And when you think that Alex Honnold did that without ropes ..Wow..

@stick9758

Жыл бұрын

Stupidly Calculated craziness.

@adaelion3772

Жыл бұрын

I think he is insane, but I can recognize the appeal.

@TheTMschannel

Жыл бұрын

@@TS-eo9uf no Honnold free soloed half dome as well

@Imbwa6012

Жыл бұрын

@@TS-eo9uf you ignorant af lol

@thinkingman7215

Жыл бұрын

@@TS-eo9uf he definitely solod this, there is a photo of him standing on that ledge that is extremely iconic.

The standing makes me far more uncomfortable than the hang...

@hw6271

Жыл бұрын

I would have fell

@Rykiz_Vidz

Жыл бұрын

@@hw6271 at least you're honest

@hw6271

Жыл бұрын

@@Rykiz_Vidz I think the hang I'm ok with. It's the get up and twist on the narrow ledge that I couldn't do. I dont even know if years of training like these guys could get me through that

@Unstrict

Жыл бұрын

@@hw6271 he did have a deep grip thru the crack between the wall and the ledge though. His whole arm was in there

@luke5442

Жыл бұрын

Same

Crazy to think Alex Honnold has climbed this with nothing but his hands and a bag of chalk. He even sits on that ledge with his feet just dangling. Amazing

@Vertical-sandwiches

Жыл бұрын

He never dangled at all, he stood back to the wall facing out.

@scottoshea9440

Жыл бұрын

@@Vertical-sandwiches you're right. I confused his back on wall of ledge with him dangling his feet when he was at the top. But hell, he could do a handstand on that ledge and I don't think I could be more impressed. Dude is an absolute living legend

@ripwednesdayadams

Жыл бұрын

i don’t understand why people are against having a harness just for safety. if it works our and you don’t need it- great. it’s still an amazing feat of climbing. if it doesn’t work out… you’re still alive. so many talented free climbers have died.

@TechnicalParadox

Жыл бұрын

​@@ripwednesdayadams because gear weighs you down and makes you more likely to fall, even if it also manages to save you from falling the entire way

@gunners4129

Жыл бұрын

​@@ripwednesdayadamsIts because traditionally the sport of climbing blossomed out of a love for man vs rock as nature intends and that the rock was not to be manipulated

"What the heck am I doing up here ledge??"

@BillSikes.

Жыл бұрын

I think that's a much more appropriate name for that ledge 🤣

@yacobshelelshaddai4543

Жыл бұрын

😆😆😆🤣🤣🤣

@ConquerYou

4 ай бұрын

Yes

One day that ledge won't be there anymore

I took an Ambien one night because I couldn't sleep. I woke up the next morning on Thank God Ledge. Dangerous medication, never again.

@kevinthielmann9408

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the good laugh. I hope this finds ya well

Supreme confidence in your body and physical ability to be able to stand up on that thing.

Anyone up for just going to the bar and playing pool instead?

@Luke_MoonWalker

Жыл бұрын

Yeah bro.. I'll throw a $20 bet on the first game to up the excitement.

@user-dm8kz8ul8h

Жыл бұрын

@@Luke_MoonWalker there’s plenty of excitement here how bout I just buy a round 😅

@randomcommentator9442

Жыл бұрын

I need to test myself. Thanks but no thanks

@dkbsoulman

Жыл бұрын

I'm down 😄.

@Letts_prey

Жыл бұрын

Count me in. I know I spent all this cash on this rack of gear, but after watching this…..

I rock climb and even this made my palms sweat lol

@Jane_Friday

Жыл бұрын

Me too

@ugsskywatchermckenzie4319

Жыл бұрын

Me three, and bro had the balls to get in a sitting position like how?????

@Fred-oz3tw

Жыл бұрын

Sure. This is like a different sport to normal rockclimbing

@stevenmcdabbin7652

Жыл бұрын

@@Fred-oz3tw these walls are what got me into rock climbing, although I've never attempted something this tall. It's the dream goal

@stevenmcdabbin7652

Жыл бұрын

@Jimmie Hoebob the urge to tag my IG so you see the huge tower I just climbed and then I realized it's never worth the effort of proving a troll wrong 😂

KNOW THYSELF - THIS IS NOT FOR ME

@Pennyf4rthought

Жыл бұрын

😂 second this statement!

