Climbing “Skye Wall” E8 | Hard Trad Classic & New Routing

[@RobbiePhillips]

Apologies to all those squeamish of eating food in front of the camera 🎥 I was enjoying that Outdoor Provisions bar far too much! 😋

[@fat82much]

No such thing as enjoying food too much

[@jonathansweet4391]

Genuinely- you guys are producing the best trad climbing content on KZbin right now! Really inspiring. Love the psyche, the chat and the little nugs of gold - like the close ups of crux holds and gear placements etc. Then just the beautifully shot and edited wilds of Scotland. Would love to see some onsight battles too... Keep up the amazing work!

[@RobbiePhillips]

Thanks man! That means a lot 😁 We’ll see what the next few months is like. Got some projects to do and some FA’s I’m keen to get sent.

[@Siongethinhill]

Agreed! Such great content every time. Some awesome footage and amazing to see the work that goes on behind the scenes trying these hard routes

[@ShakespeareanBroncobuster]

Robbie deserves some credit (followers and views) for showing the true spirit of climbing. I get so tired of gym climbing videos on KZbin.

[@RobbiePhillips]

Thanks man! Appreciate that!

[@ShakespeareanBroncobuster]

@@RobbiePhillips not that we wouldn’t want to see some gym content, but people Gullich, Robbins, and Bachar would appreciate this content. This is what climbing is about.

[@JGRGilbert]

Yes, that gabbro rock on Skye is young at only 50 million years old. Dinosaurs were extinct by then, and simians had already diverged from the other primates.

[@ArinaThomsen]

I love your videos and enjoy your sense of humor immensely! It is a discovery for me that the weather in Scotland is the same as in Kansas, wait for 5 minutes and it will change. However, you are blessed with rock formations that we don't have. What a geological inequality!

[@nicholasrandell2310]

You should have put in an intermission of just Culann sitting in a boot cat looking sad :P. (Great video as always! Speedy recovery Culann)

[@El_krux]

Great video. Scotland seems amazing! Looking forward to seeing you come back for the send of that Ethiopia-looking route!!

[@RobbiePhillips]

So am I. Hopefully go back in a weather window sometime over the next 2-3 months

[@Nykinkanava]

The one thing you noticed is beautiful! I hope you send it one day. All in all the most interesting video I've seen for ages.

[@KubaClimbsRocks]

Your videos always get me stoked on trad..cheers!

[@MrDziuka]

This is fantastic! I imagine a lot of hard work goes in to making those films. Congratulations on sending Sky Wall!

[@RobbiePhillips]

Thanks Szymon 🙂 A lot of hard work and psyche! I actually really enjoy editing these vids - it’s time consuming and hard work getting the shooting right, but worth it at the end!

[@MrDziuka]

@@RobbiePhillips Definitely ! You are doing great job. Makes me wanna climb some trad😉

[@RobbiePhillips]

Come join me man!!! Plenty of bouldering to do in loch Coruisk as well

[@enricociuppa7093]

seeing this kind of rock really close show how amazing is

[@robertcreer8826]

I'd love to get out there one day!

[@christineholmberg7431]

Hey we have gabbro at a little bouldering spot in Asheboro, NC, USA. Very gritty

[@RobbiePhillips]

Oh really! Good to climb on? This stuff is pretty solid. Smearing is a dream!

[@christineholmberg7431]

@@RobbiePhillips yes quality slab and technical vert with a few overhangs. Def tough on the skin though

[@theimpaler3338]

I really love your videos. Always so inspired to go and climb! Thanks for the content. Keep 'em coming Robbie

[@ringobach6036]

Great video. This is the most entertaining outdoor climbing chanel there is. Even though I just climb on plastic, I really enjoy your stuff. You really got talent as a climber and a storyteller. Greetings form Germany

[@RobbiePhillips]

WOOP! 🙌 What a compliment 👊😁 Thaks a lot man. Spread the word in Germany 🇩🇪 The scot makes good climbing vids 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🎥 🧗‍♂️

[@johnaisthorpe6141]

Nice one guys. Enjoyed that

[@jimswift52]

Excellent well edited video. The climbing sequences were good and the runout at the top looked exciting.

