keenwesh Posted November 24, 2011 Posted November 24, 2011 sweet vid with great editing. [video:youtube] Quote
Dave7 Posted November 24, 2011 Posted November 24, 2011 Thanks for the share...Impressive self rescue...hope he has a quick recovery! Quote
genepires Posted November 24, 2011 Posted November 24, 2011 OMG! Really f'in manly getting out. 3.5 hours for rappels and getting out 2 miles is a fast time. Â There was a video posted here maybe a couple years ago with a skier with a helmet cam on getting buried in a slide. Damn spookiest moments that I ever saw on the web. Quote
mountainsloth Posted November 24, 2011 Posted November 24, 2011 wow. pretty well filmed for an accident. I love the song choice while being dragged... Touching the Void reference? Quote
climbingcoastie Posted November 25, 2011 Posted November 25, 2011 Nice job getting yourself out of there. WOW!! Quote
LSD1977 Posted November 27, 2011 Posted November 27, 2011 What a bitch... Â Recover quickly. I would be loosing my mind as i lay in bed being told it could be much worse relax kid!! Â Nice work for real but you know that already soooo.... Â Â Quote
t_rutl Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 fak... Â impressive, couldnt say i could gut out the same with such poise. Quote
spionin Posted December 1, 2011 Posted December 1, 2011 awesome. does anyone know what they were climbing? Quote
keenwesh Posted December 1, 2011 Author Posted December 1, 2011 new route somewhere in wyoming. I forget the exact area... Quote
Bronco Posted December 2, 2011 Posted December 2, 2011 Looks a little like the Beartooths to me. Quote
sitandbefit Posted December 2, 2011 Posted December 2, 2011 (edited) In the Snowies, between Laramie and Saratoga, Wyoming. If you've ever epiced on I-80 between Rawlins and Laramie, Wyoming (elk mountain hell road) then you were just North of this hidden gem of a range. They close the road up there in the winter and it turns into a snowmobiler paradise, but there is a lot of great stuff up there. The wind is insane all winter though. Â Â Edited December 2, 2011 by sitandbefit Quote
sitandbefit Posted December 2, 2011 Posted December 2, 2011 The only reason I can post this is because I traded my Wyoming license plates for Montana ones yesterday. If I would have said anything while I still lived down there, the 18 local climbers would be at the house with pitchforks and torches by midnight. Now I have to refuse to say anything about the Beartooths. Quote
Bronco Posted December 2, 2011 Posted December 2, 2011 Reposted from Dane's blog comments:  This video is covered in detail and analysed by Will Gadd on his blog. It also includes a very lengthy response to the discussion by Ed Warren, the injured climber. Very worth reading and going through the comments, as well as Ed's response  Link to Will Gadd's analysis: http://willgadd.com/?p=600  Link to Response by Ed on Will Gad's blog: http://willgadd.com/?p=621 Quote
montypiton Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 remarkable video - interesting discussion. I thought Gadd's comments appropriate -- once the brown hit the fan, these guys did enough things right. regarding the discussion of simulclimbing - from what Ed says, sounds like they didn't have much choice. if the anchor aint there, ya play the hand yer dealt. I rarely find good reason to simulclimb, but when I do, I shorten the rope to no more than 15-20 meters - way easier to keep track of one another, keep slack out of the rope, and still have enough space to have at least two points of protection between climbers. It sounds like these two didn't have that option. Been there, done that, got the titanium in both ankles. They did a helluva job - hard to believe they kept filming after the brown hit the fan. Not me... Quote
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