Awesome Dave, nicely shot by yourself 😀👍

One handed soloing!? What a legend!

@noahh2338

Жыл бұрын

Holy jeez, what a savage! Respect..

@maganooz1818

Жыл бұрын

Kev has soloed E7 and put up a pretty good stack of hard and bold trad routes, as well as competing in the ice climbing world cup. Pretty rad dude.

@largeformatlandscape

Жыл бұрын

And soloed an M10+ dry tooling route! Plus he’s just a nice guy who inspired me and my wife to start climbing (with ropes)

When I did that climb, more ropes, swearing and hands were involved. Fair play.

I love soloing big mountain routes. I find it allows one to enjoy lines that would otherwise be overlooked. Soloing Grooved Arete on Tryfan by moonlight this summer is one of the best climbing experiences I've ever had. When questioned on it I also usually say to people that a route in rock boots is often easier than grade 3 scrambles in boots or approach shoes which most folks seem more than happy to do.

Did this route 40 years ago when I was in the GUM Club... very nostalgic to see this video especially the amazing drone shots. The next climb we did there was January Jigsaw. Those were the days!

Beautifully shot and a wonderful place to see! Also the view of the helicopter passing below you guys just highlights how exposed and consequential this one is. Thanks for sharing!

Great video and great filming Did this route in Aug 1982 enroute to Skye Still got the pictures of a young me and my mate Happy days! Scariest bit was the route off the top

This is some of the best content online. Thank you. I think this video may impact my perspective on life.

I like Kev, and I think I'd agree with him if I understood what he said. Ashamed to say it as i studied in Glasgow, even had a Glaswegian flatmate.

@fredm8621

Жыл бұрын

Aye

Awesome... love Kev's attitude to life. The video of him climbing "Monkey See, Monkey Do" is one of my favourite climbing videos.

Simply awesome, beautifully filmed in a great location.👍

I'm constantly reminded of something Joe Simpson wrote in one of his books when I watch climbs like this - it's along the lines of "You stand to lose so much more than you'll ever gain by taking these risks". Not an argument for or against, just a clear realization of what is at stake.

@piercecooke9649

Жыл бұрын

Joe did a really great job of just telling it how it is, maybe he didn't quite hit on the reasons extreme adventurers do what they do, but he certainly acknowledged that we're chasing something that stands us in no good shape to be rewarded. Nobody understands people that thrive in the danger unless they themselves thrive in the danger. We probably realisitically can't rationalise what we do even to ourselves let alone others; but we know somewhere deep inside that we won't regret a single day we spent in the mountains, and we won't regret the route that possibly kills us.

My feet and palms have never pissed so much in all my life.

Beautifully shot, amazing climbing, well done lads!

Amazing and inspiring, no excuses anymore!. Beautiful video thanks for sharing.

Love this, and the music is perfect 🏔

Dave your music is always so killer!

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing.

Such a fantastic snapshot of your beautiful country. Very impactful cinematography and content!

I just absolutely love that you are making these videos, because I can show them to my mum, for her to see what I'm doing, since I always climb the same stuff (apart from your mental E10 climbs of course) :D

Looks like it was a fantastic day for it too! Great video

Beautiful!

Thanks for the great video. Narration really compliments it. Drone on the ledge - legend.

Incredible

Long time ago now but I loved soloing, especially big, long mountain routes and ridges...it added a whole different take on the game... This was a grand day out...thank you guys...

That looked awesome

So inspirational..

Looks amazing :)!

Great stuff!

Thanks!

Quality film, Dave!

@johnaisthorpe6141

Жыл бұрын

Liked the music choice too.

Epic! 🔥🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👏🏻🤙🏻

great video and fair play, i spoke to you briefly at Morrison, did not realize you had done this!

Classic, nice one

amazing! some of the best climbing content out there!