[@RobbiePhillips]

Yeah it sure was. The sky hook made me feel a bit better about the runout… 🪝

[@rossl2950]

Enjoyed that dude 🤘

[@seanmercer7704]

Great video again, Robbie. Keep inspiring mate!

[@RobbiePhillips]

Thanks man :)

[@ontheballcity71]

Quality video, looked amazing. Looking forward to your return!

[@ben1910]

Yet again another amazing video Would love to see a video with more detail on how you top rope solo setup when your practising a route

[@RobbiePhillips]

I'd be happy to do something like that. In the meantime, Dave Mac did a good video showing his setup

[@ben1910]

@@RobbiePhillips ya seen that one it is great but always interesting to see how others do it

[@bazwax77]

Another epic upload Rab! Making me think I need a harness and a rope……..because this bouldering malarkey is too easy 😜

[@sethgilbertson2474]

Lovely job on Skye Wall! Amazing man! Sometime in the future, could you do a vid on how you set up you rope solo? I watched Pete’s vid on how he does a rope solo lead but, I think that’s over my head. What’s your next adventure?

[@RobbiePhillips]

Haha yeah rope solo on lead is pretty intense. I’ve done a small bit whilst new routing in big walls, but that’s about it. Lots of folk asking for the TR solo vid so I’ll have to do that :)

[@lewisdocherty7525]

There are routes on that Coruisk hut wall in sure! As you didn't have the book, are you sure there is not a route on that line you where scouting out? Can see on ukc there is routes on that wall. Don't have the SMC Cuillin guide book on me to double check. Great content from you guys., keep up the good work!

[@RobbiePhillips]

Yo Lewis. Yeah I knew there were routes there already, but I was pretty darn sure nobody did the one I threw a rope down. For one, it was pretty hard, two, the gear placements needed a weeclean with a nut tool, and three, the holds were also a bit flakey and looked like nobody had ever climbed on it before. But yeah, Charlie Woodburn did an e5 on the right wall, the crack right of my line is an E1 I think? There’s possibly some others as well

[@sqreon9401]

Test the sky hook for a bit of fun yeah😜 awesome routes and looking forward to seeing you send that new line!

[@RobbiePhillips]

So am I man… so am I!!!! 😝

[@richardh3913]

Has to be the first time I've heard 'skyhook' and 'bomber' used in the same sentence.

[@1983alex]

Awesome, nice work!

[@zolbly]

Lmao Yo I heard enough from daddy mac about how wild the weather is in scotland but that's crazy. Being in California though in the summer I am quite jealous that you get some cold days :(

[@RobbiePhillips]

Haha yeah our hot is not quite cali hot 🥵 , but we do get those nice cool temps too! 🥶

[@JahNug]

daddy mac 🤣

[@jirihaban380]

Would be pretty interested in your top rope solo setup, in case it's not already on youtube and I just haven't found it.

[@RobbiePhillips]

Yeah I’ve actually had a lot of folk asking me that. I’ll do a video soon :)

[@jacob8565]

As usual hype music never fails

[@shakeysugar4382]

Great vid, especially like the music in this one. Track listing available anywhere? Also Skye wall looks absolutely beautiful, if I can ever climb E8 I want a crack at it 👍

[@gekquad116]

Okay so what song is playing at at 6:03. Sounds SO good.

[@alcupone6462]

Great send and video, thanks for sharing this journey. I was just thinking if you can mabye make a video about the "modern trad" culture - top roping, gear fiddling, onsighting, mabye even few words about pegging and bolting, mixed trad (partially bolted /pegged routes), ethics of replacing old pegs (never heard a single word about it). These are some big themes /questions I have and it would be interesting to hear your opinion and thoughts on that.

