Honestly.. whoever took this girl out there is completely responsible for this. Taking someone this inexperienced on the hardest standard 14er route in Colorado can be a lethal mistake.
From some of her other comments it sounds like it might have actually been really good in the long run, just very hard to get through in the moment. But that's hindsight. It still seems a bit foolish, though I can't say for sure not actually knowing her ability nor the technical difficulty of that traverse.
@@culleneason5315 There are ways to build confidence with heights that aren't nearly as potentially lethal as this. This was sad to watch, knowing she went with a friend who bailed on her. Props to the group behind for supporting, but not a good idea and worst friend ever.
My anger at Patrick is what would have carried me through this climb, then I would have beaten his ass in the parking lot when we got back to the car and drove off and left him. He got her there and then abandoned her; the guys behind her got her through it.
I’ve climbed for years and get this I am terrified of heights. I know many other climbers that are as well.. the key is don’t look down when climbing technical areas. I never do I look straight at the rock and look where I need hand placement then go. And just keep doing that until I traverse . She really needed someone there talking her through it and she could have torn across it.. scared of heights or not. She needed not be left alone.
I actually had my buddy Jon behind me coaching me through it. Went back two years to the day this past summer and it was a breeze. It’s important to overcome your fears.
@@mindy8585 I know this was a while ago but I'm planning on going in a couple of weeks. I've climbed similar things but never that high. It's really hard to get the hang of, but learning to control that fear and listen to it is a fantastic skill to develop. Instead of like "holy fuck I'm gonna die" it should be "okay senses are heightened and I should be cautious"
Horrible friends. You can tell she has no business being up there and they just pass her by without care. She doesn't even grip her hand holds, she has never done this before. She has some iron ovaries to go up there and cross that being afraid of heights. Damn.
Lol iron ovaries! I hit the edge again this summer and it was super chill, nothing like experience to make you more comfortable with exposure and heights.
+Carrie Wagner What a dumbass comment. That's how people die on Capitol! You don't go straight to a class 4 scramble when you are afraid of heights and have no experience. There's a plethora of beginner class 3 routes to attempt in Colorado first. Capitol is the most challenging class 4 14er in CO! Most of the other class 4 14er routes are considerably easier.
This woman’s climbing partner failed her big time by taking such an inexperienced / not used to exposure climber on this route . Additionally , going in front of her and not giving moral support or advice on good footholds is overall a big L that could have resulted in this chick losing her life .
Prime example of somebody who should NOT be up there, it is a miracle she survived and that panic attack wasn’t worse. Clearly no experience, confidence, or sense of judgement. Overcoming your fears is one thing but this isn’t it.
"So, just to double check...you are terrified of heights, yes? Great. Let's go do something way beyond your ability. And where the penalty for error is certain death." Search and Rescue folks are amazimg in that they willingly put themselves in danger to rescue stupid people who make terrible decisions.
How did she grab the rock wrong? I think she did well overcoming her fear of heights. Also, I believe this might be her video. if anything, the guys who hurried around her didn't seem to be careful enough; that is how accidents occur. being in a hurry on that exposed slice of rock.
@@vincentdc211 overcoming a fear is a great thing. Doing it on Capital Peak is not. That mountain is dangerous as fuck. This was incredibly irresponsible to do, seems like the guy pushed her to do it. Plenty of tamer peaks in Colorado to do.
None of them were from the knofes edge tho. 1 a freak accident the rest they all thought they could take a short cut down to the lake. Which is odd because if you look up the ski videos its the route they do and then rope down the section people die in. Still horrifyingly scary lol
@@Wungus_Bill I'd be shocked if she had never climbed a technical 14er before, I'm sure she just lost her nerves at the top there, K2 ascent on Cap is already a technical route and class 4 hiking, its just the exposure that probably got to her.
This video actually sketched me out. It was almost like I could feel the panic about to take over, especially when you started to get gripped about mid way across. The thing that is odd about it is I crossed this knife edge and actually doing it didn't bother me. I remember focusing on hand and foot holds and at how spectacularly beautiful the scenery was, and how clean the air was at nearly 14000'.
Some people say I’m reckless for climbing mountains in Nepal and South America. But there are peaks near my home I’ll never touch. Mainly this one and Little Bear.
Go tag the south ridge of Superior in Utah. Almost 3k of vert all solid scrambling on knife edges with some heady 5.4 step crux. The exposure is olny like 500 ft so not too bad. Fun route. I passed a roped party when we climbed it.
