Watching this makes me all the more awestruck at the fact that honnold free solo’d this entire line in less than 5 hours…..Awesome job fellas and great film work…..✌🏽😃✌🏽
You’d be suprised how much quicker you can move when soloing. I soloed a pretty easy (5.9) 100 foot route in about 5 minutes, while it took around 30-40 minutes to do it with 2 guys on trad (getting both guys to the top). The ability to solo this entire route though is incredible, so difficult.
Not only without ropes but in 3 hours and 56 minutes 😮😮😮 There may be others that do what he does . But there's absolutely no one whos done what he's done . His set is name in history
@@coreystewart3204 well the slower you go, the more exhausted you become hanging on the edges. He has to go as fast as he can to preserve his strength.
@@radscorpion8 He was not always hanging on tiny edges. There are decent sized ledges he could nap on if he wanted to. The reason he had to finish it relatively quickly was to avoid the sun coming out and making the condition worse for climbing.
Man you guys definitely earned my respect. I'm a pretty daring guy to a point but I could never do what you guys do ..wow and at night too... hats off mate's
IDK if I could EVER climb outdoors like this it's so awesome to live vicariously through people like you on youtube. The night pitches especially give me sweaty palms and chills man sheeeeesh no kizzie for rizzie the most I could even fathom attempting would be an indoor wall xD
Your haul bag reminds me of why I never had any interest in multi day climbs. I mean, back in ‘73 we climb many many French and Swiss north faces with just enough for an over night. Once started up with a haul bag in ‘72 and bagged it for the hard core multi pitches. Well done; fun to watch. Been retired a long time. I think back in the old days we would have called those gloves “aid” climbing, but we were climbing maybe 5.10 in hiking boots 🤣. Carry on dudes and best regards
“We can’t make you a better climber, but we can make you feel like you could be a better climber.” 😂😂😂 You guys are hilarious and awesome 👏🏻 Very nicely done up there 💪🏻
I came here after watching free solo to see what it would be like to climb with ropes and now my mind is even more blown. 🤯 that has to be the greatest sporting accomplishment ever.
seeing you fail to plant that leg and fall off the boulder problem made me appreciate Alex Honnold's achievement that much more. Thanks for the video it look grueling.
@2.53 there is comment. “It’s kind of weird [to have bolt] straight after the anchor”. It’s to reduce the fall factor. Always put in some gear right above the belay. It’s much much more comfortable in the event of a fall.
thank you for the advice. I never knew what the first bolt off an anchor was for. People always told me to skip that and run it out for maximum style points.
I started climbing in a gym a year ago.i mostly boulder and do some top rope. Big walling is fuck crazy. Its awesome to watch amazing rock climbers do their craft.
Been watching your videos. Solid climbing! I’d be pumped to get that giant off my harness in the hollow flake. Makes me Imagine you got to see GoPro POV of the entire free solo…
I would have watched hours more of this footage! I wish that someone would put out video, pitch by pitch. Don't know who else that appetite, but I'm sure I'm not alone!
Mate all it'd take is for me to have one bad dream and you'd most likely have to call rescue because I'd not move from the ledge . You all are in a league of your own🤙
haha yeah, felt like 80s all day so we waited until night to climb. Fortunately, once you get established in the monster, you don't need to see your hands or feet too much.
this had me freaking out, and than when you guys wod fall, i screamed like "no"!!!. i cant believe this. You guys are incredible superhumans. OMG. I was gona ask what you do to relieve yourself n than you showed your bag n paper. lol... You guys are incredible. How do the ropes get way above you that you are using?? those arent just left up there on mountain are they?? i guess that may not be a specific enuff question. im seeing now that one guy must climb up ahead and then send rope down.
Appreciate the hype Jake. If there are ever ropes above us, it is because one (or both) of us climbed ahead and set them up at the next anchor. On a couple of occasions, we climbed up, set the anchor, and then rappeled back down to try and climb the pitches without falling.
