Madman or genius? Franco Cookson’s first ascents

[@lewisham]

This feels like a Monty Python sketch

[@bugglemagnum6213]

Life imitating art

[@oregonNYC]

Ministry of Silly Climbs

[@davidhogg1886]

My very first thought too

[@Jonwisniewski04]

That warm up routine was straight out of MP for sure

[@SubstituteProfessor]

I was disappointed when I realized it wasn't

[@fstew1]

Bro literally got high off that send

[@sinc650]

I dont even get that high from actual drugs

[@ibreakmirrorswmyface]

​@@sinc650very cool sinc650

[@Wenotrockingferragamo]

Adrenaline is one of the best drugs

[@ssaw3008]

Even if you think his noises are weird he's actually using good breathing techniques to overcome the fear and the stress...

[@saxongoold7832]

I really can’t tell if you’re just taking the piss 😂😂

[@thatswhylucyleftme]

This is the correct breathing technique for overcoming a hairball.. and apparently also a highball.

[@glassharmonica]

@@thatswhylucyleftme Nicely done!

[@cooperkrossa8348]

Tradam Ondra

[@KitMoffitt]

🤣Google thinks it needs to translate this for me 🤣

[@j897xce]

I will deliver Ondra

[@19DGL94]

This is so accurate. 😂

[@hilaryho2362]

Google translates this to "I Will deliver Ondra" 😂

[@stephenr80]

Tramazol Ondra

[@Dfl87165]

Started out as “Ministry of Silly Walks” and ended with “The Joker”.

[@SharonCorbett]

Never laughed so much in my life - said it in one @Dfl87165!!

[@senorblondie]

His belayer hears "take" instead of "safe" and pulls him to the ground...😂

[@MrLyckegard]

Did happend to me once ..

[@Mag-Nuss]

Has he actually a belayer ?

[@dp1381]

@@Mag-Nussof course. Why else would he have two ropes tied to him?

[@adrianbjones]

Never understood why Brits and Aussies say safe instead of secure.

[@Mag-Nuss]

Thx for you kind answer ​@dp1381

[@joshuagharis9017]

Love when they summit, stand on edge, and to them, its "safe"

[@EasyCoastL]

Where TF did he disappear to before it cut to him climbing 😂

[@barkni1913]

Went for a quick trip to the void

[@dreamways2581]

This guy is like the joker for free solo

[@KellenBennett]

He didn't free solo this

[@bragoss4290]

Shut up kellen

[@Rip-ow2zy]

@@KellenBennettREALLY?

[@davidrobinson7684]

​@@Rip-ow2zyNo ropes in free soloing. This guy is leading, using running belays (runners) for protection. It's free climbing (as opposed to aid climbing), but not soloing as he has a partner belaying him.

[@shutupdumbdog827]

this isn't free solo lol

[@aaaa-ni9hc]

Most unhinged climbing video.

[@luigicoiblujeans]

i Watch this video twice a day, this man Is my Spirit animal

[@KrispyLegend69]

Homie was bricked after he sent it.

[@ivo_picha]

British trad 💀

[@chrism5995]

They don't fuck around man 💀☠️💀

[@thatswhylucyleftme]

The climb was dangerous.. But that hairball was KILLING him.

[@michaelsandgren6709]

That is actual footage of the gingerbread man

[@CollinGill7]

Absolute mad lad

[@rooknado]

Primal energy fear and fire burning within that young man upon ascension. Amazing.

[@helmeri]

yeah, i wouldn't call out "safe" on that sand filled sloping ledge in million years

[@MrJimtimslim]

Be a ground fall from there anyway. Just means take me off belay rather than actually being safe.