Congrats to this lady. The person who left her struggling, is incompetent guiding others. There are loose rocks and cracks, that are more dangerous than any face steepness or exposure. BTW, action-cam lenses make slopes look vertical and scary in videos.
What’s crazy is you have to cross the knife on your way down too. So idk if this is legit or whatever because if you were that distraught you shouldn’t proceed forward. You will need to cross the knife edge again on the way down
Long before you get to the knife edge on Capitol you should know whether or not you can physically and mentally handle the exposure and risk. First climbing easier peaks with more limited exposure (like Maroon, Pyramid, and Longs) would make this a more logical next step. This person seems totally unprepared.
This was my 30th summit, I'm now a finisher and have completed all the great traverses. I went back this past summer and hit Capitol again for my friend's finisher, the video is uploaded. Challenging myself to face and push past my fears is when I feel the most alive. My reaction this year was much different, it was a cake walk.
"I wish I didn't have a frontal lobe either, part of being female." LOL, for being scared shitless you were pretty witty! Glad you overcame your fears!
For being scared of heights, that had to be therapeutic as hell, LOL! Brave woman kept her wits and focused down on the next 3 feet. You got my admiration. Would liked to have seen the party back at base camp after this climb.
Walter Alter it really was, there's nothing like pushing past your comfort zone and conquering your fears. I climbed this again this summer, 2 years to the day after this initial ascent, and in those years through experience with the traverses and having climbed this before, it was a cake walk. Growth all around.
I'm afraid of heights to the point when I go to the Grand Canyon I stay a few feet away from the rails. If she's afraid of heights then how did she get in this position? I'm assuming she's just venting but had an idea of what she was getting in to.
The people behind you were better friends than the guy in front of you (Patrick?). I damn near started hyperventilating just watching you do this. Terrifying.
@@Judd97 Get out of here. You are one of those who is naturally fine with heights, no flaws, no obstacles..this shit must be easy for you. Sme have to overcome challenges, and one of those is heights. Yes, some people are scared shitless of dropping from bungee cords, off waterfalls, buildings, cliffs, expose....But they can work to overcome this fear to have the experience they seek.
At the top of Knife Edge is not the time to learn how to climb. I feel so bad for her but so proud of her for getting across. Patrick should be ashamed of himself.
@@massey3129 for real, I think I read one of her comments somewhere that this was the 30-35th 14er she did, and has now completed all of them including a resummit of Cap. People need to get off their pedestal and realize that nerves get to you sometimes, not anybody's fault or lack of experience in particular. Stop gatekeeping hikes!
She’s climbing super steep mountain edges and hates heights? She had to of known it would be that intense before going. Not very bright. Bet she feels amazing making it through being that terrified.
Not very bright? She is overcoming her fear of heights. What would you prefer one do? Never tackle situations that involve heights and remain scared, and not try? Get out of here. I'm sure you're so damn brave and experienced.
@@vincentdc211 haha a much safer way of overcoming her fear of heights would probably be going off the high dive at her public pool 😂 not attempting colorado's arguably most dangerous and technical 14er that even challenges experienced mountaineers
please never hike with this person ever again if you value your life. you are incredibly lucky that nothing went wrong here. i’m so sorry that someone would put you in this position.
Hi my name is Tristan Owen and I am with the College of Motion Picture Arts at FSU and I am making a documentary on the humbling experience the Colorado mountains can have on people. I was wondering if you would be interested in allowing me to use 10 seconds of this footage to include in the documentary? I feel like it's a very powerful visual that will provide people with a strong understanding of what these mountains are capable of. Thank you!!
What the literal fuck are you doing on Capitol peak if you are terrified of heights ??? >>>> be forewarned this is NOT a climb for the inexperienced or if you're even remotely afraid of heights ...The exposure is REAL !!!!
I am right there with you. Hanging onto my couch right now 😂 I like doing this sort of thing but havent quite built up to Capitol peak. That thing is intense!
I think it’s that everyone uses a GoPro. Definitely makes things look worse than they are. Still though, it’s a little sketchy up there if you don’t have experience with exposed routes. She made it, and that’s impressive considering her near panic attack. Things could have ended a lot worse.