I dont think rock climbing will ever look the same to me ever since watching Alex H do this climb with no ropes in 4 hours. Thats not to take anything away from you guys. You're amazing climbers. But no ropes just hits different.
I climbed El Cap numerous times and all over the valley. It was always a personal, emotional and spiritual adventure and never once thought about broadcasting it. But some people have egos that cant help themselves and this guy is one of them. Hope you'r getting all the satisfaction of accolades that support your ego.
I can't still believe what Alex Honnold did.. looking those guys climbing with the ropes and struggling for 5 days no one will ever beat Alex on this mautain without the rope he is the best on the planet what he does and Still... Alive!
honnold >>>>> these guys, worlds top climbers >> honnold (with the rope), and ofcoz honnold (free solo) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> everyone else. you compare totaly different things.
Can't imagine a multi pitch like that, after climbing 5.11a on lead a few times, plus 5.10c trad we tried a 20 pitch multi and had to bail on pitch 11 even with our "certified leader" who was a 5.13a climber
That top-rope leading technique with the etternally advancing cam is really sweet. We don't have this type of cracks here so. Should it be combined with a static cam once and then?
I don't trad climb but I imagine you definitely don't want to push it too far. If you slip while adjusting it or just fall and pull it out (however unlikely that may be) you won't want the next piece to be like 10 meters below. Or maybe you're fine with that, I know I wouldn't be but then again I'm not fine with trad in the first place so what do I know.
yes, all are trad, but some pitches have bolts. Yeah it is mindblowing. However, the nose is much faster to speed climb than this. The record is 4:55 for salathe.
Hauling 12 gallons of water is a big part of it. Also, rest is key. After climbing a whole 10 pitches the first day, you can’t keep that pace up for more than a day without rest. Our day 2 we climbed few pitches and rested in the sun.
Surely this must be the most ambitious crossover in the entire "POV UA-cam videos of unknown crushers doing big free climbs" genre
Should have been a fight on El Cap spire
Why did you use ropes..?
I appreciate this video which actually shows how hard to climb and what Alex has achieved.
I really love these POV outdoor climb videos. Thanks for giving us a taste of Freerider!
Cheers mate! More to come! Any specific ones you want to see?
@@GravityLabz I'm not that well versed with multi pitch stuff yet, but I always love watching jams!
Watching this makes me all the more awestruck at the fact that honnold free solo’d this entire line in less than 5 hours…..Awesome job fellas and great film work…..✌🏽😃✌🏽
Less than 4 hours. 3 hours and 56 mins was his exact time. Just unbelievable
@@jackdalton3451 He and Tommy did it under 2hrs
@@forrestmorrisey They climbed The Nose , harder route on El Cap. Cheers
@@forrestmorrisey You had gear though so who the fuck cares lol
You’d be suprised how much quicker you can move when soloing. I soloed a pretty easy (5.9) 100 foot route in about 5 minutes, while it took around 30-40 minutes to do it with 2 guys on trad (getting both guys to the top). The ability to solo this entire route though is incredible, so difficult.
The fact that Alex H did this without ropes is beyond words.
100% agreed.
@@GravityLabz Alex is not human lol he is a Alien !
Not only without ropes but in 3 hours and 56 minutes 😮😮😮 There may be others that do what he does . But there's absolutely no one whos done what he's done . His set is name in history
@@coreystewart3204 well the slower you go, the more exhausted you become hanging on the edges. He has to go as fast as he can to preserve his strength.
@@radscorpion8 He was not always hanging on tiny edges. There are decent sized ledges he could nap on if he wanted to. The reason he had to finish it relatively quickly was to avoid the sun coming out and making the condition worse for climbing.
I'm proud of myself for watching the whole thing. You guys are really good at climbing and being positive.
