Post Other (Not Awesome) Trad Videos Here

Bucking the trend, the latest WideBoyz vid of taking a newbie on a chossy adventure multipitch was pretty fascinating. I think having quite the mentor, as well as the newbie being in good shape (if not an elite in his sport) helps with the DRRRRRRR Factor considerably. 

I really enjoyed the WB vids. Toby’s a rock star; very impressive. If I understand correctly, one of those was an FA graded 5.11.

Long Rangerwrote:

Bucking the trend, the latest WideBoyz vid of taking a newbie on a chossy adventure multipitch was pretty fascinating. I think having quite the mentor, as well as the newbie being in good shape (if not an elite in his sport) helps with the DRRRRRRR Factor considerably. 

Dude get those awesome videos out of here, this is the "not awesome" thread!

It's not that anything is so bad here-- but the heavy breathing and some seemingly desperate jams made me very afraid for this guy. I haven't done The Grack (Looks awesome), but I have done the Nutcracker, and if you watch his vid of the Nutcracker you'll see that 5.8 is very close to his limit. Seems ill-advised to solo 5.6 when it is so close to your top level. 

But how will he get more views if he isn't almost dying?

At least have the sense to edit out your panic-breathing for some open-license elevator music.

A proud and dangerous route, whether you have a rope or not, but the dude is red-lining in trail runners

Scoot Bankwrote:

A proud and dangerous route, whether you have a rope or not, but the dude is red-lining in trail runners

That was by far the scariest video posted here yet, just knowing that any one of those blocks could rip at any moment

SethGwrote:

It's not that anything is so bad here-- but the heavy breathing and some seemingly desperate jams made me very afraid for this guy. I haven't done The Grack (Looks awesome), but I have done the Nutcracker, and if you watch his vid of the Nutcracker you'll see that 5.8 is very close to his limit. Seems ill-advised to solo 5.6 when it is so close to your top level. 

I know it's low angle but jeez dude 3 points of contact there, he's barely jamming his hands in the crack for half the route. Not going to hold a foot slip just palming the slab. 

And his other videos where he's leading I thought he was also soloing as he barely put in any gear. Regardless of where his limit is, he seems rather (perhaps overly) confident that he's not going to fall, but his climbing and breathing aren't exactly confidence inspiring. 

Scoot Bankwrote:

A proud and dangerous route, whether you have a rope or not, but the dude is red-lining in trail runners

How much work is the fisheye effect doing here?

That traverse is dangerous and terrifying but I guess I don't see any reason to dislike the video? Don't know if you saw there was a recent fatality on Capitol Peak, a woman fell 900 feet after pulling off a loose block. 

Don’t know if this has been posted yet, but quite frankly, I love this video. 

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/YxNa1FJem_4?feature=share

Adam Macwrote:

Don’t know if this has been posted yet, but quite frankly, I love this video. 

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/YxNa1FJem_4?feature=share

Wow. Speechless here.

Dan Dwrote:

How much work is the fisheye effect doing here?

Not that much, really. This ridge is terrifying.

Will Manesswrote:

I'm not seeing what's so not awesome about this. I tried to skip to just gear placements, but they all looked totally fine, if anything maybe the first two were ever so slightly undercammed. But also extended so they wouldn't go for a walk. Looks like a fun cruisy climb too. Am I missing something??

Nick Niebuhrwrote:

I'm not seeing what's so not awesome about this. I tried to skip to just gear placements, but they all looked totally fine, if anything maybe the first two were ever so slightly undercammed. But also extended so they wouldn't go for a walk. Looks like a fun cruisy climb too. Am I missing something??

I'm guessing it's the lack of crack technique. Plus I thought his second and third placements (which seemed to be somewhat rushed and panicky) were undercammed, and although they maybe would have held, they each could have been made totally perfect with some small adjustments. And the way he set up his slings at the anchor bolts is less than ideal. But by the standards of this thread it isn't so bad.

SethGwrote:

I'm guessing it's the lack of crack technique. Plus I thought his second and third placements (which seemed to be somewhat rushed and panicky) were undercammed, and although they maybe would have held, they each could have been made totally perfect with some small adjustments. And the way he set up his slings at the anchor bolts is less than ideal. But by the standards of this thread it isn't so bad.

I agree that it's not as bad as some of the others, but that #2 that he placed is basically placed passively, and he probably won't be able to get the .4 out of the crack. 

Dude’s gonna clip his tail.

I love watching people double Gaston a crack. How to make 5.8 feel like 5.10