The problem is that these folks are hikers and have no climbing experience or skills. No rope no belays etc. Hiking is not climbing and if you don't rock climb and ice climb don't go into the mountains. So many hikers in the east don't understand this, but you folks out west should see this and realize: don't go for the fourteeners unless you have real climbing experience on CLASS 5 terrain not scrambling on class 3 or4. That doesn't cut it period.
All the people in the comments acting like freaking out at that exposure makes you a beginner at 14ers xD. There's a difference between technical skill and climbing ability, and losing your nerves on a section of rock like this! Heard you went back the next year with less nerves though, congrats!
Poor woman obviously wasn't ready, wasn't prepared for the exposure. Capitol Peak is not to be trifled with, and certainly isn't a beginner hike. I plan on climbing this some day, but I know it'll take more than just physical strength to summit. You gotta be in that mental game, gotta let go of fear.
Void Phantom this doesn’t look like a technically difficult climb. These things are more about self belief and the only way to get that is by developing the skills closer to home. If you spend some time in a local climbing gym, then graduate to easy outdoor climbing, your skills and fitness will develop and you’ll end up surprising yourself with what is possible!
@@addsy6396 It is 100% a technically difficult climb, this is just a section that is far more exposed than technical. In order to get to this section she had to do at least a good bit of class 4, with perhaps a couple class 5 moves as well.
It doesn't take much to take a belay rope and a bit of pro along and help someone out here; in the old days people had mountaineering skills when they went in the mountains and knew to do things like that, but nowadays so many get into trouble. I guess that it is too uncool to use a rope nowadays, but I'll bet the five souls now residing in heaven who fell of this same spot on Capitol last year would choose to go back and have one.
Carl Sullivan, first of all, none of the five died on the Knife Edge proper. Do some homework before you make comments like that. Secondly, roping in on the Knife’s Edge isn’t really practical. This isn’t about being cool. This initial climb of Capitol was before it was blown up all over the news due to the deaths of 2017. I climbed Cap for my friend’s finisher in 2017, a week after Jake’s death and just before the second, for my friend’s finisher. The experience was much different because I had finished all the 14ers the week prior and had much more experience. The best way to learn how to mountaineer is to mountaineer. We all start at beginners.
Definitely a unique perspective if you're used to seeing vids of guys nonchalantly scrambling across. Big fail on your climbing partner's part. This is a deadly mountain and not to be taken lightly. It's not for everyone, and glad you made it safely, despite the lack of support from your partner. Hopefully this video will dissuade people who think it's doable but are not comfortable with exposure.
Hehe... lol, sorry... I love this... it's always good to prepare your skills before hand, but I would be freaking the fuck out too, even being a fucking "native" 🐙
If you have 2 babies at home, you have no right to put yourself in positions like this for thrills or to test yourself. That's just selfish and immature.
No he's right - Mothers have a duty to put their children first & that means not taking unnecessary risks with your life - so curse all you like, it doesn't change that fact
Ok, people who do xtreme sports are truly HEROES. They have saved the world by risking their valuable lives to help the poor, stop word hunger and put an end to wars and discrimination. Their death or being paralyzed for life really means something. MY HEROES.
Honestly.. whoever took this girl out there is completely responsible for this. Taking someone this inexperienced on the hardest standard 14er route in Colorado can be a lethal mistake.
A moment of silence for our boy Patrick in the Friend Zone 2:47
DeleriousOdyssey lmfaooooo
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I can't imagine how stupid these people were to bring someone with two small kids at home who is scared of heights. It just blows the mind.
no one forced her to go mr simp
Right? This is clearly well beyond her skill/comfort level!
From some of her other comments it sounds like it might have actually been really good in the long run, just very hard to get through in the moment.
But that's hindsight. It still seems a bit foolish, though I can't say for sure not actually knowing her ability nor the technical difficulty of that traverse.
@@culleneason5315 There are ways to build confidence with heights that aren't nearly as potentially lethal as this. This was sad to watch, knowing she went with a friend who bailed on her. Props to the group behind for supporting, but not a good idea and worst friend ever.
My anger at Patrick is what would have carried me through this climb, then I would have beaten his ass in the parking lot when we got back to the car and drove off and left him. He got her there and then abandoned her; the guys behind her got her through it.
I’ve climbed for years and get this I am terrified of heights. I know many other climbers that are as well.. the key is don’t look down when climbing technical areas. I never do I look straight at the rock and look where I need hand placement then go. And just keep doing that until I traverse . She really needed someone there talking her through it and she could have torn across it.. scared of heights or not. She needed not be left alone.