Why are you proud of yourself
@@Mike_Dubayou I guess because adhd usually precludes me from watching a whole yt vid. Mostly I was trying to be funny. Unsucessfully, obvi.
@@swobadass I’m sorry! I just read it the wrong way and got confused. My bad!
@@Mike_Dubayou haha all good my friend
I mean when Alex put free clime in the discretion he meant it lmao
I can't watch these videos without getting sweaty hands and feet.
Thanks for bringing us with you. Great share!
You guys are rad. Great effort and thanks for sharing the views!
cheers!
lol I watched Tyler's freerider climb the other day so funny to see you guys run into each other!
Man you guys definitely earned my respect. I'm a pretty daring guy to a point but I could never do what you guys do ..wow and at night too... hats off mate's
IDK if I could EVER climb outdoors like this it's so awesome to live vicariously through people like you on youtube. The night pitches especially give me sweaty palms and chills man sheeeeesh no kizzie for rizzie the most I could even fathom attempting would be an indoor wall xD
Your haul bag reminds me of why I never had any interest in multi day climbs. I mean, back in ‘73 we climb many many French and Swiss north faces with just enough for an over night. Once started up with a haul bag in ‘72 and bagged it for the hard core multi pitches. Well done; fun to watch. Been retired a long time. I think back in the old days we would have called those gloves “aid” climbing, but we were climbing maybe 5.10 in hiking boots 🤣. Carry on dudes and best regards
“We can’t make you a better climber, but we can make you feel like you could be a better climber.” 😂😂😂 You guys are hilarious and awesome 👏🏻 Very nicely done up there 💪🏻
I came here after watching free solo to see what it would be like to climb with ropes and now my mind is even more blown. 🤯 that has to be the greatest sporting accomplishment ever.
EXCELLENT WORK Gentlemen !!! GREAT Team. 💪👊
Wow great effort you guys! I enjoyed watching this video!!! Thanks for posting!
thanks Yann!
So rad! Thanks for taking us along!
best trad footage out there. thank you. always fun to watch.
Biggie on the big wall. Certified hood classic that's for sure. Great work man!
That night climbing was gnarly af. Superb.
Loving the soundtrack
My buddy and I are in the crawling stages of our training to climb this beastly wall. Goal is to go next summer. I’m so excited.
How is the training going?
How Alex honnold can do that without any rope that was fucking amazing
Truly was just incredible
Totally mind blowing
This is truly incredible. Well done
Glad you enjoyed John!
What a team and such good fun. I could do this if I had these guys to take me.
seeing you fail to plant that leg and fall off the boulder problem made me appreciate Alex Honnold's achievement that much more. Thanks for the video it look grueling.
17:40 The famous “karate kick” move after the two-finger hold that Alex Honnold did free solo. That’s insane.
@2.53 there is comment. “It’s kind of weird [to have bolt] straight after the anchor”. It’s to reduce the fall factor. Always put in some gear right above the belay. It’s much much more comfortable in the event of a fall.
thank you for the advice. I never knew what the first bolt off an anchor was for. People always told me to skip that and run it out for maximum style points.
Great video! Solid work on the climb!
nice, wish I was 30 years younger lol I do a lot of back packing though still. Awesome journey
I started climbing in a gym a year ago.i mostly boulder and do some top rope. Big walling is fuck crazy. Its awesome to watch amazing rock climbers do their craft.
Been watching your videos. Solid climbing! I’d be pumped to get that giant off my harness in the hollow flake. Makes me Imagine you got to see GoPro POV of the entire free solo…
I would have watched hours more of this footage!
I wish that someone would put out video, pitch by pitch. Don't know who else that appetite, but I'm sure I'm not alone!
enduro corner must be the scariest shit to free solo. so exposed and that style of climbing looks so tiring. Thanks for the video it’s so beautiful
I was hoping Tyler would make an appearance haha, perfect timing
Yessir, we spent a few days together either hiding from the sun or chasing good friction
Absolutely insane. Good job.