@hunterbidenparmesanimports5633

Жыл бұрын

I’d rather be doing about anything else except maybe jumping out of a plane. Maybe rather Edwin with sharks then do that

I'd be calling that "OH MY GOD" ledge

Only rock climbers would use the name 'thank God ledge' to describe the spot from my worst nightmares..

@VitalyMack

Жыл бұрын

Lol, this ledge is near the end of a harder pitch so standing is far less demanding and can give you a much needed rest. Chance of a fall there is extremely slim.

@kevinthielmann9408

7 ай бұрын

@@VitalyMack Also isn’t half dome pretty much entirely granite which is very smooth and void of many holds bigger than a thumb? I’m very inexperienced, so correct me as you see fit. This is more question that statement

@VitalyMack

7 ай бұрын

@kevinthielmann9408 granite can be very smooth, but can also be very coarse. As far as handholds, yeah they can be sparce, so a lot of the routs are following crack systems.

@kevinthielmann9408

7 ай бұрын

@@VitalyMack ah thank you

I’ve been on that ledge. Good memories of a somewhat epic on half dome

@keithmillard2527

Жыл бұрын

I got the heebie-jeebies while leading about 7 pitches up the RNW route, was plugging like a zipper on 5.8. Usually lead 5.11 no sweat. Rapped back down through a bunch of pissed off foreigners. Never saw TGLedge.

@bwmohner

Жыл бұрын

@@keithmillard2527 speaking of piss….we planned to be on the wall one night and got slowed down by a group ahead so had to stay two nights. We ran out of water and the third main sleeping ledge was full of Gatorade bottles…full of piss! No water for us. Never understood why people piss in a bottle and leave it.

@keithmillard2527

Жыл бұрын

@@bwmohner We spent the night before our climb at the base, watching headlamps high on the wall and listening to empty (fortunately) bottles bouncing down the wall, and hoping that we didn't get hit. Glad they weren't full of piss. What ever happened to "pack it in, pack it out"?

@fdggfgdfgd251

Жыл бұрын

what happens if u fall here. Is it possible to recover?

@BillSikes.

Жыл бұрын

​@@fdggfgdfgd251 Doubtful

You can count me out of that activity!

People talk so much about how this gives them anxiety, but as someone with very high anxiety, climbing has like significantly helped believe it or not, I have like an awful fear of heights, but being about to conquer that fear makes me feel like I’m on top of the world!

@alexandermagnus82

Жыл бұрын

Exposure therapy. Same happened with me and skydiving

@Downs-Indroam

Жыл бұрын

Good for you lol I'll stivk with my anxiety on the ground haha

@winterlows

Жыл бұрын

cool story bro

@roddydykes7053

Жыл бұрын

@@Downs-Indroam that you will

@severiusbrandusa1413

Жыл бұрын

Shut up.

Someone needs to tell this guy there’s a trail with a ladder and handrail on the other side.

On the pull up i just kept thinking that whole side of the rock was going to peel like an onion

@Jungleland33

Жыл бұрын

It will do that some day.

How am I paralyzed with fear and im safely on the ground?

@user-iw6vf4vl7n

Жыл бұрын

common sense that this is dangerous?

My hands are wringing wet watching this. You guys are a different breed.

@adamlee2550

Жыл бұрын

Anyone can do this man, you just need to slowly expose yourself to heights and train your body for climbing. I started climbing 4 months ago and I've already done my first lead climb outdoors. In a decade I will climb half dome, just to sit on this ledge and admire the view. Btw, 4 months ago I could barely climb a ladder without being afraid, now I trust my safety to bolts that were placed in the rock by strangers many years ago!

@dylanmccallister1888

Жыл бұрын

@@adamlee2550 I have been wanting to for a long time. I already work in a job where I have to install pipes 100 feet up in the air guided in by a crane once in awhile for a pipe fitter. Carrying my impact, wrenches, bolts and nuts all on my person. The whip would be easily 20 feet in some places if I ever fall. I can also die if the crane swings a pipe into my noggn. Idk where the hell I would start with this stuff though. Took getting used to pretty quick I can say that much. I didn't have a choice, one day I was on the ground, the next day boss told me to get up there or I was fired because somebody was sick. I can proudly say I never shat myself.

