Why is everyone tripping there aren't that many people in the world who can do a completely free climb of the nose just because he aids the hardest pitch doesn't mean he didn't French free others.
As someone who has climbed for the better part of a decade I still think El Cap is beyond terrifying. That exposure is similar to looking out the window of a plane.
I don't think that is even close to representing it... I've looked out many airplane windows and never felt exposed... I have climbed radio and cell towers and drill-rig derricks without safety equipment and felt mildly exposed... But the day after watching free solo, I felt like I had climbed the mountain myself as my body was so sore from all the "oh shit" moments and vertigo I felt while watching the video and the camera just starts floating out over a ledge and looking down... Similar vibe here... I feel like hanging onto the outside of a flying airplane would be more similar... Lmao
It's only terrifying if you're inexperienced and afraid of heights imo. Not many climbers die in Yosemite every year so I'm assuming it's safe if you know what you're doing.
The old climbing ethic was once an aid route had been free climbed ('freed'), it was no longer classified nor climbed as an aid climb. But this is El Cap and it would have restricted access to The Nose to only a handful of climbers in the world over several decades I guess...
That is so terrifying, the cams man....life is clinging to the design of how it wedges in rock, has anyone video-taped a cam failing on the "Changing Corners pitch" This is absolute insanity.
I can't watch this without thinking one of those clips you stick in the cracks (not sure what they're called) are going to pop out. Does it ever happen? Stunning video!
You can watch Hazel Findlay work out and free a slightly easier and less disturbingly airy dihedral at Squamish without cam hooks, which if used would be placed the opposite way, but instead they rely on tiny wires and cams on "Tainted Love" on youtube.
yeah i mean free climbing/ leading the pitch. forgot to add the more nervous THAN free climbing it. just knowing they could give out any second and i absolutely dislike taking suprise whippers! i dont think i would free solo anything right now maybe not ever. lol
They are called camhooks and yes they can sometimes be sketchy but often are the only thing that works in very thin seams like the kind you find on this pitch (which is one of the hardest to free climb on the nose).
Im no climber, but i have tons of experience in west coast forestry and I'm no stranger to being exposed on slippery fallen logs up in mointainous terrain... but holy fuck! this is mindnumbing. It must feel great to make it past this difficult part of the route. Congratulations!
Jan No objections to gear, but also no respect for someone who relies entirely on aid climbing to make it up a route. This is not even actual climbing and should never be viewed as such.
I've wanted to watch Alex Honnold free solo the mountain but it only shows small sections of him free soloing it, likewise in the documentary free solo by Alex Honnold, more about psychology than footage of free soloing. Nonetheless, this video showed how fearful it is, with a rope or without a rope.
This rock is so smooth how do you trust that a bit of contact will hold you down.. there are times everything is smooth and you can't find a place to put your gear o man
I can’t speak for anyone else but yes it is scary but if you are doing everything right it’s pretty safe… I think that’s what makes it fun and f it wasn’t scary everyone would do it
everyone who is complaining about the aid climbing is pathetic. You have the right to not like it, but you dont have to shit on everyone who does. el cap would probably still be unclimbed today without aid climbing.
I’ve been watching climbing videos for a month now and I still don’t understand how it works, how do you remove your gear as you climb? Another climber? Ok how does he climb and remove gear as he climbs ?
Climbers usualy work in pair so the first climber place the piece of gear as he lead the pitch then when the leader has no more rope he buid an anchor and belay his partner from the top. So as the second climber goes up he retrieve the gear.
Wow, technical climbing is so much fun (sarcasm). But being on this exposed vertical hundreds and hundreds of meter tall granite dome is quite something - I'd rejoice and shit my pants at the same time (no sarcasm).
Why didn't you put a runner when you clipped that piece at about 1:16? Looks like that would have created a knife edge for the rope in the case of a fall... I guess you are going to have that issue almost no matter what depending on where/if you would have fallen... Just curious. I've done some easy A0-A1+ aiding but nothing like what you are doing ;)
fuckkkkkk thattttttt. i vapor locked just watching the vid. i admire anybody that can climb stuff like this and not freeze up a hundred foot (or 3,000😮) in the air.
Himi Jendrix i know you left this comment a while ago, but seeing as no one replied I’ll explain. This is one of two pitches on this route rated at 5.14. In other words, absurdly fucking hard. Only 3 people have ever climbed in without using aid gear (the rope ladders he was clipping). Essentially the rock is just super steep and pretty featureless, so it’s hard to get a grip onto anything really. The only way up it is jamming your fingers into that crack to support your weight.
