I have no clue why this is blowing up but happy to entertain and answer questions! This was very early in my aid career (first wall, actually). I’d do things very differently looking back.
@@kwagner059 I’ve been looking up free solos climbing videos. But they’ve been popping up a lot here in the past month. That’s probably why you’re getting good reviews
I usually don't care about heights, I didn't have much of a reaction while watching free solo. But damn, this one hits different. Something about trying the different ones and not working and the lowkey panic building in the back of your mind.
Aid climbing is so different. You are carrying all these extra weight, and trusting your life on the gears and stuffs that are just horrible. Free solo is about trusting yourself, aid climbing is about trusting that tinny number 1 nut and your tinny ass hook on some barely viable edges.
@@jimmoses6617 he has nuts and cams attached all the way up the climb so if he falls he will probably fall about 5-10 feet the be caught by the last protective one he placed. You place them as you climb up! So he was safe the entire time
@@fanzhang5568 Trusting your life to the integrity of some steel is not worrying at all but you still have to place the steel correctly. Climbing without gadgets is either for professionals or fools and the line is closer than it maybe should be.
@@Jmoneysmoothboy it’s not about trusting steel, but the placement, which can be very sketchy in hard aid climbs. Like that piece of number 1 nut, and often a hook on a flimsy edge. I won’t feel comfortable weighting on a number 1 nut, let alone climb on it with 30 pounds of extra weight.
Basically he is setting his own gear into the wall as safety. What he is placing into the crack is called a nut, and is designed to slot into a crack that narrows downwards / outwards. Once the nut is in place, you yank it downwards to simulate a fall, and if it holds fast, you attach an alpine draw (two carabiners with sling in-between). Then, you thread your rope through the other side of the draw. Without seeing the crack closer up it’s kinda hard to tell if this is a good placement or not, as the nut could be in danger of slipping farther back into the crack, and then downwards and out. That’s a very barebones explanation from someone with only a bit of experience.
@@hankzikakis4624 That makes sense, but is it so that if that one fails there are more to catch his fall further down or is this the only one holding him in case of a fall?
@@MEGAsporg12 there's more below :) basically when you climb big walls, one person climbs up and sets the gear (this guy in the video) and then the second person will follow and collect the gear... I think
@@bradleycarter694 Exactly! For this type of climbing (Looks like trad multipitch*) the leader climbs and places gear while the follower belays (rope safety) from below. The leader then sets an anchor higher up on the wall, and belays from the top while the follower climbs and cleans (collects the gear). Once the follower gets to the leader, rinse and repeat. The faster, more dangerous way to climb large walls is called simul-climbing, where the leader and follower climb the wall at the same time, setting and cleaning simultanously. This is very dangerous, as the rope length between the two climbers varies as they climb (longer falls), the gear experiences higher shockloads during falls (potential failure), and one person falling pulls the other person off as well. *Multipitch is a climb that is more than one ropelength.
@@hankzikakis4624 Also worth mentioning that when placed correctly the small micronuts are more than capable of taking his weight when pulling / sitting on it. Taking a fall is another matter. Micronuts are around 8kn and the smallest size are rated at 4kn, a lead fall could be as much as 5kn however often lower so you generally want to avoid a fall on the smallest ones. Not sure what size he is using there.
People said they want to experiencing an experience that make their adrenaline get pump up.. And then here I'm just watching this video and my adrenaline already get pumped.
@@derWein What's the point in taking a risk when no reward is available? What do I get if I succeed? Nothing, maybe a sense of satisfaction that will vanish the moment I make a mistake. What do I get if I fail? Death and everyone forgets about me in about a year or 2...except my family who now has to live with the fact that I died decades before my time.
@@skeetsvar162 Do you have no excitement in life? Jesus. People take risks because it's exhilarating, that's the whole purpose of it, to feel to be on the edge of death.
Great aid climb! I never climbed hard aid - rather, we cheated on super hard sport routes in order to establish a top rope, and then practice hard moves, and fall, and fall, and fall... safely. Be safe.
What’s your thoughts on the Yosemite secret weapon (YSW). I’m working on doing my first big aid climb, and wondering if the YSW speeds things up enough to bother.
