@@troytimmons Your footwork and movement. Moving quickly off of not so great feet when there are better options. The go pro does make it look like your gear is more spaced out than it is. You have more potential that 99% of ice climbers on youtube and your content is great. That FA footage is astounding. I would just work on your movement. Both sticks with tools and feet. Couple times your footwork simply does not look like a wi5 leader. Lack of deliberate precise feet. Some sticks with your tools are looking a little desperate too. You fitness is great but still breathing pretty heavily. I would want someone to be honest. Not trying to be a d. Good thing is you are close to being like an amazing, amazing ice climber.
@@user-ky4jp8jf2pi appreciate the honesty. If I waited to climb this thing until i could climb it perfectly i wouldn't have been able to climb it this season. It rarely forms like this and it's my first time truly limit climbing on lead for ice. The pump management in the section around the first screw was abysmal, so i agree with that but i didn't want to edit it out (maybe i should have) like cmon i chose a spot where i couldn't even put in the screw. This was the 4th day in a row where i led my new hardest climb (4- to 4 to 4+ to 5), but i was feeling psyched and went for it without ever feeling like i was gonna come off. The gopro doesn't really do justice to how the sticks feel in the ice especially on the hooked out holds. despite the chando it felt really solid. The scariest thing that day was seeing some of the old screw holes really low on the pillar. I like to climb fast which is a shock for most people on ice, if it feels good for bodyweight i move on the sticks, also i've been trying to stop overdriving my tools and front points cause most of the time is entirely unnecessary and is a huge energy drain.
@@troytimmons I gotchya. Im just saying from a risk managment position lol sounds weird but its true. So a couple times you are rushing and essentially moving off of one tool/foot cus the other foot/tool is either off or kinda pops. With ice you are going to have ice break and hit your tools/feet sometimes. It's also inevitable that a mediocre stick /fot will pop if you move too quickly off of it. So eventually you are going to fall. But I am thinking you will start to slow down next year and get even stronger/more cognizant. And also take what I say with a grain of salt Im really a trad climber more than anything.
Amazing lead, I mean lead ice climbing is always sketchy. I learned so much watching you do that steep section. Especially breathing and pushing through. Season just starting here in Canada and just excited to get out soon more. But gotta say I felt that pump in my arms watching you. Appreciate the post.
The comment section is toxic 🤣🤣 Live fast, die young and party on! Great climb dude, I hope these guys in the comments are climbing ice pillars on the weekend like you, I didn’t see any videos on their channels!
a fall would be very not chill. the shot at the very end shows how high the first screw was. i saw conrad climb it and put my first piece at the same height
Way above your paygrade. Sketchy lead 😮
what's my paygrade? and what made this sketchy?
@@troytimmons Your footwork and movement. Moving quickly off of not so great feet when there are better options. The go pro does make it look like your gear is more spaced out than it is. You have more potential that 99% of ice climbers on youtube and your content is great. That FA footage is astounding. I would just work on your movement. Both sticks with tools and feet. Couple times your footwork simply does not look like a wi5 leader. Lack of deliberate precise feet. Some sticks with your tools are looking a little desperate too. You fitness is great but still breathing pretty heavily. I would want someone to be honest. Not trying to be a d. Good thing is you are close to being like an amazing, amazing ice climber.
@@user-ky4jp8jf2pi appreciate the honesty. If I waited to climb this thing until i could climb it perfectly i wouldn't have been able to climb it this season. It rarely forms like this and it's my first time truly limit climbing on lead for ice. The pump management in the section around the first screw was abysmal, so i agree with that but i didn't want to edit it out (maybe i should have) like cmon i chose a spot where i couldn't even put in the screw. This was the 4th day in a row where i led my new hardest climb (4- to 4 to 4+ to 5), but i was feeling psyched and went for it without ever feeling like i was gonna come off. The gopro doesn't really do justice to how the sticks feel in the ice especially on the hooked out holds. despite the chando it felt really solid. The scariest thing that day was seeing some of the old screw holes really low on the pillar. I like to climb fast which is a shock for most people on ice, if it feels good for bodyweight i move on the sticks, also i've been trying to stop overdriving my tools and front points cause most of the time is entirely unnecessary and is a huge energy drain.
@@troytimmons I gotchya. Im just saying from a risk managment position lol sounds weird but its true. So a couple times you are rushing and essentially moving off of one tool/foot cus the other foot/tool is either off or kinda pops. With ice you are going to have ice break and hit your tools/feet sometimes. It's also inevitable that a mediocre stick /fot will pop if you move too quickly off of it. So eventually you are going to fall. But I am thinking you will start to slow down next year and get even stronger/more cognizant. And also take what I say with a grain of salt Im really a trad climber more than anything.
so when ice breaks and hits poorly placed tools/feet they will pop I meant
Amazing lead, I mean lead ice climbing is always sketchy. I learned so much watching you do that steep section. Especially breathing and pushing through. Season just starting here in Canada and just excited to get out soon more. But gotta say I felt that pump in my arms watching you. Appreciate the post.
Great stuff Troy !
Thanks man!
The comment section is toxic 🤣🤣 Live fast, die young and party on! Great climb dude, I hope these guys in the comments are climbing ice pillars on the weekend like you, I didn’t see any videos on their channels!
Nice one, but still waiting for snow fall in Scotland !
Dumb question. How do you get down. Man you got some stones
Top marks for toughing it out but that was as super sketchy lead. Quite a few of those placements were, um, marginal at best. Be safe.
well that's the easiest way to get mileage on 6s (climbing a 5 super inefficiently). thanks for the kind words
That looked super dangerous. Not an ice climber. Can’t help but wonder what a fall would look like.
a fall would be very not chill. the shot at the very end shows how high the first screw was. i saw conrad climb it and put my first piece at the same height