I actually had my buddy Jon behind me coaching me through it. Went back two years to the day this past summer and it was a breeze. It’s important to overcome your fears.
Superglamp bravo amazing job
@@mindy8585 I know this was a while ago but I'm planning on going in a couple of weeks. I've climbed similar things but never that high. It's really hard to get the hang of, but learning to control that fear and listen to it is a fantastic skill to develop.
Instead of like "holy fuck I'm gonna die" it should be "okay senses are heightened and I should be cautious"
Horrible friends. You can tell she has no business being up there and they just pass her by without care.
She doesn't even grip her hand holds, she has never done this before.
She has some iron ovaries to go up there and cross that being afraid of heights. Damn.
Lol iron ovaries! I hit the edge again this summer and it was super chill, nothing like experience to make you more comfortable with exposure and heights.
Anthony Dewar hey man, I'm sure plenty of mountaineers started out with a fear of extreme heights. Ya gotta go up there and do it to get over it.
+Carrie Wagner What a dumbass comment. That's how people die on Capitol! You don't go straight to a class 4 scramble when you are afraid of heights and have no experience. There's a plethora of beginner class 3 routes to attempt in Colorado first. Capitol is the most challenging class 4 14er in CO! Most of the other class 4 14er routes are considerably easier.
LOL @ 'iron ovaries'
I bet Patrick wanted to push her down that cliff
This woman’s climbing partner failed her big time by taking such an inexperienced / not used to exposure climber on this route . Additionally , going in front of her and not giving moral support or advice on good footholds is overall a big L that could have resulted in this chick losing her life .
Can we get some “Capital Peak: Knife’s Edge” tees with “F**k You, Patrick” on the back?
Prime example of somebody who should NOT be up there, it is a miracle she survived and that panic attack wasn’t worse. Clearly no experience, confidence, or sense of judgement. Overcoming your fears is one thing but this isn’t it.
Whaaaat the hell is that person doing up there. Clearly way out of their depth. Lucky to have survived.
Steve-in-Toronto ha!
Just like all the bodies littering Everest. Just because people have the money they think they're qualified to do anything.
@WungusBill which summit is this exactly
@WungusBill not all of us live in Colorado
"So, just to double check...you are terrified of heights, yes? Great. Let's go do something way beyond your ability. And where the penalty for error is certain death."
Search and Rescue folks are amazimg in that they willingly put themselves in danger to rescue stupid people who make terrible decisions.
That unskilled woman had NO business climbing that mountain. Look at the way she grab the rock, jeez, she's lucky to have survived
How did she grab the rock wrong? I think she did well overcoming her fear of heights. Also, I believe this might be her video. if anything, the guys who hurried around her didn't seem to be careful enough; that is how accidents occur. being in a hurry on that exposed slice of rock.
@@vincentdc211 well you can neighter do night
@@vincentdc211 overcoming a fear is a great thing. Doing it on Capital Peak is not. That mountain is dangerous as fuck. This was incredibly irresponsible to do, seems like the guy pushed her to do it. Plenty of tamer peaks in Colorado to do.
5 deaths in 2017.
None of them were from the knofes edge tho. 1 a freak accident the rest they all thought they could take a short cut down to the lake. Which is odd because if you look up the ski videos its the route they do and then rope down the section people die in. Still horrifyingly scary lol
A group of deaths that happened happened because the entire group quit following the standard route.
She is very lucky she survived this, I am so glad you did.
You need to find new friends.
Nah
Good thing Patrick gave you plenty of moral support
Finally a Capital Peak knife edge video with appropriate emotion. Last video had a guy hopping and skipping across the edge.
Totally agree! Most videos I watch of 14ers like these have hikers with nearly no reaction to the crazy heights
@@Wungus_Bill I'd be shocked if she had never climbed a technical 14er before, I'm sure she just lost her nerves at the top there, K2 ascent on Cap is already a technical route and class 4 hiking, its just the exposure that probably got to her.
My heart felt congratulations for doing this. I almost fainted watching you. I can't imagine how it was in real life.
My hands are fucking sweating watching this... And I'm avoiding work in the freezer
LOL! "Thanks Patrick. Fuck you."
Love it.
KA4 Designs I agree Patrick is not cool!! At least here he wasn’t.. hey Patrick why don’t you go on a climb with me?? I’ll get u a little payback
This video actually sketched me out. It was almost like I could feel the panic about to take over, especially when you started to get gripped about mid way across.
