Will Gadd climbed Niagara Falls!?!

Just saw a piece on the news about it. Some promo for Red Bull apparently. Crazy!

Anyone have any more info on this?

5 seconds with google is all you need.

Cheesy news article: niagarafallsreview.ca/2015/…

And

youtube.com/watch?v=nbDzJ1u…

Full story, photos and video at niagarafallsupclose.com.

Official RedBull release:

redbull.com/en/adventure/st…

Sounds like he should have done it last year when the whole falls froze over... Anyone have any idea what the Black Diamond 'prototype' ice hook is? My guess is a new form of protection where you don't have enough ice depth to place a screw?

Morgan Patterson wrote:Sounds like he should have done it last year when the whole falls froze over... Anyone have any idea what the Black Diamond 'prototype' ice hook is? My guess is a new form of protection where you don't have enough ice depth to place a screw?

The beginning of the red bull video shows Will prepping to climb. He has a small black picket looking device on his right side. This device seems to have a honeycomb style of matrix, not sure if this is the proto?

0.41 seconds into the vid he appears to have a spectre attached to his harness with yellow webbing. Looks like a normal hook?

Dig the both feet in mid-air move at 0.22 secs!

Morgan Patterson wrote:Sounds like he should have done it last year when the whole falls froze over.

Per news.nationalgeographic.com…

"The falls drain from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario at an average rate of four million cubic feet per minute. It was widely reported that the falls froze last year during the polar vortex, but Niagara Falls State Park officials say that Horseshoe Falls has never completely frozen."

Martin le Roux wrote: Per news.nationalgeographic.com… "The falls drain from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario at an average rate of four million cubic feet per minute. It was widely reported that the falls froze last year during the polar vortex, but Niagara Falls State Park officials say that Horseshoe Falls has never completely frozen."

Obv there's water flowing behind the ice but the images from last year showed a mostly frozen falls...either way I bet that's where the idea came from.

Tom-onator wrote: This device seems to have a honeycomb style of matrix, not sure if this is the proto?

That honeycomb thing has to be it... looked like a mini picket.

Morgan Patterson wrote: That honeycomb thing has to be it... looked like a mini picket.

Here's a shot of it from their instagram -- instagram.com/p/yfybpGijen

Stephen Thoma wrote: Here's a shot of it from their instagram -- instagram.com/p/yfybpGijen

Thanks for the link Steven.
This looks to be for psychological protection at best, and doesn't appear to be able to hold a real fall. I can't wait until they release this to the masses and am curious about Will's review.