I'm not afraid of heights and I love the outdoors but this right here I don't think I will be able to do I would be too afraid of falling head on to the ground.. major kudos to the ones who make it happen
This is so terrific, like whole life literaly on one piece of equipment, I am begginer climber and I have still problem to trust even to bolts but this is whole different level
You'll be surprised at what you can use as an anchor. J.C. Lafaille had to descend the south face of Annapurna using tent pegs, and even a water bottle, all with a broken arm. This vid is still pretty amazing to watch.
@@evanbarnes9984 aid is my favorite because you get to feel all the fear and exposure of super hard rock climbing without the tendon rupturing physical demands of it.
Ohh fuck the little finger push, I know that feeling. "Yeah ok, yeah, like that could work... Totally could hold, hell it's kinda holding right now! Look at me go, I'm not gonna die. I really shouldn't fall tho, cuz I will totally die, there's no way that fucking thing is holdin- OHHHH SHIT!"
I feel more confident in the gear than the rock face. Look at that sheer wall of rock, the crack totally torn up by nut placements/ removals and the elements.
I've had to lower off a trad climb on a baby nut like that... Luckily down a soggy featureless chimney I could slide a bit, but my god was I happy that thing held. That was at stannage edge, Sheffield, England.
Climber with anxiety here. Part of the thrill is building the confidence in your skills that you never thought you could. Great help with anxiety, in my case
that's hoping the conditions (ie. wind) are good and if the wall gives enough clearance. when you fall you go straight down and if you don't have a good enough angle you could potentially smack the wall. also imagine having a rope tied to you with a parachute on. defeats the purpose of the parachute.
I love you can see where the rock has popped out from other people trying to wedge I don’t know how you trust that when it’s clearly coming up in chips around the other parts
I’m very happy to see this video getting attention after many years! I also mostly do astronomy now. Follow me twitter.com/astrowagner to learn about space! This video now has 1000x the views as the numbers of subscribers that I have. I’d appreciate if you subscribe and I’ll try to provide more of this content! I probably have a few more videos of sketchy pieces laying around. Subscribe and I promise to not disappoint! Edit: And not to disappoint, here’s another video of some sketchy aid climbing in Zion! ua-cam.com/video/q2chFtdbZEY/v-deo.html
bro this guy is out here still replying and hearting comments after like six years damn. on a serious note tho how scary is it to climb? i see so many vids of stuff like this and it’s so scary and i like thrill and stuff but climbing especially on something so smooth is just terrifying. how do u do it?
Evolution: Let's make animals afraid of heights so they know the danger
Humans:
Ask my dog again about that tho, he loves going strait to the edge of cliffs and just casually jumpes down 4 to 5 meter high rocks...
@@vorlostzurab7653 Rip dogs joints lad.
And mountain goats
No "jokes on you, I'm into that shit" meme?
I'm both disappointed and proud.
We are humans, not animal's
The only thing I trust with my life is my computer chair.
You should go outside more often anon
my grandpa literally broke his back sitting on a computer chair that broke. Trust nothing.
Amen brother
Sounds boring...
@@isaacarteaga9531 People have been killed by the gas cylinders in office chairs exploding into their anus.. Life is crazy, and fragile..
Holy shit this is 7 years old and the comments are new. This is gonna blow up. Also nice that you reply even after that time. GL with climbing!
I have no clue why this is blowing up but happy to entertain and answer questions! This was very early in my aid career (first wall, actually). I’d do things very differently looking back.
@@kwagner059 I’ve been looking up free solos climbing videos. But they’ve been popping up a lot here in the past month. That’s probably why you’re getting good reviews
@@kwagner059 One time I tried to free solo and I almost died. Lucky I wasn’t high up yet
@@kwagner059 damn. I get chills even looking. Is this a common practice in climbing?
@@GascaBaiaSprie relatively so yeah
I usually don't care about heights, I didn't have much of a reaction while watching free solo. But damn, this one hits different. Something about trying the different ones and not working and the lowkey panic building in the back of your mind.
@@jimmoses6617 he ropes back down.. he is still has a rope attached to him with a friend on the other end.
