Given the ropes and harness I Initially thought he was working the route prior to the solo but no.... Just what the fuck is going on here, he's actually doing a solo disguised as a top rope, random as. Imagine rocking up at the crag and doing a double take when spotting this shit..
Dude looked sketchy on that route right off the ground. He's the perfect poster child for "pride goeth before a fall." But the sound of his hands sliding (burning) down the rope made me cringe!
It was that rock slab edge immediately behind his landing that had me cringe, he was so lucky not to spend the rest of his day's in a wheel chair. Maybe the rope grab kept him upright but the slightest bit of outward body rotation and his back would have caught that edge.
That he fell makes it pretty obvious that he was too confident. Being overly confident and therefore complacent or cavalier might be why you think it looked sketchy.
Original video is a wonderful instructional video with easy to understand steps for how to survive a free solo fall. Step 1. fall Step 2. land at the bottom of the climb step 3. survive
The danger of climbing becoming more known is that there's an increasing number of these lunatics around. I was thinking how bad his footwork was at the start of the video and surprise surprise he fell because of it. Also, why was the rope even there?!?!
It's funny because the video is surprisingly old. I guess lunatics always existed and always will. I think the rope was there just because of the impulsivity of his decision to free solo it.
The climber grabbing the rope reminds me of a story about John "Yabo" Yablonski. As written by John Long, Yabo was soloing at the Corpse Wall in Southern California and fell. As he was falling he grabs a sapling somewhere on the route and the sapling bent softly lowering himself to the ground without any injuries. Crazy stuff!
I once knew a guy who took about a 70' fall while soloing in the Near Trapps at the Gunks. He had enough warning to push off really hard, hoping to get to the trees, and he did. He still hit the ground, but no where near as hard as he could have.
I knew a guy who fell about 20' off a lead climb and hit the ground fully. Broke his ankle, shoulder, and a rib... Make sure your belayer knows what they're doing.
@@markmarino7641 I once heard a (possibly apocryphal?) story about early Gunks history. It says the belayer took the climber off belay for some reason (maybe organizing while the climber was on an easy section), the climber fell, and the belayer dove onto the pile of rope in an effort to catch him. That part is fairly believable, but it claims the climber was stopped upside down, and just barely off the ground, and found himself face to face with Yvon Chouinard. Without missing a beat the climber said "Welcome to the Shawangunks." The name of the route Lito and the Swan is certainly a nod to the mythological Leda and the Swan, but also fits well with the idea of an unwitting swan dive while climbing. True or not, it's good story, and there's no question that some of those early Gunks climbers did some crazy stuff.
I've never climbed a wall in my life and I don't plan to do so but I love your videos! I love the mix of self irony and ruthless comments. Greetings from germany
It looks like he only grabbed one half of the rope, which is the equivalent of not grabbing the rope at all. He might actually be lucky that happened tough, because if he had successfully grabbed both strands, he would have had MAJOR rope abrasion on his hands.
I don't get the point of free soloing right next to a rope like that. There are so many devices that add zero resistance and will slide up the rope effortlessly and catch you if you fall. Just so stupid
That was HORRIFYING! That guy is the boss douche at the end when you got past all the smaller douches. The mentality of that whole group seemed messed up.
The only thing worst then the "solo guy" are his friends. -"How are you not dead?" "when the addrenaline calms down you are gonna be a mess" I know he is a douche, but at least ask if he is ok and help him a little...
They did ask and he kept saying he was fine but if I see someone falling like this I'm telling him to lay down for a while and potentially call the medics.
My bet is people we're top roping easy stuff and this dude who just started to climb 5.11 now thought he could solo everything under that as if he was some kind of climbing prophet.
All I could think about as he fell was the rope burn on his hands and then his shattered legs. No pads down their either which is nuts. That rope must have been getting in the way too?! It’s idiots like this that make me worry for the safety of the sport as a whole
This crag is literally known as Breakneck. Right outside of Pittsburgh. I’ll hand it to the guy that, although it’s a 5.10, that rock is diabase. So pretty tough climbing regardless of the grade.
@@ktayah I don't know, in some shots, particularly the medium wides with the rock in the background it looks like diabase. But when he's up higher it looks like sandstone. I'm not sure I'm not from the southwestern part of the state.
