Free Solo Ice Climbing

[@bunzum6380]

When you go solo, you feel 10 time the emotions, adrenaline always pump, and when you reach the top, is pure magic. Amazing first north route solo Chapeau

[@raphaelwellig5066]

Hi jon Thank you for the wonderful film. I congratulate you on climbing the Ronde North Face tour solo! There are unforgettable memories. With alpine greetings Raphael Wellig

[@andrewsheehy2441]

Well done Jon! A great route. The tricky move seemed to be getting over that first rocky bulge to get established on the route. Thank you for investing the time and energy to make these videos. Much appreciated!!

[@TheSturle]

Love the video! The route looks super fun. Must also say you got the most awesome profile picture of any alpinist on KZbin. Suit and nomic is style points.

[@jonmurua]

Haha, thank you for the complement :) I'm glad you liked the video

[@Neph-v5r]

Great video Jon, My partner & I climbed the Bernezat Spur on Tour Ronde a few years ago, which was nice & quiet. It takes skill & guts to solo the North face in winter. Well done :)

[@francomolinafierro382]

this video is just amazing, espero puedas recuperarte pronto de tu lesión

[@AndreCostaco]

Your stoked attitude is so amazing! Great route you did there, respect. keep crushing it

[@luigibenignochiappero5589]

CONGRATS Mr. Murua Very clever!!!! CHAPEAU!!!! Best Wishes.

[@sogseal8600]

It's my dream. Beautiful. You are great.

[@wlcrutch]

Love your videos man. Good job 👏🏻

[@yuriykashnikov6296]

Great video! You are so positive! :)

[@MaxnPow]

Amazing work!

[@rafaelgomez1284]

Nice climbing...but there still a "new" routes in the Mont Blanc area ?

[@jonmurua]

The "pro"s still find some, but I was informed later that this was a variation

[@francescoacquaviva7559]

Balls of steel

[@walkingcrypto2088]

fantastic climb, looked so fun. why didn't you ski the descent though?

[@jonmurua]

Thank you! There was a rocky section a bit below the summit which was hard to see, so I opted for walking down until the rocks and then ski

[@mikelfernandezgomez1666]

Vaya pechada con la nieve profunda... Ya me ha tocado alguna de esas y complica mucho la vida. Con una pendiente de 50-60 la norte "debería" ser un paseo con nevé o al menos buena huella firme. Lo más frustrante es rascar y rascar hasta que el piolos se quedan de "algo"... Y luego rezar para que no se salgan al tirar. Buena escalada! (Y la próxima en primavera 🤣)

[@jonmurua]

Qué gran razón tienes! De hecho me metí pour un canal para evitar pasar por la cara que estaba repleta de nieve. Por algo es famosa esta cara para los esquiadores...

[@CheriHerring]

POV you see 3 pixels of scp 096 in the background

[@evanzener8692]

Great job! Good video. Do you have a solo climbing safety gear list you could share, or any other sources you recommend. I’ve done 7 mountains. Nothing like what you’re doing. No ice climbing but I solo’d the last mountain and have all the gear other than ropes and harness. Do you need rope when you go by yourself?

[@jonmurua]

Hi Evan, I don't have a gear list, it depends a lot on the route. For example, for an easy scramble without glacier crossing, I only take the harness (in case they need to rescue me), but if the route has some technical difficulties, I take gear in case I need to lead solo (basically, a full climbing kit + a Revo or modified Grigri). I also take the rope in case I need to rappel or do a self rescue somehow. If I'm crossing a glacier... Some people drag a backpack attached to the other end of the rope. I don't like this option. I hope I won't fall in a crevasse, and if I did, I carry gear to self rescue by aid climbing up the ice (ice screws and microtraxtion). It's also good to carry some gear to build an anchor in case you need a rest of something goes wrong (you lose a crampon for example). Cheers!

[@gualdus]

Buah chulísimo ,una pregunta qué grosor podía tener esa franja de hielo que se ve tan fina,y casi con el color del granito.Y de cuántos grados hablamos en ese sector👍🏻

[@jonmurua]

Unos 5-10cm. Suficiente para escalar, pero difícil a proteger. La pendiente es de 50° de media con algunos sectores a 60°

[@Cragcloud]

Fantastic adventure! 😁

[@GuillemBF]

Nice video Jon! Which, and aslo why, Krukonogui blades are you using in your nomic? Thanks in advance! :-D

[@jonmurua]

In that route I used the Michael Stanley Ice picks. I got those forged steel picks for durability. When the rock is covered on snow, we scratch a lot the picks on the rock to clean the snow and standard picks get damanged very quickly.

[@GuillemBF]

@@jonmurua Michael Stanley Ice picks? I do not know those picks and if I google it, I only just find a rock band which that name. Is it a brand or a model of Krukonogi? I'm asking because I just had enough of damage my BD picks so easly. Thank you so much again Jon, I'm waitting for more alpine videos. Regards from the Pyrenees ;-)

[@jonmurua]

@@GuillemBF this is their website: sport-steinle.com They do similar picks to Krukonogi. Cheers!

[@GuillemBF]

@@jonmurua thank you so much, I really apreciated it! :)

[@itrstt66]

How did you get down?

[@jonmurua]

Via the East Face, walking and skiing down

[@itrstt66]

@@jonmurua very Nice and inspiring adventure thankyou

[@jeanneuenschwander6717]

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[@jesusparadelo7621]

Si hombre si haber si hablas castellano o español que el ingles se te da muy mal colega yes yes tus videos ganarian mas sin estar farfullando he norfeis campochonin chulawuei venga ya joer