Aid climbing is so different. You are carrying all these extra weight, and trusting your life on the gears and stuffs that are just horrible. Free solo is about trusting yourself, aid climbing is about trusting that tinny number 1 nut and your tinny ass hook on some barely viable edges.
@@jimmoses6617 he has nuts and cams attached all the way up the climb so if he falls he will probably fall about 5-10 feet the be caught by the last protective one he placed. You place them as you climb up! So he was safe the entire time
@@fanzhang5568 Trusting your life to the integrity of some steel is not worrying at all but you still have to place the steel correctly. Climbing without gadgets is either for professionals or fools and the line is closer than it maybe should be.
@@Jmoneysmoothboy it’s not about trusting steel, but the placement, which can be very sketchy in hard aid climbs. Like that piece of number 1 nut, and often a hook on a flimsy edge. I won’t feel comfortable weighting on a number 1 nut, let alone climb on it with 30 pounds of extra weight.
ah man i dont climb so i have no idea what im looking at but its freaking me out. No way id trust something that scetchy
Basically he is setting his own gear into the wall as safety. What he is placing into the crack is called a nut, and is designed to slot into a crack that narrows downwards / outwards. Once the nut is in place, you yank it downwards to simulate a fall, and if it holds fast, you attach an alpine draw (two carabiners with sling in-between). Then, you thread your rope through the other side of the draw.
Without seeing the crack closer up it’s kinda hard to tell if this is a good placement or not, as the nut could be in danger of slipping farther back into the crack, and then downwards and out.
That’s a very barebones explanation from someone with only a bit of experience.
@@hankzikakis4624 That makes sense, but is it so that if that one fails there are more to catch his fall further down or is this the only one holding him in case of a fall?
@@MEGAsporg12 there's more below :) basically when you climb big walls, one person climbs up and sets the gear (this guy in the video) and then the second person will follow and collect the gear... I think
@@bradleycarter694 Exactly! For this type of climbing (Looks like trad multipitch*) the leader climbs and places gear while the follower belays (rope safety) from below. The leader then sets an anchor higher up on the wall, and belays from the top while the follower climbs and cleans (collects the gear). Once the follower gets to the leader, rinse and repeat.
The faster, more dangerous way to climb large walls is called simul-climbing, where the leader and follower climb the wall at the same time, setting and cleaning simultanously. This is very dangerous, as the rope length between the two climbers varies as they climb (longer falls), the gear experiences higher shockloads during falls (potential failure), and one person falling pulls the other person off as well.
*Multipitch is a climb that is more than one ropelength.
@@hankzikakis4624 Also worth mentioning that when placed correctly the small micronuts are more than capable of taking his weight when pulling / sitting on it. Taking a fall is another matter. Micronuts are around 8kn and the smallest size are rated at 4kn, a lead fall could be as much as 5kn however often lower so you generally want to avoid a fall on the smallest ones. Not sure what size he is using there.
Oh boy, after 6 years here we go, your moment has finally come. Bout to go viral 😎
Its still happening
Why is there water coming out of my hands
Cause ur soft
here before this gets recommended to everyone for some odd reason
It already got recommended to me
It’s begun
here we go
Not that far ahead buddy
Just got recommended to me
Climbed this back in late 90's took a huge whipper but small alien held. This route got me hooked on wall climbing.
Absolutly silence. My heart in pause.
😳
Very nice pfp
People said they want to experiencing an experience that make their adrenaline get pump up.. And then here I'm just watching this video and my adrenaline already get pumped.
Awesome exposure there!
Am I the only one who doesn’t know why people even try this? Like one slip and the story gets left on a cliff hanger
Oh, you!
seriously why is the internet full of people being scared of risk. Without risk life is boring, and climbing is fucking FUN!
@@derWein sure, if you have no family or no one to miss you.
@@derWein What's the point in taking a risk when no reward is available? What do I get if I succeed? Nothing, maybe a sense of satisfaction that will vanish the moment I make a mistake. What do I get if I fail? Death and everyone forgets about me in about a year or 2...except my family who now has to live with the fact that I died decades before my time.
@@skeetsvar162 Do you have no excitement in life? Jesus. People take risks because it's exhilarating, that's the whole purpose of it, to feel to be on the edge of death.
