Video: George Ullrich Gaia (E8 6c) Flash Attempt

Video: George Ullrich Gaia (E8 6c) Flash Attempt

Via UKClimbing, check out this incredible video of the young Brit George Ullrich attempting to flash Gaia.  Filmed by Dave Gill, it offers a different angle on this route than you normally see. 

 
Gaia (E8 6c) Flash Attempt from Dave Gill on Vimeo.

You’ll remember that Alex Honnold recently pulled off an impressive onsight-beta-flash of this iconic grit line during his trip to England.  Of considerably lower quality, here is the video of Honnold’s send:

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYbRNt4GjXE]

Update:  One piece of info I should have included were Ullrich’s comments on the UKC forums about the rope setup he used for the climb:

I decided to use a second rope, which would involve a second belayer anchored to the right. This in the case of a fall would hopefully stop me from penduluming into the arête. The problem was, I was concentrating so much on this rope and how it was wrapped round my right leg, I completely forgot about the first and most important rope, which when I fell was wrapped round my other leg which caused me to flip upside down. 
Top tip – dont over complicate things

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12 Responses to Video: George Ullrich Gaia (E8 6c) Flash Attempt

  1. Tony December 22, 2008 at 7:44 am #

    DEEEEAAANNNNGGGG!!!

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  2. steve schultz December 22, 2008 at 12:09 pm #

    wow. sweaty palms.

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  3. Narc December 22, 2008 at 12:13 pm #

    Indeed. I mentioned to Mrs. Narc how much more impressive this fall was than her devastating fall and she was rather non-plussed.

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    • Mark December 22, 2008 at 2:07 pm #

      Yeah, good choice. Woulda been the first thing I would have done. I always like things being a little extra tense around the holidays.

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  4. steve schultz December 22, 2008 at 2:06 pm #

    Yeah, i bet that wouldn’t hold up too well with the missus.

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  5. Situner December 22, 2008 at 2:58 pm #

    Oh my GOOOOOODDDDDDD!!!!

    And people ask why I never rope up?

    Crazy fools and your strings!

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    • Narc December 22, 2008 at 3:05 pm #

      On the bright side, it is hard to pull any tendons when you are cracking your skull open…

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      • steve schultz December 22, 2008 at 4:31 pm #

        Funny, Narc. That made me smile.

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  6. Chris December 22, 2008 at 8:33 pm #

    Wow. Holy crap.

    On a separate note, the second video was about like watching poor quality paint dry.

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    • Narc December 22, 2008 at 8:36 pm #

      It probably wasn’t fair of me to have them both in the same post.

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  7. Matt C. December 28, 2008 at 11:22 am #

    Killer video. Show the non-holds really well.

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  8. Sara December 31, 2008 at 7:12 pm #

    Thanks for adding the explanation of the rope setup — watching the video *I* was super distracted by the ropes and thinking about the inevitable fall dynamics…

    Eech. Was happy to see he was wearing a helmet!

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