One of the most useful takeaways from this video is that people in general are really bad at assessing both risk and their own limitations. He said he's never fallen before on that climb, but so what? Suppose he's climbed it 100 times without falling? If his chance of falling on any given try is 1% then there's "only" a 63% chance he would have fallen on any of those 100 tries, and a 37% chance he would manage all 100 tries without falling. If he knew he had a 1% chance of falling would he still have tried to do it without a belay? Maybe he doesn't fall often on climbs that are 2 or 3 grades higher, but I'm guessing that both he and Alex Honnold have stumbled while going up stairs at some point. You're obviously going to pay more attention and be more careful while free soloing, but we all make mistakes now and then. Everybody can pick their own number, but when the result of falling can be major injury or death I'd want my chance of falling to be a lot less than 1%.
Not sure what maths you run but you’re 2/3rds of the way into a gamblers paradox. If you have a 1% chance of falling, every time you climb you have a 1% chance of falling. The previous attempts are irrelevant.
@@Quodge If you have a 1% chance of falling on each try and you try 100 times you have a 63% chance off falling at least once. It's called probability.
@@Quodge Here's a question that's so simple that even a moron with absolutely no clue how probability works can probably answer it correctly. If there's a 1% chance of falling each time you climb the route is it possible to fall more than once when climbing it 100 times?
@@NYpaddler You can insult me all you like but the fact remains. Every time you complete a successful climb that ‘63%’ gets pushed off way into the future. It’s just 1% chance to fall each time, because you can only climb one at a time. You can flip it on it’s head too. Just because the climber before you just took a fall it doesn’t mean that your fall is any less likely to happen.
Why do most climbers think they are some kind of philosophical pontiff? Your just a guy who can climb. Your not some enlightened guru. Not referring to the host
I don't know anything about climbing. Can somone tell me what's the point of the rope he tried to grab? Isn't it for somone at the bottom to take slack and arrest his fall or is it just anchored at the top and he has some sort of slip knot he works through his belt? Is free solo when you climb with nothing or when you hammer in those clamps as you go? Blows my mind how strong climbers are per body weight.
Free Solo is climbing without backup, so no ropes, cams or other aids. When he was climbing the route, he was not secured by anyone or anything, hence the groundfall when he slipped. There was no reason why a rope would be there during a Free Solo attempt.
The rope may have been left there by someone else to toprope the route or, more likely, he had it there in the hope that he could grab it in the event of a fall.....as he was able to demonstrate, shit like that doesn't work.
Good questions Brett, and one more little thing as you go through the fun of learning the ropes. There is only a very very small percentage of climbers who actually solo, usually only after a loooong time of climbing, and like Justin explained in his video, soloists (who like to stay alive, which most do) only solo when they know that they can do a climb of a certain difficulty with pretty much 100% certainty, because there is no room for error. Also, although motivations of soloists vary like with any person and any athlete, soloists are almost never show offs, and they certainly wouldn't (or shouldn't) show off around a group of fairly new climbers as this group was, because soloing can look and sound impressive, but a newish climber does not know what he/she doesn't know, and that is the fastest way to go bye bye. So if you ever find yourself during your early stages of climbing around a dude like this who is bragging and collectively chest thumping about soloing around a big group like this, I suggest quickly turning the other way and saying that you forgot your rope at a crag far far away, and climb safe for years to come. There are of course exceptions and good soloists who could be like this dude, but not many and not often in the most serious of the climbing disciplines. Anyways, sorry about the rant, but these dudes make me mad, because they get people in trouble or worse (sorry). Take care and happy climbing 🙌🏼
@@jorgeaceytuno757 no way in hell will I be soloing anything. Haven't even done climbing. I was just curious about the rope hanging there when he slipped. Roped in or not I'm in awe of some of those rock faces that they ascend.
Love the videos, but it's starting to become a little elitist and preppy. I watch these videos as a learning experience, please don't turn them into a chance to just laugh and belittle people please. Thanks for starting up this genre.
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i only free solo with a harness on and a rope near by, just to confuse people if i die
@James Daly I was hoping the dude was just all wind and had a sneaky trax. Is this dude still alive?
Given the ropes and harness I Initially thought he was working the route prior to the solo but no.... Just what the fuck is going on here, he's actually doing a solo disguised as a top rope, random as.
Imagine rocking up at the crag and doing a double take when spotting this shit..
I didn't know Eminem went through a free solo phase
knees weak, arms are heavy
"-Ope there goes gravity!!!"
I dont know if this guy is 16 yo or 35 yo. Love the content.
The truth lies in the middle
Yes
He probably is 1635 years old
When Honnold with the sunglasses came across the screen I lost my shit
Dude looked sketchy on that route right off the ground. He's the perfect poster child for "pride goeth before a fall." But the sound of his hands sliding (burning) down the rope made me cringe!