I have fond memories of this ledge, age 18, after teaming up for the climb with two Welshmen I met in the campground. The ledge accommodations at the halfway point on the wall are fortunately wider than this traverse. After fixing the first two pitches and sleeping at the base of the wall, the route took us around 36 hours (as a three person team). El Capitan’s Nose route felt like 1.75 Half Domes, technically more sustained in difficulty and variation..but with an easier approach!

@bwmohner

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, the half dome approach sucks

@lowellcalavera6045

Жыл бұрын

@Henryshuman Just because you've never done anything, don't assume the rest of us haven't.

@lisacolbert5987

Жыл бұрын

At whatever age you are now , do you think you’d consider doing it again with two people you’d just met ? I’m thinking it’d be an ‘ah , shitter’ if you got up to a pretty dicey part of the climb and realized that the two didn’t actually know what they were doing . Probably a lame question , but I’m guessing it could happen , yes ?

@VitalyMack

Жыл бұрын

​@@lisacolbert5987 seen this happen in Yosemite twice. We were pitches up on difficult section and saw a team who could beraly speak each other's language. This chick was leading and ran-out, started to get pumped and yelled to the French guy to watch her because she was sketched out. And the French guy just yells "huh, off belay!" The lead chick started screaming in this blood curling scream, but couldn't be heard over the wind. Luckily we happen to be there and stared screaming to the French guy to not pull his belay. Was crazy! Those two could definitely climb, but clearly didn't know what the fuck they were doing on a big wall. And should have never teamed up.

@lisacolbert5987

Жыл бұрын

@@VitalyMack Just the sort of thing I was thinking could’ve happened to this guy at 18. And to have been on a ledge/wall like this..? I guess it doesn’t really matter, whether 100’ up or here … I don’t climb , I sail , and wouldn’t think of going to sea with people I’d just met in a parking lot or wherever. I’m not a Karen , I just know that people bite off more than they can chew all the time. And to be up there before realizing my new climbing partners shouldn’t be there ..? Scary. Thanks !m

All that with a pack on and full harness of dangling bits, that's why I wanna get better at leading so I don't have to carry lol

@ctbsancho2516

4 ай бұрын

You do have to carry everything on lead....your second cleans then you either lead the next pitch or swap leads. Either way the both of us carry the same amount of stuff all day. 👊

Thank God Ledge? Looks more like Hell To The NO Ledge to me.

Annnnd, there goes my dry palms.

@stephenbrand5661

Жыл бұрын

THIS!!!

And that’s why it’s great that everyone is different. If everyone were like me, this would not ever happen.

Alex Honnold had the best free solo picture there!

@heatherkeathley9124

Жыл бұрын

Is Alex Honnold the only climber you can name? DONT CHEAT! FYI, Alex didnt allow anyone this close to him during his climb & he didnt wear a head-cam.... they were drones, drop cams, hanging cameramen etc..... so, to me, Alex didnt have a picture, Chen did..... This is far more awesome to see, imo. And FYI, this is Half Dome..... Alex did free solo it but the major film "Free Solo" was about his ascent of "The Nose"......

@AntonAdelson

Жыл бұрын

@@heatherkeathley9124 besides the fact that Alex climbed freerider solo, not the nose, you're wrong on many more levels... ❤ Btw, here's the pic! cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0031/2577/2361/products/MM7795_100617_00642-Edit-2_082c4455-bf10-4016-b211-958df9042fae_2048x.jpg?v=1575397733

@nicholasmitchell3557

Жыл бұрын

Chill Heather.

@warrenbiggs6085

Жыл бұрын

@@nicholasmitchell3557 🤣

@gsharp4909

Жыл бұрын

@@heatherkeathley9124 He’s free soloed half dome and he has a picture on the thank god ledge just for future reference

Fun fact: Every year it rains and water will ingress into every nook and cranny you can imagine. During the winter it'll freeze. Little by little that flat slab of granite will separate from the wall. Gravity will certainly bring it down to the forest floor below where it will shatter onto thousands of pieces. Knowing this, you're playing Darwin's lottery wheel of death. Yes, probability, I know, but it'll certainly happen.

