imagine this dude just sees a guy in a red tshirt climbing up without a rope

@lookherelooklisten7850

2 жыл бұрын

This was 1 year before Alex free solo it

@sixfigureskibum

2 жыл бұрын

Lynn Hill free soloed el cap first

@lookherelooklisten7850

2 жыл бұрын

@@sixfigureskibum that’s free climb not free solo

@sixfigureskibum

2 жыл бұрын

@@lookherelooklisten7850 yeah I got confuzed from a film of her climbing the Devils tower. and I was free soloing in toulomne Meadows back 89 90 .

@deckisknezije4447

2 жыл бұрын

This is like polish guy who ski down k2 summit and climbers go pass him

Of all this,I find the fact we have ropes this long the most amazing.

@ESHANABROOK

Жыл бұрын

Yes, and what does a 26 hundred foot rope weigh? Found the answer, further down the comments, 200 pounds of rope.

@roflbotfpv9168

Жыл бұрын

Wait untill you learn about the cables that cross the ocean from US to Europe.

@kentuckybeardsman

Жыл бұрын

@@roflbotfpv9168 rope not cables and yes I've seen documentary's on em. Very cool

@phototristan

Жыл бұрын

@@ESHANABROOK How do they all get the rope up to the top?

@yup9451

Жыл бұрын

@@phototristan Alex carried them all on his back. He was a pioneer

It's absolutely insane how high and just immense El cap is. Crazy that Alex free soloed that. So scary man. Even decending with gear would be terrifying.

@ATSaale

Жыл бұрын

there's no descending, the walk down is on a hiking trail

@fallinginthed33p

Жыл бұрын

I think a free soloist would think a single rope abseil was insane. You need total faith in your gear.

@killrkiddx007

Жыл бұрын

I was already feeling scared on his way down man

@ccrider3435

10 ай бұрын

@@ATSaale Except: It is a video of people descending with gear. But, I know what you meant! 🙄

@OMiskell

Ай бұрын

He different

"Alright, the top rope is set, climb on"

@virusheat

3 жыл бұрын

Where's my Jumar?

@fredbmurphy

2 жыл бұрын

"Give me some slack."

@billr5842

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine microtraxioning this with many directionals in place. That would be fun

@picklerick7731

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@dereks7061

2 жыл бұрын

I legit laughed out loud at that comment, perfection

Absolutely amazing how Alex honnold was that high without anything but his finger tips. Absolutely insane 😳😳😳😳

@anthonyclarkjr.243

5 жыл бұрын

Evan Saber I love how much recognition he’s getting tho like he set the fucking bar for being the hungest person on this planet. No fear is an understatement

@lilali360

5 жыл бұрын

It truly is fucking incredible! That man was on a mission.

@trentsc4929

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah it was fake, he is a foreign actor.

@silkroad1201

4 жыл бұрын

@@trentsc4929 there's always that one guy. I found him. It's you Trent. You're that one guy

@trentsc4929

4 жыл бұрын

@@silkroad1201Listen kid. I'm not your dad, ok.

Never had nerves climbing, but backing over the edge to rap down always got me. Trusting gear is different than trusting your hands and feet.

@Segphalt

6 жыл бұрын

Gear Zen My hands and feet aren't made from aircraft grade aluminum. They also get tired over time.

@drummingearth5326

6 жыл бұрын

Precisely my problem with climbing would much prefer to reach the top annd unclip then walk down.

@ptrckkkkkkkkk

5 жыл бұрын

sometimes not an option :)

@oldgamer49

5 жыл бұрын

100%

@AwesometownUSA

5 жыл бұрын

I never get nervous when I’m about to rap. Whether I’m on a mountain or on a stage, I just flow. Then I take a nap.

I'm a former climber, and that exposure (to say nothing of the number and difficulty of the pitches) would have wigged me right out. Way, way, way beyond anything I could have managed. I'm also shocked to see a static rope of that length!

@onropewithcmfm4430

Жыл бұрын

Ain't gonna lie first time I approached that lip I was a little nervous. More than I thought but not enough to bother me. Climbing the rope bakc up I was one with the world. Pure Bliss.

@bobbypatton4903

Жыл бұрын

@@onropewithcmfm4430 how long to jug up the whole thing? Was that a Texas rope walker?

@onropewithcmfm4430

Жыл бұрын

@@bobbypatton4903 a Texas system is different than a rope walker. A rope Walker is all legs, it's literally like climbing a ladder and the ladder is the rope. A Texas system still requires your arms to move the ascenders up the rope and pull your body into the rope. It took me 2 hours and 15 minutes to climb to the top on the Rope Walker which is fairly slow compared to what other people can climb that same pitch with a rope Walker

@penguiin12

Жыл бұрын

@@onropewithcmfm4430 how much does a like ~3000 foot rope like this cost? im assuming thousands of dollars since youre life is literally riding on it... crazy. what brand makes it?

