Connor Herson: Running it Out on Air Swedin (5.13 R)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ย. 2023
- “You’ll catch more air than Michael Jordan.”
Connor Herson closed the dog-eared Indian Creek guidebook he was reading from and gazed across the campfire with a grin. It was his first trip to Indian Creek-the mecca of single-pitch splitter cracks. At a mere 19 years of age, Connor had already amassed a lifetime ticklist of hard trad climbs, from a free ascent of the Nose (VI 5.14), an all-gear ascent of Empath (5.14d), to a recent summer sending spree of everything hard in Squamish (Cobra Crack, Crack of Destiny, the list goes on).
Yet Connor, the California crack aficionado, had never visited the windgate fissures of Canyonlands. Until this past spring. Now, sitting around a campfire under the desert stars, perusing the guidebook and soaking up the history, lore, and beta for future days spent plugging cams on endless sandstone splitters, Connor was finally feeling what you can only feel on a chilly evening in the Creek.
And with that epic route description read aloud-complete with visions of Jordan-esque whippers should you blow it at the crux-Connor was easily enticed to rack up and go for the send on Air Swedin (5.13 R), one of Indian Creek’s finest outings. - กีฬา
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sick film with no distractions, just one long shot of epic climbing, i was hooked from start to finish.
The kid (now a young man!) is a beast. I remember hearing how he was going to school M-F and trying to free the Nose on weekends as a 15 year old. Incredible.
BEAUTIFUL VIDEO!!! Pure climbing awesome shots. Perfect color correction, and superb filming. Congrats to the Filming and post processing team! MORE OF THIS PLEASE!! 🙏
What about that finger stuck at 2:43? 😬 very well filmed and climbed!! Enjoyable video to watch!!
what about it? Bro's on the spectrum, you think he cares? ;)
@@jarfrobinksss that's probably routine at this point
I loved it. Thak you all for a great video.
Fantastic video! Very well filmed, music transitions tastefully. Makes you feel like you're right there
sick stuff!
That's cool man sick video
about as pure as climbing gets!
A few no pro; just go moments; nicely done.
Good thats it nice dude nice and chill come on come on thats it dude keep breathing come on thats it come on thats it come on connor nice man nice and easy gooood come on connor thats it come on try hard goood come on connor gooood come on connor year buddy gooood relax come on good connor come on keep breathing gooood thats it come on come on good man come on stay tight good goood man really good...
You completely forgot, "you know what to do here"
I alway like a good YOU GOT IT YOU GOTITYOUGOTIT
That got me sweaty AF
Gnarly
Looks rough.
i thought the .1 looked good but connor did not seem happy about it. either i trust shitty gear or it was hard to see from the video 😅
looked like a .1/.2 offset would have been 🤌
Anyone know the reason to not clip the chains as pro instead of use 2 cams? Just curious for my own knowledge.
it really comes down to style and ethics! Mad respect to Connor for that choice. Skipping the chains is a way to "pretend" the climb is not an extension, but rather a climb unto itself. Clipping the chains while climbing the extension would be sorta like setting a new trad route with a random bolt on the face right next to an easily protectable crack. Obviously it's not the same thing and in this case it's a highly personal choice. No one would judge anyone for clipping the chains, which just speaks to Connor's ethical and stylistic convictions. He just wanted to do the thing in the best style possible.
@@devinrogers4885 word thank you my friend!
That was fucking sick
I'm confused. There was gear but one piece was mankey. That isn't considered runout then right?
would that .1 have more chance of holding if he extended it?
This is black diamons
she is the most powerful diamond
This seems kinda click baitish. I appreciate how hard the the route, kept waiting for a long run out…?
Why not clip the chains with a quick draw and add 24 kn of safety?
Style
Bad style, its a trad route
I'm pretty sure that when Tommy Caldwell climbed it, he clipped the anchor as a piece of gear. Different strokes, cool both ways. I think that the gear there is pretty good so it doesn't really matter much.
I must be seeing this wrong. It looked like he clipped into biners already in place on chains/bolts (the bolted anchor). What benefit would it be to add a quick draw into the system?
What does it mean to clip the anchor as a piece of gear? It looks like he just clipped the anchor. The alternative would be to lower off of gear you place and leave behind.@@jnick5358