Climbing Video: Brian Kim Ground Up On Cybernetic Wall (5.13d)

Climbing Video: Brian Kim Ground Up On Cybernetic Wall (5.13d)

08. May, 2009 12 Comments

Via the guys at BassForYourFace comes this video of Brian Kim sending Cybernetic Wall (5.13d) at the Gunks, NY ground up on natural gear.  Kim’s ascent is the first in roughly 20 years after the likes of Scott Franklin, Jerry Moffatt and Al Diamond.

Cybernetic from paul jung on Vimeo.

Brian Kim makes a long overdue ground-up ascent of the Gunks hardest trad. route. Cybernetic Wall 5.13d. Last ascent was 20+ years ago. Belayer:Robbie Burnett Video footage: John Young

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12 Responses to “Climbing Video: Brian Kim Ground Up On Cybernetic Wall (5.13d)”

  1. bassforyourface Reply 08. May, 2009 at 7:38 am

    hey brian, thanks for hosting the vid. the route is actually called cybernetic wall not cybernetic. if you don’t mind would you change the tile? respect to the old farts who put it up. btw: al diamond did the third ascent. keep up the great work.

    paul

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    • Narc Reply 08. May, 2009 at 7:42 am

      You got it. Thanks for pointing out the correction. Mad respect for the old farts…

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  2. Rhoads Reply 08. May, 2009 at 6:33 pm

    Nice, good to see some real climbing on this site. I had to turn the sound off on that one, which band is that? They suck, and I usually love heavy metal!

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  3. Luke Reply 08. May, 2009 at 11:02 pm

    Too bad there is no video of Will Stanhope’s send on the Monkey.

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  4. Ed Keller Reply 10. May, 2009 at 1:12 pm

    Nice to see Brian sending that. I TR’d Love Muscle, which is the 12+ left variation, back around 1988. I also belayed AL DIAMOND when he sent Cybernetic, and I worked on it myself a bit back then too [on lead]. It is interesting to see Brian’s sequences. I remember that we used a cheatstone to reach the pinky scum at the start. I belayed Johnny Woodward on Love Muscle, around 1989 or so- he onsighted it and said we should do the start without the cheatstone. Also, Brian’s sequence in the boulder start seems different than the one we used. And he finishes without doing the conversion on the crux, seemingly. NICE.

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  5. Chris Eggbert Reply 11. May, 2009 at 8:48 pm

    Damn. That was badass.

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