God, those bumping sounds every time he hits the camera... Is horrible. Decent video of the crux... But you have to turn the audio all the way off, which sucks
Well if it’s not climbing then tell that to royal robbins ,warren Harding ,Jim bridwell …basically any Yosemite climbing god that they just pulled on anchors, before you talk shit go try it and then tell me you aren’t climbing
Wow. To Robb's point, go watch the documentary 'Valley Uprising' and learn about the origin of rock climbing in Yosemite Valley. Aid climbing was the norm for many years.
@@robbpasky4684 I'm a pretty good gym climber, I can climb anything in any gym I've been to (granted that's not many)... I have no interest in this sort of thing...outdoors, iI much prefer hiking, camping, whitewater kayaking/rafting, motorcycles, hunting/fishing, etc, where I can take the pups/friends/good food, toys, comfort... This is still scary! You got some big balls that's for sure! I'm a big pussy, I mostly don't like climbing because it just tears up my hands and knees and clothes and stuff... And I have fairly tough calloused hands.... 😂
sit on the rope for a bit and let your feet rest. A toe cramp is probably only going to happen early on anyway and that's if you didn't properly stretch.
Sinisteo Soxilano just physics (strength of materials, lever mechanics, etc). Devices are engineered to hold lot more weight than weight of human body, and they lock up in crack on several angles and under the load.
Something about that just doesn't seem right. Climbing a rope ladder off a small pc of metal but I won't even climb a step ladder without a couple Valium, which really doesn't help at all but it does get me there...
Okay so this might be a retarded question, but when you climb up the mountain you gotta climb back down it right? Like there ain't no path to get down or anything right? If yes, how the fuck do you do that?! I imagine it's not the same as climbing down a rock wall.
Cargo Shorts For President Ahhhh that makes sense. So for the repel doesn't someone have to be at the top managing it? If so does that mean this person climbs up everyday or would they just get dropped off by a helicopter?
Jaroslav Capek Alex free soloed freerider route on el cap not the Nose route which has never been free soloed. Changing corners being the best example of why that is.
This is the first video I've seen that actually shows how cam hooks are used in real climbing, not just how they are placed. Thanks.
The faith these guys have in their equipment is the most mind blowing thing I will never understand
Yea that is real faith. Your life is in the hands of this little clip colored thingy
I think they’re still attached to something drilled in the rock so they would only fall like 10 feet max. Still crazy tho
@@camerong2172 oh ya I get that. But their harness couldnt rip? Or a harness buckle snap? Or the harness carabiner? Or the rope? Lol
@@smiley847 not really, accident records have a quite long history and equipment failure under normal operation is basically unheard of
It's the same faith that you have in your car breaks working. Or the faith that an airplane pilot won't crash your plane.
Why is everyone tripping there aren't that many people in the world who can do a completely free climb of the nose just because he aids the hardest pitch doesn't mean he didn't French free others.
As someone who has climbed for the better part of a decade I still think El Cap is beyond terrifying. That exposure is similar to looking out the window of a plane.
And just think someone did it solo...no ropes!
I don't think that is even close to representing it... I've looked out many airplane windows and never felt exposed... I have climbed radio and cell towers and drill-rig derricks without safety equipment and felt mildly exposed... But the day after watching free solo, I felt like I had climbed the mountain myself as my body was so sore from all the "oh shit" moments and vertigo I felt while watching the video and the camera just starts floating out over a ledge and looking down... Similar vibe here... I feel like hanging onto the outside of a flying airplane would be more similar... Lmao
I always think i want to climb big walls and then i see videos like this and rethink my life. It looked absolutely terrifying.
Most people climb with protection and a rope. What this guy did was terrifying
@@terranhealer Wait, wut? He also uses a rope and a lot of aid protections (ladders hooks etc)
It's only terrifying if you're inexperienced and afraid of heights imo. Not many climbers die in Yosemite every year so I'm assuming it's safe if you know what you're doing.
Every time your camera touched something
Me: "Oh god hes falling!"
2:09 when that brace skipped I would have had a heart attack!
The old climbing ethic was once an aid route had been free climbed ('freed'), it was no longer classified nor climbed as an aid climb. But this is El Cap and it would have restricted access to The Nose to only a handful of climbers in the world over several decades I guess...
Incredible how u can put that staggering hight out of ur mind .
Sheldon English,Swedish,Native American everything after 100 ft is the same... you fall you die.
You get used to it.