Some day I want to climb this with radioheads man of War playing. Excellent music choice my dude!
down climbing section is ridiculous :D
watching the boulder problem in first person, fucking epic
Mate all it'd take is for me to have one bad dream and you'd most likely have to call rescue because I'd not move from the ledge . You all are in a league of your own🤙
That footage from night climbing, you have some balls.
Either a surplus of balls or a lack of brains!
In night climbing you don't need balls because you can't see shiet. So lack of brains it is.
Enduro Corner looks sweet.
you guys are psyched Monster in the dark nice!
haha yeah, felt like 80s all day so we waited until night to climb. Fortunately, once you get established in the monster, you don't need to see your hands or feet too much.
@@GravityLabz this video gets every weekend warrior psyched to train for this route - keep em coming!
yall are actually nutty for sleeping on a cliff like that, even with 20 ropes and a parachute id be shitting myself.
Can’t say I disagree. Definitely an exciting way to wake up
11d down climb pitch, exactly one shot of setting gear.. must be setting the follower up to get cooked.
this had me freaking out, and than when you guys wod fall, i screamed like "no"!!!. i cant believe this. You guys are incredible superhumans. OMG. I was gona ask what you do to relieve yourself n than you showed your bag n paper. lol... You guys are incredible. How do the ropes get way above you that you are using?? those arent just left up there on mountain are they?? i guess that may not be a specific enuff question. im seeing now that one guy must climb up ahead and then send rope down.
Appreciate the hype Jake. If there are ever ropes above us, it is because one (or both) of us climbed ahead and set them up at the next anchor. On a couple of occasions, we climbed up, set the anchor, and then rappeled back down to try and climb the pitches without falling.
Whenever I try to imagine Alex Honnold free soloing that route my mind says *OH MY GOD* and that's as far as I get.
Besides the video being stellar and exciting af, I gotta give you major kudos for blasting Man of War by Radiohead during the downclimb pitch 🤩
Brant! No way you just popped up on my feed! Nice job dude
haha thanks buddy! Hope you enjoyed the vid!
I dont think rock climbing will ever look the same to me ever since watching Alex H do this climb with no ropes in 4 hours. Thats not to take anything away from you guys. You're amazing climbers. But no ropes just hits different.
You guys are always listening to great music. Link those playlists.
Downclimbing is a beast we rarely get to tame, so scary.
True. Not to mention diagonal climbing and straight horizontal climbing
You guys should get a sponsorship from Johnson and Johnson tape Company. They at least owe that to you.
I heard ok computer while you climbed. Legendary
Looks like you boys had fun, hope to crush that wall someday
Oh yeah a great time. Gotta get up there man!
so sick! it inspires me to get out and send it some day!
my heart is thumping❣
I climbed El Cap numerous times and all over the valley. It was always a personal, emotional and spiritual adventure and never once thought about broadcasting it. But some people have egos that cant help themselves and this guy is one of them. Hope you'r getting all the satisfaction of accolades that support your ego.
Skipgay.... You sound extremely jealous. I'm guessing that the only climbing you do is getting off your sister .....
Cant wait to get back on this rock!
Yewww, us too!
It's a glamorous life.
Great video
24:51 my man tapped into the ancient primordial language of the climber
2:46 Electioneering . Grooving on the wall!
When you make plans to do a climb like this on a very famout mountain, do you need to make reservations with park rangers or something?
13:55 omg awesome music. I was just listening to dragonball durag as I watched this
I can't still believe what Alex Honnold did.. looking those guys climbing with the ropes and struggling for 5 days no one will ever beat Alex on this mautain without the rope he is the best on the planet what he does and Still... Alive!
honnold >>>>> these guys, worlds top climbers >> honnold (with the rope), and ofcoz honnold (free solo) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> everyone else.
you compare totaly different things.