That was excellent, gents. 🙂

I was worried that you are climbing without a rope, but when I saw you wear helmets I was quite relieved 😆

@climbermacleod

Жыл бұрын

Your head is less bothered about having a rope on than a lid when the stone fall from above hits it.

@nicacrush

Жыл бұрын

@@climbermacleod curious about the probability of a rock hitting your head compared to you falling

@tpstrat14

Жыл бұрын

I smoke cigarettes. Reminds me of people that say "what do you care? You smoke!" when I suggest doing anything healthy

@HochstartHarry

Жыл бұрын

@@tpstrat14 😂 feel that one. I complained at work because i didnt get a mask for painting all day with a pressure gun, reply: cmmon, you smoke. Dont pretend like you care.

My first big mountain route and still my favourite... I don't know if I'd solo it, though, although I've done some pretty hairy scrambles over the years!

Here's me shouting "mum" because I'm stuck on the garage roof and I'm 49 ffs. Amazing guys... respect!.

Nice drone views of my route too Baptism of Fire.

@tommybinson

Жыл бұрын

Respect. I've heard of your route. I'll look it up, for academic interest. Anyone who does hard, bold lines on Rannoch Wall gets my admiration. Agag's and Jan Jig have so far been the limit of my talent. 😂

Seeing that helicopter in the background really underscored how high up you were!

i didnt even notice his hand until the end

for international viewers. "A Baw Hair" is an internally recognised unit of measure!

I solo sandstone towers. The last 9 where true onsights, since i just walked by them, look at them and decidet they look soloable (i feel solo good at about 5.7-9) but its saxon sandstone so no bolt ladders, no chalk and no metal protection. Its really adventurus scrambling inbetween cracks, chimneys little caves and tunnels and all the weird shit you never see in a gym. With towers its always important to visualise the downclimb and remeber it until you need to. Climbing without a rope is a creative process to me since i just go by what looks easiest or best instead of sticking to a specific route. I tend to wander along ledges, looking for the best option for my current status (mental and physical), transfere inbetween cracks and generaly explore and enjoy the rock alot more. Ive also had to retreat multiple times because the last sections where intense and i just wasnt feeling it anymore. Once fear sets in your screwed. So its super important to know your capabilities and current mood 100% or it could be the last thing you do.

@HochstartHarry

Жыл бұрын

Just two weeks ago i soloed a beatiful little (20-30m) tower which had a tunnel going from one side to the other about 10m from the top, so i could chimney up there, crawl the tunnel, and use the crack that was on the other side. Wonderful route, wish i knew the name of the pillar its somewhere by the „griechen, Bilatal“ in saxony germany.

@Royaloakgraham

Жыл бұрын

@@HochstartHarry "Cave Route" by any chance?

@HochstartHarry

Жыл бұрын

@@Royaloakgraham i really dont know, i dont even know exactly what tower it was because my memory is terrible with names. our guidebooks also dont include topos so unless i stuble upon this tower again and find out its name i just wont know for sure ;D

@tommybinson

Жыл бұрын

Sounds intense and interesting, Harry. Respect. Definitely not climbing for everyone. Even with a rope, I find sandstone daunting, owing to rounded holds and dustiness. Best wishes.

@HochstartHarry

Жыл бұрын

@@tommybinson yes we have some sandstone which basicly crumbles apart when you touch it, and the lil sand pebles start rolling under your hands or feet (we call it rolly) then we have some layers that are a bout as solid as a cookie and other sections that are infused with iron that hold like cement. its super interesting rock, and friction is great but trad climbing is super scary here. like i mentioned above.

🔥

Content is so good but the production is soo amazing! What is the music?

@mikeymerk

Жыл бұрын

Laughing Buddha by Pawan Krishna

what's the music? Such a good video!

Agags a great climb, but a walk in the park for Dave.

