I’ve spent decades climbing all over the World. My passion is climbing what we call ‘big walls’. I’ve climbed most big walls in Yosemite where it can take 1-2 days for me to climb and up to 4-5 days on the wall. Some people think it’s crazy but ask me anything.
I’m a big wall climber, the ones who sleep on the side of a cliff, AMA
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What is the preparation process for this kind of physical effort ?
Is the first climber of that wall the ones who makes the holes for the anchors? Then the next climbers the come by just go with the same route up?
what do you think of indoor bouldering and rope climbing? And do you go indoor too?
Does it take a lot of strength to do big wall compare to bouldering/sport ? How is your strength level compare to other more “typical “ climbers?
Blessings!! How many nights have you slept on a big wall? Alone? Or with others?
What happens when you are mid-way through a climb and you feel you are stuck and don’t see a way out. What kind of mental energy and thinking pattern you would need to find a path?
Have you ever had to used the BOPHA technique in the real world? Everyone I know has only read about it in books
What did you think the free solo guy in Yosemite? My palms still immediately dampen when I think of that lunatic!
Closest call you’ve ever had?
How about food and water on the long climbs? How much water do you bring along? Water is heavy, no?
What do you eat?
Do you watch any of that indoor speed race climbers on tv? How well would they be able to adapt to what you do?
Poop?
When I’m standing at the top of a cliff or lookout, I often feel a weird urge to jump. Not to die, but maybe to feel what it would be like to fall. Do you have any weird responses to heights or fears of any kind you have to work through?
Why are you not smart?
How did you get into climbing? Also what you’re doing sounds so cool!
Are you going to free solo El Cap?
What is the worse weather you’ve been in while overnighting on a wall
How difficult is climbing something like mt everest for a wall climber like you?
That is batshit crazy to me. Good on you for being so badass.
I want to do this but don’t know any climbers. How to get to this level?
Do you have a regular job? Max out free time with climbing? How much of your time are you climbing?
Isn’t that what happened in Meru?