Hollowman E8 - On Sight

[@TheoMagas]

Watched this a few times now. makes me shiver everytime

[@Dan-xh1ci]

Amazing! That’s some focus right there!

[@tombriggs-xn1vf]

Incredible set of skills to on-sight this. Given the direction that climbing is going, will we ever see something at this level again on this style of (almost certain death if you fall off) route?

[@frankzappa4286]

One can only hope that some of the incredibly talented youngsters coming out of the modern walls and the bouldering and comp scene will make their way into the world of trad. It does take a long time to develop the trad experience to on-sight something like this and regular pushing themselves on trad. But perhaps the lure of social media fame will mean they focus on the aspect of climbing that is easier to capture on video and pass on to a wider audience. I don't think a lot of modern indoor wall climbers would grasp the reality of what Mike and Neil and many others did on those routes. When it is said that Hollow Man is 7b+, a common response is "oh that's easy". And I can understand that perspective, when social media is regularly full of routes and boulders at 9a / 8C and above. Obviously there are some younger climbers pushing the trad in North Wales, the North York Moors and other areas, but are they the exception now? I hope not.

[@mariadelapazgomezrenteria4907]

Yo creo que sí aún no llegan a la cima ,su lugar seguro.no deben voltear para abajo,separarse de la roca y platicar.. mejor asegurense de avanzar y seguir asegurándose. Ya de por sí su video vale oro y además.no engorden.cuidense ! Los felicito !

[@pylonking]

Proper proper.

[@frankzappa4286]

Awesome video. Didn't Mike Owen on-sight this in 1990?

[@tombriggs-xn1vf]

He on-sighted it all apart from the middle section common with The Bells! The Bells! which he'd climbed 8 days earlier. Less than a week later he returned and led The Clown "I know for sure I was very lucky to have a great run and knew it was time to stop."

[@frankzappa4286]

@@tombriggs-xn1vf Thanks for confirming that. So not a 100% on-sight of the whole route. Still an amazing achievement for the time. As was Neil Dickson's ascent in 2008.

[@alexf2008]

Fucking beast

[@phanders2022]

Fantastic climbing, great filming, awful music/noise.