I built my own fruit boots. I screwed crampons to cycling shoes and then covered them with neoprene to be a bit warmer

Ha ha, Steve hat auch etwas geschnauft. ;) Aber

I have pending to make a video about training. I'll see if I can do it sooner rather than later. Next video will be Supercouloir v2

Thanks a lot for your kind words! It makes me happy to know that you can somehow feel up there with us

Y que lo digas! Estaba en los límites

L5 and L6 were pretty hard indeed! L5 actually felt harder

​@@jonmuruayes, watched twice and heard you say," slightly overhanging "

It's my type 2 fun 😊

@@jonmurua 😂

Thank you! Since it was only the sheath that was damaged, we continued rappelling. I posted another video explaining the various possibilities. Cheers!

@@jonmurua Sorry, I did not saw second video!!! The main thing is that your climb was great and you had good time ! Greetings!

Thank you!

Gorbea, Txindoki y Aitzkorri :D

There are supposed to be anchors all the way. In the technical pitches, we found them easily, but on the snow covered slabs we didn't find them. They were probably covered on snow, hence we improvised some avalakovs. It wasn't easy to build the avalakovs, because the ice was very deep under the snow

Thank you! That was amazing to climb as well 😃

I've led pitches at the black canyon in Colorado a time or two but never dry tooling or ice. Cheers We share the same passion for the mountains 😊

We were a team of 3 climbers. One leads and the other 2 follow

Oh ooops. Fair enough. For some reason I thought there were just two of you (despite you filming two guys in front of you haha) Cheers!

Thank you!

It was indeed! Steep and technical. But we always found some decent holds. Cheers!

I can't wait to go back, but it's hard to get back to the level to climb this beast...

​@@jonmurua what specifically is the hard part for this level? Fitness, forearms, confidence, I would love to know specifics on how you train to get here.

There are multiple factor. Fitness is indeed necessary, but I wouldn't say it's the limiting factor for such a technical route. I would say that strength; both upper and lower body can you give a margin and I would put it high in a training program. I start dry tooling around September to get the forearms ready for the winter. I'm this route, managing the forearm pump is key, as the climbing is slow, placing protection and finding holds. It's common to take one whole hour to climb one hard pitch! You also have to consider the expedition aspect. The first day, it's a long approach, you don't rest well in the short night in a bivvy. The route start already during the approach and the tiredness, both physically and mentally accumulates. I hope this helps. My training program is similar every year: dry tooling from September. Circuit training focus on abs and upper body. Plenty of pulls ups. And some cycling or ski touring to get a bit fitness.

@@jonmurua thank you for your input! I'm a trad climber going to climb my first glaciated peak the summer so it's very interesting to know what people at the top do. Do you think rock climbing would have a benefit for your forearm endurance? Currently I'm just running and climbing leading up to my bigger trips.

@TheSubieFan Rock climbing does indeed help (a lot) with forearm endurance, but there is nothing like specific training. You can simply try to hang on one ice axes, hooked to anything really, such as a balcony, and try to hold as much as you can

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Thank you! It is indeed a fun climb

Kudos for pioneering such a fantastic line! Very impressive given the gear available back in 1977! I wasn't even born yet!

Thank you! That was a fun climb after all. Level 2 fun :)

It is indeed! Specially going through that sort of cave and to exit beside those stalactites...

Aupa! Ondo fijatu zea! Reversoa aldrebes erabiltzen dut rapeletan pixkat azkarrago jaisteko. Frikzio gutxiago dauke horrela, baino nahikoa da prusika erabiliz gero. Arriskutsuagoa da horrela, beraz ez nuke gomendatuko, ohitura pertsonala da.

Thank you! I'm glad you like it