100 feet ABOVE huge rock fall on El Capitan

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  • Опубліковано 23 тра 2021
  • Ryan Sheridan (@ryansheridan) tells the story of being only 100 feet above the huge rock fall that happened on El Capitan in 2017. A lot of this footage was from Pass the Piton Pete who wrote the in depth Big Wall Book “Hooking Up” that you can buy by messaging him on passthepitonspete@hotmail.com (tell him you heard about his book from HowNOTtoHighline). Rocks continued to fall for days while they finished the climb and you can still see the rock scar today.
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  • @HowNOT2
    @HowNOT2  8 місяців тому +1

    Check out our new store! hownot2.store/

  • @TobyClimbs
    @TobyClimbs 3 роки тому +52

    love the mic lol

    • @ghaznavid
      @ghaznavid 3 роки тому

      Looks sticky

    • @dvybeyond
      @dvybeyond 3 роки тому

      Mic on a stick - Malp on a stick
      Rodney McKay wants the patent right

  • @drewharper2067
    @drewharper2067 3 роки тому +33

    I dig the interview! That was such a major event, it’s cool to hear a first hand account.

  • @terraflow__bryanburdo4547
    @terraflow__bryanburdo4547 3 роки тому +44

    Epic story. Rockfall on a big wall is one of my greatest fears in the outdoors.Makes you feel like a little ant with giants stomping around.

    • @austinthrowsstuff
      @austinthrowsstuff 3 роки тому +4

      I remember going to yosemite a few months after they expanded the cabins at curry village in 2008 and a rock slide took out the whole new area lmao We snuck by to look at the destruction and it was INSANE. Pictures dont do rocks like that justic

  • @riderlopeman7858
    @riderlopeman7858 3 роки тому +32

    I had that dude as a ski coach. That dude can send it.

  • @tinodeeck8238
    @tinodeeck8238 3 роки тому +51

    "where rock climbing and Highlining has begun!"
    - France and Italy have entered the chat

  • @ztt1991
    @ztt1991 3 роки тому +17

    I once was in Siurana (Spain) when there was a rock fall. I was at another crag but I heard the story. The rock fall was in 'El pati' (the playground). That is the most famous sport climbing crag around with all the hardest routes like 'La Rambla'. People were climbing when goats walked on top op the crag and started this rock fall. It was a huge block that came down, right above these climbers. When it came down it hit a ledge en flipped over, over the climbers. They were so lucky to get out of that unharmed!

  • @mitchellbarnow1709
    @mitchellbarnow1709 3 роки тому +8

    Incredible story! Thank you so much for sharing and I am so sorry for those that lost their lives.

  • @TiffMcGiff
    @TiffMcGiff 3 роки тому +2

    AWESOME VIDEO JENKS! I have always wanted to know more about this event.

  • @BentonvilleMTB
    @BentonvilleMTB 3 роки тому +3

    Really enjoyed this. Thank you to both of you.

  • @YannCamusBlissClimbing
    @YannCamusBlissClimbing 3 роки тому +2

    Ryan Sheridan! I did not know you were with Pete!! So happy go got up safe! Thanks for sharing :-)

  • @scoo73r
    @scoo73r 2 роки тому +1

    I've really enjoyed the videos with Ryan Sheridan. Great job guys.

  • @matthewkelly99
    @matthewkelly99 3 роки тому +3

    Great story!! I love hearing first hand stories about epics on El Cap. More please?!!

  • @scottmx426no7
    @scottmx426no7 Місяць тому +1

    Two close friends had JUST finished climbing one of the cathedral spires and have an incredible video from it. Crazy stuff.

  • @Feverm00n
    @Feverm00n Рік тому +2

    Ryan has nice energy. What a crazy story, glad there weren’t more injuries.

  • @abrahambrown5318
    @abrahambrown5318 3 роки тому +1

    Really enjoying all the content please keep it coming

  • @CascadeMountainMan
    @CascadeMountainMan 3 роки тому +1

    Love it! I think the conversation format was cool- very cool story too.