It was that rock slab edge immediately behind his landing that had me cringe, he was so lucky not to spend the rest of his day's in a wheel chair. Maybe the rope grab kept him upright but the slightest bit of outward body rotation and his back would have caught that edge.
@@roberthardy3090 and how did he not even break his arm on it!??
That he fell makes it pretty obvious that he was too confident. Being overly confident and therefore complacent or cavalier might be why you think it looked sketchy.
Original video is a wonderful instructional video with easy to understand steps for how to survive a free solo fall.
Step 1. fall
Step 2. land at the bottom of the climb
step 3. survive
Step A1) Be a cat
I'm going to take that lesson and 1. buy a lottery ticket, then 2. win the lottery. I wish I knew the secret years ago.
The danger of climbing becoming more known is that there's an increasing number of these lunatics around. I was thinking how bad his footwork was at the start of the video and surprise surprise he fell because of it. Also, why was the rope even there?!?!
It's funny because the video is surprisingly old. I guess lunatics always existed and always will. I think the rope was there just because of the impulsivity of his decision to free solo it.
I think they imagined he could catch himself if he fell because he instantly goes for the rope but that would never work only pain
@@jeffery7152 Man should have brought an ice axe and stick it Vertical Limit style.
Hey! I love that movie.
Why did he choose to solo that particualr route? I'd guess it was because others were climbing it.
The climber grabbing the rope reminds me of a story about John "Yabo" Yablonski. As written by John Long, Yabo was soloing at the Corpse Wall in Southern California and fell. As he was falling he grabs a sapling somewhere on the route and the sapling bent softly lowering himself to the ground without any injuries. Crazy stuff!
I once knew a guy who took about a 70' fall while soloing in the Near Trapps at the Gunks. He had enough warning to push off really hard, hoping to get to the trees, and he did. He still hit the ground, but no where near as hard as he could have.
@@NYpaddler I climb in the gunks and just thinking about that is crazy.
I knew a guy who fell about 20' off a lead climb and hit the ground fully. Broke his ankle, shoulder, and a rib... Make sure your belayer knows what they're doing.
@@markmarino7641 I once heard a (possibly apocryphal?) story about early Gunks history. It says the belayer took the climber off belay for some reason (maybe organizing while the climber was on an easy section), the climber fell, and the belayer dove onto the pile of rope in an effort to catch him. That part is fairly believable, but it claims the climber was stopped upside down, and just barely off the ground, and found himself face to face with Yvon Chouinard. Without missing a beat the climber said "Welcome to the Shawangunks." The name of the route Lito and the Swan is certainly a nod to the mythological Leda and the Swan, but also fits well with the idea of an unwitting swan dive while climbing. True or not, it's good story, and there's no question that some of those early Gunks climbers did some crazy stuff.
I don't climb much, but I thoroughly enjoy these videos. Next time that I'm around my climber friends, I might sound a tad more knowledgeable
These videos are great, keep em' coming man!
No wonder his foot slipped with his poor footwork. Never saw him place a foot without the heeling bouncing after.
he is a newbien beling being a badass I dont know what is more sad falling a easy route or have a huge ego. No NO the second is more sad
I've never climbed a wall in my life and I don't plan to do so but I love your videos! I love the mix of self irony and ruthless comments. Greetings from germany
yes Justin, keep putting them out, love your commentary!!
oh trust me, we've got loads of weird, cringy, low production quality climbing videos from the 00s up here in PA.
I just found your channel and your hilarious dude. Keep up the content
The guy just got really lucky there. But does he really know it?
It looks like he only grabbed one half of the rope, which is the equivalent of not grabbing the rope at all. He might actually be lucky that happened tough, because if he had successfully grabbed both strands, he would have had MAJOR rope abrasion on his hands.
PLEASE MAKE MORE OF THESE!! PLEEEEEEASE
I don't get the point of free soloing right next to a rope like that. There are so many devices that add zero resistance and will slide up the rope effortlessly and catch you if you fall. Just so stupid
Man you are so funny! Love to see more videos like this.
I love these videos, keep going!
So glad I found this channel!😂😂😂😂
That was HORRIFYING! That guy is the boss douche at the end when you got past all the smaller douches. The mentality of that whole group seemed messed up.
Don't even climb but I love this stuff!
Love the vids! Really funny, keep making more!
More to come!
These videos are so good please make more
Will you make more videos like this one? Or any more in general? I really enjoy watching them
Thanks! I have big plans for more climber cringe videos, so stick around!
Please...keep putting ‘em out. My natural explosive agitation at these buffoons is perfectly balanced by your calm cool delight.
