Post Other (Not Awesome) Trad Videos Here

I agree with Zoso. I couldn't get a good look at his .75 and 1, but they looked undercammed from my pov. Either way, this looked well below his grade and he had a good time.

F loyd wrote:

Every time he clips

https://youtu.be/zF9USNiV6Jw

Alex (spellstrike) Palmiter wrote: youtu.be/zF9USNiV6Jw

Since it's called "The Up Part", I intuited that there might be a down part, which would probably be even worse. I checked his channel and was not disappointed:

This is actually the full this-person-has-no-business-doing-this experience: the climb, some walking around the top of the cliff, and the downclimb.

The only saving grace of this video is that you know he survived otherwise he couldn't have uploaded the video onto the internet.

I wonder where that is? It seems like there's some solid rock underneath all that choss, but it's also kind of an awkward height--a bit highball for bouldering and a bit short to bother roping up for.

Alex (spellstrike) Palmiter wrote: youtu.be/zF9USNiV6Jw

"inspired by Alex Honnold" pained me inside

Alex (spellstrike) Palmiter wrote: youtu.be/zF9USNiV6Jw

This has to be a very good troll, it ticks all the boxes. No one is that stupid to be "Inspired by Honnold"

Ross Goldberg wrote:

No one is that stupid to be "Inspired by Honnold"

Have you been outside?

Alex (spellstrike) Palmiter wrote: youtu.be/zF9USNiV6Jw

11/15/2019: All that remained was a pile of rocks, a desiccated carcass, and a dead gopro.

Alex (spellstrike) Palmiter wrote: youtu.be/zF9USNiV6Jw

Not really trad and not really not awesome so much as the dumbest choss climbing video I've ever seen.

David K wrote:

I wonder where that is? It seems like there's some solid rock underneath all that choss, but it's also kind of an awkward height--a bit highball for bouldering and a bit short to bother roping up for.

At least it's taller than most of the limestone in Austin, TX that is bolted....

I like this thread much more than the awesome videos thread, keep them coming!  Maybe I should get a GoPro so I can contribute....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OHikq7tCOg

Quality content right here, check out the green cam in the begging

Ross Goldberg wrote: youtube.com/watch?v=3OHikq7…

Quality content right here, check out the green cam in the begging

How about that mummy wrap hand tape?

Ross Goldberg wrote: youtube.com/watch?v=3OHikq7…

Quality content right here, check out the green cam in the begging

That is fucked 

Kids, don't try this at home.

Ross Goldberg wrote: youtube.com/watch?v=3OHikq7…

Quality content right here, check out the green cam in the begging

High adrenaline on The Open Book in 2006. 

Brad G wrote:

High adrenaline on The Open Book in 2006. 

Love the Jansport backpack and SPF 100 socks!

Matt B wrote:

Kids, don't try this at home.

When I’ve climbed with newer climbers and talked about cam placements Ive talked about this placement. It might hook the rock and hold that way?

It's called a passive placement, and some cams are rated for them.

In practice, I've never seen a place where a passively placed cam was a better option than an actively placed cam or a nut, including that screenshot. Spring force keeps an actively-placed cam in place better than a passively placed cam, and wedging keeps a passively-placed nut in place better than a passively placed cam.

David K wrote: It's called a passive placement, and some cams are rated for them.

In practice, I've never seen a place where a passively placed cam was a better option than an actively placed cam or a nut, including that screenshot. Spring force keeps an actively-placed cam in place better than a passively placed cam, and wedging keeps a passively-placed nut in place better than a passively placed cam.

That is a bad placement lol.