That is so terrifying, the cams man....life is clinging to the design of how it wedges in rock, has anyone video-taped a cam failing on the "Changing Corners pitch" This is absolute insanity.
There’s plenty of vids out there of cams blowing. HowNot2 is a great place to see that typa thing.
"Kill me now" preceded by nervous laughter. "Holy shit" at the end looking down. Even watching thatw a snerve-racking :D Awesome job!
well done mate! I didn't use hooks when I did it and it was a pain in the butt . Next time I'll bring a few of those.
Subtle flex
It took me weeks of trainging just to watch this video. Great job.
Didn't realize there's so much cool equipment you get to use; lots of moving pieces ! Cool stuff.
spiking a tree and setting up my tree stand is high enough for me
Sometimes I free climb stairs
This goes straight to my "not to do list" ✔️
I know it sounds odd but a lounge chair and a pool nearby is vacation adventure enough for me.... wish I had half the balls these climbers have.
That view tickles my feet
Yeah man everyone always says “mY PaLmS r SwEAtInG” but my feet tingle
@@seanmacnaughton2981 my feet literally hurt and sweat when I see shit like this
At this pace he must still be up there...
Dam what are you doing up there, I'm sweating in front of my screen
Same my hands started leakin straight away
Camhooks are amazing
I can't watch this without thinking one of those clips you stick in the cracks (not sure what they're called) are going to pop out. Does it ever happen? Stunning video!
StealthParrot iv always thought that ....they must come out sometimes
awesome video. i dont know about most climbers, i think aid climbing is great.
You can watch Hazel Findlay work out and free a slightly easier and less disturbingly airy dihedral at Squamish without cam hooks, which if used would be placed the opposite way, but instead they rely on tiny wires and cams on "Tainted Love" on youtube.
"we have to go back!"
"why?"
"i dropped my phone."
i think putting my weight on pitons or sliders whatever those were makes me more nervous free climbing it!!
Free climbing or free soloing?
yeah i mean free climbing/ leading the pitch. forgot to add the more nervous THAN free climbing it. just knowing they could give out any second and i absolutely dislike taking suprise whippers! i dont think i would free solo anything right now maybe not ever. lol
manny balderas yeah I agree. at one point one of his placements slipped just a little...made me anxious for the rest of the video haha
They are called camhooks and yes they can sometimes be sketchy but often are the only thing that works in very thin seams like the kind you find on this pitch (which is one of the hardest to free climb on the nose).
Cam hooks are pretty bomber.
Im no climber, but i have tons of experience in west coast forestry and I'm no stranger to being exposed on slippery fallen logs up in mointainous terrain... but holy fuck! this is mindnumbing. It must feel great to make it past this difficult part of the route. Congratulations!
Are you clipping your lead line in to each piece or every other? Looks wild! Nice cam hook sequence? Is that a3?
You don’t use hooks as pro so he is leap frogging hooks until he get to a piece that is safe to clip the rope too
people that complain about the gear have never climbed outside a gym in their lives ...
Jan No objections to gear, but also no respect for someone who relies entirely on aid climbing to make it up a route. This is not even actual climbing and should never be viewed as such.
@@molonlabe5638 put up or shut up. You'd probably shit your pants doing any climbing
molṑn labé exactly
@@molonlabe5638 so true! what's the point of doing something you enjoy if some people on the internet think its not real climbing.
@@molonlabe5638 there are many styles of climbing. this is one of them. you don't know shit
SOOO much gear! You could make a metal ladder to the top from it!
dude youre efficient !
can't fucking believe someone would even free solo it.
what do you do if you need a shit half way up that climb?
Just hope no one is below you. ;)
Haggerty1988 poop tube! never shit on the rock
Sorry mine was obviously a joke, yeah that would just be rude.
I've wanted to watch Alex Honnold free solo the mountain but it only shows small sections of him free soloing it, likewise in the documentary free solo by Alex Honnold, more about psychology than footage of free soloing. Nonetheless, this video showed how fearful it is, with a rope or without a rope.
Alex honnold didn't free solo this route up El Capitan. He free soloed an easier route to the left of this route.
Only three people have freed the Nose 20 plus years after Lynn Hill did it first! She is still the greatest for me. A pioneer for women's equality.
Steven Thaw women's equality? As if gravity is going to care which gender is opposing it.
