Connor Herson sends one of Yosemite's hardest climbs [Meltdown 5.14c]

[@toddbloom5939]

this just makes me appreciate beth way more. what an unbelievable FA.

[@michaelnerby8129]

So real, and when you look at el cap, even more so 👏🏻

[@AHHHXAVI]

Amazingly smooth. I think it’s Dawn Wall time for this kid.

[@pdawg24]

He’s trying it this season apparently with seb berthe

[@guisellelong227]

SORRY BUT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS PUT YOUR LIFE IN DENGER THE AUTHORITIES HAVE TO KNOW THAT

[@codymcandrew3677]

​@@guisellelong227what?

[@giovanniridolfi328]

😂​@@guisellelong227

[@airspeed159]

@@guisellelong227 watch out for the DENGER call the authorities

[@brandonp4199]

Casual Yosemite trip, Meltdown and Magic Line.

[@jimmyjamesl6605]

A Master Class in trad climbing fer sure. Way to send in style!

[@sethsends]

I clicked on this vid so fast. What a beast

[@takeiteasy8847]

What an awesome climb. Real masterclass.

[@laanak]

that clipping technique is incredibly interesting, i def gotta try it. i presume he's doing it because the box is so small and specific that normal pro-placement+clipping would push him out of the box

[@omidj]

Seems to me it's more likely to be because he doesn't want to deck and it will minimize how much extra slack he's being fed by his belayer. He stops doing it after the fourth piece, which lines up with preventing decking.

[@randydewees7338]

@@omidj I think he's just conserving energy with some planned placements. After those he's more in the moment.

[@biomorphic]

What an incredible line in such a beautiful scenario.

[@eroq3.143]

Awesome accomplishment!

[@Ramenscooter]

Soooo good!

[@steveilg6134]

10/10.,,, congrats on the Send! and production!

[@scottelfstrom]

Awesome!

[@aeon-adv]

Congrats to an amazing climber!

[@paulheimweh]

Beautiful footage and Connor on fire ❤️‍🔥

[@edwindude9893]

I swear blind by LaSportiva shoes. Great climb dude.

[@darkace37]

Congrats Connor!

[@giacomocimenti2811]

🔥🔥 amazing

[@langdaly]

Awesome climbing... wish we could see it!

[@johnstainforth8400]

This looks so hard, and yet I bet it's even harder than he made it look!

[@tuckeroconnor1799]

I wish 5.14c was my limit, great job!

[@Gadinski]

Filmed by Ethan Pringle! What?!?! 6:16

[@dennislrobertson]

Great video! 😁

[@LemonLimeFlavoured]

insane line

[@DJ-dm5km]

Sick! 👊😎

[@coleman7931]

Insane

[@scorchedearthdj]

5.14c trad?? holy mackerel. great job!

[@joanmarshall6653]

I remember when his parents brought him to our house for a party when he was a baby. 😊

[@kellenscott555]

Katana for the crack and Solution for the smear/edge 😎

[@Varnziful]

You, my friend, have a damn good eye!

[@craigbritton1089]

Conner could always hang on forever; and recover quickly; he would boulder at comps for three hours then go out and just send rope routes. A master at body positioning; and note the footwork ( not toes/ boot just straight on the tip of the boot.) And very few high placements; thus shortening the time to place ; the length of any possible falls; snd creating less possible rope / gear interference with movement. And it looks like he already has climbers foot

[@airspeed159]

what's climbers foot?

[@craigbritton1089]

@airspeed159 when your foot starts looking the shape of your tight climbing shoes

[@Stephen_DeLuca]

Surgical.

[@HugoLangel]

Kmooon!!

[@dtomasovich74]

What's the point of the low first piece? Prevent the zipper?

[@adamforestier3351]

A low first piece with no extension keeps the rope taut against the wall so there is less outward pressure from the rope on placements - helps keep gear from walking or changing gear's orientation from vertical to horizontal :)

[@EddyHudson]

Every time I hear abt meltdown I can’t not think abt Tommy’s broken heart. You’d probably feel the same way too if you read the push

[@kid5Media]

Trad all the way!

[@paulmitchell5349]

Pretty sweet getting the foot on that chicken head.

[@6string007]

🧗‍♀👍

[@leonardodias1058]

amazing climbing, poor angle of view!

[@nicholasklick224]

Yeah, we cant see the crack at all. Maybe its all jugs? 🤣

[@alicet909]

Waterfall in background aesthetic > quality of holds apparently

[@andresgalvez]

I like the different angle. For sure if it’s your first time seeing the climb then maybe less ideal this view point 😅 makes me want to watch dosage (5?)

[@acommenter5184]

Please do post your better version when you've scouted it all out.

[@radroberts1877]

Watch video of Rodden if you want to see how terrible the footholds and handholds are and what a badass she was for doing this FA

[@scotthopkins7279]

Why was he showing off by putting those things in the rock? He should have just clipped the bolts like any normal person. Well I enjoyed the unusual technique. Well done young man!

[@zennydoo]

I believe he was aid-climbing, a true climber would place protection and not clip the rope into it.

[@DJ-dm5km]

@@zennydoo yeah you don’t really climb until you have a triple rack, you sew it up, not clipping any gear and have an 11 mm rope dangling from you, fix the rope at the top, and then do a heinous down climb off the backside

[@kentjohnson873]

Do you see bolts on that route? he has obviously (or maybe not obvious) climbed this route many, many times. he knows what he's doing, LoL. This is all very carefully choreographed. At his "limit".

[@DavidParker-vm6bw]

That is a bullshit commitment and hyperbole...

[@DavidParker-vm6bw]

​@@zennydoothat is a bullshit commitment and a hyperbole

[@MatthewWright-y9t]

Cool view of the water but you can’t even see the climbing what makes a 5.14c

[@craigbritton1089]

Your and my inability to make it look that " reasonable". Some people try not to fall their way up routes. They try to climb them efficiently

[@JimFu-e8k]

That's a different way of clipping

[@kiwilife3789]

After Alex I’m not sure anyone will make me wow with ropes to be honest.

[@Doctor_Yuri]

because you've never climbed anything higher than a toilet lol

[@MrHappy-oq7ot]

​@@Doctor_Yuriyeah he watches climbing reels

[@DavidParker-vm6bw]

I agree and disagree with your comment after a moments contemplation I think I understand it...

[@superdad942]

Sick!!