[@laprepper]

This guy is clearly Looney Tunes

[@n4boards144]

Deffo a madman with that laugh

[@Stenko222]

Its giddiness ❤

[@CollinGill7]

Homie climbing on dune in a spice storm

[@josegomezamunarriz3844]

Congratulations!!! Lovely Energy! ✨🍀👾🛸

[@bobbob-wv7ho]

Love that sound ❤️

[@krystofcisar469]

love that victorious sounds :D

[@danielfry8097]

Why no mention of the single skyhook protecting the deathfall off the crux

[@charlie.h4829]

Jumped cartoon style, but to where though lol

[@justingabriele3881]

This man is insane

[@fredscratchet1355]

Franco, great bloke

[@myself3209]

Bro went into that other dimension for that

[@tommym875]

Just put a fn bolt on it. That’s a few thousand quid worth of shit to go highballing. Gritstone is one of the silliest games climbers play.

[@Voting-does-nothing]

It's not grit

[@unkokusaiwa]

His laugh is special

[@darksoul479]

Great job wearing those safety ropes, you'll live longer.👍

[@alexandergeuze4689]

Defently mad man

[@MountainRunner50]

Does anyone know the name of this climb?

[@H___M___]

Immortal, british E11 7b

[@rzwerlein]

What’s the third rope for???

[@alistairborthwick2031]

Wow. Major respect. My bottle goes on a ladder. LOL 🙃

[@DosezDaily]

Mad

[@joesteadman343]

I like his fall/landing practice. You dont think about it, but for pretty much every job or hobby where youre high up you need to know how to fall and land properly. It could save your life. There was a case of a woman falling out of a plane and living... now she probably had the perfect circumstances for her to live through that, but apparently she landed in a way that allowed her to live IIRC.

[@jamestopliss7029]

Yes she landed in a bush or something 😂 literally nothing to do with her falling technique 😂

[@joesteadman343]

@@jamestopliss7029 You just proved my point. Landing in bushes will lessen the impact of hitting the ground. She didn't consciously choose to fall into a bush, but we know it works. My comment was made under the assumption that she didn't have any fall training in the first place. So it's literally still a technique someone could employ to survive high falls.

[@bubbasherpa]

“Aim for the bushes? 😢” - The other guys

[@jamestopliss7029]

@@joesteadman343 wtf are you talking about

[@funkeybikemonkey]

Yes this is true. However it is a more sinister story. Her husband disconnected both parachutes to murder her. She survived... Just. Look it up. British attempted murder trial

[@joaquindeltorchio6144]

Amazing

[@Nionel31]

I’m gonna go with both

[@andrewchambers9813]

Can someone tell me why he has 3 ropes? Are there 3 belayers??

[@bemk]

My first thoughts too. Looking a bit closer, red and blue seem to be on belay. Dunno what the orange one is for. If I had to make a guess I'd say it's a catch to keep him from rolling down the hill side in case he decks it before putting in his first piece of protection.

[@morgandaly2651]

If he’s being belayed, why is he worried about falling?

[@bemk]

@@morgandaly2651'cause you first have to reach your first quick draw, and then he also has a pretty run out section at the end where he could deck it ...

[@thomkirkwood2356]

For British trad it's pretty common to use half ropes - two thinner ropes where you normally only clip one into each piece, so you reduce rope drag if a route traverses - you clip one into gear on the left and the other on the right. I'd guess that the third is a static rope to haul gear up to the top.

[@Alex-ne8xz]

What protection is that? Fifi hook?

[@H___M___]

Climb: Immortal, british E11 7b

[@JuanSchwartz]

Me at the fairgrounds climbing Rockwall.

[@Lemon83166]

But the camera man doesnt make any sound and can still climb.

[@causticvision]

This limbering up is gnarly as fuck, ahhahah, genius!

[@christinegerard4974]

What a level !

[@czerwonykrolik9084]

I'd ask... well who is the guy filming him during climb?

[@frednolasco]

Madman AND genius .

[@HochstartHarry]

Bros got more pro in the wall and on the ground than i do in 85% of my repeats 😂

[@EmbeddedGolf]

Madman and genius!