@@joeskis lol!
joeskis I think that’s exactly his point
This rock is so smooth how do you trust that a bit of contact will hold you down.. there are times everything is smooth and you can't find a place to put your gear o man
I wonder if those guys are scared, 1000m up or whatever it is
I can’t speak for anyone else but yes it is scary but if you are doing everything right it’s pretty safe… I think that’s what makes it fun and f it wasn’t scary everyone would do it
everyone who is complaining about the aid climbing is pathetic. You have the right to not like it, but you dont have to shit on everyone who does. el cap would probably still be unclimbed today without aid climbing.
Tibby It has been soloed no?
Lynn Hill free climbed the nose in 1993 and many more have free climbed it as well.
many more as in less than 10. and you can free climb a route that does not exist, witch the nose would not if it weren't for aid climbing.
Oh damn I missed the witch
Rumour has it that Alex Honnold free soloed the route while simultaneously puting the bolts in with one hand and that's how all the anchors got there.
can't wait to give it a go myself!!
The cam must been scratched like crazy
I’ve been watching climbing videos for a month now and I still don’t understand how it works, how do you remove your gear as you climb? Another climber? Ok how does he climb and remove gear as he climbs ?
Climbers usualy work in pair so the first climber place the piece of gear as he lead the pitch then when the leader has no more rope he buid an anchor and belay his partner from the top. So as the second climber goes up he retrieve the gear.
"Climbers usualy work in pair" > 99,999%.
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I would just end up entangled with all that ropes on the ground.
Wow, technical climbing is so much fun (sarcasm). But being on this exposed vertical hundreds and hundreds of meter tall granite dome is quite something - I'd rejoice and shit my pants at the same time (no sarcasm).
Technical climbing is good for the mind, body, and soul... you just haven't given it a proper go!!
:)
+Inopia yeah, I'm good
Exactly how do you think the bolts and such got up there? I'm really curious.
Why didn't you put a runner when you clipped that piece at about 1:16? Looks like that would have created a knife edge for the rope in the case of a fall... I guess you are going to have that issue almost no matter what depending on where/if you would have fallen... Just curious. I've done some easy A0-A1+ aiding but nothing like what you are doing ;)
…and we went to the beach for our vacation…
I need a chalk bag to hold my phone now!
had to aid through that greeeeeeeasy finger crack pitch, get them fingers on the rock and enjoy it
can watch video like this for hours!!! why dont you upload one video of the whole climb session??
I’ll try and get more footage this summer and upload it thanks for watching!
never a brother.. never a brother... never a brother.. only crazy cracaz
Daniel Leu cause you on some pussy shit
This dude is between a rock and a hard place lol
Absolutely nuts to think Lynn hill freed this all those years ago.
I would be terrified with my rope on that corner like that.
Lynn Hill. OG.
Are there no holds to climb up without pulling on gear? Can’t you climb using a side pull in the cracks?
There are but it goes at 5.14a or something like that only a handful of professional climbers can do it as for us normal humans we rely on gear haha
Robb Pasky ahhhhhh makes sense, thank you 🙏
Oh boy, that height is so terrifying to me.
There is no amount of money that would get me to do that
and yet here i am, not doing it because of a lack of money lol
Seems like this would take forever! What if you run out of cams?
Call an uber
fuckkkkkk thattttttt. i vapor locked just watching the vid. i admire anybody that can climb stuff like this and not freeze up a hundred foot (or 3,000😮) in the air.
I don't know anything about rock climbing but i love watching videos about it, what makes this part of the Nose so difficult?
Himi Jendrix i know you left this comment a while ago, but seeing as no one replied I’ll explain. This is one of two pitches on this route rated at 5.14. In other words, absurdly fucking hard. Only 3 people have ever climbed in without using aid gear (the rope ladders he was clipping). Essentially the rock is just super steep and pretty featureless, so it’s hard to get a grip onto anything really. The only way up it is jamming your fingers into that crack to support your weight.
It's called the nose
I can do that!😤
No I can’t!😊
I free climbed this twice, I just never told anyone. I don't like publicity.
Check out The dawn wall on Netflix. Insane.
Leap frogen *:-D*
the only people who call this gay are the people who free solo, or the people who "climb" at the local gym...
What do you mean by climb at the gym? Like indoor climbing walls?
Ted Barganski Yep, exactly that
What about people who free solo at the gym
God, those bumping sounds every time he hits the camera... Is horrible. Decent video of the crux... But you have to turn the audio all the way off, which sucks
Do you clean one pitch at a time or all at once or just leave some of it?
the follower cleans the gear after the leader get to the top of the pitch
Not sure why he ran the rope around the corner like that looks super dangerous and draggy to me!! Slings maybe??
Yes he should have slung that piece to avoid that sharp arete.
