Tommy Caldwell Digs Deep On Slippery, Ice-Covered Crack Climb | Epic Climber, Ep. 7
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How do you push some of the world's best climbers to their breaking points? Add ice to an already burly crack climb. The conditions might have seem perfect as our four climbers arrive at the summit of Chamonix's Aiguille du Midi, but on the rock, the reality is very different. Melting ice has trickled its way down the classic crack climb 'Enfer du Decor' (7b+), transforming the already stout challenge into a cold, slippery nightmare. Undeterred and with teeth firmly gritted our teams abseil in to give the line their best attempt. After a hard-fought but ultimately unsuccessful attempt on the route from Emily, Tommy steps up. The wet, treacherous conditions test both his determination and his climbing ability but after a hard-fought grapple with the granite splitter he makes it to the belay. While he and Emily continue to the summit by the easy, finishing pitch, Alex and Hazel get started on the route. Hazel's vast climbing experience would normally put this route easily within her reach, but the unwelcoming conditions put it just beyond her on this occasion. The pair battle their way to the summit with a combination of dogged determination and some unconventional crack climbing techniques from Alex. With the route complete and both teams stood atop the summit of Chamonix's most famous peak, only one task remains, deciding who goes home with the Epic Climber trophy.
Director: Alan Sim
Producer: Donna Saarentola
Tommy Caldwell Digs Deep On Slippery, Ice-Covered Crack Climb | Epic Climber, Ep. 7
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Пікірлер: 75
Tommy is so bad ass, he has nothing to prove to anyone, we all know he is the man. Its nice to see how encouraging he was to all the other climber who obviously are all top notch.
@alanluscombe8a553
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah tommy is a supreme dude for sure.
I really enjoyed this series.
Super cool to see the master Caldwell encouraging the next generation of crushers
6:10 is pure sport climber energy --- crimping a blank granite wall instead of wedging your limbs into the crack.
Gotta say ... I really liked that kind of series. You should do that again with other professional climbers! You guys could also mix the set of rules depending on the climber. Thank you for that epic climbing
Great series. Should be done again with other climbers
@cymcintosh4417
5 жыл бұрын
Carl Kohnstamm Adam ondra, Alex honnold, Alex Puccio, Daniel woods
@ryansmifh
3 жыл бұрын
sharma, alain robert, & lynn hill (;
Adam Ondra, Alex Honnold, Alex Puccio, and Delaney Miller next?!?!
@austinellis4396
8 жыл бұрын
+Daniel McClure chris sharma instead of Alex Honnold
@alexlloyd4
8 жыл бұрын
+austin ellis Sonnie Trotter instead of Chris Sharma. Sharma and Ondra are too similar to have both.
@cymcintosh4417
5 жыл бұрын
austin ellis nah cause u need a trad climber (Alex honnold)
@PB-sk9jn
3 жыл бұрын
Dave Macleod, Margot Hayes, Adam Ondra and Chae Hyun Seo.
@ryansmifh
3 жыл бұрын
sharma, alain robert, & lynn hill (;
You know it been too long without climbing outside, when you start watching YT climbing videos lol!
@austinellis4396
8 жыл бұрын
+Lucus Kane exactly
Loved the series, hope you guys make more!
Awesome strenght and self-confidence demonstration. Congratulations Alex and thanks, Team
great series! more please!
Great series
I really like the attitude of Tommy, Alex is really good and quite possibly the best, but he didn't make it easy to root for him, he came off rather arrogant. But even when he was arguably second best, Tommy was a true man being able to swallow his pride and give the trophy to Alex.
@naomikillen9756
7 жыл бұрын
TfJedisuper I think he only seems arrogant because English isn't his own language so he doesn't really understand brittish humour
@largeformatlandscape
5 жыл бұрын
@@naomikillen9756 and he's German - no disrespect, but the directness can come across as arrogance
@PB-sk9jn
3 жыл бұрын
Tommy totally kicked his ass in an alpine environment. And he knows it. Superiority is being is secure you can be magnanimous. Tommy knows Megos is stronger, but it doesn't matter. Tommy can beat him where Tommy is strong and thats actually the area the public recognises as real mountaineering.
Tommy showed that hard climbing is as much mental as physical. Having his experience gave him the mental edge.
Damn alex really looks like a child beside them when they get in the jacuzzi
Next time they should include pooping in a Pringles tube!
