Dave MacLeod - Indian Face E9

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024

Комментарии • 87

  • @shgp1956
    @shgp1956 5 лет назад +37

    Unbelievable that this route is now 33 years old....what a tribute to the foresight and ability of JD!

  • @paulusul
    @paulusul 5 лет назад +135

    "Like meeting a beautiful woman that's a psychopath"

    • @simonon-music
      @simonon-music 5 лет назад

      And the climb is called indian face?

    • @oustit
      @oustit 4 года назад +1

      Isn't that every woman?

    • @24934637
      @24934637 3 года назад

      There are a good few of those about!

    • @24934637
      @24934637 3 года назад +2

      @@simonon-music Apparently because in the right light conditions, the line looks like the face of a native American.

    • @redshift3639
      @redshift3639 3 года назад

      such a great quote! haha

  • @michaelhart7569
    @michaelhart7569 4 года назад +24

    God, how I like to see a climber finishing by clutching at grass, not clipping an iron chain. Takes me back.

    • @TheDuraj0
      @TheDuraj0 3 года назад

      Totally Earth bound human on the Terre Forma!

  • @terraflow__bryanburdo4547
    @terraflow__bryanburdo4547 5 лет назад +16

    To quote Flight of The Conchords: "You're a Legend, Dave!"

  • @jameswright7375
    @jameswright7375 5 лет назад +30

    Dave McLeod + Hot Aches = awesome video.
    This climb is such a testament to Johnny Dawes skill and vision.

  • @teogo
    @teogo 5 лет назад +15

    Fascinating to watch someone that good, work that hard physically and especially psychologically.

    • @PB-sk9jn
      @PB-sk9jn 4 года назад

      He's not a natural slab climber. Took mental fortitude

  • @Robbiesrk
    @Robbiesrk 4 года назад +5

    Insane climbing!! These British Isle tradsters are nutsto! I think if this was anywhere else in the world there would be at least a of couple bolts put in by the FA

  • @balke7935
    @balke7935 5 лет назад +14

    Awesome video... so tense. ‘Climbs are the best when they only just work’ awesome

  • @ggstudio6664
    @ggstudio6664 4 года назад +5

    Indian Face - as my song says, "free the Mountains of your mind" what else can you say..climbed in October 1986 Johnny Dawes - Legend

  • @MrJimtimslim
    @MrJimtimslim 7 месяцев назад

    Saw jonny at stanage today teaching. What a legend, alas...I'll never be good enough to do one of his routes😅.

  • @benja_mint
    @benja_mint 4 года назад +2

    so all the gear placements had screamers, and presumably an extra stretchy rope and extra light belayer! amazing to watch...

    • @DuncanAtkinson
      @DuncanAtkinson Год назад

      Almost makes me think it lowers the E grade... That said I'm not up there climbing above runners which are placed purely to mildly slow your fall... JD really did basically solo that thing!

  • @pauldavies9360
    @pauldavies9360 5 лет назад +28

    just watch Honnolds free solo movie and I gotta say, this made my hands more sweaty! perhaps it's cos I can relate more as a British trad climber.
    good on ya Dave, top bloke. big inspiration.
    Cheers to Hot Aches too. good work!

  • @anosnd
    @anosnd 5 лет назад +9

    I love seeing the screamer on the micro wire. Dave is an absolute animal!

    • @burnsbabe87
      @burnsbabe87 5 месяцев назад

      I watched him place that and went, "Is that a screamer? Geez."

  • @JamesOStanworth-Wang
    @JamesOStanworth-Wang 5 лет назад +5

    Great climb. Not sure why the edits during the gear placements. See those, too, would be a great part of the video, too.

  • @PaulBand
    @PaulBand 2 месяца назад

    Brilliant

  • @Saurkraut_6
    @Saurkraut_6 Год назад

    I love this soooo much. incredible filming. love the sound choices as well. What a monster of self-assurance Dave is..