The thing that is odd about it is I crossed this knife edge and actually doing it didn't bother me. I remember focusing on hand and foot holds and at how spectacularly beautiful the scenery was, and how clean the air was at nearly 14000'.
Some people say I’m reckless for climbing mountains in Nepal and South America. But there are peaks near my home I’ll never touch. Mainly this one and Little Bear.
Same. It just doesn’t seem worth it. At least for technical class 5 things, you’re tethered. This is borderline reckless.
Go tag the south ridge of Superior in Utah. Almost 3k of vert all solid scrambling on knife edges with some heady 5.4 step crux. The exposure is olny like 500 ft so not too bad. Fun route. I passed a roped party when we climbed it.
I feel a strange combination of protectiveness, terror and arousal.
Congrats to this lady. The person who left her struggling, is incompetent guiding others. There are loose rocks and cracks, that are more dangerous than any face steepness or exposure. BTW, action-cam lenses make slopes look vertical and scary in videos.
This is a good perspective to level out how the experience can be. The other knife edge videos are just people hopping across.
Yeesh my heart rate went up just watching this. Great job by the way I would have froze up and whimpered for someone to come get me.
What’s crazy is you have to cross the knife on your way down too. So idk if this is legit or whatever because if you were that distraught you shouldn’t proceed forward. You will need to cross the knife edge again on the way down
my wife probably thinks im watching porn bc of her noises.....
Surely this lady has to take some responsibility. If you’re scared of heights don’t sit on top of a mountain ffs.
Dude, this is me in 11th grade when a similarly douchy friend convinced me to fucking ski in backcountry hell and I about died of 11 heart attacks.
Goddamn it, this is REALLY VERY FN dangerous mountain...
I'm curious to know if she made it to the top. I have heard that it's considerably less sketchy once you make it past the knife's edge.
I couldn’t do it. Guess I’ll go up Elbert again next month. A lot of snow this year.
Long before you get to the knife edge on Capitol you should know whether or not you can physically and mentally handle the exposure and risk. First climbing easier peaks with more limited exposure (like Maroon, Pyramid, and Longs) would make this a more logical next step. This person seems totally unprepared.
This was my 30th summit, I'm now a finisher and have completed all the great traverses. I went back this past summer and hit Capitol again for my friend's finisher, the video is uploaded. Challenging myself to face and push past my fears is when I feel the most alive. My reaction this year was much different, it was a cake walk.
"I wish I didn't have a frontal lobe either, part of being female." LOL, for being scared shitless you were pretty witty!
Glad you overcame your fears!
Lol. All oatmeal north of the eyebrows!
@@mindywilliford1060 it seemed liks you were scared but you were clearly prepared for that. Thank you for the insipration.
For being scared of heights, that had to be therapeutic as hell, LOL! Brave woman kept her wits and focused down on the next 3 feet. You got my admiration. Would liked to have seen the party back at base camp after this climb.
Walter Alter it really was, there's nothing like pushing past your comfort zone and conquering your fears. I climbed this again this summer, 2 years to the day after this initial ascent, and in those years through experience with the traverses and having climbed this before, it was a cake walk. Growth all around.
Sweet victory. Prudence + skill is the combo.
Def Type 2 "fun."
Is she still up there?
I'm afraid of heights to the point when I go to the Grand Canyon I stay a few feet away from the rails. If she's afraid of heights then how did she get in this position? I'm assuming she's just venting but had an idea of what she was getting in to.
This is me talking to myself on way to many trips.
The people behind you were better friends than the guy in front of you (Patrick?). I damn near started hyperventilating just watching you do this. Terrifying.
gutsy move young lady. glad you made it. they really should install two permanent, adjacent lines on the knife edge so folks can clip in.
This defeats the purpose of a wilderness area.
.....but supports the idea of staying alive!
No, just don't attempt it if you aren't prepared or capable. It's not an amusement park ride.
Lol @ paternalistic state nursing its citizens, ha. Should it change their diapers too ?
@@Judd97 Get out of here. You are one of those who is naturally fine with heights, no flaws, no obstacles..this shit must be easy for you. Sme have to overcome challenges, and one of those is heights. Yes, some people are scared shitless of dropping from bungee cords, off waterfalls, buildings, cliffs, expose....But they can work to overcome this fear to have the experience they seek.
If somebody with a name SuperGlamp can make it up there so can I...