  • @cobraclarke203
    @cobraclarke203 3 роки тому

    Keep the stories coming!! Love hearing bout epics. Thanks!!

  • @rikvdmark
    @rikvdmark 3 роки тому +2

    Wow, that’s intense! I like the interview and hearing a first hand experience.
    Cool microphone by the way ^^

  • @patrickhaller669
    @patrickhaller669 3 роки тому +1

    Pretty awesome interview, thanks for sharing the story

  • @boldbodyfitnessllc7120
    @boldbodyfitnessllc7120 3 роки тому +4

    I definitely liked this video. That story was so intense! I would love to hear some highlining stories.

  • @IrishDougal
    @IrishDougal 3 роки тому +2

    Being an Irish climber myself I can assure you we have some epic multi pitch stuff it’s not El Capitan (but what is)!
    Great video by the way definitely a fan of this new direction looking forward to more.

  • @danballarin
    @danballarin 3 роки тому +8

    I shared a camp 4 site with the involved couple and 2 others guys the weekend before the event. I believe the 2 other guys were on the E. Buttress while Andrew and Lucy were bailing, or else they were bailed just a bit earlier. I'm sure it was really traumatizing for the survivors, they were all really nice people and wish them the best.

  • @billyword7428
    @billyword7428 3 роки тому +6

    Crazy wild. Do more like this. I’m a tree climber Iv been climbing for 28 years. I would love to check out highlining!!

  • @ohmygosch
    @ohmygosch 3 роки тому +1

    Keep the stories coming, please!

  • @shawnfoster1566
    @shawnfoster1566 Рік тому +1

    Was there that day with my wife just hanging out. We vacation in bass lake every year and spend one day in Yosemite, the sound of the rock fall was so loud it was pretty wild

  • @g_gaming2893
    @g_gaming2893 3 роки тому +5

    “Did you hear it or see it first”
    Me - “He felt that shit”🤣🤣🤣

  • @tacticalflannel8523
    @tacticalflannel8523 Рік тому +2

    Tragic. Seemed a bit light hearted for an event that took lives? I am sure the trauma was significant for those who witnessed. Amazing bravery for those who went in to rescue. Amazing the scale.

  • @staleyexplores
    @staleyexplores 3 роки тому +1

    Crazy story! Thanks for sharing.

  • @ladnir
    @ladnir 3 роки тому +1

    Great content!

  • @primateinterfacetechnologi6220
    @primateinterfacetechnologi6220 2 роки тому +4

    That's freakin' gnarly man... changed my head a bit hearing your story. I've been in all kinds of dangerous situations; many times... but that my brother was very, very, gnarly.
    I know you didn't have any choice but to go on... but still, I'm going to say you have got some big old balls.
    this is coming from someone who at 14 years old, was employed commercial fishing- salmon and Dungeness crab, and halibut on the west coast just north of "San Fran".
    they say commercial fishing is dangerous (greater than 100% injury rate) and no doubt- the sea takes many lives; but that stuff you guys do... freaks me out.
    much respect. peace and rock on...

  • @jeroystelly1803
    @jeroystelly1803 3 роки тому +10

    Can we get a super good enough hat with some cams on it? Me and my trad buddies would love that!

  • @NDKY67
    @NDKY67 3 роки тому +9

    There are multi pitch routes in Ireland, there are some huge sea cliffs on the west coast

  • @berryreading4809
    @berryreading4809 3 роки тому +4

    The algorithm knows me too well, I just saw the original piton pete video last week, and now an interview with his climbing partner! 👍 also I assumed the title was gonna be an onsite video of where Bobby injured that mountain during his recent fall 😄👍

  • @topramen6185
    @topramen6185 3 роки тому +3

    I was leaving Yosemite that day in 2017 we were about to leave from the tunnel but we ended up hearing the rocks fall. The dust came up after a few minutes

  • @mehashi
    @mehashi 3 роки тому +4

    Really enjoyed the story thanks! I was in the path of an earth landslide as a teenager, very fortunate it was comparitively slow and we were close to the edge enough for us to get clear in time. It really resets your concept of how trustworthy the ground you are walking on is! The idea of solid rock moving is pure terror to me. I guess this has erased historical routes and new ones will need to be established in time?

