PRISTINE granite crack climbing | Recluse - 5.11a | Cathedral Ledge, NH

[@ltm-sendy]

This is sick dude, im glad you're posting these full lines! Gettin me hyped up for spring climbing

[@Ronery_kim-ju8vt]

NIce job and video! One tip for crack climbing is to bring 1-2 large hexes on bandoliers. They are absolutely bomb-proof protection, cheap and light! Might be showing my age though lol 🙂

[@rchow05]

Nice! I enjoyed revisiting this climb in your video. I did it in about 1975. All passive pro, EBs, swami belt, no gloves or tape.

[@drewjarrell2667]

Awesome! These kind of climbs I want a crash pad for haha

[@user-ky4jp8jf2p]

Nice I have been wanting to do this one!

[@tommasozucchini6970]

Love to see more of this tipe of videos I love them I wound be soo cool to see those on trees

[@allanchong4772]

we toproped a bunch of things in that area 30 yrs ago. this one looks v2 to 5.8. upper part looks easier than "they died laughing" (i think that is nearby somewhere), but lower part looks harder.

[@user-ky4jp8jf2p]

They died laughing is to the right. There are also two other 5.9 finger cracks right where this climb is, but died is all the way to left.

[@user-rr4sl2he8m]

@@user-ky4jp8jf2p Died laughing is to the left.

[@JeramieHeilgeist]

What a beautiful day! Put draws on all your pro! Great climb!

[@bonefishboards]

Henry Barber called this 5.9+, maybe as a joke

[@rockclimbs6817]

Sick!

[@sahralunge6503]

🎉🎉🎉

[@johnparla6252]

👍👍😁

[@sahralunge6503]

😮😮😮

[@randydewees7338]

Nice job overall. Not a fun start - myself, I don't like thin finger cruxes at the start. Seems like a nice, if somewhat biological, 5.10 hand crack otherwise. I'm an old geezer, 51 years rock climbing, sometimes I think past experiences has some value to the present. That new young climbers can learn something from old broken down climbers whose heydays were back in the last Millennium. If I may make a suggestion about your technique. My criticism concerns your cursing. Using just one work is a personal choice, a relative thing, like, say, modern art. IMO, one doesn't have to have the repertoire of a navy chief, one word can do. But if I may - at the appropriate time tacking on a "me" can really enhance the routine use of the "F" word. Like when you bobbled the blue cam just above the crux. The simple addition of the "me", especially with a bit of a whimper, adds an oddly satisfying element of self-flagellation, and more effectively communicates your desperation to onlookers.

[@ZerolinGD]

Old people are so weird like what on earth is this comment 😭

[@ralphmunn6689]

That first move is KILLER for a 5.10 (which it "was" back when I did it.) The rest looks pretty casual with cams and pussygloves, neither of which were a thing back in my day. Nicely done!

[@bobrobe7121]

If you wanna brag just brag lmao, no need for the theatrics

[@BadenX7]

@@bobrobe7121 I dunno about you but my life is now completed that he told us these facts.

[@farbeyonddriven8173]

Ralph may be a bad ass but think how hard it was for Fred and Barney. Stuff changes dawg. No need to harsh r blow smoke up your own ars.