@onropewithcmfm4430

Жыл бұрын

@@penguiin12 this is a PMI pit rope. Made for caving. Usually $0.69 a foot but I'm sure a deal was made due to it being ordered in bulk. That would put it at $2100.my assumption is it was a bit less.

When you realize that Alex Honnold free solo'd El Cap in less than 4 hours and see this video......that sure puts things into a COMPLETELY different perspective. Theres no way it wasnt the greatest feat of athletisicm in the history of mankind. The combination of endurance, mental strength, pure strength, technique and preparation is just on a completely different level. If you ever have trouble do your everyday tasks, look at this and think of what Alex did. That will get you going! 😅

"If you carry up the rope, I'll carry the other gear."

@goldfieldgary

Ай бұрын

Folks that rappelled Sotaño de las Golondrinas in Mexico would hire burros to carry their 1200' rope.

Seeing the full size and flatness of this wall makes me appreciate Mr. Honnold's free solo

@blacksunapocalypse

3 жыл бұрын

First thing I thought about... How the hell did he do that.

@TheArmyKnifeNut

3 жыл бұрын

Not taking away from Alex Honnold's Free Solo, but this rappel is actually in front of the Dawn Wall. Honnold climbed Freerider which is on the other side of El Cap, around and to the left, and it follows a much easier and more heavily featured route. That said, the Dawn Wall really is super flat and featureless which is why you should totally go watch Dawn Wall on Netflix. Cool time stamps for those interested... 5:38-5:49: You see his shadow descending towards Wino Tower, a well recognized land mark that marks a turning point in the Dawn Wall's difficulty. 7:24-7:25: When he looks to his right, in the bottom right of the video, you see the infamous Dyno with the loop pitch below it. Not shown, to his left, is the traverse pitch, "Pitch 15."

@gigantomastiaCuddler

3 жыл бұрын

because mountains only have one face lol

@brierk2769

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheArmyKnifeNut this is random but i wanted to let you you know i read you comment earlier and i had never heard of the Dawn Wall. i went on to netflix and thought i would give it a try. just finished watching, and it was really good! for some reason i had no prior knowledge to any of this. i guess i’m just saying thank you for mentioning it! lol

@TheArmyKnifeNut

3 жыл бұрын

@@brierk2769 it is truly my pleasure. I love climbing and it is a joy to share any part of that passion with others. I'm glad you enjoyed it, and if you want more, find Meru on Amazon Prime.

the legend says he is still rappelling down to this day

@brentontrenney7396

2 жыл бұрын

Lol right. Def takes forever.

I'm more impressed you have a single 2650'+ rope than I am by the rappelling. Also, if you aren't touching the rock face and you're descending through free space, isn't it abseiling instead of rappelling?

@deang.7483

2 жыл бұрын

same same. ab = down / seil = rope

@Paularite

2 жыл бұрын

Rappel come from "rappeler" in french, which means "to call back", because you usually slip the rope through the anchor so that once on the ground you can pull on it and take it back with you. So here I guess it's technically isn't a rappel since the rope is fixed to the top, but I don't think that it's related to your feet touching the wall or not

@fossil6845

2 жыл бұрын

the term Abseilling and Rappelling are interchangeable, they literally mean the same thing.

@Buho17

Жыл бұрын

where can i buy my 2600 foot rope?!

@mountainguyy

Жыл бұрын

@@Buho17 I'd rather hike the beer up to the top than that looooooong rope 😀

I remember hearing about Honnold's free solo climb shortly after he did it and I still can't get over how insane it is, he has pretty much become synonymous with El Cap in a lot of ways.

@sixfigureskibum

2 жыл бұрын

Now hear about Lynn Hill who pioneered the free solo of el cap, alex would likely never done it if she had not first

@TheGhostOfFredZeppelin

2 жыл бұрын

@@sixfigureskibum Not taking anything away from her or her accomplishments, she's amazing but she didn't free solo it, she free climbed it. Big difference.

@sixfigureskibum

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheGhostOfFredZeppelin i think he climbed a different rout. She climbed the nose in a day in 94 so maybe I'm wrong, before alex was born she free climbed the nose and did in a day the next year. Thetes a sweat ass film of her free soloing the Devils Tower in Wy where she starts out setting pro then gets to end of rope, unties and climbs on. I lived in Yosemite in 89 90 and 95 , she always been my shero

@TheGhostOfFredZeppelin

2 жыл бұрын

@@sixfigureskibum Yeah she's incredible, don't know exactly what route she climbed but I remember her from Valley Uprising. Badass woman! Yosemite has always been on my bucket list, I know a guy who jumped off the El Cap a few times too. Base of course haha

@richskater

2 жыл бұрын

Lynn was the first free assent of The Nose, Alex free soloed Freerider. Not gonna say anymore than that, don't have the time to argue on the internet.