  • @marcondespaulo
    @marcondespaulo Рік тому +1

    When in college I recall someone telling that there was this experiment, they were trying to see the effect of long time caving. One of the subjects heard a rockfall inside the cave.
    That must be the most frightening thing!

  • @maibemiles3904
    @maibemiles3904 3 роки тому +2

    Ryan Patrick and Paul RPP... good thing no one was named Ian!

  • @shawnfoster1566
    @shawnfoster1566 Рік тому +1

    Crazy, my wife and i were there that day just hanging out, we go to Bass Lake every year for vacation and we usually go to Yosemite for one of the days. I remember we were at the Tunnel view and the noise was so load like thunder, it was pretty wild.

  • @Akooks
    @Akooks 2 роки тому +1

    Every year someone dies from cliff collapse at my hometown at the beach. And it’s only like 50 - 100ft of sand stone. People like to sun bathe right at the foot of the cliff. If the rocks don’t kill you, getting buried alive will. RIP

  • @muaddib6107
    @muaddib6107 3 роки тому +1

    This was awesome, give us a podcast with These characters!

  • @SK-fo3hk
    @SK-fo3hk 3 роки тому +1

    This is awesome!

  • @Revelation22_5
    @Revelation22_5 3 роки тому

    I liked this format.

  • @brucevanpelt1740
    @brucevanpelt1740 3 роки тому +1

    Really cool video

  • @Sicnus
    @Sicnus 3 роки тому +1

    Love it Ryan! You are like our own Valley reporter. ;) I'm still hoping for that video idea I emailed you about. :) No one has done that before.

  • @JesseUnderscoreMartin
    @JesseUnderscoreMartin 3 роки тому +2

    I like this style of video

  • @tgx6536
    @tgx6536 3 роки тому +8

    18:18 ryan did in fact not edit it it down.

  • @Phoenixhunter157
    @Phoenixhunter157 2 роки тому +1

    This is amazing.

  • @cooperspace90
    @cooperspace90 3 роки тому +2

    This Ryan is also awesome!

  • @purple0burtle
    @purple0burtle 3 роки тому +1

    Thumbs up! Nice chat xxx

  • @keatonbrody3975
    @keatonbrody3975 3 роки тому +2

    I work underground in a gold mine in Nevada, it doesn't take a big rock falling on you to hurt, just takes a little rock. You all be safe!

  • @adamwilkinson6679
    @adamwilkinson6679 3 роки тому +1

    Love the mic

  • @mellifont96
    @mellifont96 Рік тому +1

    I love HowNot2 He seems like Dennis' cousin from its always sunny

  • @chadillacinc
    @chadillacinc 3 роки тому +2

    I enjoyed this story

  • @nateblakely4674
    @nateblakely4674 3 роки тому +1

    Storytime is a great idea

  • @joaoandrebernardino
    @joaoandrebernardino 3 роки тому +1

    More stories!!

  • @loading_wait
    @loading_wait 3 роки тому +1

    The new set at el cap is sick

  • @ColeClimbs
    @ColeClimbs 3 роки тому +1

    This was sick, cool podcasty feel but really personable, would love to see more

  • @colinwatt00
    @colinwatt00 3 роки тому +5

    I really enjoyed this video. Less UA-cam-y = better.

  • @chrischurch4551
    @chrischurch4551 3 роки тому +7

    I'm not a climber, but blows my mind being a on wall for days. What's the fastest waterfall route has ever been climbed?

