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Ducky
Приєднався 17 вер 2006
Hello, I'm The Rubber Ducky. I use this channel to upload videos about all sorts of random interests. I'm always curious to hear your feedback. Thanks for watching!
Quandary West Ridge Uncut
This is my full GoPro footage climbing the west ridge of Quandary Peak, a Colorado 14er on 31 Aug 2024. This route is rated as a class 3 scramble. I wanted to put out the uncut version for anyone curious to see the entire route (that I took).
To see the highlights: ua-cam.com/video/6_-qvKJz4AA/v-deo.htmlsi=NzD1KF_BruWjIXNL
In my defense of the crawling in a couple spots, I am still healing from a broken foot and didn't want to risk anything near high exposure. It is funny to watch after the fact, though.
I think I made a lot of mistakes, or at least made decisions that put me in more difficult and dangerous situations than necessary.
I also think I made a lot of good decisions: I was secure and stable with all of my moves, always prepared to bail and turn around, reevaluated my path when necessary, and kept my focus.
This footage has been useful to learn from- I hope it can help you, too. If you know this route and have advice or are simply here to watch, please drop a comment, I'd love to know your thoughts!
To see the highlights: ua-cam.com/video/6_-qvKJz4AA/v-deo.htmlsi=NzD1KF_BruWjIXNL
In my defense of the crawling in a couple spots, I am still healing from a broken foot and didn't want to risk anything near high exposure. It is funny to watch after the fact, though.
I think I made a lot of mistakes, or at least made decisions that put me in more difficult and dangerous situations than necessary.
I also think I made a lot of good decisions: I was secure and stable with all of my moves, always prepared to bail and turn around, reevaluated my path when necessary, and kept my focus.
This footage has been useful to learn from- I hope it can help you, too. If you know this route and have advice or are simply here to watch, please drop a comment, I'd love to know your thoughts!
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Quandary WEST RIDGE - Sketchy 14er Ridgeline Scramble! Highlights
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What's up everyone these are highlights from my GoPro footage scrambling up Colorado 14er Quandary Peak via the West Ridge! This route is rated class 3, but it is not to be underestimated as I found out! It's very exposed, the route-finding is quite tricky and as you can see in the video I was not able to keep things to class 3 at all times. For anyone curious to watch the 2 hour uncut footage,...
Climbing Little Bear Peak - Colorado 14ers
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This video contains POV footage of the infamous hourglass gully along with a general route description to the summit of Little Bear Peak in Colorado. Footage captured during my climb on 4 Sep 2023. At 14,036' elevation this is one of the lowest of the Colorado 14ers, but its loose and treacherous route puts it among the most difficult 14,000' peaks in the state. Apologies for any difficulty hea...
K2 and Knife Edge - CAPITOL PEAK Colorado 14er
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Some of the gopro footage I captured while downclimbing from K2 and crossing the knife edge on Capitol Peak, 2 Sep 2023. I didn't really provide any commentary on this one because I hadn't originally planned on uploading anything from this hike. Another note: because of the wide-angle lens, everything looks slightly more vertical than it really is. Everything along the ridge was solid and hand/...
Hiking Challenger and Kit Carson (Colorado 14ers)
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I made a vlog of my attempt to hike/climb Challenger Point and Kit Carson Peak, two 14,000ft mountains in the Sangre De Cristo range of the Colorado Rockies. This was the first time this flatlander tried Class 3 scrambling, which requires both hands and feet for forward progress. This video was definitely experimental, and I apologize for any goofiness or rough editing. As always, your thoughts...
Masterlock No. 3 Padlock Picked!
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This is my first foray into lockpicking and my 2nd ever lock picked. Masterlock No.3 padlocks feature 4 standard pins and are generally regarded to be among the easiest locks to bypass. I took this one on as my first lock to master... pun unavoidable... so I could practice pick placement and build a basic level of comfort while navigating keyways.
Tunnel Vision - Piano Arrangement
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Wrote this awhile ago for different instruments. Felt like arranging it for piano, so I made a video.
We Went Out Looking for Cats - Guitar
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Be sure to "like" the video and leave me a comment! Check back soon for a link to download the song for free. Lyrics: You know your night will be remembered When you find the need to gasp for air- Are these things worth the memory? The room's gone bright; fight to care. Is it blood or is it rust? On my tongue it tastes the same. Swim in your sweat and make the call. I like it far too much to be...
This Lucid Dream - Outro Solo
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Nice job thanks, the weather report would be life or death.
I’ve used a technique called “snot rockets” for over 55 years to keep my airway maxed out for both comfort and performance. To do it, cover one nostril and exhale sharply to remove mucous from the other nostril. Repeat for the other nostril. No tissues required. I’m able to avoid “sniffling” and the ramming of mucous up into my sinus. I find it incredibly effective and relieving......even rejuvenating/liberating......aahhhhh.....no runny nose for me.
Most informative video ive seen
Nice representative video. When I climbed it, there was a party ahead of us raining rocks down the hourglass. My partner and I waited 2.5 hours at the hourglass for that party to summit and return before we ascended. Wasn’t worth the risk.
you find cap or bear more challenging
Honestly, it's hard to say- their challenges are different so you'll perceive difficulty differently based on your own strengths and weaknesses. Capitol's difficulties are exposure and route-finding, both of which I found to be quite significant factors. Can't stress the pucker factor of the exposure enough. It has lots of loose rock as well, which shouldn't be taken lightly; it's got several pitches of class 4 rock and sustained technical pitches. That said, Little Bear's class 4 was overall more difficult and sustained than Capitol IMO- hand/foot holds in the hourglass were smaller, smoother, and steeper, where Capitol has lots of jagged edges to grab or step on. Little Bear has less exposure, certainly, but in addition to loose rock as you climb is the seriously real hazard of rocks falling from other climbers. In the hourglass, you're almost following the fall line as you climb. Where rockfall on Capitol is likely to tumble down hundreds of feet to the valley below, rockfall on LB's hourglass is much more likely to tumble into your path up the gully. As a person wiser than me once said, difficulty is a combination of the route and conditions- both mountains were extremely rewarding to summit, but I wouldn't trade either for my own health and safety! Good luck on your own adventures 😁
we need a full hike video
nicely done
Finally a good view of what it is really like. Thank you!
Great video, thank you~!
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Awesome video. Legit got chills watching.
wait isnt K2 in china? lol not colorado
okay so after researching i feel dumb, i was so confused LOL
@@miowz3149 It's a bit inherently confusing! I assume the Colorado K2's namesake is in reference to the real K2 in Pakistan.
Awesome footage and congrats on a successful summit, Ducky! I'm hoping to get out there in the next week or so, looks like it won't disappoint.
fantastic cover, great technique!!
The best cover of this song
Thanks for the praise. I'm always looking for new songs to cover, too!
HOLY PULS, THAT WAS FUCKING EPIC! NEXT TIME THOUGH I EXPECT YOU TO TONGUE WAG THROUGH THE SONG GENE SIMMONS STYLE. THIS PLEASES ME. B)