Robbie Phillips 1st Repeat Of E8 'Impulse' - Dave Macleod Classic | Climbing Daily Ep.2055

[@tomdegay]

Good effort on the ascent and moreover for capturing this beautiful route on film. For the record, I did the second ascent of this climb, about 5 mins after Dave. That doesn’t seem to be recorded anywhere, so fair enough!

[@dailyclimbing]

Hey Tom, thanks for getting in touch, we’re very sorry that we didn’t know about this, and also congratulations! Amazing story, and FairPlay the route looks bold as 💪

[@tomdegay]

@@dailyclimbing No worries! We only had quill pens and parchment to write on back then so the details have been lost in intervening centuries. Top film 👍

[@dmizzle73]

Your ascent is well written up by Dave in his Moving the Needle book! Sounds like you had a "moment" but managed to pull through!?

[@tomdegay]

@@dmizzle73 There’s a bit of creative license in Dave’s narrative and the overall sequence of events. The route felt OK to me, though a power scream might have been helpful 😅

[@dmizzle73]

@@tomdegay very interesting! Sounds like you made an impression on that lead anyway.

[@stenlundstrom1652]

Wow! This video is so high quality. Great shots 👌 I also like the calmness in it. Really makes me wanna go to Scotland

[@pdebra6542]

Always exciting to see Robbie Phillips tackle new projects!

[@ryantaylor6470]

Robbie and Dave are by far my two favorite climbers!

[@EpifanoEntertainment]

Scottish climbers are some of my favourite. Smith and MacLeod are inspiring characters... and lately some youngsters like Bosi and Milne look like they know what they re doing 💪

[@mountbeckworth1]

Wow...what a wonderful clip. And Robbie, no silly cartoon inserts or clowning around. Cheers, from Australia.

[@sethford2227]

Robbie is a bloody legend.

[@Hendershot93]

This was an incredible video, good work and sweet route!

[@babsds0]

Looks like an amazing line. Really enjoyed this one.

[@Wish4Fish]

Scary stuff! Congrats!

[@JMZ369]

awesome visual of pulling through the top with ben nevis in the background.

[@liam7342]

What's that absail device?

[@zacharylaschober]

Probably asking about the taz lov3

[@danwest8914]

Sick video

[@mw5360]

Great stuff. Love the atmosphere of Robbie's videos.

[@OrangePukeko]

Great vid, would love for you guys to share the music you use in the description.

[@MrJimtimslim]

I think this has been repeated, someone made a swift second accent of this route if i remember correctly. Was a long time ago but i was a complete climbing nerd at the time and followed daves routes closely. Might be wrong though

[@emilholck87]

Why dont w just top rope stuff like this? The climbing would be just as hard right, or what am I missing?

[@Kappas_1234]

Another option would be to add one or two bolts...

[@edwinmitchell8797]

The head game...

[@cameronduff9820]

The UK, and Scotland especially has a VERY anti-bolt ethic. Absolutely no bolts in the moutains under any circumstances. Bolts are only found at dedicated sport climbing crags. Topropes are seen as a lesser way to climb, they remove a lot of risk and can be used to take juuust a little bit of the climbers weight - I think most people in the UK would consider this aid. So the only way to do what most UK climbers consider a clean (trad) ascent is to lead completely on gear you place yourself

[@AlbertMartino17]

I think it’s probably because there isn’t so much rock in the UK that you can just bolt or place anchors everywhere. You’d run out of traditional climbing too quickly. Also, nothing’s stopping people from top roping this on a trad anchor, and I’d personally see that as a victory on it’s own :) But we can’t really say “the climbing is just as hard”. If TR, and lead really are just as hard, then there shouldn’t need to be a preference for TR right? TR sends are definitely worth noting, but lead and trad will always be a step up and that’s okay.

[@020nils]

Not as badass. Plain and simple.

[@shoqed]

How is this a 'classic' if it had one ascent lol

[@77joshleclair]

If the gear is useless and your gonna deck from anywhere above it anyways why not just solo the climb

[@M0dElite]

I think you misunderstood. The gear is good enough to protect the crux. After that its more like soloing, but relatively easy.