💪👌

Baw hair away fae a crash landin 😀😀

Hello brother Thanks for the video May i ask what music you used? Love

@climbermacleod

Жыл бұрын

Laughing Buddha by Pawan Krishna

"1st mountain you see" is actually called Stob Dearg, which is in the Etive watershed and is still a couple of miles from Glencoe. Topography detail aside, great video and a proper classic of a route. As my pal described it way back in the day, a V Diff climb requiring an E1 head. A big step up from a single pitch outcrop V Diff. Very many thanks for sharing!

@largeformatlandscape

Жыл бұрын

I hope you don’t mind if I disagree.. Stob Dearg is the peak/summit, the mountain is Buachaille Etive Mor. Buachaille Etive Mor guards the entrance to the valley known here as Glen Coe, not The village of Glencoe.

@uilleachan

Жыл бұрын

I don't mind at all Tom. As I say above the Mountain is named Stob Dearg, just look at any OS map, which translates from Gàidhlig to English as Russet/Rusty Stump/Post.On clear days in the morning light Stob Dearg often has a Russet hue about it, which is where I imagine the name derived. I think of it as Rusty Stump. Buachaille Etive Mòr is an entire ridge comprising three main tops of which Stob Dearg is the most northern and arguably the most attractive. Buachaille Etive Mòr has to be paired with Buachaille Etive Beag to appreciate the purpose and perspective of those applying the name. Buachaill(e) means herdsmen, Etive is the area in which the feature is located, Mòr is the masculine version of big/great, hence herdsman rather than woman. The River Coupall, which provides some excitement en route to the foot of Stob Dearg, is the major tributary of the River Etive and flows from the Lairig Gartain. And it's from Lairig Gartain, with its entrance flanked by the mighty sentinels of Stob Dearg to the east & Stob nan Cabar to the west that provide perspective for the naming of Buachaille Etive Beag & Mòr. These ridges form a natural cattle fold performing the duties of a little & large herds person. It's a romantic way of saying/communicating that a few people can handle a great many cattle because the topography assists by limiting the route, in and out. But the real clue is in the naming, these features are named for Etive and their water flows into the river of the same name. Glencoe is traditionally regarded as starting at the foot of Stob Nan Cabar (often erroneously referred to as Buachaille Etive Beag, which is actually the whole western ridge, as seen from Lairig gartain) however I personally would place the start of the glen a little further to the west, at the point at which the water flows into the glen. I blame the road, as it rises from Altnafeadh and drops down to the beginning of Glencoe ones perspective is skewed into thinking that the topography is sloping, where in actual fact the topography of that spot is actually flat, it's the road that's dropping after its climb to find a decent contour, not the low part of the ground which were we walking pre 30's, with cattle or rucksack, is where we'd naturally walk. Anyway, just because Dave is a top climber doesn't make him immune to the attentions of the Toponymy Police !! ;~)

@largeformatlandscape

Жыл бұрын

I think we're coming from a different perspective here. I live a few minutes away in Ballachulish and climb/walk on BEM regularly on my own, with my wife or with other mountain 'guides' and I've never heard of Stob Dearg being called a mountain whereas the Buachaille is referred to as the mountain. (we bought in a Consultant of Gaelic place names whilst writing a walking guide to the area and I don't remember being picked up on how we referred to things like Bidean nam Bian as a mountain a Gearr Aonach as the summit). I suppose if Stob Dearg was a mountain then Stob na Doire, Stob Coire Altruim and Stob na Bròige would be mountains too and we'd be referring to the "Four Mountains of Buachaille Etive Mor" which doesn't make sense to me at all. Nearly everybody I know coming back home across Rannoch Moor will feel that passing between BEM and Beinn a Chruilaiste feels like you're comeing home to Lochaber and into the valley of Glen Coe (not Glencoe). Consider BEM and BaC as the columns of the gateway and the flat area next to Lochan na Fola as the threshold you 'step' over before you drop to the Queen's Cairn and the Study (the A82 from the Lairig Gartain car park to the Creag nan Cabar car park drops nearly a 100ft whereas the old road also drops nearly 100ft..). p.s. the watershed for Glen Coe is literally on the Lairig Gartain path So - finally, I look across Rannoch Moor and see Buachaille Etive Mor and I know that just as I pass it I will be on the watershed of Glen Coe which I think fits what Dave said. The bottom line though is that our language(s) are great because you can be right and I can be right depending on our own social and academic context. Our context, I suppose, is of people who live here and work/play in the mountains - I'm sure there are other social/acadamic contexts where you might be right. ("Pedants, We Are!").

