Well deserved lead fall.

I'm surprised that this guy didn't fall sooner, his sticks were just so bad it hurt me. People like this are the reason I drink.

Wow, painful to watch! And that does not look at all like WI3 to me. I'd never move up on a lot of those sticks... bad deal all around, but at least he landed in snow.  

He climbs like the kind of guy who would call a 10' waterfall WI3. I almost shouted at my computer when he matched on that wobbly tool.

Slogger wrote:

He climbs like the kind of guy who would call a 10' waterfall WI3.

Is naming steps like that really a thing?

Good thing there was a screw in 18" above the snow ledge. 

He's brave to post that. Maybe that's his testpiece!

My question is how the hell he is so out of shape, literally as soon as he steps off the ground he was out of breath.

@2:30 "yo that's actually like a great fall to take man" wtf....??? 

I watch this video once a week. So many questions, so many mistakes. I'm only really commenting because I believe this deserves a bump, ha.

Really glad I watched the credits. I had so many questions, then I saw that they called themselves "Stonewall" and "The Muscle". It's like the cast of jersey shore went ice climbing.

What did I just watch, twice?

Burcheydawwwwwwg wrote:

Deud... didn't you know .... Adams MooRAD than u! From what I heard he solo'd everything in Woodson barefoot and ....chalk-less

BigB wrote:

Deud... didn't you know .... Adams MooRAD than u! From what I heard he solo'd everything in Woodson barefoot and ....chalk-less

I'm the least rad duuuuude around, braj.

I figure I'll be banned shortly, that's the normal recipe:

1. Somebody is an idiot online

2. I spend 2 seconds searching for their public social media and reference it

3. Banned

That's got to be some of the lamest ice climbing I've ever seen.  How tall is that pillar? then feet maybe?  But with a little practice, Lake Willoughby is right around the corner.

I believe if you read the video description it states they were climbing all day and this was the last climb. He states in the description that he got pumped quickly on worn out arms and then tried to power through instead of back off. 

I can't comment on how hard that is, because I am not an ice climber, but I have experienced end of day pump on easy trad leads and know the feeling. 

You people are too quick to judge

Idaho-Ian wrote:

I believe if you read the video description it states they were climbing all day and this was the last climb. He states in the description that he got pumped quickly on worn out arms and then tried to power through instead of back off. 

I can't comment on how hard that is, because I am not an ice climber, but I have experienced end of day pump on easy trad leads and know the feeling. 

You people are too quick to judge

but in that situation do you press on with no gear and then deck from 20 feet

Idaho-Ian wrote:

I believe if you read the video description it states they were climbing all day and this was the last climb. He states in the description that he got pumped quickly on worn out arms and then tried to power through instead of back off. 

I can't comment on how hard that is, because I am not an ice climber, but I have experienced end of day pump on easy trad leads and know the feeling. 

You people are too quick to judge

I get what you're saying, but to put it in context with something you're familiar with. If this were a rock climbing video it would be of someone taking an 8 ft. fall after getting pumped out on a 5.3. True, you could be just that pumped but... Not sure why he made, published, and sent a video of it to Rock and Ice. Technique is REALLY bad and it's just lacking in any real substance beyond how not to swing an ice tool. p.s. if you're that pumped you don't keep leading ice, you call it a day. 

Ryan Hamilton wrote:

p.s. if you're that pumped you don't keep leading ice, you call it a day. 

This. 

Ian, I know that the criticism in this topic seems harsh, but ice climbing is NOT rock climbing.  From what I can tell, this is extremely easy ice - something that many ice climbers would solo.  You just don't push into the pump on ice, and I still can't figure out how this guy got pumped anyway!

Nick Sweeney wrote:

Ian, I know that the criticism in this topic seems harsh, but ice climbing is NOT rock climbing.  From what I can tell, this is extremely easy ice - something that many ice climbers would solo.  You just don't push into the pump on ice, and I still can't figure out how this guy got pumped anyway!

Lol at all you ice-elitist. I've climbed ice, I'm not ignorant. I just don't do it enough to call myself an iceclimber. You can get just as hurt climbing rock or alpine too. 

All I'm trying to say is that you all are hating on a guy who had the courage to admit he messed up and walked away from it. That is made clear by him in the video description.

That's kinda messed up for y'all to keep bagging on him.

Nathanael wrote:

but in that situation do you press on with no gear and then deck from 20 feet

No, I didn't say that and neither did the video author. It was clearly stated by him he should have backed off.