I'd want to go down too if I saw all those pieces of untouched broccoli.

@Bphillips2808

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't really laugh but I still think that your comment was very funny, well done

@qqtrol1774

3 жыл бұрын

Catskill are even more broccoli.

@andrewe6839

2 жыл бұрын

Huh

I watch videos like this to terrify myself. Every time I hear the rope start to speed up my palms begin to sweat. Braver than me for sure! well done

Very cool! That's one hell of a rope! Back in the late 70's, myself and friends did vertical caving using this same line with lengths up to 600'. We used shorter 5-6 bar racks and went back up using gibbs ascenders in a chest/knee/ankle arrangement. Even using static 1/2" line there was bounce when climbing or braking. Good times.

@goldfieldgary

Ай бұрын

Yes, and before braided rope became widely available, twisted nylon Gold Line rope was the standard. On a long free rappel you'd start slowly spinning. I built a jig and made a number of brake bar racks out of 304 stainless steel for myself and friends back in the day. Great times!

everytime he touched the mike I had a small stroke

@n.h6001

6 жыл бұрын

Who's The Mike?

@elcoollow5955

6 жыл бұрын

N.H Mike the situation from Jersey shore

@tukuminn7217

5 жыл бұрын

horrible sound too!! thats funny

@erinc.1610

5 жыл бұрын

Omg me too lol

@rmm2000

5 жыл бұрын

So let me get this. He touched Mike. You had small stroke. Was that of Mike or yourself? And if you enjoyed it why not have a bigger stroke.

That was amazing. I haven't rappelled since the early 90s. I learned how to rappel from my dad with old equipment. A swiss seat and a figure 8. All this newer advanced gear looks fun to use. This video really shows how flat el cap is. Basically never touched the wall all the way down.

@onropewithcmfm4430

5 жыл бұрын

Very flat. One spot we would rub on for 7 or 800 feet if not belayed out from below but still. Pretty smooth

@adventureswithfrodo2721

3 жыл бұрын

The equipment they used predates the 90s. It is just what caverns have used. If you were using Swiss seats repelling it was only because your dad wasn't a climber or caver.

@AdventuresInReach

3 жыл бұрын

Did you ever go rappelling again after watching this?

@Luke-uh7lq

3 жыл бұрын

Wa you mean just do it with a lasso

@jimmytwotimes802

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty insane that Alex climbed it with no ropes.

I'm not a big fan of heights passed 100', but I love watching stuff like this. I _really_ like watching Alex Honnold climb!

@ccrider3435

10 ай бұрын

Anything over 50' is referred to as 'The Coffin Zone'. 😬

*WOW! INCREDIBLE! So breathtaking! Full of adrenaline rush!* At this vertical wall, which is anyway considered one of world's tallest and most famous ones, you feel the unimaginable gigantic void under the feet!

didn't know you can buy rope this long

@learntodrivenow

3 жыл бұрын

Dope forget to yell rope when you drop it

@LabRat6619

3 жыл бұрын

They have a factory at the top of the mountain making it.

@adrian4657

3 жыл бұрын

You can’t, he’s floating down

@leapoffaithleader

3 жыл бұрын

Some say the rope never ends

@ReinisDebners

3 жыл бұрын

To get a rope this long - the easy way is to ask local shop manager to contact the supplying factory for the specifc length. That’s if You want the rope to be longer than standart of 200m.

Roses are red Violets are blue Video starts at 2:32

@DarknessGamingAtYoutube

5 жыл бұрын

You have 101 likes 😁👍 that 101 is lol

@howardOKC

5 жыл бұрын

roses are blue

@lakaiskates8064

3 жыл бұрын

Violets are purple, idiot.

@JustHereToWreck

3 жыл бұрын

@@lakaiskates8064 "Violets are blue, ... And, in the gardening world they use the word blue for any flower that is in the color range of blue and purple. So violets, even though they are purple, are classified as a blue flower." Idiot.

Imagine they were at the top and like "John did you bring the rope?" John: what rope?

@christinegerard4974

2 жыл бұрын

So funny ! !

This video always inspires me. It's crazy that this is just what, 2,300ft more than my longest single rappel.

So now I'll work El Cap on top rope please.

@ClemensHerold

5 жыл бұрын

imagine falling on such a rope, the stretch would be insane hahaha

@davidswanson9606

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but how would you get back onto the wall, aren’t there a lot of spots you’d be free hanging if you came off the wall?

