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One of the finest climbers/alpinists of his generation in his element, thanks for this video

Who cares so many people have done that problem it's not relatve any more and not that great of a problem

3:08 Ballet requires a lot of strength actually. And disicpline and practice.

Those old guys couldn't be more sour

that must have been a cold night for the toesies

3:23 holy moly those forearms

Came up threw the old ground

A little late in the game to add comments but one of the off-camera voices cheering her on is none other than John Long. Good to hear his voice!

Very few can claim to have done as much for crack climbing as these two guys have. Cheers boys!!

Why is there a cut right at the crux? And all that chalk... seriously? I was climbing and bouldering back in the '70s and we did fine without so much chalk. Better, in fact, since chalk tend to clog the holds and make them slick.

Big Fuck you to Stevie for making that sarcastic "well done, boys" comment while rolling his eyes at the end there. Jealousy is powerful.

Great movie! Great depiction of the tenacity those guys have! The difference between the "old" and "new" and the jealousy when you're getting older... Imo, tradition and ethics are important and should always be respected! They did the right thing going back! Pete and Tom are the definition of everything trad climbing represents! 🤟

Great shoot. I think it missed out a little by doing only closeup while he was doing that crazy run out above the ledge, and then we got the situation after he put some pro in. Though I don't know about that pro. I wouldn't trust most stuff that looked like that.

happy to see this out on RUclips. Will add this to the playlist . ;)

good lord.

Good job Tom and Pete! Let the old hounds cry in jealousy. I knew when you decided to go back you were going to kill it the same as first time. I don't think they went back because of what was said alone, it was to prove to themselves they COULD do it the "right" way whatever that means. The salty old dogs "well done" was full of loathing for himself because HE couldn't do it and it is still eating him alive. He gave up though, they didn't.

Whats the song at 34:00 ??

Where the fuck did this music come from

I read about his passing in Holland, thank you for sharing. Very inspirational

Does that classic midnight lightning design not get washed away during rain and winter .

I always think how the hell would you explain this to the aliens. lol. No they spent years pretending to climb in a crack. To then climb in a crack.

'it wasn't an ascent' they literally ascended it

Great footage, dumb “music”

why did the video cut? it was an amazing beta video up to that point!!

Was probably a more logical ascent with preplaced gear.

You're in the history books.

Very proud send!!!! Congratulations!!

I think I'd just bail off the videographers line at that point. Happy to see him clip that equalized piece. Ughhh, hairy!

Good thing its shitty sandstone and you can dig that ice pick about 2 inches into the sandstone on each pick! hahahahaha

Great doc!!

Scott was my nephew and we started ice climbing together almost 30 years ago. Ive never seen this video before and it brought back so many memories. The wild thing is I know that's not the craziest thing he's done and got away with. This video took me back and brought back so many memories. I miss that kid. NWS! Thanks for putting this up!

Why not to rappel on just one rope to have way less slack in the case the ice tool fails?!? It's a little more complicated for the belayer but totally doable

You're getting old.

Jesse killing it as usual :)

RIP scott

Nice

Thanks for the awesome footage and demonstrating that not all missions are successful. This shows the true hard work that goes into these projects.

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Fabulous shot 🙌 And pretty nerve-wracking stuff 😅 Insane coolheaded dude

Few people mentioned here that he should have not clipped both ropes to the tool. That is correct but he should have also pulled out more slack on the rope clipped to the tool (so that it reaches the ledge), tie it off on a tool and abseil down himself while the belayer had him on a backup through the cams on a single rope. That way there is much less force on the tool itself, the angle of load on the tool is straight down, and the belayer has to deal with only one rope.

Incredible footage!!! - reminds me of the thin rime ice on the Canadian Rockies classic Alpine route "Slipstream" .

Pretty cool.

Damn brother.... thanks so much for uploading this to the Tube.... 22 years ago, it's hard to believe!!! Remember I got SARS not long after these climbs were done.... then the farmers chopped our ropes and we were done 😂

this is psycho. what did i just watch

Hi amazing . Can anyone explain to me the latest technique used to lower yourself? was there no other way?

Amazing story ❤

Ever try editing ?

best thing I watched in years. Woooot?

God damn I was chalking up just sitting here... and my calfs were sooooooo pumped!! You da Man!!

Basically free soloing.