[@RedHornSSS]

I endorse the snake tongue school of breathing techniques

[@evgenikocev7632]

Sick holds

[@Hysteria_worships]

Sorry where are the holds again?

[@barneyadams9869]

Ah lovely. Proper bomber those skyhooks!

[@haydnrogan6789]

Im no rock climber but i do climb things and those moments where you have to use all your focus to shodt your weight without falling is addictive.

[@taylordw]

Mad genius

[@shanecobabe4064]

That’s a crazy person 😂

[@aspirefitness5089]

The jokers son is a climber now😂

[@00great226]

He's a lot less less chill than Alex Honnold 😂

[@mountainremedy1784]

Honnold doesn’t climb trad as hard as this…

[@davepirtle9790]

True but Honnold climbs with NO ropes, aka no protection.

[@HELLios6]

@@mountainremedy1784 What do you mean? Honnold climbed routes way harder than this.

[@fatihkirazc7826]

my idol

[@Fred-oz3tw]

madman

[@Cookie_Monster42]

Madman

[@MartinAtanasu]

Nice footwork gaper

[@hoioi123]

if i climbed up there people on the ground would need an umbrella.

[@Muldoon111]

Madman or genius? I’m gonna go with yes.

[@sambob998]

Why is professor Brian Cox narrating climbing videos?

[@mikewbma]

at least he is climbing with a helmet

[@unnamedbhopper]

Yeah, this dude definitely doesn’t use the typical chalk when climbing

[@kieran1289]

Laughing like the Joker 😂

[@jking5662]

He laughs like a genius.

[@AdriTrejoSkate]

Climb Carrey

[@One_Call_System]

Is this Jim Carry?

[@Voidload]

Yes

[@traininsane5757]

Climbing Joker

[@OoOoRocketfellaoOoO]

Get in!!!! rahhh

[@unnamedbhopper]

I bet he does ‘crack’ climbing when resting

[@Jake0483]

If it works 👍

[@SuperPeter05]

You know there is a path just over there 😮

[@Naedanger253]

Aye a psycho path

[@Jordan__Sloan]

My buddy always says that when we go climbing

[@jellybaby9630]

Autofelatio

[@Colin.Robinson1]

No fan, no kneepads?

[@DBRooster]

He is tied off

[@Kneedeepinstock]

Joaquin Phoenix has nothing on that laugh 🃏

[@christ163ggggf]

100% mad.

[@saltlife316]

I just say why to myself

[@jamiejones5233]

Both

[@unnamedbhopper]

This dude acts like he sniffs chalk

[@mowbray6107]

buddy was on pure columbian

[@RadioactiveAnt7]

I'm telling u now, That's not chalk.

[@matthewegan8434]

Think he is a bit of both 😂

[@jackknife1796]

Is this a bit?

[@TinaObigwebi]

I guarantee you... NOT a genius.

[@jsmith1174]

He uses his nose as a fourth point of contact, he's cheating

[@Dessydd]

Grab the good

[@TheGonzo458]

Ha ha haAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHG

[@apexjeep8861]

Definitely don’t blank out the fear you use it to push your muscles further and you can use that to you advantage not blank it out

[@Rickshaw_Bohammer]

Or maybe fear will cause you to overgrip and hesitate, decreasing your endurance and lengthening the amount of time you’re up there. Maybe don’t make it seem like you know what you’re talking about

[@Rksanchez871]

That’s backwards for the people he’s saying blank your fear out to because some people have so much fear the thing they fear to happen happens more often then not if they didn’t fear it

[@vandidovan]

Fear is like fire, you can burn yourself or you can cook w it

[@Rksanchez871]

@@vandidovan 💯

[@Bloemedry]

Ropes Help

[@kashdynasty2698]

Elmo

[@thebigboymoose]

Madman? Genius? Coke fien?

[@funnygaming-cc8fr]

🧙‍♀️hahahahaha