    • @hankzikakis4624
      @hankzikakis4624 3 роки тому +2

      Not sure about waterfall specifically, but a comparable route on El Cap (about 3000 ft) has been climbed in less than 2 hours.

    • @zachsundborg1413
      @zachsundborg1413 2 роки тому +1

      @@hankzikakis4624 water fall route is half that size and much harder than the nose, not comparable at all. I think the speed record is around 6.5 hours for WF

  • @dmhawley13
    @dmhawley13 3 роки тому +5

    You weren't to high?
    No comment.
    Lmao.

  • @jsEMCsquared
    @jsEMCsquared 3 роки тому +2

    question, do bolts ultimately cause the rock to contract and expand and therefore cause erosion??

    • @AdamBen115
      @AdamBen115 2 роки тому +2

      Bolts would only really cause erosion if they shifted or moved, which in that case, it wouldn't really be a good anchor. But in terms of cracking the rock due to expansion of the steel or stainless steel bolts, unless you have a lot of bolts (like bolts every inch or two) all lined up across a sketchy part of the rock, you might be able to break off a hunk.
      The epoxy is probably stretchy enough not to crack rocks with temperature changes if they're glue-ins. The hammer in bolts could cause a crack from thermal expansion, but the stainless steels thermal expansion coefficient is between 14 and 17 (10-6 m/mC) depending on the alloy, granites being 7.9-8.4. A comparable case for context is concrete (~8) and water/ice (51) in Canada. Concrete slabs over winter will crack from ice seeping in and freezing, forcing the concrete apart. The difference is that the bolts wouldn't apply nearly as much force on the granite that ice applies to concrete. Steel's thermal expansion coefficient is closer to granite at 10.8-12.5, which applies even less pressure.
      You would have to be trying to break the rock to have it crack due to the thermal expansion of the bolts.

  • @sheloveswilby
    @sheloveswilby 3 роки тому

    This was really interesting. I liked this.

  • @richardsmith9918
    @richardsmith9918 2 місяці тому

    Epic

  • @sendit2873
    @sendit2873 2 роки тому +1

    can I hold your stick lol Ryan S. is a beast climbing he has no fear and is very skilled at what he does

  • @jefffoy530
    @jefffoy530 Рік тому

    So wild🙏🤙✌️

  • @Powderhorn916
    @Powderhorn916 3 роки тому +1

    I like this guy

  • @cody5591
    @cody5591 3 роки тому

    Fuckin rad mic! You change that and its gunna be such a mistake hahahaha best mic ever, love the stories too more of em!

  • @davids1716
    @davids1716 3 роки тому +5

    The Patreon mic. Maybe we ought to donate just a bit more…

    • @jaredshearer7989
      @jaredshearer7989 3 роки тому +1

      When the video started, I thought he was playing a recorder.

    • @davids1716
      @davids1716 3 роки тому

      @@jaredshearer7989
      “Today on How Not to Highline we’re going to break test you…the audience” Pull out an actual recorder!

    • @jaredshearer7989
      @jaredshearer7989 3 роки тому +2

      @@davids1716 Jenks is a superstar. No way he reads the comments. 😏

    • @davids1716
      @davids1716 3 роки тому

      @@jaredshearer7989
      Yup!

  • @theloganpresley
    @theloganpresley 2 роки тому

    ye, story was coo. Want more pls

  • @Squids_Vlogs
    @Squids_Vlogs 3 роки тому

    So scary
    RIP those who died 😔

  • @gimlisbeardcomb
    @gimlisbeardcomb 3 роки тому

    Would love to learn more about why it takes so long to climb it

  • @catherinebugden
    @catherinebugden 3 роки тому +1

    Did you make it fall dude?

  • @BrendanWilliamsTutorials
    @BrendanWilliamsTutorials 3 роки тому

    I’d be sweatin!

  • @ralfrussel1950
    @ralfrussel1950 3 роки тому +3

    Well, that's a mic. And by mic I mean story.