Did u use any nuts or just all cams?
Anyone tried climbing down using the same gear as going up
well done enjoyed
nightmare
Nope.
How many lines is he attached to at one time?
he has a haul line for bringing up the gear and a lead line to protect his fall
This isn't climbing, this is setting anchors and pulling off them... 😂
Well if it’s not climbing then tell that to royal robbins ,warren Harding ,Jim bridwell …basically any Yosemite climbing god that they just pulled on anchors, before you talk shit go try it and then tell me you aren’t climbing
Wow. To Robb's point, go watch the documentary 'Valley Uprising' and learn about the origin of rock climbing in Yosemite Valley. Aid climbing was the norm for many years.
@@robbpasky4684 I'm a pretty good gym climber, I can climb anything in any gym I've been to (granted that's not many)... I have no interest in this sort of thing...outdoors, iI much prefer hiking, camping, whitewater kayaking/rafting, motorcycles, hunting/fishing, etc, where I can take the pups/friends/good food, toys, comfort...
This is still scary! You got some big balls that's for sure! I'm a big pussy, I mostly don't like climbing because it just tears up my hands and knees and clothes and stuff... And I have fairly tough calloused hands.... 😂
so cool
Always fancied putting my mind into a bit of aid, but the amount of shit you have going on at once wears my brain out. Very time consuming as well.
isnt there a bolt ladder?
there is a couple on the blank face but after like 3 you gain the crack where the video starts
Nope! Newp! NOPE!
so what happens if toe cramp?
sit on the rope for a bit and let your feet rest. A toe cramp is probably only going to happen early on anyway and that's if you didn't properly stretch.
how much climbing assistance do you get from the ropes? Do you just climb with your body weight or use the clips and ropes to get leverage?
The leader gets no mechanical advantage from the ropes. They're just in place to catch you if you fall.
very good :)
how are they sure those hooks are going to hold the weight??
Sinisteo Soxilano just physics (strength of materials, lever mechanics, etc). Devices are engineered to hold lot more weight than weight of human body, and they lock up in crack on several angles and under the load.
They can't, those aren't there for protection as much as looking cool and giving a sense of safety.
@@myfirstcrappyvideobilly the hooks are literally for the aid ladders. They arent for looking cool. Nor a sense of safety
wow that was intense, don't respond to the haters just send the down vote
I dropped my phone my hands are so sweaty!
how many people have climbed this pitch free? It looks impossible lol
less than ten
Only one. Chuck Norris. And he didn't climb it, he kicked the rock and ended up at the top.
None.
Thats a shit ton of gear
I'll stay on the ground.
2:10 it nearly went!
Callum Haines yea that was sus
NEVER IN LIFE
Interesting, he doesn't seem to be clipping into any of the cam hooks. I guess that's pointless?
yeah they are body weight only not designed to take falls they only work when you have weight on them
Something about that just doesn't seem right. Climbing a rope ladder off a small pc of metal but I won't even climb a step ladder without a couple Valium, which really doesn't help at all but it does get me there...
You've got a rope backing you up at all times....I've gotten hurt more on my 6' ladder at work than I have ever climbing.
Okay so this might be a retarded question, but when you climb up the mountain you gotta climb back down it right? Like there ain't no path to get down or anything right? If yes, how the fuck do you do that?! I imagine it's not the same as climbing down a rock wall.
Cargo Shorts For President Ahhhh that makes sense. So for the repel doesn't someone have to be at the top managing it? If so does that mean this person climbs up everyday or would they just get dropped off by a helicopter?
Do you even BASE jump bro?
David Shay no obviously I dont thats why im asking
I find watching go-pro videos so annoying - people frequently ramming their helmet / gear on their head into the rock face.
I like the vid but I was growing increasingly irritated with all the camera bumping. Good job, cannot imagine it being easy to manage all that gear
I climbed that back when I weighed over 400 pounds. I pulled some anchors out too.
L2Topstep.
Lol that’s what I tell him all the time haha
Why not encorporate a parachute with the rest of your gear,just in case?
Some soloists do. And theyve died doing it. He is honestly pretty safe up there. The drive to the climb is the most dangerous part. Statistically
Alex Honnold said hold my beer and did it without rope
Jaroslav Capek Alex free soloed freerider route on el cap not the Nose route which has never been free soloed. Changing corners being the best example of why that is.
The Nose CANNOT be free soloed!
No he didn't
Jaroslav Capek but before that he climbed the route many times with rope
Why did you say, "kill me now" ?
Kind of like paratroopers