stuff as most, that's good. To rely on YOSAR to bail you out of there is a convenient plan, but horrible style. Most people never even think this through and rely on the single best high angle rescuers that are always there and certainly have your back. That said, If your partner cannot get you down or up, or kills you both in that process..you're better off rope soloing. In the end, if you want to go up there, pick out a route and a GOOD partner then, go man go! You gotta show to know and you can't fail until you quit trying. There is nothing like topping out on your first El Cap route. Beer tastes even better up there, don't forget beer or you will die for sure. PEEECE!
@@RobbiePhillips Thanks Robbie, it's all a bit academic as I've age out a bit. But really wish I had done the sword on squamish when I could climb. Exasperator on the apron was my second trad lead, which is crazy in hindsight(!).
But alpine "capable" is debatable - both my hardest leads are likely alpine at 3800m by virtue of being off route !
One deliberate - fed up on the Eperon de Cosmique waiting in queues behind guided parties on the Rebuffat Pierre, I just went for the roof of C'est pas Physique c'est electrique, over the Cosmique hut power cables. Found out later I'd pulled a 6c one move wonder.
A year later did the Rebuffat on Aiguille du Midi, aiming for the Cretton finish, but got off route after all the difficulties were over and did the run out 6a final pitch of Midi Sonne instead. So had fun, but some incompetence in route finding was present(!).
and a rope hung up in the 10,000 volt power lines for the Cosmiques hut when abbing the route. C'est Electriques indeed. Binned the rope after :)
@@RobbiePhillips
always dreamed of the Grand Capucin, but was a grade beyond what I would deliberately try.
Im so confused, wtf is the difference between free climbing and aid climbing. People use cams on free climbs do they not? The only time ive not seen cams used is free solo. So wtf is aid climbing? You basicly said aid but then described free climbing. What am i missing here
What route has the lowest difficulty grade for free climbing there?
Cause a pitch at 7a+ already about what I'd consider an "up there" grade for a non professional climbers.
Hey Julien, the easiest Big Wall free climb on El Cap is “Freerider” 5.13 (7c+). It’s been climbed by many non-pros, but without a doubt it still requires a lot of dedication to climbing to get to that skill level. There is an easier smaller free route on the side of El Cap called the “West Face” which isn’t considered a Big Wall climb like the others, but gets many ascents and is by all means still a big day out. It goes at about 5.11c/d which I think is 6c+/7a - but again, it’s trad and not sporty in style.
Where do I get that higher education book?
oh I don't know? I bougt it from andys website
So, still dangerous if it is better to make a mistake 7 meters than 700 meters or 900m just barely below the top of the cliff.
do you get cold while climbing
In Yosemite it depends when your there, what time in the day and the weather. Of course it can get cold up there, especially the higher you get the thermal winds get worse and it definitely keeps you cool in the sun. In the evenings it can get cold, but in the Fall (Autumn) time I haven’t found it too chilly. A down jacket and synthetic is definitely recommended for when your at the bivy. I always climb with a light wind proof jacket attached to my harness for when I get to belays and that is usually enough to keep me warm until the second arrives.
More psychological stuffs!
Glad you’re psyched for it :) We’re on it
I'm really curious.. which are the aide routes that are apparently so deadly, and why are they so dangerous?? Is it just really crappy bolts & gear on the way up? Would it be so hard to just bolt the route from top to bottom?
I guess since it's 3,000 feet it's not exacty like bolting a 1 pitch sport route..
well you go up the back side.
What is going on in Robbies head 😳 at 1000ft we want to know
It`s no walk in the park? Yes it is, Yosemite is a national park.
hard
Talks about poop *Queue the payday commercial
Why do people wear helmets to free solo 900 meters? Are they a bit optimistic?
Don’t think Honnold wore a helmet when he free solo’d El Cap. Hansjorg Auer wore one when he free solo’d “The Fish” because of the loose rock - he was worried it might hit him and knock him off
@@RobbiePhillips Oh right, the rocks coming - down - are a big factor too. Thanks!
Yep! El Cap has less falling rock because the granite is glacier polished - most of the really loose rock has already been taken off. The other side of the valley on upper and lower cathedral is a lot looser :)
Crazy drivers can kill anyone around them, crazy climbers kills themselves (for the most part)
Dafuq where dis dood from? Not Yosemite. But still seems a good bloke.
Oh, its Robbie. Definitely a good dood.
Whats that accent? It's very american with a hint of Scottish or something.
nah its just pure Scottish
@@RobbiePhillips Guess theres a lot of variation. I swear I've heard scottish that I can't understand a word of.
Haha! Yeah so have I :P the accent can really fluctuate depending on where you're from. Probably the trickiest accents are Glasgow and Doric from Aberdeenshire. I'm from edinburgh, but have a more subtle lilt to the accent which is more well pronounced. In fact I heard that the accent most common in the Scottish Highlands is considered the easiest to understand English speaking accent in the world (easier than the Queen's English). They say it's because of the sing-songy style of speaking. @@samik83
El Cap is as hard as a rock.
too bad im not a healthy human lol
Yeah I’ll pass
“Still a pretty difficult thing to do” ThAts a horrible way to describe what Alex did.. smh after editing everything that’s the way u explain it lol smh the video has good Info in it but your very lackluster in your description of honnolds free solo adventure
Hey dude, you’ve misunderstood what I said. I didn’t say that about Honnold, I said that about climbing “Freerider” free, not free solo. Climbing “Freerider” free is indeed a difficult thing to do, as I said. Climbing it free-solo is remarkable!
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