@Jeremyrockjock

4 жыл бұрын

@@davidswanson9606 bat grapple gun LOL

@KarstRats

3 жыл бұрын

Rope ascender on the gear belt. Attatch t. Step up into it. Attach a rappel device. Unclip the grigri. Tension the rappel device unclip the rope ascender. Rappel back down.

@e.solano3963

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

I can't believe that el captain has been free soloed

@DimexoneR

5 жыл бұрын

all the way up?

@Kghost0311

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah he sat on his balls and grabbed the top

@josephastier7421

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah that was insane.

@TsurfBangz

3 жыл бұрын

@@Kghost0311 what balls , isn’t that nikka gay? Lmao and why you mentioning that anyways gay boi come out the closet or is that why you go by “ghost” 😝

@Kghost0311

3 жыл бұрын

@@TsurfBangz its a reference to masculinity, not being gay. Obviously you must be born in the last 20 years or you would know. Child spelling boy, boi. You never heard a quote " man that guy must have nuts the size of watermelons to do that" if not, your a commie. And that would explain everything including how when you saw the word "nuts" your brain when straight to being gay??? Seems like you might have told on yourself little boy

I've done a little bit of climbing when I was younger, I never knew ropes could be so long. Always thought there was some kind of limit to the lenght of the rope like 500 meters. This is enlightening for me!!

@jonathans6653

Жыл бұрын

whats your reasoning?

@Immortal_BP

Жыл бұрын

@@nw7630 i get that is just an example but unless you got an insanely thick rope and are as high as this you wont see 1000kg rope lol. a rope like in the video weighs a couple hundred pounds

The descent was absolutely beautiful.

Is that a 60 or 70 m?

@rkphilpot

6 жыл бұрын

This made me lol

@loganhulstine737

6 жыл бұрын

30m gym rope for sure

@bengarcia9612

6 жыл бұрын

logan hulstine yall got me rolling

@corneliusseremptus2932

6 жыл бұрын

Can someone explain the joke?

@corneliusseremptus2932

6 жыл бұрын

AMFKevin Ahhh. I see. Thank you!

Would've been nice to get a single look back up at the end. Missed opportunity.

@palbo4

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I was betting I wasn't the only one who was pretty bummed he didn't look back up

@matthewmurray4159

5 жыл бұрын

Right.

@thisismyname1701

5 жыл бұрын

I know..rich ppl now a days be like its chill i got another one scheudled this week ill have my assistant remind me to look uplmao

@onropewithcmfm4430

3 жыл бұрын

@@thisismyname1701 rich people. That's a laugh. I dont know a single caver that does this that is independently wealthy. where all broke because we spend all our time caving and buying gear.

@onropewithcmfm4430

3 жыл бұрын

I should have but I didnt care where I was coming from. I spent a couple hours looking up on the climb back up the rope to the top.

Oh hell yeah that was sick, this is how you get the most out of modern day life. So awesome.

This is undoubtedly one of the craziest bad ass videos in the world. People who do something like this in their free time, voluntarily (!), are cut from a different cloth. Chapeau!

I love the hum of the roller rack, that was really nice. I climb in the Canadian Rockies, and some day I gotta come down there and see that Monolithic slab for my self. Great edit. I had that tight gut feeling when he was getting in position, check gear, check gear check..

Wow it gives me anxiety just to watch this! I never could have done that and seen that awesome view! Congrats and thanks for sharing! 😃

Alex is insanely talented to climb that, and also insane...

You should do a rig rundown of the equipment you're using here in like 3D and super easy to understand!

"Hey can you flake this rope for me"

@seandunn8657

6 жыл бұрын

what does flake a rope mean

@samb4577

6 жыл бұрын

lol!!! ha ha ha ha ha!!! So funny. I couldn't stop laughing. Thanks bro.

@TripleTapHK

6 жыл бұрын

It's a way of "coiling" a rope up so you don't get knots/kinks. AKA coil up this absurdly long rope.

@tomdv6049

6 жыл бұрын

+TripleTapHK incorrect sir, the term means cheacking the rope to see if its still viable to use for climbing/rappeling

@you2tooyou2too

6 жыл бұрын

At the top or bottom? I'm not sure which would be worse ;) (I presume they use a power winch at the top, because 200# of rope falling at terminal velocity might be terminal.)

best twelve minutes of my day! Thanks!

Congrats to you! You have a big "brass set" !! Kudos ! You know what you're doing !!

I've rock climbed 30 yrs and always loved to rapell but watching this gave me heart palpitations!

@mathewhenderson7019

2 жыл бұрын

I keep imagining him rappelling right off the end of the rope. I know that's not how this rig is set up, but I used to have nightmares about that when I was teaching my youngest son how to rock climb.

This gives me the willies. Thanks for sharing!

You're going the wrong way....

@ianpaul4460

3 жыл бұрын

he's just an abseiler bro go easy on him 😂

@Digipengi

3 жыл бұрын

He's just setting up the TR.

