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:
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYbRNt4GjXE]
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
DEEEEAAANNNNGGGG!!!
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wow. sweaty palms.
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Indeed. I mentioned to Mrs. Narc how much more impressive this fall was than her devastating fall and she was rather non-plussed.
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Yeah, good choice. Woulda been the first thing I would have done. I always like things being a little extra tense around the holidays.
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Yeah, i bet that wouldn’t hold up too well with the missus.
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Oh my GOOOOOODDDDDDD!!!!
And people ask why I never rope up?
Crazy fools and your strings!
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On the bright side, it is hard to pull any tendons when you are cracking your skull open…
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Funny, Narc. That made me smile.
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Wow. Holy crap.
On a separate note, the second video was about like watching poor quality paint dry.
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It probably wasn’t fair of me to have them both in the same post.
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Killer video. Show the non-holds really well.
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Thanks for adding the explanation of the rope setup — watching the video *I* was super distracted by the ropes and thinking about the inevitable fall dynamics…
Eech. Was happy to see he was wearing a helmet!
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