Post Other (Not Awesome) Trad Videos Here

Here's a gem. Multiple dropped cams, sketchy pro, clipping the thumb loop, hand jam blindness, strange commentary...positioning himself for a factor 2 onto a dynex sling.

Call and raise dangly cams, one too many "KEEP ME TIGHT BRAH"s, an amazing "I have entered the crack", worlds best anchor dismantling at 12:09, and an unexpected surprise at 19:00.

Tan B wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icFU69OHeJo&t=459s
Not sure if this one has been posted yet, but it's a gem.

Nothing says “insecure climbing” like gold #2s!

This thread has got to be one of the great MP threads of all time. Walking the fine line of educational, hilarious, cringeworthy, and a touch mean spirited. Perhaps the distilled essence of the MP Forums.

Did the climber in the sugarloaf video make a bullet proof vest out of a climbing guide book?!  19:00 is the paydirt on that clip for sure  

That skyline video is truly painful.

Dr Strangelove wrote:

 Here's a gem. Multiple dropped cams, sketchy pro, clipping the thumb loop, hand jam blindness, strange commentary...positioning himself for a factor 2 onto a dynex sling. Classic

That was (not) awesome. 

Cole D wrote: This thread has got to be one of the great MP threads of all time. Walking the fine line of educational, hilarious, cringeworthy, and a touch mean spirited. Perhaps the distilled essence of the MP Forums.

Did the climber in the sugarloaf video make a bullet proof vest out of a climbing guide book?!  19:00 is the paydirt on that clip for sure  

All this thread needs is a little trolling and its there.

Dr Strangelove wrote:

 Here's a gem. Multiple dropped cams, sketchy pro, clipping the thumb loop, hand jam blindness, strange commentary...positioning himself for a factor 2 onto a dynex sling. Classic

FOR FUCKS SAKE HAND JAM ALREADY!!!  I made it like 5 minutes in and had to stop because I was getting my blood pressure up yelling at him ><

seems like some climbers don't even know how to hold and retract a cam correctly.

Not sure if this one has been featured yet.

It's got it all:
- Bad editing (fast forwards, slow-mos)
- Bad belaying
- Trying to get a stuck cam out with a rock he has in his pocket
- GoPro taking a plunge 
- On top of all that, he cuts out him leading the second pitch of Bear's Reach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w64yglHfAIA 

Geordon Bean wrote: Not sure if this one has been featured yet.

It's got it all:
- Bad editing (fast forwards, slow-mos)
- Bad belaying
- Trying to get a stuck cam out with a rock he has in his pocket
- GoPro taking a plunge
- On top of all that, he cuts out him leading the second pitch of Bear's Reach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w64yglHfAIA 

Can we get a time stamp for the cam removal? I’m intrigued but not enough to watch all 50 min 

Josh Lipko wrote:

Can we get a time stamp for the cam removal? I’m intrigued but not enough to watch all 50 min 

20:30 is a good starting point.

Bear's Reach is 5.9?

ebmudder wrote: Bear's Reach is 5.9?

There's a 5.9 variation on the last pitch but it looks like they did not do the variation. At the end of the video where they traverse out right, the 5.9 goes straight up over a small roof, if I remember correctly. 

David Kerkeslager wrote:

To preserve the awesomeness of the Awesome Trad Videos thread, please post other trad videos here.

EDIT: To get things started, here are the videos that inspired this thread:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amY95GOUez0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bac143THHPY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVKXBlKt4Ks

I forgot how bad the fish eye was on those first GoPros

Dustin K wrote:

20:30 is a good starting point.

Oh my god that poor cam. He's literally just beating it with a rock.

Geordon Bean wrote: Not sure if this one has been featured yet.

It's got it all:
- Bad editing (fast forwards, slow-mos)
- Bad belaying
- Trying to get a stuck cam out with a rock he has in his pocket
- GoPro taking a plunge
- On top of all that, he cuts out him leading the second pitch of Bear's Reach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w64yglHfAIA 

to their credit ...he does say...  that they've only been climbing for 2 months.

beating the cam with the rock was funny though...he wasn't even hitting it in a way that would help....just trashing it :D

Big B wrote: 

to their credit ...he does say...  that they've only been climbing for 2 months.

Okay but,

1. If you're not experienced enough to understand how the gear works, maybe get some more experience on easier, lower-commitment ground.
2. I've been leading trad for over two years and feel I have fairly good technique for where I'm at, but I'm not putting videos of my antics online.

Geordon Bean wrote: Not sure if this one has been featured yet.

It's got it all:
- Bad editing (fast forwards, slow-mos)
- Bad belaying
- Trying to get a stuck cam out with a rock he has in his pocket
- GoPro taking a plunge
- On top of all that, he cuts out him leading the second pitch of Bear's Reach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w64yglHfAIA 

Ugh I can’t watch that.  Everything that is bad about 1st person GoPro footage gets magnified by fast-forwarding.

Big B wrote:

to their credit ...he does say...  that they've only been climbing for 2 months.

beating the cam with the rock was funny though...he wasn't even hitting it in a way that would help....just trashing it :D

Do they not own a nut tool? I dont climb trad but I know enough to see a bad placement when I see one. Why TF was the cam half outside the crack??

Thomas Worsham wrote:

Do they not own a nut tool? I dont climb trad but I know enough to see a bad placement when I see one. Why TF was the cam half outside the crack??

I don’t think that’s their cam