Gotta add a pic of Alex in thumbnail
At least Doogie Howser MD was able to tend to his own wounds
A man's got to know his limitations.
Soloing isn’t potentially dangerous… it’s incredibly dangerous
That video gives me expert village vibes
Wow this video took a turn I was not expecting
🤣🤣 ironically the crag this dude is at is called Breakneck.
Her look at the end "will he.. will he have his hands on the rope again sometime today?"
I just watched the bear grylls on the top rope video and he looks way different
The only thing worst then the "solo guy" are his friends.
-"How are you not dead?" "when the addrenaline calms down you are gonna be a mess"
I know he is a douche, but at least ask if he is ok and help him a little...
They did ask and he kept saying he was fine but if I see someone falling like this I'm telling him to lay down for a while and potentially call the medics.
Everybody that isn’t dead wants to be ok, me included. Walking up those stairs, the damage is setting in.
And that laugh when he first falls like "oh shit haha" it's like dude he could be dead
5:11 hahahhahaa perfect editing
This is priceless. 👏🤣
Why did they leave a rope up if he was so good at free soloing?
My bet is people we're top roping easy stuff and this dude who just started to climb 5.11 now thought he could solo everything under that as if he was some kind of climbing prophet.
more please!
All I could think about as he fell was the rope burn on his hands and then his shattered legs. No pads down their either which is nuts. That rope must have been getting in the way too?! It’s idiots like this that make me worry for the safety of the sport as a whole
If Bear Grylls falls like this, he will just bounce back to the same height on the rock and will continue climbing :-)
Lmfao, That guy can do anything!
Darude- Sandstorm
5:12 "I got you!"
He headbutted a rock!
“In gemroll” no dude it’s “in general”
Yeah I agree, that's an idiotic video. And by the way... "soloing" right along a top rope, and grabbing it when you fall, is NOT free soloing.. 🤣
I slipped on polished rock on a route way under my grade....small fall luckily and I dont solo any more.
Glad you're ok!
@@JustinWallace thanks, just winded and lesson learnt
So, he grabs for the rope when he falls? Sounds like a worse version of top rope climbing to me...
This crag is literally known as Breakneck. Right outside of Pittsburgh. I’ll hand it to the guy that, although it’s a 5.10, that rock is diabase. So pretty tough climbing regardless of the grade.
Pretty sure Breakneck is sandstone, I don’t think diabase forms big enough to be a sport route. If it was diabase, I’d agree, it’s bold.
@@ktayah I don't know, in some shots, particularly the medium wides with the rock in the background it looks like diabase. But when he's up higher it looks like sandstone. I'm not sure I'm not from the southwestern part of the state.
Thanks for sharing I'll have to check it out!
That was 5.10???? Looked like a quick 5.9 max.
Sandstone 100%
Possibly High Rock near the Delaware River.??
Its breakneck near Connellsville
enjoying the cringe from a sofa in the czech republic..thanks for this humorous educational bullshit exposing series.. regards from 2 females :D
What is the connection between having the head of a chipmunk and being good at rock climbing.
Textbook bad technique, big reaches when not necessary, leaning in when he should lean out.
Don’t solo for clout. Lesson learned
1:40 "Climbing in gemeral"? What? Where is this gemeral crag and how do I get to it?
Climbin'
It's the new york accent
This guy really doesn't like the letter g
lmao it's a New York thing
Wtf was this guy thinking!
Duuuuuude what happened? I miss the vids!
New update on my community page!
solon and climbn
I free solo firstclass everyday
Ayyyyye I was there, and I fell a million times cuz i suck
low voice .... this guy s a legend .... this is what happens if you go for fame and views .. hurt his ego .. damn smile ..
Nooo they made the video private. Anyone know the password?
where can I find the original video?
check description
Haha 😂
i want the original, i dont wanna sit through this guys gibber jabber
Then just watch the original?
@@JustinWallace cant find it, maybe link it and credit the creators?
added it to the description
@@JustinWallace fuck yea much love
Please post more climber cringe
lmao thought he was so cool tho
I was here at 1.28k
You’ve got to react to this video next: ruclips.net/video/obhTD42JJK0/видео.html
Free solo climber on Crystal Crag
One of the most useful takeaways from this video is that people in general are really bad at assessing both risk and their own limitations. He said he's never fallen before on that climb, but so what? Suppose he's climbed it 100 times without falling? If his chance of falling on any given try is 1% then there's "only" a 63% chance he would have fallen on any of those 100 tries, and a 37% chance he would manage all 100 tries without falling. If he knew he had a 1% chance of falling would he still have tried to do it without a belay? Maybe he doesn't fall often on climbs that are 2 or 3 grades higher, but I'm guessing that both he and Alex Honnold have stumbled while going up stairs at some point. You're obviously going to pay more attention and be more careful while free soloing, but we all make mistakes now and then. Everybody can pick their own number, but when the result of falling can be major injury or death I'd want my chance of falling to be a lot less than 1%.
