Hiking a 2000m Knife Edge Ridge
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- čas přidán 15. 11. 2023
- Here's a trip report from my recent trip with Max to Cresta de Ferran in the Alta Garrotxa region of Catalunya. It was not what we expected, and I learned some things that I'd like to share
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Easy going personality, high quality filming/production, beautiful surroundings and a call to be present in the moment.
Presence and thinking straight are synonymous with survival in the wilderness.
Thanks for your wisdom and humility.
I think, because of you, the algorithm sent me mountaineering vlogs, which I didn't realise I kind of like. I find you to have big compassion, are always calm vocally and give real good advice. Chur bro, from the west.
I'm very sorry for your loss.
Phenomenal cinematography my friend, this looks stunning! So nicely narrated!
Thanks. New style
@@ChaseMountainsit’s really awesome, can’t wait to see how it evolves. 🙌🏼
That ridgeline looks epic! I'd say more of a hike with some high grade scrambling. This style of video was great to see from you.
Sorry to hear of the loss of your friend. Thankfully, I haven't experienced that yet, but knowing how fickle the rock can be, it's never out of the question.
Also, glad to see you guys wearing your helmets! I've seen too many people in CZcams not doing that on more technical terrain. I've had a helmet break my fall (probably 2-3m down and landed on top of my head) as I scraped off a rock that broke off the mountain with me on it. Better to wear and not need than need and not wear.
Ohw you make me hungry for a good ridge travers. Great images and a beautiful project.
Yup, this stuff is fun, been doing it for decades.
Love this kind of content. It's been a while since the last time I saw such a classic problem-solving kind of video: the thinking process behind deciding what gear to use, etc. It was a bit anticlimactic because of the ease with which you reached the summit, but then you closed with the last bit of reflexion so that helped. It would be amazing to see/hear a lot more of that thinking process behind other adventures. Thanks for making these videos!!
lovely video of a cracking route - good final points, i find concentrating on scrambles sometimes difficult - you zone out without realizing, especially if the route finding isn't difficult. the one thing that always seems to bring me back is when the scenery gives way - three points of contact or not - that one is always down to luck. atb
What an amazing climb. Thanks for sharing your adventure!
I need more knife edge ridges in my life! A couple traverses I'd planned the last two years didn't pan out (Pyramid over Aloha Lake near Tahoe, and Conness near Tuolumne in Yosemite this year). I declare 2024 Year of the Knife. 🔪⛰️
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Climbing, hiking and spelunking. Fun trip.
yeah a bit of everything!
I fell in love with those hills on the GR.11, it's so cool to see them up close! Thanks for this great video. Wonderful to see the same bridge and your little clip of walking towards Talaxia!!
Wow! You’re a better man than I Gunga Din. Reminds me of an actual WWII battle the Australians fought at a place called Shaggy Ridge in New Guinea - not much wider than your ridge.
Congrats on 200k! Please make more content around the Alps if you feel like it
So impressed you pulled off such incredible cinematography while hike/climbing that!
Looks like a climb to me! Very cool video, well done. Scared the crap out of me just watching :)
I loved the lessons learned content in the end!
Great shots 👌
Wow that could have easily been an Untold story 😮...
Great hiking, adventurous journey. Wanna hike on that knife edge mountain near in the future. Hope everything will be good.
Nice to see you out and about again.
Fantastic ridge with some top grade scrambling.
Look forward to some more content like this Chase.
I found you from the adventure side of the algorithm and you have a great balance of content on your channel.
Nice one 😎👍 So epic
Wonderful video content again Chase and the scenery is spectacular!!
Makes your mums stomach churn a little though when I see you up there.
Loving the cinematic aspect of this video! I'll be taking pointers aha
That looks like a really fun, adventure, but just doable for me. Would be sick to scramble in the mountains like that one day. Love my Fastpack as well--i think i have the 30L. Best pockets around.
Nice video! Scrambling or climbing!