Dam straight! The very worst idea EVER! That’s a fine place for the inexperienced to die!
“ F U Patrick!”
Not only did Patrick endanger his friend's life but also the life of the hikers that have to go around her.
Was it more or less scary coming back down? The worst part about an intense hike is knowing you have to do it all again very soon
This is like a horrifying bad dream, I'm sorry you had to go through this.
DesmondCreighton when you put it like that it can look that way lol but it’s gangster what she did
At the top of Knife Edge is not the time to learn how to climb. I feel so bad for her but so proud of her for getting across. Patrick should be ashamed of himself.
She has "two babies at home" but this unexperienced woman with fear of heights goes to climb a 14er. Mother of he Year I guess
Dude she has no business being up there
Play this full blast with just the sound
Yeah I had to explain to my GF what I was watching.
The woman is obviously terrified and her "friend" isn't even trying to help. I'm not afraid of heights and that looks a bit intimidating.
This would be so much fun. I’ve climbed half the 14ers. I’ll do this one day. This lady could’ve died or got others killed. Keep to your skill level.
Yeah, stay in your lane, bro.
@@massey3129 for real, I think I read one of her comments somewhere that this was the 30-35th 14er she did, and has now completed all of them including a resummit of Cap. People need to get off their pedestal and realize that nerves get to you sometimes, not anybody's fault or lack of experience in particular. Stop gatekeeping hikes!
My hands are sweating just watching this...
I feel like this may be payback for friend zoning Patrick. /s Seriously, glad this didn't turn out bad.
I found the steep talus after the knife edge way more intimidating
All risk. No reward. Reward of not dying.
She’s climbing super steep mountain edges and hates heights? She had to of known it would be that intense before going. Not very bright. Bet she feels amazing making it through being that terrified.
Not very bright? She is overcoming her fear of heights. What would you prefer one do? Never tackle situations that involve heights and remain scared, and not try? Get out of here. I'm sure you're so damn brave and experienced.
Discovered if that’s the way you wanna see it
@@vincentdc211 haha a much safer way of overcoming her fear of heights would probably be going off the high dive at her public pool 😂 not attempting colorado's arguably most dangerous and technical 14er that even challenges experienced mountaineers
Just don't do it,can live perfectly happy without the sense of achievement
Well I couldn't do it....damn.
please never hike with this person ever again if you value your life. you are incredibly lucky that nothing went wrong here. i’m so sorry that someone would put you in this position.
Hi my name is Tristan Owen and I am with the College of Motion Picture Arts at FSU and I am making a documentary on the humbling experience the Colorado mountains can have on people. I was wondering if you would be interested in allowing me to use 10 seconds of this footage to include in the documentary? I feel like it's a very powerful visual that will provide people with a strong understanding of what these mountains are capable of. Thank you!!
A climbing partner from hell.
What the literal fuck are you doing on Capitol peak if you are terrified of heights ??? >>>> be forewarned this is NOT a climb for the inexperienced or if you're even remotely afraid of heights ...The exposure is REAL !!!!
Damn my hands were sweating and i was scared for you
I am right there with you. Hanging onto my couch right now 😂 I like doing this sort of thing but havent quite built up to Capitol peak. That thing is intense!
how to avoid Capitols knife edge, I have not seen this part in the path. When watching knifes edge videos. Wow she is a trooper
"I'm done...I'm done" What about the trip back?
Just one question: WHY?
Why do they always use fisheye lens on these types of climbs. Oh yeah, looks a lot scarcer.
I think it’s that everyone uses a GoPro. Definitely makes things look worse than they are. Still though, it’s a little sketchy up there if you don’t have experience with exposed routes. She made it, and that’s impressive considering her near panic attack. Things could have ended a lot worse.
@@jessepowell4435 Oh, don't misunderstand me, you wouldn't catch me anywhere near the place :-)
I'll be climbing Capitol Peak solo next summer, if anyone would like to tag along shoot me a message so we can coordinate.
It is a year later. I will not be able to make it this year maybe summer of 2021.
2021 ?
Yeap. My anxiety level went way up. I still have this one to do.
Conclusion... Patrick is a total tool! His behavior is criminal.
lmao why do capitol if your scared of heights
That woman said… IDK 😂
The problem is that these folks are hikers and have no climbing experience or skills. No rope no belays etc. Hiking is not climbing and if you don't rock climb and ice climb don't go into the mountains. So many hikers in the east don't understand this, but you folks out west should see this and realize: don't go for the fourteeners unless you have real climbing experience on CLASS 5 terrain not scrambling on class 3 or4. That doesn't cut it period.