@largeformatlandscape

Жыл бұрын

A last quote for you... **Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland 1882** A Survey of Scottish Topography, Staistical, Biographical and Historical · Volume 1 Buachaille-Etive (Gael. 'shepherds of Etive), two mountains in the NE of Ardchattan parish, Argyllshire. Lying in the angle formed by Glen Etive and Glencoe they are parked by the river Coupall, to the West of which is Buachaille Etive Bheag culminates in Stob Dubh (3129 feet above sea level); and, to the East, Buachaille Etive Mor in Stob Dearg (3345). Dorothy Wordsworth tells how from the Kingshouse she and her brother 'often looked out of the window towards a huge pyramidal mountain, Buchal, at the entrance of Glencoe.

@carraw3501

Жыл бұрын

@@largeformatlandscape Ive always been a bit intrigued by the watershed in Lairig Gartain, in that the water starting and flowing north east to become the Coupal then join the Etive to cover a big distance and almost a 3/4 circuit is joined by the water from the same boggy Gartain bit flowing south west for a much shorter distance. Not exactly fascinating but i think interesting.

Somehow you always seem to outdo yourself with your content. Well done.

This route was my first outdoor route - aged 14 😀

Canadian here, Kevin might as well be speaking a different language. lol😄

@largeformatlandscape

Жыл бұрын

You just need a year working in a Glasgow steel plant ;-) At least Dave didn’t subtitle Kev like a certain video team did a few years back..

@justinmeyerr

Жыл бұрын

@@largeformatlandscape I mean there's nothing wrong with subtitles when the general English speaking population won't know what he's saying. I want to know what he was saying, he's inspirational.

@Oachlkaas

Жыл бұрын

I know how you feel. First time i talked to my now friends from Glasgow i didn't understand anything either. And i'd assume it's worse for me not being a native english speaker haha. Nowadays though it's no problem anymore, i also didn't struggle understanding Kevin in this vid.

@justinmeyerr

Жыл бұрын

@@Oachlkaas yah I have a friend who moved to Aberdeen and it was bad at first.

@Oachlkaas

Жыл бұрын

@@justinmeyerr But to be honest, i think there's an argument to be made about "keving speaking a different language". Because, logically, how can you speak the same language as somebody but then NOT understand them? Sure, with some immersion you'll be able to understand them, but if understanding isn't a given and requires a conscious effort then it does kind of sound to me as if it's a different language.

Can barely even watch this 😱

Heavy.

Alright Dave, enough free soloing. Time to work on the contact strength and attempt 15a. 😂

Get doon fae there! Nah, impressive. Climbed it a while ago roped and found the vertical exposure extremely intimidating.

@tommybinson

Жыл бұрын

Yes, Agag's is a thriller. I and some others need to rally our courage to look down on the third and fourth pitches. Yes, it's much more adventurous than a single-pitch Vdiff, and more fun 😊

Yeah.......I thought that looked awfully easy too. I have soloed a few routes in the Fens but thats about it.

Where is this?

@climbermacleod

Жыл бұрын

0:01, 0:19, 1:15

@Balgore8

Жыл бұрын

@@climbermacleod Thx!

im sorry...whats the point of the helmet?

@climbermacleod

Жыл бұрын

It protects your head of a stone falls onto it.