  • @aza1479
    @aza1479 3 роки тому

    I wish I was in Yosemite

  • @ml.2770
    @ml.2770 4 місяці тому

    14:08 But what I really want to know brah is did it go across the road dude?

  • @chatttenn4814
    @chatttenn4814 3 роки тому +1

    Porta ledge camping in a 60' cypress tree doesn't seem so sketch after I heard about tossing a pebble behind the giant lose flake they were camping on. I don't think I could have slept there, I would of been shi+++ bricks in bags up there!

    • @Xtreme_Airgun_Slugs
      @Xtreme_Airgun_Slugs 3 роки тому

      I would have rapped off that wall faster that butter on a hot pan!

    • @chatttenn4814
      @chatttenn4814 3 роки тому

      @@Xtreme_Airgun_Slugs Yeah you could have before the rock fall but after it's a no go. Big wallers are chill with camping up there on things like that, They probably all had a good laugh about the pebble toss.

  • @muchmore344
    @muchmore344 3 роки тому +1

    are they not monitoring the rock faces? so if the rock picks up "speed" over the course of a week/month/year
    They are doing this in the swiss alps. automatic laser measuring

    • @mattgraham4340
      @mattgraham4340 3 роки тому

      I doubt such a technique is applicable. I don't think this igneous dome exfoliation is comparable to typical avalanche systems.

    • @muchmore344
      @muchmore344 3 роки тому

      @@mattgraham4340 why not. the rock does not go from 0 to ground in a single day. like he said that he could see the giant gaps. those would have develop over years. and if you monitor this development you could see if a section is getting worse, than send out someone that checks the rock

    • @adriansth
      @adriansth 3 роки тому

      @@muchmore344 we do this in norway as well. Works pretty good on the rocks we have.

    • @mattgraham4340
      @mattgraham4340 3 роки тому

      @@muchmore344 because my understanding is the motion before the collapse is mostly outwards and trivial distances before the collapse. Those giant gaps he was talking about, had probably been there for decades. Albeit, getting incrementally worse. The avalanches that you are talking about are some sort of aggregate of different materials that I suspect have a much larger plastic zone on their yield curve before failure. ua-cam.com/video/nTAA-QOuhV0/v-deo.html

    • @MrEh5
      @MrEh5 3 роки тому +1

      There has been some thermal imaging done. Exfoliating rock is a different temperature.

  • @enigmacrk200
    @enigmacrk200 Рік тому +1

    Shit I didn't know Kia the hitchhiker got out of jail!

  • @terraflow__bryanburdo4547
    @terraflow__bryanburdo4547 3 роки тому +1

    The mic should have been a piton.

  • @codyramseur
    @codyramseur 2 роки тому

    Thanks be to lucky dice

  • @Kraken_Meister
    @Kraken_Meister 3 роки тому

    "Miguel Microphone... on a shtick"

  • @StabBacker
    @StabBacker 3 роки тому +2

    Loosing your hammer but not your life in that scenario would indicate to get the fuck down again, you've sort of cheated death at that point xD

  • @beginna
    @beginna 3 роки тому +3

    Nice. I'd love to hear more authentic climbing stories. Can also be a bit longer than the "14-16 minutes of talking". ;) 👍

  • @lisacolbert5987
    @lisacolbert5987 3 роки тому

    Probably a super un-cool thing to ask and it’ll quickly expose me as a non-climber but , what’s the likelihood that decades of climbing on it and hammering various pieces of metal into it over and over , added to the fragility of the rock ? Please know , I’m in no way looking to pass blame ! And of course over the years (growing up camping , hiking and micro-summiting all over , from Big Sur to British Columbia/Alaska , I’ve seen giant old rock slides and probably stood on granite slabs that had once been attached above me - eons of freeze and thaw cycles , etc. . I just remember seeing climbing footage where it looks like an apparatus was being forced in a crag/crack in the exact place I’d pry at if I wanted to cause full-on separation . I know , long winded and silly Q but I can’t see you roll your eyes from where I am . Thanks ! P.S. Anyone ever seen that short film , “Solo” that the Sierra Club produced in the late 60s (?) . The one where the dude finds the cute little frog on a granite face and puts it in his pocket . Let’s it go on top . I found it on YT once . Nothing like the mad climbs ppl do nowadays but , yeah , for it’s time it was really something . P.P.S. I’m glad that Ryan (?) wasn’t a casualty . But it’s obvious you two young fellas have a rare attitude toward the risks you take and mortality . Way to fully live life !

