Last Updated on: 31st March 2023, 10:58 am
In a macabre sort of way, climbing falls are fun to watch, as long as no one gets hurt. In the moment, falls can be terrifying, and that is made abundantly clean by this point of view GoPro video of a biiiiig fall in Colorado’s Garden of the Gods.
The route in question is Tidrick’s, a 3-pitch bolted 5.8 route.
Last Updated on: 13th November 2016, 09:09 am After climbing an 8a (5.13b) at age 10 last year, the UK’s Toby Roberts ups the ante to climb the route Revelations at the Peak District’s Raven Tor. Climbing type: Sport Video location: Raven Tor, Peak District, England, UK Video length: 5:47 Video channel: EpicTV Climbing Daily (YouTube)
Last Updated on: 2nd December 2016, 05:37 pm Drytooling started out as a way to reach those free-hanging icicles at the top of steep walls, but it’s morphed into a climbing discipline in its own right and an end unto itself. Perhaps nothing illustrates this better than the video below, in which Jeff Mercier climbs a…
Last Updated on: 13th November 2016, 08:49 am Finger cracks are inherently beautiful climbs. Here Will Mayo climbs Bishop Crack (5.12b) on The Bishop in South Platte, Colorado. The first pitch has been called the best finger crack in all of Colorado. After watching this video, I believe it. It looks like one of the best in the…
Last Updated on: 13th November 2016, 07:55 am In this video, Nathaniel Davison heads to Indian Creek not to climb, but to find new boulders and put up new problems. Great-looking problems, beautiful scenery, good music, and good cinematography. What more could you want in a climbing video? Climbing type: Bouldering Video location: Indian Creek, Utah,…
Last Updated on: 26th November 2016, 10:09 am Drone-making company DJI made this video profile of British climber James Pearson and his wife, French climber Caroline Ciavaldini. As you might expect, they also talk about using a drone to capture climbing footage. One interesting thing that James mentions is using the drone to scope out…
Last Updated on: 27th November 2016, 05:46 pm Expedition climber Mike Libecki and his little brother Andy head to Greenland to nab the first ascent of Polar Bear Spire, and just getting to the formation is an expedition in itself. Climbing type: Big wall Video location: Greenland Video length: 8:33 Video channel: Type Two Fun Films