Me: watched one video about a dude falling
Me entire feed:
Christ that is scary, I am a climber myself, but I cant ever imagine doing something on this scale, hope you are good and well
My heart was thumping all along not knowing what to expect. Youre amazing!
Its a very distinct unique feeling when you feel the fear of heights.
It's like sheer fear swelling up inside you.
I like how he just bashes his head into the wall at the end
Great aid climb! I never climbed hard aid - rather, we cheated on super hard sport routes in order to establish a top rope, and then practice hard moves, and fall, and fall, and fall... safely. Be safe.
I died like three times in my mind just watching this...
Ha I almost typed the same thing
Amazing. I love the visible layers in the rock. Imagine what one could find inside
Sand mostly
I shit the bed everytime I watch climbing vids but I still get stuck watching them and I'll go through a binge watch for like a whole week.
I could never understand why someone would want to do this..
For the reddit gold of course
If they film it, its for the likes and views. If they don't film it, its because they're crazy.
@@ohmarvin9086 cause it's fun
What’s your thoughts on the Yosemite secret weapon (YSW). I’m working on doing my first big aid climb, and wondering if the YSW speeds things up enough to bother.
Awesome video, that placement was really something alright!
Nice video, good quality, nice looking rock. Then it pans down to the earths edge....and I’m like....Why Are You Even There?!
Here before this blows up, serious balls man
I'm not afraid of heights and I love the outdoors but this right here I don't think I will be able to do I would be too afraid of falling head on to the ground.. major kudos to the ones who make it happen
that one looked like a spinner at the end
Everyone has been blessed by the algorithm
I was expecting a different outcome and it gave me major anxiety.
This guy has got some serious balls🤣🤣. Fair play👏🏼
This is so terrific, like whole life literaly on one piece of equipment, I am begginer climber and I have still problem to trust even to bolts but this is whole different level
There are bolts clipped beneath me here too.
This looks like Angels Landing, the sheer wall to the left, might that be? I hiked on top of that as a teenager.
No, it's not .
I cant even get the energy too go work..
Thanks for giving me sweaty palms
Blessed be the algorithm, for it bestowed it's mighty reach upon thee!
Idunno, those small ferrules at the cable ends... yeah naw.-Ozzy Man
I'm so glad that I don't feel the need to climb onto things. I'm sure it's a nice adrenaline rush... but shit looks terrifying. Be safe out there sir.
Good thing you had a helmet
my palms are sweaty watching this...
You'll be surprised at what you can use as an anchor. J.C. Lafaille had to descend the south face of Annapurna using tent pegs, and even a water bottle, all with a broken arm.
This vid is still pretty amazing to watch.
Two questions
What are your favorite boots to multi-pitch in and, where is this climb??
The discription says Zion National Park
I like to use old blown out approach shoes because wall climbing tends to tear them up
I couldn't think of anything worse that being where he is!
My hands are sweating holding only my phone
My palms are sweaty watching this lol
I fucking love aid climbing. Did some FA's a mile into a cave system. Talk about satisfying.
Watching this, I was like, "I don't think I want to get into aid climbing." Your comment immediately convinced me otherwise! That's epic as fuck, man
@@evanbarnes9984 aid is my favorite because you get to feel all the fear and exposure of super hard rock climbing without the tendon rupturing physical demands of it.
I'm glad it worked out! When you were free handing the whole rack of nuts I don't think I breathed once.
THIS IS CRAZY ENOUGH THE FACT THAT PEOPLE DO THIS FREEHAND IS BEYOND ME
Ohh fuck the little finger push, I know that feeling. "Yeah ok, yeah, like that could work... Totally could hold, hell it's kinda holding right now! Look at me go, I'm not gonna die. I really shouldn't fall tho, cuz I will totally die, there's no way that fucking thing is holdin- OHHHH SHIT!"
_MAKES MY HANDS SWEAT JUST WATCHING THIS_
does it make your knees weak and arms heavy too?
Me too lmao
My knees go weak on a 20' ladder. These guys live in a different world.
