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Posted In: Bouldering
Climbers: Brian Hedrick
Areas: Bishop, Buttermilks
Posted In: Bouldering
Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold spent Saturday romping up big walls in Yosemite. The pair free climbed Freerider on El Cap (6:45 climbing), the South Face of Mt. Watkins (2:40 climbing) and the Regular Northwest Face on Half Dome (5 climbing) in just over 21 hours. More at Climbing.com. So…how was your weekend??
Brian Hedrick Repeating The Swarm (V13/14), 4.5 out of 5 based on 17 ratingsEthan Pringle is back at Mt. Clark, home to that one route first done by that one guy:
Projecting a route like this requires all of your attention, and having to devote all of your attention to a route like this can get really tiring really fast. At some point, you just want to get it over with. Of course, afterward you feel a mix of relief and loss. Relief that you’re done and the epic is over, and loss that this magnificent line doesn’t require your presence anymore. But for me, I think I’ll have to take a nice long break from serious route projects for a little while after this. Like Randy Levitt said, “It’s like a limestone El Cap.” Obviously, that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but it does sort of convey the amount of work required to complete a project of this caliber.
Pringle is no stranger to Jumbo Love, having tried it even before its FA back in 2008. You can see some footage of those attempts here.
Brian Hedrick Repeating The Swarm (V13/14), 4.5 out of 5 based on 17 ratingsI don’t know about you, but I always try my best to climb close to an actual bathroom. In case you don’t, the Access Fund has a nice refresher on what to do when nature calls.
Brian Hedrick Repeating The Swarm (V13/14), 4.5 out of 5 based on 17 ratings© 2012 Climbing Narcissist. All Rights Reserved.




the nutshot finale really makes this a great video clip
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I wanted to like this video, but I can’t get past the fact that in four minutes of footage, the only shot of the crux move of the problem was of a silhouette that made it impossible to see what was happening.
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There were a couple problems with that, I didn’t want to wreck my shoulders for that move again and its not really the crux anyway. Its just shouldery into a juggy crimp. The second move was always much harder for me. The silhouette shot is my sending shot. We apologize! For now on we’ll try to have two cameras rolling at all times!
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