First Person Rock Climbing: "3AM Crack" (5.10), Indian Creek, UT

My left ankle hurts just thinking about it.

[@KubaClimbsRocks]

Jesus, that must have taken quiet an effort, good job dude!! Ended up watching the whole thing, sick! How are you finding the BD crack gloves?

[@bradfordLburns]

Just a lot of the same move! Fun though. BD crack gloves are nice! More durable than my old OR ones I think.

[@jfriday1ify]

Nice job, I did this climb a while back and it owned me in that #1 size area.

[@bradfordLburns]

Thanks! Yeah that section is tricky. I climbed this without a shirt and the right side of my body was raw for like 2 weeks.

[@hairyfeets]

It’s amazing how long and sustained those cracks are, hard to find that anywhere else

[@Govanification]

Damn dude, you were staring down some pretty big falls in that middle section. Were you super comfy or lack of gear? I'm most impressed by how you never smacked your gopro against the wall, I do that just about every time I look down. This recent? How's the weather been?

[@bradfordLburns]

Super comfy with the lack of gear. I never really felt like I was going to fall, mostly just that I was in pain 😂. Normally on perfect hands I don’t mind running it out big. This was in May. Weather was good!

[@Govanification]

Ahhh I bet my bear paws made that feel different, #1's are desperate thin hands for me. The 2's & 3's up high were money for me tho.

[@jimoneill6474]

Leaning on rope around 10.30? That bit of gear placed around 14.00, went it so quick cannot get sense it was a solid placement! Bit of a runout to the previous one eh lad

[@bradfordLburns]

What do you mean? Like taking? Nah none of that 😂

[@drewcunningham2]

Well done!....... That route looked very sustained, with very little time for rest!....I was never a big fan of crack climbing probably because my local crag had next to none of it.... On my first visit to Squamish, BC, Canada, I got my ass spanked big time on a multi-pitch 5.10 granite crack....I had been climbing for over a decade at the time and felt like a complete novice...my toes were crippled.......definitely a different game altogether.......Alex Honnold makes it look so easy.........lol

[@bradfordLburns]

Crack climbing is such a different skill! It’s hard to do well without practice.

[@robertpearson9137]

150ft of the same corner crack moves...so much more tiring for some reason than a straight in crack. Funny I was just thinking about this one the other day. Why 3am? Was it first climbed at 3am? I never had your endurance. I had to climb these things as fast as I could go. I couldn't hang around much placing a lot of gear.

[@bradfordLburns]

I'm not sure why the name. I always thought it'd be cool to climb some of these classic "moderates" at the creek late at night under a full moon. Perhaps that's how this got its name. Climbing it faster and placing less gear is certainly "better" technique than my slow-ass placing gear every 10'. I'm terrible at pacing and climbing fast, though. Even on hard sport I'm generally just a slow, methodical climber. Thankfully when I'm in shape I have a decent amount of endurance. However, I would certainly benefit from moving faster and placing less gear. Always something to improve on!

[@Govanification]

Funny, the only time I climbed this pitch was with a headlamp after sunset the first day I rolled into the creek after a long drive. Certainly made it feel a bit more memorable.

[@CasaDelMandar]

I could feel the relief at 10:40 when you got some feet outside the crack lol

[@bradfordLburns]

Seriously though. Also I didn’t have a shirt on and my whole right side was raw for like 3 days after this thing 😂

[@metork]

Leave the camera on the ground

[@bradfordLburns]

I will if you also leave your attitude down there.