Climbing Video: Matt Wilder Sending The Path (5.14 R)

Climbing Video: Matt Wilder Sending The Path (5.14 R)

Posted August 14, 2009 at 12:00 pm · Comments { 9 } ·

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:

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  • John Knoernschild

    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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  • Paul Campbell

    Great looking route and sweet video. Nice send Matt!

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  • peter

    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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    • http://dreaminvertical.wordpress.com/ Luke

      Peter I totally agree. Inspiring! That line is just soooo pretty!!

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  • Mic

    Bold and hard. Nice. Anyone know the name of the song?

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  • http://thelifeandclimbs.blogspot.com Mark

    Really awesome.

    With all these trad posts lately, I’m surprised Rhoads hasn’t been on commenting his heart out.

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  • http://arnorheidar.com Arnór Heiðar

    Does anybody know what the “R” in the grade stands for?

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    • http://climbingnarc.com Narc

      R means that climbing is runout and a fall could result in injury

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  • Tony

    I’ve always thought that the line doesn’t really look that good.

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