Big Walling in Yosemite (Slow and Heavy): Freerider in 7 days

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  • I met Michelle 24 hrs before we set off to climb El Cap together. Not a bad start to a climbing partnership when your first pitch together is on the Big Stone! It was her first time aid climbing or up an El Cap route, so we went big and heavy and brought enough food and water for 5-6 days of climbing. This gave us all the time in the world to have a relaxed, chill ascent where we weren't pressed for time or running out of the essentials. I brought the wall skills, she brought her expert free climbing strength and up we went.
    We ate dolmas, chicken sausages, chocolate and fancy cheeses, slept 9hr every night, setup camp in the golden hours of the sunsets and never had to climb in the dark (even though it was late in the season with waning hours of daylight). A treat of a week spent on a beautiful piece of granite.
    Notes on the ascent: we initially were going to go up the Salathe but pivoted to Freerider. I'd climbed Freeblast many times already and sent Michelle up with my friend Shira and met her up at Heart Ledge, which is why you don't see the first pitches documented.
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  • @Maquenchie
    @Maquenchie 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    thanks for this vlog! as someone who's looking to free climb a big wall someday this is super helpful in getting to see what life is really like on a wall like this. Cheers!

  • @mathieubaptista
    @mathieubaptista 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Great team, great smiles, thanks for sharing those moments on the wall Natalie.

  • @tsluiter4
    @tsluiter4 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    this is so lovely, thanks for letting us share in your good times nat. i remember my times climbing quite fondly and watching your experience gives me that feeling again. thank you

  • @Papershields001
    @Papershields001 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I gotta get in shape. This looks so rad and so fun. I’ve gotta get back into climbing.

  • @stevedpage114
    @stevedpage114 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautiful ladies climbing a beautiful wall, having fun,enjoy… thanks for sharing

  • @steverichardson5051
    @steverichardson5051 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Instagram reel sent me here, another channel I can live vicariously through 😂 👍

  • @robertoavanzini7449
    @robertoavanzini7449 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautiful video. Full of smiles and courageous climbs. Congratulations from Italia. And sorry for my bad english😅

  • @Morgan.Bentley
    @Morgan.Bentley 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Coming from a “boulder bro” this was sick!! Nicely done!

  • @aliciabrown841
    @aliciabrown841 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You ladies are simply ,Amazing! However, I get anxieties just watching your video😂

  • @bomersrus
    @bomersrus 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have mad respect for yall! awesome vid.

  • @mattford8499
    @mattford8499 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Epic film , respect ladies !, ❤

  • @oysteinlons
    @oysteinlons 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I really enjoy your videos Natalie, keep it up!

  • @thesebarehandsmusic
    @thesebarehandsmusic 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Outstanding!

  • @jrigs30
    @jrigs30 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great stuff!!

  • @keith_meola8350
    @keith_meola8350 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Super cool and authentic video! Happy to have stumbled upon you and your channel 😃

  • @JonHewson825
    @JonHewson825 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great vid!!

  • @MIGHTCORE.
    @MIGHTCORE. 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    wow i legitimately thought this channel had easily a million subs this was so entertaining

  • @Josemanelcanal
    @Josemanelcanal 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Congrats for the video, keep going with the channel please, i enjoy a lot! 😀

  • @thewestbound
    @thewestbound 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hell ya, amazing climb!

  • @nickb1966
    @nickb1966 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    yall are badass

  • @RadioMuzak
    @RadioMuzak 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    epic!

  • @jjburnes5176
    @jjburnes5176 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This was amazing you should have way more subscribers! Can I ask how you got into stuff like big wall climbing and ice climbing? I’m trying to get into climbing outdoors and feel like the barrier to entry is really high. Do you recommend taking classes/guided trips or did you just know a lot of ppl who were into these things?

  • @entreadapt
    @entreadapt 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    rad keep it up !

  • @simonlindauer929
    @simonlindauer929 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What sizes of cams did you use? what would i need if I want to do it?

  • @superjusty2336
    @superjusty2336 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Where in the us do you live?

  • @Candesce
    @Candesce 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How do you take chicken sausages up a wall like that and not have them go bad? o_o

    • @natalieafoninachannel
      @natalieafoninachannel  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Sausages of all kinds have lots of preservatives. If they don’t get too warm, they’ll last a week. I usually put mine wayyyy deep into a haul bag so they’re in the dark and insulated throughout the day. At night, it’s cold enough to keep them chilled

  • @jarfrobinksss
    @jarfrobinksss 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    @17:36 those are some bulky man hands

    • @natalieafoninachannel
      @natalieafoninachannel  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lens distortion on the go pro. I actually have really small hands and have a hard time finding gloves that fit