FAFO! Ice Roof Climbing.
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- FAFO Ice Roof
Is this clip from Festiglace 2024 stupid, crazy, or awesome? How you see it will probably depend on your tolerance for profanity and uncertainty, and understanding of ice. I love this kinda thing: Big unknowns, physically demanding, hazards to be managed or avoided, a psyched team, and something so ridiculous that it just has to be tried. Most everything meaningful in my life has come from seeing an opportunity to try something different, and then, well, FAFOing with it.
Note that the outcomes here mostly fall into the “Bumps and Bruises” level of the risk-management program I run with with everyone from our kids to new business development: Bumps and bruises, hospital, death. What can we do to mitigate those potential outcomes?
I’ve been climbing ice roofs like this for going on 30 years, and have built a reasonably deep understanding of how ice screws work in horizontal roofs, where the ice is likely to fracture, and my own ability to hang on or not. But even if I get all that wrong I still have a bolt high and left just in case. Limiting exposure is critical to me when doing high-consequence activities.
For me this was one of the best hours of 2024 so far. Climbing across a horizontal ice roof on natural gear? YES! Also stoked that @iceclimbing and @caleb.gringas were there to shoot, thanks for the edit guys!
These are my favorite clips to see from Will, the fancy documentary’s are cool but this is pure love and enjoyment for the sport!! Keep doing you man you’re an inspiration to us all! 🤙
Thank you!
Fantastic Will. Thanks! Love your fuck around and find out mantra. I have lived within walking distance here in Boulder, CO from Neptune Mountaineering store for some 28 years. Some years ago the founder, Gary Neptune retired and sold the store which still bears his name. But during his tenure the slogan was “Messing around since 1973” (as well as the tag line “Pin Heads from Hell”)😊
Gary and Neptunes meant so much to me also, thanks for the memories!
He had me in the beginning, not gonna lie
Love your vedios sir. ❤ from the mountains of himalayas 🇮🇳
Amazing skills Will and I've always admired you not just because of your skills and knowing the dangers and bringing them to everyone attention and respect for the mountains.
Hell ya Will! Your videos never fail to get me psyched!
That’s some seriously cool ice climbing!
Inspiring stuff - love the stoke
Badass! You're the ambassador of ice climbing
FAFOnomenal!
Ha!
Sounds like you had a blast! I just imagine myself... Falling at the very first move: "FAFO, that is impossible!". Congrats on the climb!
FAFO can be applied to a wide range of activities :). It was fun thanks!
Wonderful video.
That looked extremely cool!
Outstanding Broski!
Good skills
This is so awesome ! Good job Will !
EXCELENT!!!!
Amazing!
GOAT moves 🙈
This was so sick to watch🤙🫡✌️
Gnarly
Awesome climbing and video. It is really inspiring. What kind of gloves do you use? I saw two different gloves on this video.
I thought I could climb it with some light BD protos I like, basically golf gloves, but they got soaked putting in that first screw so I switched to another pair of something, can't remember what. but likely BD Terminators, good eye!
@@willgadd2187 Thank you for your answer
Did you film your climb of Dells Falls?
FAFO: for when the YOLO variation wasn't hard enough.
Ha !
FAFO ... if you have the skill. Otherwise it's fuck around and FALL OFF!😂
Oh, I like that :).
Thinking at least WI8?
There were two friends videoing there, so at least 10 ha ha!
Sorry Will, my parents said not to touch yellow ice...
Ha!
Wow💛💛💛🤍🤍🤍💛🤍
No class! Unsubstantiated
Who the fuck cares?
guys do this without ropes... not that impressive
Uh, no...
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