  • @lightshedproductions
    @lightshedproductions 5 лет назад +2

    The ultimate trouser filling proposition terrifyingly well communicated to mere mortals. Nice job hot aches!!

  • @paulmitchell5349
    @paulmitchell5349 5 лет назад +1

    Admirable patience waiting til you felt right. Many climbers make the error of worrying what others think.

  • @nicennice
    @nicennice 4 года назад +3

    Great film. That had me gripped for the duration. Johnny Dawes just doesn't convey how difficult this climb is - well until he talks about it of course.

  • @apostatepaul
    @apostatepaul 5 лет назад +3

    Gripping stuff! Johnny Dawes! What a man!!!? Dave climbed excellently.

  • @NeverRubARhubarb
    @NeverRubARhubarb 5 лет назад +3

    The bit that shit me up the most was when he pulled himself up onto the grassy ledge and looked down. Weird that. What a route though - defying gravity. Johnny Dawes! Say no more.

  • @jasonsterner922
    @jasonsterner922 Год назад

    That was awesome Dave!!!!!!!!

  • @johnjordansailing
    @johnjordansailing Год назад

    Awesome stuff Dave.

  • @paulmorrey733
    @paulmorrey733 4 года назад

    Fantastic Dave Thanks for sharing

  • @lewproffitt
    @lewproffitt 5 лет назад +1

    Favourite climber, awesome send

  • @samuelrogers3843
    @samuelrogers3843 3 года назад +1

    Rope soloing on a shunt. Nice

  • @lindseymckirdy1830
    @lindseymckirdy1830 5 лет назад +4

    this just re affirms how good Dawes is ..a monumental feat

    • @24934637
      @24934637 3 года назад

      Redhead too, as a lot of the route was climbed by him first as (I think) 'The tormented ejaculation'.

    • @Kingofdafarm21
      @Kingofdafarm21 2 года назад

      @@24934637 first half is easy tho

    • @fatclimber4844
      @fatclimber4844 Год назад

      @@Kingofdafarm21 it's still e8 6b/c ish upto the bolt i'd say

  • @theopinson3851
    @theopinson3851 4 года назад

    My palms are so sweaty watching this.

  • @shotamsaini6681
    @shotamsaini6681 3 года назад +1

    Good

  • @paulmorrey733
    @paulmorrey733 5 лет назад

    Thanks

  • @24934637
    @24934637 3 года назад

    OMG, when he got to the top I just had a mental vision of him slipping on the grass!! Think I need to check my blood pressure!

  • @michaeltrikic1165
    @michaeltrikic1165 4 года назад +1

    What a legend. I guess there is no need for me to climb it if it's like driving 😄

  • @benja_mint
    @benja_mint 4 года назад

    12:25 "you're back on belay" :o :o

  • @gst1375
    @gst1375 5 лет назад

    The line looks really beautiful!

  • @mylesrobinson3032
    @mylesrobinson3032 4 года назад

    Can someone explain to me why Dave has a second thinner looking rope attached to his harness? Is it to tie to his lead rope to allow for a full rope length abseil at the end?

    • @Charliened1
      @Charliened1 3 года назад

      He’s leading on half ropes

  • @muscularibuprofen69
    @muscularibuprofen69 5 лет назад

    Amazing

  • @davereid-daly2205
    @davereid-daly2205 2 года назад +1

    Just sitting watching that I needed a chalk bag.....

  • @bobmichelle
    @bobmichelle 11 месяцев назад

    11:52 that's one TINY protection....

  • @adriankelly_edinburgh
    @adriankelly_edinburgh 5 лет назад

    Just home after my first visit to the local climbing wall this year... my arms were like wet newspaper after the first 5 minutes. Props to Dave - he's a machine.

  • @rockblog6047
    @rockblog6047 5 лет назад

    cool video

  • @fredscratchet1355
    @fredscratchet1355 5 лет назад +5

    The first time I've ever seen him pumped. That is a truly terrifying place to be.