Climbing that is hard, but Climbing that with all that gear on, it's insane.

A contender for the darwin award

Sometimes I lay in bed and think about Honold standing on this ledge with no ropes attached.....insanity. Just bump your upper body a bit, loose balance...see ya!

@greuju

Жыл бұрын

Simple, just train all involuntary movements out of your body like he did with repetition lol

@Carathil

Жыл бұрын

Simple just get good lol

@Luke_MoonWalker

Жыл бұрын

Alex Honnold is obviously a special human, however the mind and body operate on a different level when you know certain death is the consequence. Most free solo climbers die on easier climbs cause they lose that sense of fear and get comfortable, so they're too relaxed. Fear drives adrenaline. Adrenaline makes the body respond appropriately.

@coryCuc

Жыл бұрын

@@greuju Except he had a full blown panic attack on this ledge. Humans gonna human.

@jackspencer6107

Жыл бұрын

@@coryCuc Full blown panic attack, he says. 🙄 Exaggerate much???

I feel like I'm going to fall just watching him walk on that ledge. I can't imagine how crazy it would feel to actually walk it.

@ChadDidNothingWrong

Жыл бұрын

That whole ledge looks like its about to shear off. I wouldn't want to wedge anything into that crack.

If I ever want a drink of water I just watch this video and squeeze my hands over a cup.

This is the F@%K THAT ledge!🤯

PLEASE KEEP UPLOADING!! Love your channel!!

Does anyone else feel like they are about to fall off the mountain themselves? I do

@denisoconnell1895

Жыл бұрын

Oh Jesus yes

@SybilDeligny-cz3br

4 ай бұрын

I don't care if he falls...he made that choice

I remember the image of Alex Honnold stood on that ledge in free solo 😂

I’d have night terrors of free falling to my death if I did a sport like that.

Fuh'uck that. These guys must have spines of steel. My knees go wobbly just watching 🥴

@wowihaveachannel4862

Жыл бұрын

We say balls of steel us old timers

Thats insanely gorgeous what you just did

That little slip when he is trying to get back up. . . . 😯😬 I held my breath for a moment. 😁

Fair play to them ….. I personally could not do it

Fucking nightmare ledge.

I could think of a few other things I rather be doing!!

I could imagine an old man just popping his head out of a window and yelling "you kids get down from there!"

My palms weren't sweating enough so I decided to watch this....

Парни, берегите себя 🤯

Fucking hell man, could you imagine if that flake decided to give and fall. . .

@Luke_MoonWalker

Жыл бұрын

That's what I think about more than anything else. What if that slabs decides to let go when you're on it. You can control most factors, until mother nature makes up her mind.

@fawthro

Жыл бұрын

One day it will

@natevanderw

Жыл бұрын

@@fawthro But not this year or next!

@josvandenberg6600

Жыл бұрын

@@natevanderw You can clearly see it moving.

Definitely one of those nightmares you have right before you fall

Much respect for these climbers, very brave and skilled

Bro this shit wildin

@stevenmcdabbin7652

Жыл бұрын

Google asked me if I wanted to translate your comment to English 😂

I wonder how long it will take that to shear off.

@Dontbustthecrust

Жыл бұрын

Long after the final traverse of it.

@reginaldwelkin

Жыл бұрын

@@Dontbustthecrust I've heard of several large pieces falling and killing climbers. I'm not sure how one can tell if a piece will fall or not in the near future.

@cardboardboxification

Жыл бұрын

@@reginaldwelkin take a 6’ pry bar, you will find every loose rock

@reginaldwelkin

Жыл бұрын

@@cardboardboxification I'd love to see someone pack one up and start acting like they're prying while their buddy is on the rock! 😂

@DavidGalvanwiz

Жыл бұрын

@@reginaldwelkin yeah those are called death rocks (if i remembered correctly) and they kill people but normally they aren't that big just a little bigger than your head at most.