I have sooo many questions about this rope. First off, I had no idea a rope this long even existed; how much does it weigh and most importantly, how in the hell do you coil it up without tangling!?

@rolandmdill

Жыл бұрын

The diameter looks like the older climbing ropes which had 12 or 13mm, so roughly 1/2". A proper 12mm static rope has a strength of 40-45 kN and probably weighs about 90g/m. 2650 feet = 807m so the rope would have a weight of about 73kg = 160 lbs.

@rolandmdill

Жыл бұрын

I just read the description, they use a 3000 feet rope and it weighs about 210 lbs at the top, so I was not too far off (3000' of the 90g/m rope I assumed they might use would weigh 180 lbs + wind load). So it is probably something like a 12 or 13mm static rope

@onropewithcmfm4430

Жыл бұрын

BoiseG climbing ropes can be special ordered to any length. If I am not mistaken, Highline Ropes made a rope over 5000 feet long one time for some crazy zip line in Canada. The founder of that company told me about it, forget the details. The rope weight for this 11mm PMI rope is about 7.5 - 8 lbs per 100 feet so the entire rope weghed 240 pounds. As the rope was lowered down at the end of the week, it was stuffed into 6 duffle bags as it was lowered from the top and carried out. After we got it back to camp it was carefully coiled back into a 55 gallon steel drum for transport in the gear trailer.

@rolandmdill

Жыл бұрын

@@onropewithcmfm4430 Interesting, thank you! But it is a static rope, right?

@onropewithcmfm4430

Жыл бұрын

@@rolandmdill yes but at that length it felt very dynamic. Well over 100 feet of stretch when climbing the rope back up.

Dude! My palms were seating all the way down! Fantastic!

The hardest part of that rappel must have been finding a 2,650' hank of rope.

@BrianDgreat123

5 жыл бұрын

A couple thousand feet of rope would weigh quite a bit, I would imagine. Hopefully, a group of guys didn't have to haul that up there.

@ThePcarroll001

5 жыл бұрын

@@BrianDgreat123 The hard part is carrying the rope up... I would know. Sherpa'd one up there once w/3 people -- 65 lbs of rope per person + personals-- you just keep it running between each persons pack.

@mikegaskin5542

5 жыл бұрын

@@BrianDgreat123 The rope for this rappel only weighs around 200 pounds, and they had mules carry it up.

@randybob275

5 жыл бұрын

Dang it Bobby

@TKettle

5 жыл бұрын

My mentor was on a mountaineering expedition with a custom 2k ft rope and it got tangled at one point. Well, some individual pulled an end through (you NEVER pull an end through a tangle) and they had to work in shifts for I believe a day to get it untangled.

Watching this makes it even more impossible to free solo. Damn Alex.

@rienn8559

3 жыл бұрын

He did the other side of the mountain, where it is less steep.

@silveg87

3 жыл бұрын

@@rienn8559 elevation is elevation. Less steep takes nothing away from this climb.

@joeymedina7115

3 жыл бұрын

@@rienn8559 He soloed both sides.

@joseph1845

2 жыл бұрын

@@silveg87 Well it's easier, which doesn't mean it is easy

I am no climbing expert but it seems like his life revolved around that one little carabiner... Crazy stuff

@andreslinares6429

3 жыл бұрын

Those little devil's are made to support more than 1 ton

@MacGT_theOriginal

3 жыл бұрын

@@andreslinares6429 1 ton? That would be aproximatly half of the weight of the shit in my pants if I would do this…

@drrubi3944

3 жыл бұрын

​@@andreslinares6429 To be precise up to 24 kN of force longitudinally, which would be 2.400kg/ 2,4t in a stationary weight (laterally or with opened hook most carabiners support 7 kN). In a moving climber, you need to factor in the gravitational acceleration g of 9,81 m/s2. With no movement, so g=1, a 100kg climber would stress the carabiner with 1kN. If his fall is accelerating with 2g, the carabiner would need to be able to withstand 2 kN and so on. So the carabiner would never be the issue because falling with 24g is pretty unlikely. The issue is our body. We can roughly withstand a force of 12 kN before we are torn apart. When you are now falling and are suddenly stopped by your equipment, you are probably experiencing a few gs, which could lead to "minor issues" in terms of missing extremities etc.. That's the reason why you not only have your carabiner with 24kN but you also have your ropes that are elastic, so a lot of the energy is "used " by tensioning the rope or your Via Ferrata kit and not going straight into your spine.

@UkrainianBazooka

3 жыл бұрын

@@drrubi3944 all of my industrial personal fall restraint/arrest equipment is 25 kN+

@drrubi3944

3 жыл бұрын

@@UkrainianBazooka true. 24 kN is just the bare minimum here in the EU that you need to be allowed to sell e.g. a carabiner as a climbing carabiner.