[@conormurphy7918]

Check out scotrock episode 10, Robbie is a guest and they discuss some of the above points, well worth a listen (Tried to send a link twice but the comment keeps dissappearing)

[@kwzz]

Do you ever use ball nuts? It looked like they might have been nice for the thin seams on the project.

[@RobbiePhillips]

Yeah they would have been good. I didn’t have them on that trip but I do have a couple at home

[@iplanes1]

I disagree about the difficulty of access. I spent three nights at Loch Coruisk some years ago with a friend. We carried everything over the Cuillin Ridge from Glen Brittle and then walked out around the headland three days later and left nothing behind. A great trip.

[@RobbiePhillips]

Did you see all the gear we had? 🤣 It would be pretty flippin’ hard to drag all that over the Cuillin. I was happy we took the boat 🛥

[@iplanes1]

@@RobbiePhillips I would actually agree. We took a rope, harnesses and a few runners but we were only climbing severes and the like - my taste in climbing in those days was lots of exposure but also big holds and plenty of places to rest. We may well have taken the boat but I did not know it existed - it may not have done in those days. We also beat the world record for tramping back to Glen Brittle around the headland so that we could get to the Sligachan for a celebratory Talisker.

[@RobbiePhillips]

I think the boat has been around for a while… there’s three generations of the family working it. The grandfather started it, and the son now works it, and the grandchildren help out too. Good effort on that world record 🤣🏅🥃 sounds like it was well worth it!

[@Hamishing]

Mega !

[@RobbiePhillips]

Yeah man! What a place 🤩

[@activia93]

Didn't that new wall also have a few nice lines going up the arete and on the right side of the arete?

[@RobbiePhillips]

Absolutely! Just right if the E8 I was trying is another face with a dyno move that might be E8/9. Right again is an arete with no features at the start, but if you climb in from the right traversing along the face it would be a bold E7 I think 🤔 thats just scratching the surface of what’s around there!!!! Can’t wait to go back 😝

[@activia93]

@@RobbiePhillips Damn, some banger content on the pipeline then !

[@andrechiang7365]

What’s the song while your climbing on Skye wall ?

[@RobbiePhillips]

The Last Ones - Neon Ridge

[@mariannasoffova8855]

How is Culanns ankle?

[@RobbiePhillips]

Still in a cast and taking it easy in Spain 🇪🇸

[@JGRGilbert]

Wounded Irishman missing from this video!

[@SBAndrew28]

Why does robbie lead with two ropes attached to him? something to do with gear redundancy?

[@jasperray6576]

One reason for it is to reduce drag when placing gear so you don't have to extend each piece to allow a striaghtish line up the climb

[@simonkemp156]

It's an essential trad skill. Try leading a route that meanders left and right with a single rope...

[@SBAndrew28]

@@simonkemp156 ah i see. i primarily boulder so i don't know anything about rope management haha

[@RobbiePhillips]

@@SBAndrew28 Yeah exactly what they said :)

[@RobbiePhillips]

@@simonkemp156 haha I have seen it done by the Americans! They just extend the shit out of everything :P

[@Balgore8]

Why lead climb it, if you can top rope it? Those sketchy hook clips dont look that safe lol

[@zolbly]

It's bombbbbeeeeerrrrr

[@stevej8173]

Really not keen on painting the holds with chalk, and not so very long ago this would have been seen as completely unacceptable... fantastic spot, now with a chalk ladder painted up the cliff.

[@RobbiePhillips]

Well… not anymore… it rained the day after we did it 😂 Would you suggest not using chalk instead?

[@RobbiePhillips]

Also, what do you mean it wouldn’t be acceptable? I’m pretty sure chalk has been used and accepted in the U.K. since pretty early on… I did hear there was a small outcry, but it didn’t last long in the U.K. tell me if I’m wrong, I’d be really interested if there’s an underground scene of chalk-less climbers in the U.K. quietly repeating all the hardest boldest trad climbs without chalk 😎