  • @matt_squires_og
    @matt_squires_og 5 лет назад +2

    Not wanting to detract but, 4:44 - No rope protector?, cut through all the "safe looking vege" and now the rock is slowly wearing through your rope. It happened to a mate of mine practicing a route and put the complete s**ts up him when he got to the top and saw his rope half cut through!!.

  • @24934637
    @24934637 3 года назад

    There was a time where I would have considered doing a route of this magnitude (Not that I had anywhere near the level of skill required), but I would have classed it as being a 'worthwhile risk'. Now, I'd just take one look and walk away. NOPE. Massive respect to the people who climb at this level, but the probability of dying is just too much for me.

  • @terranhealer
    @terranhealer 4 года назад

    Spastic palsy is for real. Stay in shape and exercise all those stabilizer muscles!

  • @1981stonemonkey
    @1981stonemonkey 4 года назад +1

    This would still have been a quality video haved talked about that ONE route he didn't climb, and left it at that. Honestly I half-wished he did, to set an example.

  • @gabekelly6336
    @gabekelly6336 5 лет назад +1

    Is it just me, or does it seem like Europe has the monopoly on hard, sketchy-bordering-on-just-free-soloing, rock climbs?

    • @Wazoodles
      @Wazoodles 5 лет назад +1

      *uk
      And yeah, in locations that bolts are allowed, bolts are placed typically.

  • @Inspiegabilmenteannebbiato
    @Inspiegabilmenteannebbiato Год назад

    why they don't use screamer like the aid climbers

  • @jasongairn
    @jasongairn 5 лет назад +2

    How hard is it to get a camera in focus. Dave obvs doing something awesome. Would have been good to have respected this and got the camera in focus.

    • @edwardjons8684
      @edwardjons8684 4 года назад +2

      Yeah. They should go back and do it again...

  • @tullochgorum6323
    @tullochgorum6323 5 лет назад +2

    When you see something that hard and that unprotected, you really wonder if trad climbing is reaching its justifiable limits. That's a real chop route - would it really be so terrible to place a couple of bolts and perhaps save lives? That said, JD was way ahead of his time - what an achievement!

    • @BobMarley-vl5gl
      @BobMarley-vl5gl 4 года назад +1

      It’s that there are quite strict rules in the U.K. against bolts

    • @tullochgorum6323
      @tullochgorum6323 4 года назад +2

      @@BobMarley-vl5gl That's true, but I'm questioning the rules.

    • @mawilliams777
      @mawilliams777 4 года назад +1

      If someone has climbed it without bolts then you simply aren’t good enough to climb it if you need them, it’s about respect. And ironically enough if you read about this routes history it’s all about the bolt, or not!

    • @woody40000
      @woody40000 3 года назад +2

      @@tullochgorum6323 there are places to go and relatively safely climb on bolts and there are places to trad climb. Anyone doing this route should know what they have got themselves into and it hasn't killed anyone.

    • @nadavegan
      @nadavegan 3 года назад

      @@mawilliams777 by that logic, if someone climbs a bolted route and doesn't need all the bolts, he or she can remove them, because other climbers are not good enough?

  • @cluelessclimbers1001
    @cluelessclimbers1001 5 лет назад +1

    Epic pair of B@%%$! Good job, Dave.

  • @eilianwilliams7219
    @eilianwilliams7219 Год назад +3

    It:s Diffwys Clogwyn Du'r Arddu.No need for foreign names

  • @frenchfree
    @frenchfree 4 года назад

    Dawes's Van Gogh , maybe better go paint your own.

  • @biltongandboba
    @biltongandboba 5 лет назад

    :D

  • @DuncanAtkinson
    @DuncanAtkinson Год назад +1

    Pretty sure he had about 8 more "runners" in than JD he certainly didn't have screamers.. JD you are a legend... Not that dave isn't 😅