I’m afraid of heights, and even just watching videos like this makes my insides feel like glass.

Holy cow, just finished a rope rescue class today so I’m going down the rabbit hole on rope videos, this is absolutely insane!!! Can’t imagine the feeling, it’s funny you use the same brake bar to repel off El Capitan that we used on a three story parking garage. Can’t wait to dive into climbing/repealing more. I’d like to have some yearsss of experience before I tried a feat like this!!

@onropewithcmfm4430

3 жыл бұрын

Same rack just 10 inches longer assuming you were using a standard 14 inch 6 bar rack. Greater ability to spread the bars and add more for greater heat dissipation.

@isaacvlahos1652

3 жыл бұрын

Chad McCain That’s right it was 6 bar. Super interesting stuff

I highly recommend watching this on the largest screen that you can. I plugged my phone into my TV and it was even more amazing. =^)

My favorite part of tree climbing was repelling down, I used a figure 8 descender and came flying down with a quick stop at the bottom 😄

Amazing man, i dont have the stomach to do what you do.

why does this seem way more sketchy than climbing up haha, had my palms sweating

@valkyritza

5 жыл бұрын

Because you rely on only one rope...

@ForestAnon

5 жыл бұрын

Retarded question lmao.

@_4lec

5 жыл бұрын

Knees weak arms are heavy

@erich9270

5 жыл бұрын

@@_4lec vomit on his sweater already

@Qu4DSprayz

5 жыл бұрын

@@erich9270 mom's spaghetti

More like rappelling down to Earth from space

@abigdingus2409

4 жыл бұрын

Jafar - I think it’s a joke you fuck 😂

@Jester_72

4 жыл бұрын

Jafar - Jesus have some humor

I'll be honest with you... I don't see me ever attempting to scale Half Dome up or down. But thank you for your sharing your experience,...looks gnarly af.

One of the most insane things to happen during my lifetime so far was watching Alex Honnold climb this with no ropes.

@karamveerb2708

Жыл бұрын

You were there personally?

@vict0ree

Жыл бұрын

@@karamveerb2708 i wish 😄

my hands and feet won’t stop sweating

@bkl8804

3 жыл бұрын

It's cuz you're gay

I can’t imagine how much weight is on the decent belay. Seems like you’d almost have to push the line thru at first. Not to mention the heat, even when going slow that distance. Looks awesome.

@NYpaddler

3 жыл бұрын

Look at the very beginning to see how the top bars are spaced far apart.

Trad dad overload... 😂 Props for managing such a heavy, long line!

This gives alex climb more meaning to people who have never been there. To think anyone can climb that its awesome

Did you shout "rope!" when you pulled the rope down from the top?

@onropewithcmfm4430

7 жыл бұрын

Peter Stangl hahaha no. We lowered it on 4mm cord.

@Relic_of_You

7 жыл бұрын

Chad McCain haha I figired, very cool video! I'm used to going up, so it's interesting to see the view of going down for once. I wouldn't mind trying this someday on this wall. anyways, thumbs up!

@josephastier7421

6 жыл бұрын

Could you explain your lowering process? Why not just slowly pay the rope out, maybe with a weight on the end so it doesn't blow around in the wind?

@BostonsF1nest

6 жыл бұрын

Joseph Astier do you realize how dangerous that would be

@josephastier7421

6 жыл бұрын

Mike lafrance I do not. I have climbed El Cap a few times, and rappelled from as high as Gray Ledges on two 50 m ropes. How would lowering a weighted rope be dangerous? And how would you get it to the base any other way? You can't take it with you in a bag and pay it out. You can't let it out unweighted because it would blow 20 routes over and get stuck.

That's a lot of trust on a single rope

@TexasRedOutlaw

5 жыл бұрын

3000 foot of rope, its strong enough to support itself which weighs probably 10x your weight.

@bendone3978

5 жыл бұрын

Welcome to climbing

@abefromansausagekingofchic6480

5 жыл бұрын

@@TexasRedOutlaw no way it weighs 3500lbs

@diabl2master

5 жыл бұрын

@@abefromansausagekingofchic6480 Right that would be around 1.15 lb per foot. No way.

@DuncanBoynton

5 жыл бұрын

Willomit Lmao that’s so wrong the mass doesn’t change

Who needs a squirrel suit when you have this! Amazing.

Before Chuinard the hardware was non existent, this gear is incredible. Let alone a piece of climbing rope over half a mile…

@robertgreen9980

Жыл бұрын

Just one piece that long? What they had. Mile long rope and cut a piece from it?

And to think there's mineshafts this deep.

