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1. verticon wrote:

Well, for a guy who wants to teach the beginners how it's done, he makes a lot of mistakes:

- rope behind his leg  at the first piece

- Z-clip at the second piece (in the next frame he corrected that)

Both points are incorrect.

At the first piece, the rope is on top of and in front of his foot.  And he’s not even clipped in yet anyway.  In the second screenshot he pulls the rope up to clip it without moving his right foot.

He didn’t Z clip either.  It looked like it because his belayer had a bunch of slack out and the climber side of the rope was drooping.

The climber strand is coming out of the left side of the quick draw and the belayer strand is coming out of the right.  Then he grabs the left side (climber strand) to clip the second piece. No Z clip.

It was the below brief image, from right before he clipped, that was deceiving.

trying to keep this thread alive. sorry it's not in gopro form and obviously staged

ThomasR wrote:

trying to keep this thread alive. sorry it's not in gopro form and obviously staged

I thought this was gonna turn into some kind of porn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9gM1J14t2k

Adam Menz wrote:

It’s a solo, not a trad route. Hope that’s ok.

https://youtu.be/Znzx2HXY8fo

Holly shit! If I’ve ever watched a piece of garbage, this is it. I can’t stand religious propaganda 

spellstrike wrote:

What you have all been waiting for:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=330&v=QRGC2fsDikY

That was horrifying. I kept thinking that he was going to be fine because a fall from his location would be such a disaster ... 

Joe Lindberg wrote:

I thought this was gonna turn into some kind of porn

That would have been the more merciful turn of events.

ThomasR wrote:

trying to keep this thread alive. sorry it's not in gopro form and obviously staged

I LOVE this clip. Genius.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsydriZeQEg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJpdHhXrwB8

kck wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJpdHhXrwB8

dropping gear...5 minutes per placement...awkward stances...we've all started there.

What’s wrong with the Double Dogleg video? Not sure I get it. Seemed like a boring GoPro vid, but I didn’t see anything outrageous. I don’t know why the guy says “clipped” and “take” after he places every piece, but this is pretty picayune stuff. 

kck wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsydriZeQEg

He will put gear in before committing. Good decision.

SethG wrote:

What’s wrong with the Double Dogleg video? Not sure I get it. Seemed like a boring GoPro vid, but I didn’t see anything outrageous. I don’t know why the guy says “clipped” and “take” after he places every piece, but this is pretty picayune stuff. 

I think it is just a bit goofy and thus possibly not awesome. He says, clipped and take a bunch of times I think. Subjective scale. I will now always put in a piece before committing though. So, it was helpful.

The dogleg video becomes clearly worth it when he says “Candace, just look at these features!” 

New favorite saying

Scottmx426 wrote:

He sure is a bad ass while on the ground. Off the ground I think the fear fully takes over. Watch him on toprope!  “KEEP ME TIGHT BRO!”  Count how many times. 

https://youtu.be/5SOWTNlPVhA

I just picked up at 3:30 he says "Ok I'm entering the crack." At first I thought he is saying this for the video. But he puts the radio back in his pocket. He has just radioed his belayer to warn, He's entering the crack. Keep it tight bro.

JohnReg wrote:

I just picked up at 3:30 he says "Ok I'm entering the crack." At first I thought he is saying this for the video. But he puts the radio back in his pocket. He has just radioed his belayer to warn, He's entering the crack. Keep it tight bro.

I think he says “keep me tight!” Like 8 times. Other videos are the same. 

Okay, I agree these are not awesome, but they're just beginners. Everyone started somewhere.

David Kerkeslager wrote:

Okay, I agree these are not awesome, but they're just beginners. Everyone started somewhere.

Yes we are being catty dks in some cases, no doubt.