Kicking Steps, Breaking Butts. POV Helmet Cam of Ice Climbing Fall and Failed Self Arrest

Thank you Viral News Russia for this video! We;re just about to go kick some steps in Keene Valley on the Chapel Pond Slab descent and this POV fall video is just what I needed to remember the importance of roping up the first timers even when it seems like a walk in the park!


"Scary POV Footage of a Mountain ICE Climber's Fall Climber Mark Roberts' GoPro Camera Captures Terrifying 100-Foot Fall Down Mountain"

The Tasmanian Totem Pole is Back in the News

Although the pics circulating around the UK are dramatic, the following two videos are amazing.

Around the 5:15 mark the following vid really captures the the quality of some of the sequences on this route. Although the footage is spectacular, I couldn't help but smile wondering what a scene it would be on the sound stage if some of the grunts were added in post production... I am not sure if the uploader of this video is the videographer; wish we had more details.




The second video, from Carl Kllimt, has a bit more dialouge about the climb itself.

The story of the Totem Pole from Carl Klimt on Vimeo.

Brooke Raboutou documentary in Thinkr's "Prodigies" series.

This was one of the first climbing news videos of 2013 and is still one of the best. It's always nice when climbing news is picked up outside of the niche media.

For those of not familiar with Brooke's accomplishments or the folks @radical.media:

"11-year-old Brooke Raboutou is a rock climbing phenom who regularly breaks world records on elite bouldering and sport climbs once thought impossible for someone her age. With two former world champion climbers for parents and coaches, Brooke's pedigree is unmatched. Now she has set her sights on pushing both herself and the climbing world to even greater heights. 

PRODIGIES is a bi-weekly series showcasing the youngest, brightest, most talented phenoms from across the globe as they challenge themselves to reach new heights and the stories behind them.

Created and produced by @radical.media, THNKR gives you extraordinary access to the people, stories, and ideas that are transforming our world. "

Interesting... Climbing Video News presented by hosts / anchors in a standard 'show' format.

The folks at Always Forward Sports have put together a great segment on some new climbing news. In the 
episode below, they cover Cheyne Lempe's completion a rope-solo ascent of El Cap’s Salathé Wall in just 20 hours, 6 minutes,  Allfrey and Honnold completing the first-ever one-day ascent of El Cap’s "Excalibur" in 16 hours, 10 minutes (23 hours off the previous record), and Belgian climber Muriel Sarkany's becoming the 4th woman to ever  climb 5.14d. 



More video - 
Epic TV's coverage of Lempe's record on Salathe Wall and Sterling Rope's interview (last year) with Muriel:




Climbing Obsession with Muriel Sarkany – presented by Sterling Rope from sterling rope on Vimeo.

Well done and good luck with the show to Ryndi Zastrow, Cougar Littlefield, and Elisa Vasquez. 

Sickening Video of Alex Honnold Losing his Feet on Yosemite's Mt Watkins

Some non-climbers contest the definition of a solo where a 'point of aid' was used. For those who do climb, the edge (of the galaxy) that Alex peeks over for a second (around the 1 minute, 10 second mark in the video) is a place many of us go to great lengths to never see. The folks at Sender Films have done a phenomenal job of capturing that split second where one feels the 'whump' of pupils responding to adrenaline when, for the first time and the last time, we realize that we can predict the future and we know exactly what's going to happen next.