Rock Climbing Falls, Fails and Whippers Compilation Part 8

Update: Added commentary from a professional alpinist and mountaneering instructor. Just enable the subtitles and enjoy!
This video series was made to show the most common mistakes climbers and (especially) belayers make. There is alway a chance that something unexpected will happen, but taking things seriously when you're dealing with someone's life (even if it's yours) may prolong it, at least for a little bit :)
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• Rock Climbing Fail
• 40 ft. Climbing Ground...
• Weekday Whipper
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• Rock Canyon climbing fall
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• Witness the unfitness ...
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[@rainardhuman4986]

0:26 let's spot him a mile away ... great job

[@ChadDidNothingWrong]

@WungusBill sort of... what was he even planning on doing with his arms like that? Push him back onto the rock? Lol

[@ChadDidNothingWrong]

@WungusBill ah. Yeah i get that. But I mean, at that height (and positioning), I feel like youd want to try to catch him underhanded, as to hook your arms under his. Seems like that would be way more effective. Not just in making more a controlled and effective adjustment to his fall, but also in making any effective contact at all... I wanna say this is just hindsight talking, but I was thinking that from the start. (Although I do understand sometimes adherence to established techniques and training can sometimes override your common sense in specific situations where the training isnt as well suited). Ive seen this in pilots alot too, actually--where someone is adhering so firmly (and properly) to training that they somehow miss something very obvious to many untrained persons. I wonder if theres a term for that phenomenon...because there ought to be, imo.

[@ericastier1646]

@@ChadDidNothingWrong Up until i read Wungus's comment which completely schooled me i was going to post a sarcastic comment like yours about how the belayer position was a joke when in fact it was right. I would have been in your position trying to not look like a douche and posting a long comment like you did to try to be selfrighteous which only makes you look worse. It's terrible that the online world has made people averse to recognizing when they were incorrect. Just say : "I was wrong and learned from that". Not write an endless myriad of excuses and please stick your self righteousness in the trash.

[@augustlavdal6187]

I am sure they have crash pads

[@carlosandresgallardogarrid8808]

One of the reasons i stopped climbing was because of my belayers... my so-called friends use to give me lot of slack in order for to "lose" my fear of heights. Well, one day i fell and almost hit the ground by 30 cm.

[@ClimbingMagic]

Sad to hear that, but It's really hard to find responsible people you can trust

[@ChadDidNothingWrong]

@@ClimbingMagic you can trust me. I promise. Can I borrow your car?

[@deadly2time900]

yeah thats why i only stick to bouldering this stuff looks so scary

[@cassiusdio6048]

Yep, my belayers were just stupid and didn’t understand the concept a few of them were always drinking beers.

[@Eventual-Visitor]

@@cassiusdio6048 Well, you probably went with the ol' "hold my beer" without telling them not to drink it. Not a good idea.

[@jakehartley5771]

The belaying in some of these is just dreadful, no wonder so many got injured

[@Rocstoneau]

I agree!

[@RodrigoOliveira-gx8fp]

I agree.

[@frankobrien1371]

Just have to be paying close attention and keep a tight rope, like someone’s life depends on it.

[@Beastgrows]

Being Betrayed by Billets, bloody blatant barstards 🥲

[@Beastgrows]

@@frankobrien1371 you know 😎

[@Themilkmanskid.]

That one at 0:57 looked deadly even with a helmet. Why would anyone do this w/o one and other protective gear? Wild times!

[@pippinclearwater]

He had protection gear

[@demori2052]

@@pippinclearwater Idk what protection gonna save you from feeling that. Even if your helmet caves its still solid rock and 100+ pounds of meat suit slamming into your dome.

[@trevorduncan9580]

OMG @1:50 that dude bounced like 3 feet into the air off that rock. OUCH! lucky to be alive, why in the world was there THAT much slack!?

[@vigilancebrandon]

Someone else’s said apparently the top quick draw broke, so it wasn’t necessarily the belayers fault

[@levenrowan5436]

Think the draw broke

[@SpyKey90]

yes look close you can see the broken top draw with carabiner sliding down the rope. that was kinda the unlucky in the unlucky

[@trevorduncan9580]

@@SpyKey90 yikes. That's brutal.

[@SpyKey90]

@@trevorduncan9580 i agree. I wonder if he had serious head injuries after that accident. doesn't look good. but his belayer took alot of momentum out of his fall. hopefully only a headache

[@jordanramey2460]

Lol, that last one is me! I just stumbled across this vid, so this made me laugh. A rep for 5.10 shoes was giving out loaners to try out for the day and I figured I’d give em a whirl… didn’t work out. The fall was onto a button head that thankfully held. The route is Hairlip (5.10a) on Suicide Rock across from Tahquitz.