Not sure what maths you run but you’re 2/3rds of the way into a gamblers paradox.
If you have a 1% chance of falling, every time you climb you have a 1% chance of falling. The previous attempts are irrelevant.
@@Quodge If you have a 1% chance of falling on each try and you try 100 times you have a 63% chance off falling at least once. It's called probability.
@@NYpaddler So if I’ve climbed 99 routes without incident does the 100th have a 63% chance of failure?
@@Quodge Here's a question that's so simple that even a moron with absolutely no clue how probability works can probably answer it correctly. If there's a 1% chance of falling each time you climb the route is it possible to fall more than once when climbing it 100 times?
@@NYpaddler You can insult me all you like but the fact remains. Every time you complete a successful climb that ‘63%’ gets pushed off way into the future. It’s just 1% chance to fall each time, because you can only climb one at a time.
You can flip it on it’s head too. Just because the climber before you just took a fall it doesn’t mean that your fall is any less likely to happen.
is Donner Cruger effect possible in climbing ? well guess what it is!
1. its always possible
2. Dunning Krueger*
Where can we see this guy put his money where his mouth is?
Why is Pennsylvania referred to as "the boondocks"?
Anywhere remote is the boondocks. It doesn't reference a state.
^ Thanks jeremiah
@@jeremyh9033 he directly said "Of course it's Pennsylvania.... freak'in boondocks".
You’re very intelligent. Please pronounce your gs in words that end in ing. This super cringe though.
Dude, you’re funny. Maybe work on the sound and focus more of your wit. Well done sir.
Working on it!
You ever free solo?
Sometimes but not often
What are you pointing out at 5:12
He took his hands off the break strand on his belay which you're not supposed to do
@@JustinWallace thank you!
Why do most climbers think they are some kind of philosophical pontiff? Your just a guy who can climb. Your not some enlightened guru. Not referring to the host
I don't know anything about climbing. Can somone tell me what's the point of the rope he tried to grab? Isn't it for somone at the bottom to take slack and arrest his fall or is it just anchored at the top and he has some sort of slip knot he works through his belt? Is free solo when you climb with nothing or when you hammer in those clamps as you go? Blows my mind how strong climbers are per body weight.
Free Solo is climbing without backup, so no ropes, cams or other aids. When he was climbing the route, he was not secured by anyone or anything, hence the groundfall when he slipped. There was no reason why a rope would be there during a Free Solo attempt.
The rope may have been left there by someone else to toprope the route or, more likely, he had it there in the hope that he could grab it in the event of a fall.....as he was able to demonstrate, shit like that doesn't work.
@@menakles thanks
Good questions Brett, and one more little thing as you go through the fun of learning the ropes. There is only a very very small percentage of climbers who actually solo, usually only after a loooong time of climbing, and like Justin explained in his video, soloists (who like to stay alive, which most do) only solo when they know that they can do a climb of a certain difficulty with pretty much 100% certainty, because there is no room for error. Also, although motivations of soloists vary like with any person and any athlete, soloists are almost never show offs, and they certainly wouldn't (or shouldn't) show off around a group of fairly new climbers as this group was, because soloing can look and sound impressive, but a newish climber does not know what he/she doesn't know, and that is the fastest way to go bye bye. So if you ever find yourself during your early stages of climbing around a dude like this who is bragging and collectively chest thumping about soloing around a big group like this, I suggest quickly turning the other way and saying that you forgot your rope at a crag far far away, and climb safe for years to come. There are of course exceptions and good soloists who could be like this dude, but not many and not often in the most serious of the climbing disciplines. Anyways, sorry about the rant, but these dudes make me mad, because they get people in trouble or worse (sorry). Take care and happy climbing 🙌🏼
@@jorgeaceytuno757 no way in hell will I be soloing anything. Haven't even done climbing. I was just curious about the rope hanging there when he slipped. Roped in or not I'm in awe of some of those rock faces that they ascend.
is this guy a child or small adult.
small adult
Love the videos, but it's starting to become a little elitist and preppy. I watch these videos as a learning experience, please don't turn them into a chance to just laugh and belittle people please.
Thanks for starting up this genre.