@fernandopo6399

5 жыл бұрын

3 or 4 times deeper

@falconemoto6943

5 жыл бұрын

There’s a mine up in wrightwood Ca, Allen Big horn mine, me and a bunch of buddies used to go there all the time, it literally looked like something out of the old Scooby Doo episodes when they go in the mine, it had endless tunnels, parts where you would have to crawl on your stomach though a hole then enter a room where the ceiling went up 80 feet in a huge room. We were walking and my friend yelled STOP. We looked down and right in front of us was a shaft, we though a rock down it. I shit you not it must have fallen for at least 8 seconds before we heard a noise. The mineshaft are insane!!!!

@Pengroves

5 жыл бұрын

Well color me intrigued

@oldhardrock2542

3 жыл бұрын

@@falconemoto6943 That's exactly why "Stay Out! Stay Alive!" is the best advice.

@squishycookies9926

2 жыл бұрын

Well yeah you have to go to y:11 to get diamonds

Know the feeling ... I rapped from Sickle Ledge to the ground around midnight in June '82. Five teams on the ledge and no where to stand. Fixed 3 ropes and loaded on the haul bag. Built a carabiner brake and started down with headlamp on. No Moon! Rebuilt the brake twice on the way down. Got to the ground with about 20 feet of rope left. Longest single rappel I have ever done. MOUSE.

@SeaJayBelfast

5 жыл бұрын

CAT

Man that’s crazy high!!! I thought fast-roping out of a Helo was high when I was in the Army but that ain’t crap compared to this!!

THAT WAS SO INCREDIBLY AWESOME !!!!!!!!

I was reading the comment section at 3:19 and nearly had a heart attack.

My butt is firmly planted in my chair, a whopping 2 feet off solid ground, yet I damn near pissed myself every time he touched the camera or spun around. No thank you.

@AG-ne3rh

3 жыл бұрын

😂amen

Some people are just born different, I swear. This is just insane. I probably wouldn't even do it for a million dollars.

I've done industrial rope access for over 20 years and seeing you doing this on a single line is terrifying..

And to think a dude climbed that thing without ropes.

@joelewis9178

3 жыл бұрын

different side. Honnold climbed Freerider which is on a different part of the wall

@johnsonsyoutube

3 жыл бұрын

@@joelewis9178 who gives a fuck😂😂

@joelewis9178

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnsonsyoutube This route would be a lot harder to climb without ropes Freerider is an easier one. I dont think this is a possible climb even at least where he descended

@davidtelford4160

3 жыл бұрын

@@joelewis9178 they said the dawn wall would be impossible to climb as well, shit happens 😂

@dherman0001

3 жыл бұрын

Overrated!

So this video has taught me that technically we could have a rope that leads to space...

Saw the valley and camped in it for the first time a month ago, incredible place.

that is the longest rope i heve ever seen its awesome 3000 feet long, wow you have my respect SR.

Until you're in the valley and looking up at this, you can't appreciate the scale and scope of El Cap. It's like watching a lion on a 13 inch laptop and thinking " He doesn't look that big to me"...then you're on the serengeti and you feel the hot breath on your neck and the low growl on your ear...as you break out in a cold sweat in abject terror.

they really needed some sort of angle like this in the movie, even if just for a few seconds. this perspective looks way more intense/high off the ground

@saullandiof5768

Жыл бұрын

yeah i didn't really like the way they filmed free solo tbh. I feel like they tried to make the compositions too artsy rather than showing it from his perspective

@jakub8302

Жыл бұрын

That would’ve been way more dangerous for Alex. Having a go pro on could have easily messed with his mind and cause him to lose full focus

@RePaperBag

Жыл бұрын

@@jakub8302 didnt say he had to use a gopro

out of this world friend. keep pushing the limit.

I did this in camp at about 12 years old. It was awesome. And had Australian instructors...

It takes about 12 seconds (1500ft) for a person to reach terminal velocity or 124mph/181.867ft/second. After the initial 12 seconds to reach TV, it would take a person an additional 6-7 seconds to impact the deck below. They would fall for only 18- 19 seconds at this video’s stated height.

@csrac23

5 жыл бұрын

18-20 seconds is an eternity in that situation

@healthwisdomproject4352

5 жыл бұрын

@@csrac23 Yeah, A person could think of a lot of things in that amount of time.

@jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj0

2 жыл бұрын

I've nutted in under 20 before. Damn.

@davidsumner7604

Жыл бұрын

Doesn't terminal velocity change based on altitude and air thickness/resistance?

How much you suppose that rope weighs? What's the name of the rappelling device used?

@onropewithcmfm4430

7 жыл бұрын

Rope weight at the lip is approximately 190-200 lbs, not including the wind belay. The rappelling device is called a rack and its a variable friction device that cavers use in the USA. This on is a 24" long El Cap rack. Standard caving racks are only 10-14". The length is needed due to the rope weight at El Cap. Have to be able to spread the bars quite a bit to get moving.