Dang! Whoa…the mental game… I have a lot of outdoor experience and am a pilot; yet, heights like these are really scary! I enjoyed so much the way you approached this with safety and enjoyment both…. I recently joined your Momentum program so that I can become more comfortable being on edges…. (Now to check out the breath video 😊). Being a hiker with a fair amount of scrambling experience but almost no climbing knowledge you now have me intrigued quite a bit about practicing the “vertical plane” as you say…. Hmmm…now to look up climbing gyms…. Thanks again for the video-lots to think about 😊 P.S. yes, beautiful limestone!
I like ridges a lot and most of them are at this fine line, where there are always some parts you ask yourself "is it worth the risk". In this respect, it's much better to overestimate things...
Thanks for the vid.
I could never do such a vid. The time i have when hiking/climbing is only for me and most of the times i tell myself "you should have taken more time, more breaks to enjoy it even more". Thinking on how to put it into a vid while being out - must really be a hobby to be into...
Thanks I appreciate it. I understand also. The vast majority of my adventures I don’t film. It’s just the occasional one that I think will make a man especially good story. It feels like trading my happiness
I would imagine flying a drone to look at the sections ahead could come in handy?
What a Earth
Thanks for this video! Which area in Spain is good for first time outside rock climbing? Trying to move out of the climbing gym next year 😊
Looks beautiful, but that’s a nope for me! If I might need ropes on a hike, I am not even remotely interested, lol. I’ll happily watch from below.
We did some boulder scrambling at Mt Rainier this summer, it wasn’t as steep as this, but it was slow and mentally exhausting.
I'm not a climbing expert, but it looks like master point at 8:03 should have one more carabiner and ideally 'third hand' for rappelling rope. Maybe third hand wasn't required in this instance due to length/weight of the rope, but better safe than sorry. Be safe.
Aquest tipus de roca em sona i es veu bastant descomposta, s'ha de tenir molta cura i habilitat!
Love the video! Who's filming the drone shots? That probably takes time from the hike too.
Yeah I was filming the drone. Honestly I spent at least an hour on that 😂
Did you find a pair of approach shoes that don't have a huge drop?
Whats planned for the winter?
Such a cool hike! Nice one Chase!
That's one sexy ridgeline
I kind of like real multipitch climbing. Harder climbing but roped up
The view, man…! 🙌🏻
What gps is that?
It’s a Garmin InReach. Industry standard 😂
@@ChaseMountains thanks, man!
Great Drone work Brother Man! Awesome Scramble too! Really is mostly a scramble, the rope drag would suck, be real slow, knock off rocks and be hard on the rope as well. If there's much vegetation or resting boulders on the route you can guess it's a scramble, often I'll use the drone to have a look before I commit to an unknown route, can be super helpful! Hopefully you find some of these routes on monster mountains, SO Epic! A Mini drone in a hip pack in a padded water bottle holder can be great for quick deployments! I've been doing lots of canyon scrambling lately myself as winter sets in here in my new desert home near Moab. I wish you were close, I'd show you some amazing things. Please come visit me or the channel and see. You are always welcome for an epic guided Adventure here with me! Cheers
Thanks Karl! Love that tip about the drone on a hip belt. I’m gonna try that for sure. Would love to get to US again soon.
“80 cents a can” 😂
Such a good deal
I think the divide between hiking and climbing is a rope. If you are carrying a rope you are climbing.
So if I go back and do this without a rope it will be a hike?
Yes. If you survive the downclimb. @@ChaseMountains
I really liked when Alex Honold hiked up Freerider or Ueli Steck the Eiger north wall
Hiking, huh.
If I called it climbing someone would have said the same thing.
Wonderful, and scary! Condolences for the loss of your friend.
Always one
I really enjoyed that. Good storytelling, good filming, good vibes. Thanks Chase! 6/6 from me 😊
@@ChaseMountains Maybe a hybrid term! A clike or a himb hehe
1 wrong stepo and ur dead. Terryfing.