[@DerEchte101]

cool

[@RideBikes_Walkplaces]

That bilayer at 1.50 was absolutely shocking. Look at his hand position.

[@dunklezwiebel]

He did great and everything he coud do. He managedto even take slack in. But the protection of the leader blew, nothing he coud have done.

[@MeskDaKrull]

@@dunklezwiebel oh so thats what he was doing by pulling up. thanks for clarifying

[@hans-christianjentsch5808]

He was much to slow. Thats bad belaying. He was better of running backwards.

[@mikrojinn]

3:10 : you place a quickdraw, then you don't use it. aka The Darwin Law ...

[@caedmonswanson2378]

May have been someone else’s, maybe a bolt on a different route and he was trying to do a trad route. Otherwise I have no idea why he wouldn’t clip it

[@JakJub]

really don't understand why they don't use helmets. I always wear a helmet when I climb, and so do my trainers. The fact that they fit well does not mean that they have to give up helmets.

[@mtadams2009]

Back in 1974 I fractured my skull on a very short fall, 5 or 6 feet, yes no helmet. I did two weeks in the hospital.bThey were not common then. I used to always say felt much safer once I was up over a 100 feet or so. Another and you can learn from me be very careful who belays you. I became super careful and only let to two very good climbers every belay me. People need to under the process and to pay attention, your life litterly depends on it. Dont take crazy chances down low or anywhere for that matter. Some climbs are just very risky.

[@CSSTRIP704]

No you didnt

[@jodomo4279]

Can fracture your skull 100 feet up just by falling awkwardly too. I know someone who had to have a chunk of his brain removed because he got sepsis after hitting his head on a whipper. I don't know why people don't wear helmets.

[@JCMillner]

I love how the 1st spotter was planning on catching the guy from the side

[@Rocstoneau]

Yeah, I was watching that spotter thinking no bloody use standing there like that mate.

[@MrJackOfAllTraits]

You're suppose to stand to the side. You're not supposed to try and catch them that'll just hurt the both of you. You're suppose to guide them onto the crash pad below. Which I assume he did but you can't see the ground.

[@mokingx693]

Personally I'm just aiming to make sure your noggin isn't slamming against anything, if you're light and I've been training maaaybe I'll catch your shoulders. But it's worse for you take a fall head on cuz then you're liable to snap an ankle, break a finger, fall back on your OWN head, etc. if you wanna softer catch, get another spotter

[@arminmtb2716]

I stick to bouldering in the gym and a bit outside, cant fall very far

[@porteurliste]

I used to work in a somewhat busy boulger gym and a less busy rope climbing gym from the same company. We've had the ambulance come to us once to twice a month for the 6years I worked there and we had prained less severe injuries a couple of times a week aswell. Sprained ankles, dislocated shoulders/knees/elbows, etc. At the rope climbing gym we had an accident maybe once every couple of years but only minor ones. Asside from the one deadly accident by someone that lied saying they could belay. With a good belayer rope climbing is much safer than bouldering because we fall a lot in both sports but in one we fall on the ground in the other we fall in our harnasses.

[@designchik]

It seems miraculous that more people aren’t seriously hurt or killed.

[@brandonthomas999]

2:53 the back stepping😰

[@jemez_mtn]

I climbed for a bit in the 90s, but if there was KZbin back then I probably never would have 😅. Watching these is kind of terrifying. But addictive.

[@davolaa]

2:30 ‘I can’t believe you’ve done this’

[@toiletpaper5770]

This makes me feel smart

[@StrongestDwarf]

Lol they have no brain

[@ygjt76v0-----]

@@StrongestDwarf lol

[@Staroy]

You are probably just a wuzz, and not very smart if you have to feel like it

[@ruannnnmei]

0:51 Holy bro, That's so painful I hope he's doing fine today..

[@brianpollstergaard7143]

Cool breakaway hat at 1:29

[@Zerpersande]

You can’t see who this is…. 1:02 But you know he isn’t Alex Honnold.

[@steamy_rendini]

Can we please talk about the rope tearing open in the first video!!

[@zonlymachine]

Jake Rendina Haha yup. That route, and especially for that move, is meant to be done using two ropes.

[@wesleybarnes5376]

Yes can we please talk about that! I'm hoping that rope is 100 years old this makes me shit scared

[@ryanmarshall6603]

What about all the belay-ers (??) who are leaving enough slack in the line for the person to fall and hit the ground from 30+ feet up....like wtf, you have one job. Or is that a climber mistake, by climbing too high without adding an anchor point? Either way...F that.

