love that the automatic subtitles put you in „denim shoes“ at the beginning of the video 😆 thanks for yet another great video, keeping the psyche high! 🙏🏻
I think I spotted Iain working on Go Hard, Go Early and his failed attempt when I went there with John weeks ago. It looked very hard. Well done, Dave!
Standard for trad climbing. Its not sport or crack climbing - the runners are all over the places so two ropes means less drag plus helpful for having less rope out on one rope if a runner on the other was to rip, etc etc.
@@climbermacleod Nice! Would you do a vlog the gear and techniques you use? I'd be interested to see how you got that drone to follow in your Ardverikie Wall Free Solo vid. Keep up the good work.
Sometimes, if a route has protection that is spread out horizontally across it, it's good to use 2 ropes so a single rope doesn't get zigzagged all over the route which causes rope drag and can actually pull pro out of the wall if there's enough tension on the rope.
Half ropes. Very common for alpine and trad climbing, especially in Europe. They have a softer catch, you can achieve lower rope drag (by avoiding zig-zagging a single rope all over the place), second rope acts as a backup, you can abseil the full length of the rope (by tying both together), in multi pitch climbing you can belay two followers at the same time. Only disadvantage is more bulk and weight, but half rope is lighter than single rope and you usually only use comparatively short 2x50 or 2x60m (single rope is usually 70 or 80m).
Great video, congrats on finishing your degree!
Thank you!
love that the automatic subtitles put you in „denim shoes“ at the beginning of the video 😆
thanks for yet another great video, keeping the psyche high! 🙏🏻
Good luck with the results, Dave
Phenomenal stuff, Dave! Congratulations on the dissertation hand-in and the FA 😁
I think I spotted Iain working on Go Hard, Go Early and his failed attempt when I went there with John weeks ago. It looked very hard. Well done, Dave!
Thanks Masa. Yeah I was impressed with Iain's route.
I really like your videos, Dave! You tell everthing you think and seem very honest :) Keep it up!
been anticipating this!
Those climbs look like such good fun!
what a cool boulder crux, good job
Masterclass and quality video as always 👌
Define “couch”
😂😂😂
It's a important question. Make sure you don't have the same definition as most folk!
Really great video!
Awesome nice one mate good effort
fantastic!
Wunderbar
1:35 When you said that, for a second I thought you meant a couple of months of training for 16 hours straight .-.
Great camera placement/angles on this one! Btw why the two ropes?
Standard for trad climbing. Its not sport or crack climbing - the runners are all over the places so two ropes means less drag plus helpful for having less rope out on one rope if a runner on the other was to rip, etc etc.
Great climbing. I was wondering what shoes your using on here?
La Sportiva Skwamas. I use them for everything.
Dave MacLeod. Thanks very much for that
Bit of a classic.
Who shoots your videos Dave? I’m really digging their style!
Thanks. I shoot all of them myself.
@@climbermacleod Nice! Would you do a vlog the gear and techniques you use? I'd be interested to see how you got that drone to follow in your Ardverikie Wall Free Solo vid. Keep up the good work.
N.B. Couch is 12 seconds from hardcore dedicated training wall.
love your videos - for your climb around 5mins, what makes this an E8 as from the video it seemed like there was a reasonable amount of gear? thanks
The difficulty of the climbing and the difficulty of placing the gear right in the middle of the crux.
Nice!
"Gentle"you say? 1:41
What is harness you are using in this video?
I think it is the solution harness from a few years back.
Dave M...couch to E8....rest of us mortals couch to 6a at a wall or hvs on rock 😂
How long does it take to walk from the car to the start of those routes? Looks a good walk
I think he bikes a lot of the way
20 min bike, 45 min or so walk. Pretty chilled.
hi dave, was wondering what is your TR solo setup?
cheers(:
I did a whole video on this. Check back through my channel.
you could see the end of the rainbow should have grabbed the pot of gold
Yours looks a wee bit run out at the end there 😬
i see two ropes, what am i missing on that?
Sometimes, if a route has protection that is spread out horizontally across it, it's good to use 2 ropes so a single rope doesn't get zigzagged all over the route which causes rope drag and can actually pull pro out of the wall if there's enough tension on the rope.
Scott Stevenson awesome! Thanks scott
Half ropes. Very common for alpine and trad climbing, especially in Europe. They have a softer catch, you can achieve lower rope drag (by avoiding zig-zagging a single rope all over the place), second rope acts as a backup, you can abseil the full length of the rope (by tying both together), in multi pitch climbing you can belay two followers at the same time. Only disadvantage is more bulk and weight, but half rope is lighter than single rope and you usually only use comparatively short 2x50 or 2x60m (single rope is usually 70 or 80m).