This is simply awesome. Way to pull through the fears and make it happen.
I can't watch this... so scary. I just passed the goats.. and snow was everywhere... had to use ice Axe and spikes.. so scary
That moment you figure out that you only die if you fall off the ridge! 😝
This is one of the most panic inducing things I've ever seen. Holy FUCK. Why did you do that.
All the people in the comments acting like freaking out at that exposure makes you a beginner at 14ers xD. There's a difference between technical skill and climbing ability, and losing your nerves on a section of rock like this! Heard you went back the next year with less nerves though, congrats!
Poor woman obviously wasn't ready, wasn't prepared for the exposure. Capitol Peak is not to be trifled with, and certainly isn't a beginner hike. I plan on climbing this some day, but I know it'll take more than just physical strength to summit. You gotta be in that mental game, gotta let go of fear.
Void Phantom this doesn’t look like a technically difficult climb. These things are more about self belief and the only way to get that is by developing the skills closer to home. If you spend some time in a local climbing gym, then graduate to easy outdoor climbing, your skills and fitness will develop and you’ll end up surprising yourself with what is possible!
@@addsy6396 It is 100% a technically difficult climb, this is just a section that is far more exposed than technical. In order to get to this section she had to do at least a good bit of class 4, with perhaps a couple class 5 moves as well.
Whats the class 4 section like?
It doesn't take much to take a belay rope and a bit of pro along and help someone out here; in the old days people had mountaineering skills when they went in the mountains and knew to do things like that, but nowadays so many get into trouble. I guess that it is too uncool to use a rope nowadays, but I'll bet the five souls now residing in heaven who fell of this same spot on Capitol last year would choose to go back and have one.
Carl Sullivan, first of all, none of the five died on the Knife Edge proper. Do some homework before you make comments like that. Secondly, roping in on the Knife’s Edge isn’t really practical. This isn’t about being cool. This initial climb of Capitol was before it was blown up all over the news due to the deaths of 2017. I climbed Cap for my friend’s finisher in 2017, a week after Jake’s death and just before the second, for my friend’s finisher. The experience was much different because I had finished all the 14ers the week prior and had much more experience. The best way to learn how to mountaineer is to mountaineer. We all start at beginners.
Tip of the cap to the girl making this video. Seemed very out of her league but powered through it, mistake free. That’s badass.
This was the same reaction I had on the freaking saddle trail on mt katahdin!! I guess I’m going to skip capital peak
I definitely would not be lookin down,
I'M SO FUCKING PROUD OF YOU!!!!
That's a big no for me, dizzy just watching 😱
Patrick tou are the worst best friend ever!!!
Definitely a unique perspective if you're used to seeing vids of guys nonchalantly scrambling across. Big fail on your climbing partner's part. This is a deadly mountain and not to be taken lightly. It's not for everyone, and glad you made it safely, despite the lack of support from your partner. Hopefully this video will dissuade people who think it's doable but are not comfortable with exposure.
Another death on Capitol Peak this week .....
This girl has huge ballz! Shit I thought Angles landing was freaky! Awesome job!
Hehe... lol, sorry... I love this... it's always good to prepare your skills before hand, but I would be freaking the fuck out too, even being a fucking "native" 🐙
If you have 2 babies at home, you have no right to put yourself in positions like this for thrills or to test yourself. That's just selfish and immature.
fuck off
No he's right - Mothers have a duty to put their children first & that means not taking unnecessary risks with your life - so curse all you like, it doesn't change that fact
Did you complete it?
You have a bad friend
what terrible and insensitive friends they are
How'd you make it past K2? K2 is arguably more dangerous and way more technical than this.
I'm perplexed
Ok, people who do xtreme sports are truly HEROES. They have saved the world by risking their valuable lives to help the poor, stop word hunger and put an end to wars and discrimination. Their death or being paralyzed for life really means something. MY HEROES.
L L they can do whatever the fuck they please bud its there life. Life isn't all about worrying about other people.
Why, I'm glad to hear that. Nobody told me the world had actually been saved until now.
actually, climbing capitol without the proper experience is just stupid as fuck. There are EXPERIENCED climbers whove died
ive never done anything like this before but grip those fuckin rocks thats what those hands are for........damn