    • @smartmonkey777
      @smartmonkey777 2 роки тому +2

      In my humble opinion the bolts are almost inert and cause almost no damage. the likelihood of bolts contributing to this. What causes the rocks of mountains to collapse is water, the water seeps into a crack an then expands, it takes something like 1.5 million ( or more ) psi to contain "Ice" so ice can basically force apart any loose rock over time.

    • @ayeeniko
      @ayeeniko Рік тому

      It’s more of an odds game. Regardless of if people are climbing on it rockfalls still happen. We have gravity to thank for that. Rock, especially rock the size of el cap, is fuckin heavy. Gravity really doesn’t want it up there. El cap is also popular to climb so they’ll likely be climbers present to witness a rockfall. If a tree falls in the forest and there’s nobody around, does it make a sound? You don’t hear about the rockfalls that happen in remote areas, because nobody sleeps below them!

  • @alpardal
    @alpardal 3 роки тому +14

    Great video!
    On a side note, it's a bit shocking to me how narrow-minded and narcissistic religious people can get sometimes: "if I was one day late I would have been killed, praise the Lord" - well, other people did get killed, not much Lord-praising there, I assume

    • @mitchellbarnow1709
      @mitchellbarnow1709 3 роки тому +3

      That’s because religion is bulls*it!

    • @brentwalker3300
      @brentwalker3300 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah, there isn't much critical thinking in the super religious community.

    • @Dodanos1
      @Dodanos1 3 роки тому +1

      Exactly. Hoping that we as humans will be past superstitions slowly but surely.

    • @terraflow__bryanburdo4547
      @terraflow__bryanburdo4547 3 роки тому +4

      @@Dodanos1Only to replace them with "woke ideology" and faith in the authority of bloodsucking government.

    • @maryl8614
      @maryl8614 3 роки тому +7

      He just sounds happy to be alive to me, and who can blame him? I’d be excited to survive something like that.

  • @petterlarsson7257
    @petterlarsson7257 Місяць тому

    what even fell there?

  • @Ron-dt1cz
    @Ron-dt1cz 2 роки тому

    Do took a giant whipper and loosened the rock the day before.

  • @Version135
    @Version135 3 роки тому

    Lol this guy is a riot.

  • @jaketarren
    @jaketarren 3 роки тому

    So if I donate I'll get a stick mic of my own? Lol

  • @edevil4347
    @edevil4347 3 роки тому

    Story time with climbing enthusiasts is a awesome idea. Podcasts suck .

  • @thebarnyard5633
    @thebarnyard5633 3 роки тому

    Is it root or route? Fight!

  • @jgd4803
    @jgd4803 3 роки тому +1

    Let's play a game,take a shot everytime he says like 😂

  • @TheJfizzle11
    @TheJfizzle11 3 роки тому

    Haha ryan!

  • @austinthrowsstuff
    @austinthrowsstuff 3 роки тому

    why are you looking up when someone says rock? its like people when you yell fore and they dont duck lol

  • @maxwaters1461
    @maxwaters1461 2 роки тому

    pITON pETE?

  • @amsf1
    @amsf1 Рік тому

    And this is why i don't climb

  • @mainemade300
    @mainemade300 2 роки тому

    Texas flake

  • @tgray2735
    @tgray2735 3 роки тому

    Pretty light hearted for an event that killed people.