Not my world at all 😶 I would have been lost after 10 metres and thinking self belay leading solo was more acceptable or bouldering a highball 😄 I can totally accept surfing with great white sharks in Victoria Australia & reserve climbing as fun times 👌🙂

thank god you guys wore helmets,

@masterpropper2485

Жыл бұрын

Yes. Because if a small piece of rock falls down and hits their head, they might be knocked out and fall to death. Instead, when wearing a helmet, it might just bounce off and they'd get away with just a scare ... Guys, use your brain before commenting... especially before repeating the same old comments regarding helmets again and again and again ...

@tommybinson

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, the Buachaille has fine climbing rock. But, like all mountains, it's easy to dislodge choss. While scrambling below Crowberry Ridge, I accidentally knocked down a block the size of a postbox. A belayer above shouted dryly: 'It's OK pal - you didn't hit anyone.' I got the hint 😮

Is it really a solo if you're climbing with a partner?

@cdogensis6392

Жыл бұрын

If you fall, you fall alone...

@matthewlueder2656

Жыл бұрын

@@cdogensis6392 unless your partner was climbing under you

Can you do solo with a friend? Is it still solo?

@saulsarry

Жыл бұрын

Depends if you're describing the type of ascent or who you're with!

@tonymills8383

Жыл бұрын

It's still solo as you are both climbing completely separate just in eachothers company.

@satanaz

Жыл бұрын

Free duoing then?

@howler6490

Жыл бұрын

Of course it is...some of my best memories are a bunch of us solo-ing all over a crag, e.g. milestone buttress or a mountain eg, the ben. I did Agags with the mother of all hangovers, don't remember the groove but I DO remember the swing out over miles of nothing ! Proper exposure...

@j___6782

Жыл бұрын

@@satanaz no, each person is separate

so now that you've had your eureka moment with tandem free soloing, by climbing closely above each other, you're not only endangering yourself but also the person below you - congratulations

@duncanbeard9460

Жыл бұрын

These guys are professional climbers. This route is like you walking round a duck pond but with exposure.

@listrahtes

Жыл бұрын

Free solo also has aspects that can make it safer. You can climb with much less gear which really can make a difference, you are always 100% conscience about needing to climb safe. Sometimes when you are belayed you do a free solo without knowing it because the safety would never hold but you dont know and climb closer to your limit. In truth a lot of mountaneering is done "free soloing" without calling it that in easier terrain. I get the idea them climbing so close behind each other but you need to see that these are two very seasoned climbers a perfect team who also accept that death is a risk in these situations. They are ok with it and its their choice.

@philleng480

Жыл бұрын

These guys are professionals not armchair observers. They know exactly the deal, both of them - if Kev wanted to climb further away he could. If you don't like climbing then why watch climbing videos?

@gezzapk

Жыл бұрын

Relax bro, they were wearing helmets

Lol. Agags groove is one of the easiest Vdiffs around. Massive holds and in balance the whole way. If you did somehow fall you would die, but that said its almost impossible to fall off!

@largeformatlandscape

Жыл бұрын

I thought it was hard vdiff, almost as hard as January Jigsaw (S) … a non-zero fall potential definitely

@tommybinson

Жыл бұрын

Agag's feels exposed and serious for the grade. And it's only slightly easier than January Jigsaw. But the protection is good. I've just done Agag's for the sixth time. Please experience it for yourselves 😊

@davidpowell4534

Жыл бұрын

@@tommybinson Agree with you 100%. I was mocking the guys free soloing it... It's definitely a climb you want to pitch.

@tommybinson

Жыл бұрын

​@@davidpowell4534Great stuff, David! I enjoy showing pals up Agag's. It's a mind-expander for guys who climb far harder in the gym. Best wishes 😊

Wearing a helmet to me personally is not the right move if u fall ur not gonna survive let’s be honest and the slim chance u do ur a vegetable with a working brain it’s a great video!! I just found the helmets funny

@climbermacleod

Жыл бұрын

That’s not why we are wearing helmets.

Thanks!