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:
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