@@kizzmiazzz point taken
Haha The Hollow Flake feels nice after the Slab 👍😁
You got that right!
Niiice video! Listening to Radiohead on El Cap?! My guy :)
Great catch! Gotta mix things up depending on the type of climbing. Flowy downclimbs get Radiohead!
I enjoyed this!
What a great video!!
First comment, participation trophy please
Fearless 👏
Can't imagine a multi pitch like that, after climbing 5.11a on lead a few times, plus 5.10c trad we tried a 20 pitch multi and had to bail on pitch 11 even with our "certified leader" who was a 5.13a climber
tremendo esfuerzo. thanks for the video
Gracias amigo!
The very best climbing channel around,thank you for the suborbital views!
awesome as ever....
Just the thought of climbing this makes me unsteady on my feet 😂
fire as always my guy
thanks man!
Watching downclimbing from helmet-cam without proprioception is terrifying.
Yup, sounds about right
Listening to OKNOTOK? Mad respect homie!!!
You mean badbadnotgood
Absurdly scary looking hahaha. You all ROCK!! mind the pun :)
Cool.
I Respect Gravity lab
plz Be careful and many Make Video
I fallen 13m, and dont climb again
But I'm Happy watch this Video
Love the videos dude!
cheers mate!
I don't know why, but the scariest part out of this whole video, are the clips of the sleeping bags near the edges lol
Pretty sure they're sleeping with harnesses on, tied to an anchor. At least they should be.
That top-rope leading technique with the etternally advancing cam is really sweet. We don't have this type of cracks here so. Should it be combined with a static cam once and then?
I don't trad climb but I imagine you definitely don't want to push it too far. If you slip while adjusting it or just fall and pull it out (however unlikely that may be) you won't want the next piece to be like 10 meters below. Or maybe you're fine with that, I know I wouldn't be but then again I'm not fine with trad in the first place so what do I know.
Great
Thanks putu!
very cool!
where do you put all ur stuff? i mean like your matress or slepping bag? also im sure u have to drink water? i don't get it lol
Lol totally fair questions. We bring a 140lb bag with us and drag or “haul” it up the whole way. You can see more details on it in my haulbag video!
5.12+ at night with a weak head torch. That's Gnarly
It’s hard for me to fathom how strong someone must be to do this let alone free solo it…although the gear prob makes it harder but safer?
Yup you got it 100%. Harder to place gear and pull the rope and haul a big bag, but definitely much safer haha
You ever see any UFOs up there at night? Cool video man!
Not yet, but certainly some in Yosemite Valley and Joshua Tree
Are all routes on El cap trad?
Edit: can you believe ppl climbed this wall in just 2 hours.
yes, all are trad, but some pitches have bolts.
Yeah it is mindblowing. However, the nose is much faster to speed climb than this. The record is 4:55 for salathe.
dope!
It is perhaps a stupid question, but why does it take days to climb ElCap with safety equipment, while it took 3-4 hours for Alex H. to climb it solo?
Hauling 12 gallons of water is a big part of it. Also, rest is key. After climbing a whole 10 pitches the first day, you can’t keep that pace up for more than a day without rest. Our day 2 we climbed few pitches and rested in the sun.
@@tristanbradford99 what about Alex? 4 hours only.
The reggae vibes are flawless
28:28 - Ending it in style with the Notorious BIG.
That was amazing guys congrats!!!
What was that mini finger board you were using?
Tension Climbing "The Block"
I haven't been able to easily find any footage on UA-cam of anyone leading the Teflon Corner...do you know of any that you can point me to? Thanks!
Is this the same route that Alex Honnold soloed?
Yes. Even thinking about it was enough to make my palms sweat
quick question... what percentage of climbers on el Cap smoke?
haha i was wondering the same. Like these guys smokin nd climbin
@@Andrew-qb1rc it used to be quite a big part of big wall climbing back in the 80s, along with psychedelics for a few! Just not sure about currently!!