Alex Megos is a very attractive German Woman.
Gnarly series, would be awesome for another season.
I love climbing
Crazy how Alex still climbed the crack without doing the proper technique
pete whittaker, adam ondra, margot hayes, akiyo naguchi is the dream
Nowhere near this grade, but I did the south face of Aiguille du Midi in 2000. Climber the Rebuffat route, but got off route at the top and did the final 6A pitch of Midi Sonne. About 25m without gear up a chimney/bridging corner, with a crack in the corner and meltwater running down it. Shit... scary. Chimney had a capping block with first gear in a long long way. Big bomber nut. My partner said a French Guide who followed me up was cursing and panicking (actually he said crying) even more than I did. (actually, I'm always calm, getting excited doesn't help)... Dripping down my arms and everything. Funny thing is - I was off route, and the guide followed me! Tommy won.
Saffetey fi de Bebes Caldowell
Hazel is so cute.
@BostonsF1nest
6 жыл бұрын
Riley xbv do you think Honnold stuck his fingers in her cracks?
@rileypatterson1208
5 жыл бұрын
you spelt "fucking bad ass" wrong.
@PB-sk9jn
3 жыл бұрын
@@BostonsF1nest There is obvious respect but why does everyone reduce this to did they or didn't they? Pathetic.
@BostonsF1nest
3 жыл бұрын
@@PB-sk9jn I’m gonna go with- he did... she loves those fat sausage fingers
Didn't Tommy finish the Fitz Traverse with Honnold in 2014, this guy wasn't even shaking doing this line i guess. Mad props!
I've climbed the south face of Aiguille du Midi - what's not said is despite the grade, gravity is not the only enemy. 3800m what is easy at low altitude makes your head spin there. You're in a race - anaerobic muscle performance is an egg-timer on your lead. But conversely - there - go too fast and your head spins, you get dizzy and fall. Tommy's lead at that grade, and in those conditions, was worth much more than the 7b+ headline figure.
you can just about feel the awkwardness as Tommy subtly gives Alex crap cuz he is likely a little bit cocky for having such raw and intense strength.
After watching climbing videos i keep getting dating site ads for climbers. My wife is not thrilled.
An icy peach?
this movie is emotionally kinda stiff
It would have been better if it wasn't a competition...
@largeformatlandscape
5 жыл бұрын
It wasn't really a competition... that was just the basis for some fun
But when the shit goes down who would you choose to be with.??
It’d be cool if there was like a really good competitive climber in there like Alex puccio
@partykrew666
5 жыл бұрын
alex megos is one of the best in the world... i mean, they all are exceptional in their own ways
@jamescunningham9277
3 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂 🙈 Megos is top 3 in the world Male climbers he is only the second person in history to climb a 9c or 5.15d route it's called bibliography and can easily boulder v15... this route was a crack he's just never crack climbed before 😂😂 Now if you want a strong competition female climber you should be saying somebody like Janja Garnbret considering Alex puccio doesn't actually compete very often in the world cups
So awkward 😂
I ship Alex and hazel lol impressive climbing guys
@PB-sk9jn
3 жыл бұрын
Honnold or Megos? Poor Hazel ... any male she climbs with gets these rumours. Pathetic.
* notice the people trying to defend alex megos *
He's already missing a finger I'm not sure that's a good idea
@Saimeren
7 жыл бұрын
Who's missing a finger? Everyone in this video has 10 fingers..
@DylanZapf-dm4mh
4 жыл бұрын
@@Saimeren Lol are you blind??
@PB-sk9jn
3 жыл бұрын
@@Saimeren Rotary saws. be careful. Tommy wasn't
This was awkward
That doesn't look fun lol
I just wanna say that I hate the way he says "Hazel Findlay" 0:21
that hot tub scene is awkward AF... Cut that nonsense out and just show those crushers in their element.
All Emily does is make up excuses 😅aha
Why don’t they adopt our rating so we all will now the difficulty.the French have allways got to make shit weird an once again we got to sort them out .thanks for the support during the revolution.an u don’t have to thank us on the 2 world wars .we got ur back 🇺🇸🇺🇸
@johns3106
5 жыл бұрын
Uhhh...the French system pre-dates the YDS. Don't be so arrogant in your xenophobic "patriotism".