@grapeabe1

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@flaviucernescu

6 жыл бұрын

does this rack ever heat up enough to burn the rope or is just dissipates heat in "real time"? How do you think the Petzl Rack would do in this case?

@you2tooyou2too

6 жыл бұрын

As he gets lower on the face, you might notice that he pushes the brake bars away from himself, to compress them, & increase the bends in the rope, to increase the friction, compensating for the lower weight tension. At the bottom, he will be compressing the near bars of the rack so it 'looks' to the rope like an ordinary one.

@endlesssearchofknowledgean6998

6 жыл бұрын

The rack does heat up. and the faster you go the more friction and the more heat... the rack can get so hot that it glazes the rope and if you touch the rack at the bottom, it can cause 2nd degree burns and blister you immediately. From what I know. Petzl does not sell a rack long enough to be able to do this rappel. but the rollers and the ascender in the beginning of the video, I think are petzl...

Reminds me of Fred Dibnah descending a chimney stack up North in the UK. Fred is the UK’s version of Alex Honnold. 🙂

@ClickClack_Bam

Жыл бұрын

He is a fuckin legend! Loved watching his videos & his methods. Imo he ran circles around most of these guys. Hell half the time he was shit-faced!

@pieterveenders9793

Жыл бұрын

Fred is a legend, the product of a very different era, long before the UK was paralysed by health and safety regulations.

Simply awesome!

the rope weight at the top of that must be crazy. thanks for the vid

Alex Honnold and David Goggins really inspire the human race

@AdventuresInReach

3 жыл бұрын

Did you watch his Alex's Ted talk?

@sumtingwong8768

3 жыл бұрын

@@AdventuresInReach yes also his movie

I can just feel this, like tiny splinters in the soles of my feet. Tantalizing!

Im having 2nd thoughts just from watching this. Still can’t believe Alex Honnold did what he did

how many raps before the rope needs to be replaced? i would think the friction heat would damage rope quickly.

@sbennettyt

3 жыл бұрын

I did it in 2004 and 2007. A team of 30 shared the rope both climbing and ascending for a week. Average person doing 2 or 3 rappels that week. At the end of the trip the rope was cut into sections and sold to any team member interested. Not sure how long the sections were used after that. I have a few feet that I was given to frame a group photo.

wow, that's just amazingly scary and brave. thanks for sharing this. the guy who scaled this with no ropes must have been on ambien to do what he did.

As a level 3 rope access technician who has done drops on 800ft structures, this is insane to me. There is just so much that could go wrong.

“Ahhhh! So glad to be off that.” *Checks pockets and realizes he left his keys and phone on the summit.* 🤣

I'm not sure what kind of accomplishment this really is but it's cool and fun to see people pushing the boundaries of whatever they are pushing here.

@emcee2603

Жыл бұрын

The “Playing with Death” trophy 🏆!?

@the99thtimelord16

11 ай бұрын

I think it's the get down the mountain you just climbed accomplishment.

@MrJackal43

9 ай бұрын

Climbing EL Capitan isn’t an accomplishment where you’re from? Well aren’t you just special? Phhhft… go away.

A couple of curiosities: the rope beneath him would easily weigh over 100lbs, and you can completely stop someone’s normal rappel just by pulling on the rope beneath them; the amount of heat building up in that device should have melted that rope if he even slowed down a little.

@stereothrilla8374

10 ай бұрын

The device so large and contains so much metal it acts a heat sink with heat being transferred to portions of the metal not touching the rope in addition to the device never touching the same place on the for a short period of time.

@onropewithcmfm4430

10 ай бұрын

210 pounds actually. And as stated below the amountt of stainless is a huge heat sink. You have to go way faster than what I was going to melt the rope.

I enjoyed so much my 3 1/2 weeks road trip from San Francisco to Phoenix, through California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Colorado. Yosemite was such a contemplative spot.... How do you retrieve the rope once you reach the ground ?

@abc.2924

2 жыл бұрын

Just pull on it, if it's set up properly there shouldn't be any friction disallowing that

Would not want to be the unlucky guy who has to untangle a knot from that rope. Cant really just give that one a shake an hope it falls out!

@justinzaff

3 жыл бұрын

One unchecked knot halfway down could be a serious problem .

If I could figure out how to harness the electricity shooting though my legs watching this, I could power my house for a week.

I wouldn't do this even for $50K. These people are border line crazy with huge guts, much respect from me!.

could cure world thirst with the amount of sweat on my hands watching this

2:59 embedded in the rock is the face of Alex "no big deal" Honnald

@OptimalShot

4 жыл бұрын

i dont see anything at 2:59

@jeremyrhansen6637

3 жыл бұрын

Go 2:50 and watch the middle