I have butterflies just looking at this
That's one giant piece of wood
that spinning sport bolt has me more worried
I hated every second of this video. Liked and Shared
If I was in that guy’s position, I’d be wondering what the hell I was doing up there…
Me too man
For those who don’t understand, I don’t either. Someone explain it. Please
I find it funny he couldn't believe it held but committed to it anyways lmao
Gotta keep moving
Thats awesome!!
I feel more confident in the gear than the rock face. Look at that sheer wall of rock, the crack totally torn up by nut placements/ removals and the elements.
Couldn’t agree more
Climbers: incredible!
Non-climbers: wtf is going on
There’s a reason most humans are terrified of heights
The joy of sky hooks......................
I cant believe you dont pass out everytime you see this thing
I did a tiny climb at Zion earlier this summer-- and I thought that I felt high up lol.
I had to chalk my hands to watch it till the end
I've had to lower off a trad climb on a baby nut like that... Luckily down a soggy featureless chimney I could slide a bit, but my god was I happy that thing held. That was at stannage edge, Sheffield, England.
My toes hurt watching this
i see these videos my hands start sweating
I'm thinking it must be nice not to have anxiety, or maybe they do but they overcome it.
Climber with anxiety here. Part of the thrill is building the confidence in your skills that you never thought you could. Great help with anxiety, in my case
Why are all the comments from a day or two ago while the video is a couple years old?
God bless the algorithm
I wouldn't be up there without a parachute
that's hoping the conditions (ie. wind) are good and if the wall gives enough clearance. when you fall you go straight down and if you don't have a good enough angle you could potentially smack the wall. also imagine having a rope tied to you with a parachute on. defeats the purpose of the parachute.
@@tonypepperoni612 Bro I'd rather a 50/50 change than one at 0 thanks very much lmao
The video ended when he started falling down
A similar thing happened to me last night with this girl I met...
he didnt even bring a water bucket to mlg
Hope this blows up even mor
Subbed👍👍
That made my feet sweat while I was lying in bed
Question.
Do you have two points hooked into the cliff face at all times or is it three?
Three ideally. Not sure what is happening in this video.
I love you can see where the rock has popped out from other people trying to wedge
I don’t know how you trust that when it’s clearly coming up in chips around the other parts
They're probably from cam hooks, which are shunned in Zion for this very reason.
Respect..
I’m very happy to see this video getting attention after many years! I also mostly do astronomy now. Follow me twitter.com/astrowagner to learn about space!
This video now has 1000x the views as the numbers of subscribers that I have. I’d appreciate if you subscribe and I’ll try to provide more of this content! I probably have a few more videos of sketchy pieces laying around. Subscribe and I promise to not disappoint!
Edit: And not to disappoint, here’s another video of some sketchy aid climbing in Zion! ua-cam.com/video/q2chFtdbZEY/v-deo.html
Mad respect for the shit you do😂 I’ll be waiting for the content!!
Algorithm strikes again
sketchy aid? thats c1 all day
Well, if your asking soo nicely!
That scratchy noise terrifies me😅
Catch me never ever doing anything like this ever in my life.
next up on our list of five times the rope didn't hold;
bro this guy is out here still replying and hearting comments after like six years damn. on a serious note tho how scary is it to climb? i see so many vids of stuff like this and it’s so scary and i like thrill and stuff but climbing especially on something so smooth is just terrifying. how do u do it?
It’s definitely scary but the key is to remain in control. Risk just safe falls and place good gear and it’s a lot of fun!
Bro my feet sweat watching this
bro climbers are fucking nuts..... balls of steel
Just subbed mate. Gota ask do you know 100% it will hold and is there a point where sometimes u can’t go further n have to climb down?
Thanks for subscribing! Nope never certain that any one piece will hold, hence the rope. You’re correct. Sometimes you just have to go down.
Here before this blows up
No No no no no, I wanna see you reach the top!
Thats so unsatifing, no I feel like I am still hanging there...
I wouldn't dangle by a rope at that height even if I were anchored to a tractor trailer
You crazy man D:
hands so wet cant touch my mouse
I wonder what happened to that mountain place thing that made it so flat
As a rock climber I know this fear
Damn... I got a brand new respect for aid climbing haha. used to think sport/trad was the only real climbing...
Respect is aid.
Knew it was Zion just by the roads below lol