Matt Wilder recently did the 3rd ascent of Sonnie Trotter’s traditionally protected route The Path (5.14 R) at Lake Louise, Canada, and he put together this excellent video that gives a great idea of what the climbing (and protection) is like on the route:
Climbing Video: Matt Wilder Sending The Path (5.14 R)
Posted In: Traditional Climbing, Videos
Climbers: Matt Wilder
Areas: Lake Louise
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That was amazing. Really inspiring to see such a great climb and climber. The route is like a sport route with Trad gear. Perfect!
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Great looking route and sweet video. Nice send Matt!
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one of the few climbing videos i’ve seen recently that has gotten me psyched to climb harder. brilliant, brilliant line.
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Peter I totally agree. Inspiring! That line is just soooo pretty!!
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Bold and hard. Nice. Anyone know the name of the song?
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Really awesome.
With all these trad posts lately, I’m surprised Rhoads hasn’t been on commenting his heart out.
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Does anybody know what the “R” in the grade stands for?
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R means that climbing is runout and a fall could result in injury
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I’ve always thought that the line doesn’t really look that good.
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