This is one of the best aid climbing videos I’ve seen! I love Yosemite and Washington Column is one of my favorites. I even pulled out my trad rack and quasi arm chaired climbed along with you. At age 72, most of my pitches are just fond memories…
The battery died at a ledge below Tapir. I recall placing a cam in the crack on the ledge to get up on the ledge, but I think there was also a piton. Then it's a bolt ladder to a 5.6 diagonal crack to Tapir, which is a series of sloping ledges.
That poor nut! Was the crack too thin to get the nut tool in instead of yanking on the wire like that? Also Rad climb there were definitely some funky use your brain aid moves in there!
"C" in aid stands for "clean", which essentially means one can remove the gear and not cause damage to the rock. The number designation afterwards refers to the difficulty in protecting, with 1 being a standard crack with good placements, 2 using hooks or marginal placements, 3 using multiple hooks/marginal placements in a row, .... and 5 being the possibility of ripping out all of the gear on a pitch.
This is one of the best aid climbing videos I’ve seen! I love Yosemite and Washington Column is one of my favorites. I even pulled out my trad rack and quasi arm chaired climbed along with you. At age 72, most of my pitches are just fond memories…
Fond memories of great accomplishments.
You are with us in spirit, grandfather.
What happened after you clipped the last bolt and the GoPro died? What moves were next? Was that Tapir?
The battery died at a ledge below Tapir. I recall placing a cam in the crack on the ledge to get up on the ledge, but I think there was also a piton. Then it's a bolt ladder to a 5.6 diagonal crack to Tapir, which is a series of sloping ledges.
Cathedral ledge New Hampshire?
😂😂😂
That poor nut! Was the crack too thin to get the nut tool in instead of yanking on the wire like that? Also Rad climb there were definitely some funky use your brain aid moves in there!
Yeah, that micronut got wedged in there. It slotted down when I bounce tested. We couldn't get it out with the tool. Might still be stuck there.
Around minute 28 what is the locker for on the piton? There is a bolt right after
The pitch wanders and I was considering options for conserving alpine draws. Probably better to just carry a couple more next time.
So, using aid ladders with gear in cracks and bolts, is this considered c1 or c2?
"C" in aid stands for "clean", which essentially means one can remove the gear and not cause damage to the rock. The number designation afterwards refers to the difficulty in protecting, with 1 being a standard crack with good placements, 2 using hooks or marginal placements, 3 using multiple hooks/marginal placements in a row, .... and 5 being the possibility of ripping out all of the gear on a pitch.
@@cragsocks1726 ahh thank you so much. So c2 is like pg13, c3 is like R and c4 is x?
@@brucenowmen6955 Hah. I guess you could put it that way. There's also the A designator for hammering gear.
Loubz