Breathtaking, admirable, bold balancing act on such narrow ledge of Half Dome's vertical big wall! That's full of adrenaline rush! 🧗‍♂️

This would be my “what am I doing up here?!” Ledge

Why do the soles of my feet itch, and so do the palms of my hands

@DanielSmith-tq2ee

Жыл бұрын

Same here 😱

@XxProGamersxX100

Жыл бұрын

Itch? Mine fucking pour sweat from all seams

It's beyond me how someone could find this activity fun 😲🤪🤣😂🤣

Just think that every time someone hands off that it pulls a lil father away... hate to be there when it goes

When I was growing up walking to the store was a life or death journey. I couldn't imagine risking my life for this....hats off to u

So when do you think that ledge will peel off?

@Ainsworth92

Жыл бұрын

The day I try probably

@donavonwatson546

Жыл бұрын

I was just thinking what if it peeled away

@kochaos6129

Жыл бұрын

I mean, mathmatically, i would guess we're all at significantly more risk to be killed by one of our home appliances than any climber in the next 1000 years being the one to finally break that ledge, but it sure doesn't feel that way, does it..?

@blueconversechucks

Жыл бұрын

I think it would be most likely to come off when ice freezes behind it and expands. So that's too cold for anyone to be climbing, right?

No way!!!

I think that may be the spot where Alex Honnold stood while climbing it without ropes.

This just makes my knees knock too much.

Firmly planted on the ground... I'm a HUGE fan!! 😉

Way too much gear on lmao

@seanheany444

Жыл бұрын

Dude thank you haha, like bro just leave most your shit with your partner if you wanna do that Ledge. I did it once and I was like no way I'm going over there with everything haha

Sick! All love.

that ledge is something that the incas would look at and say “Ah yes. A road!”

I will never understand what would compel someone to be in that location.

@diamondisgood4u

Жыл бұрын

You ever see a gorgeous view shared by many many people? Now imagine you have to work hard to get it and it’s that much sweeter

@bendingriver7101

Жыл бұрын

When you've been climbing for so long this is honestly a very safe and chill spot to be. He's on rope. Even if the ledge broke off (which would be completely insane, that type of stuff happens every couple hundred years) he would be caught by the rope

@rampagingshrew3191

Жыл бұрын

@@diamondisgood4u no. That's a terrible reason for being stupid

looks so easy with 15 kg of gear hanging around your waist :P

“Thanks but no thanks ledge”

That looks extremely FUN!

Nope

The 'I wonder if I could cause an avalanche' ledge. Or the 'hmm I might be able to pry this apart' ledge.

Ain't no f_cking way I'd ever do that and I used to sky dive..much respect ✌️

My hands start sweating when I watch these

💖Thank you for the pictures totally awesome.

Anybody else's brain going "Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?"

You should be taking photos of the rocks up close to help geologists in understanding the creations of those mountains!

some people are just insane I've been outdoor all my life but this is just insane

That’s about where my courage stops😮

All in all you deserve a Like you are great Dude well done you managed to climb up to this shelf, very beautiful very cool

Sometimes I imagine this entire rock face just shearing off in one big sheet.

My respect to this young man. ✊✊✊

Looks like a blast! 😬

One day that slab of rock is gonna snap off.

Livin on the edge ...

Realized my palms sweating after this vid

Grandioses...👏👏👏👍👍👍💞

Bro that whole sheet gonna peel off one day

Your a Badass🔥

So much gear!.. ahh i can hear the added weight!

Sick shit dude, awesome 😎

The entire wall beneath me would be brown😂😂

And then a very lost, confused and scared spider bites your hand in that crack.

For the life of me a just can’t understand why anyone would ever want to do anything like this ever?! And this is coming from someone who’s raced motorcycles his whole life and has spent months in the hospital because of it and has almost died. No way could I ever get into mountaineering. Respect.

It's not always about how strong you are, sometimes it's how long, you are strong. I think you're crazy! But you are very strong!!! For a long time!!!

I'm all set, I'll stay in my yard.

Amazing！！！

Imagine that whole sheet just breaks off.

I subbed because I am new to seeing real life climbing content

Alex jogged that section

Damn, I can feel this.

In the first part where he's just sitting there, a strap on his bag underneath was waving in the wind and I thought it was a dog wagging its tail. I was both impressed and ready to call the authorities.