[@whitnasty1]

The first ascent was done with 3 different ropes. It's pretty much common practice to use two ropes on that route... I believe it's called Elder Statesman, somewhere in Europe

[@christianjohnson3205]

Hate to be the one to ask, was the fall outside the camera really far?

[@eagle5818]

1:45 isn't the bottom guy supposed to hold it tight so he doesn't fall that much down ? didn't he almost kill him ?

[@imcontemptwithlife4155]

Belayer was a moron, he’s not wearing a helmet, looked like could’ve easily broken his arm there

[@klemano4382]

The belayer made no mistake. If you look closely you can see that the top quickdraw broke. That is very unlucky, and in this case, very dangerous. That is not suppose to happen, like, not at all. I never heard someone telling this kind of story.

[@stevecase6168]

@@klemano4382 Good catch regarding the quickdraw. However, after watching it slowed down a bit, it still looks like there was quite a bit of slack. The climber was only 3 feet from the ground when the quickdraw broke.

[@Tropican4777TYp]

Yeah, He wasn't suppose to give him that much slack, which cause him to have a fast long fall. He should have been pulling up the break side of the rope more instead of the guide side of the rope. This is what caused him to have a steep fall.

[@josefryan5445]

I find some of the belaying more shocking....learn how to take a fall

[@MountainJohn]

I kinda blame the guy for letting his guard down and not expecting him to fall at 1:42

[@Candesce]

A piece came out. He wouldn't have hit the ground otherwise. The belayer didn't do anything wrong as far as I could see.

[@hansdampf275]

@@Candesce A Helmet might have been beneficial for both of them though lol

[@Candesce]

@@hansdampf275 yeah, I always recommend a helmet for outdoor climbing

[@jonaslonartz7188]

Even if this is an old comment... the belayer did everything right in that particular moment. He managed to pull in the slack and jumped backwards. But this wasn't enough, because the topmost carabine came out. Ultimately though he and his partner did everything wrong, when they decided to go climbing without a helmet. The climber survived by pure luck.

[@johnprendergast1338]

Reminds of George and Kramer testing their wings and dropping a friend ...That was funny !

[@UnleashedTraining101]

Step off George

[@RachelG1979]

The people on the ground are responsible for some of by these nasty hits to this face and head.

[@mode-zc2wi]

The first one scared me to do climbing. Hi from France by the way.

[@mattsmith1700]

Some of them people at the bottom don't look like they know what the hell they're doing

[@thecrapehanger24]

Where as the people falling from the cliffs..

[@SeanStewart88]

Just recently started climbing and I’m not sure why I look these videos up. Maybe it’s to prepare and really stress the importance of belaying and taking that responsibility very, very seriously.

[@ClimbingMagic]

Exactly!

[@Dunnooooo123]

2:53 Why didn't he just clip before climbing???

[@houseofsolomon2440]

Does anyone know the background @ the intro guy whose rope got sheared/parted as he fell?? Or what happened to him? Thx in advance !

[@fillmorejives2284]

It's a route called elder statesman in the peak district. Usually done British trad style with two half ropes because this sort of stuff can happen on gritstone (Very abrasive). Think he broke his heel and his wrist but was okay

[@houseofsolomon2440]

@@fillmorejives2284 Much thx f/info, jive

[@robmccarthy210]

Just the video to get me in the mood for climbing. ^_^

[@ryanwest7405]

0:58 is why you always wear a helmet

[@xzysyndrome]

or why you do not let a schmuck belay for you.

[@christheother9088]

My understanding is gravity generally pulls straight down. He must be new.

[@Noold]

@@xzysyndrome way more to do with bad feet placement, than a bad belay.

[@xzysyndrome]

@@Noold Falling is usually bad foot placement...that is why I have good belay....which this one was NOT.

[@Noold]

@@xzysyndrome How could the belayer have belayed more effectively? Had he not run back, our climber likely would have decked. I would argue that being pumped is a larger cause of falling than bad foot placement.

[@matthewniznik9161]

This was a great video I really appreciate the content:(

[@_ShaDynasty]

Damn. Some of these are gnar

[@gritlup2089]

Do people not know how to gauge slack?

[@daveblack2602]

Today on "gym top ropers criticising climbers", we'll see lots of belayers holding big falls close to the ground while the top ropers complain that the catch was "too hard". Looking forward to seeing your plastic project bro .

[@Ron-dt1cz]

Great spot 1st clip. Hey dude wanna stand here and watch me fall.

[@Maharg33]

I don’t understand why the guys that are “supposed to stop them falling” have so much slack in the rope, if I was one of them I would have absolute zero slack and probably have so much tension that I’m practically pulling them up the mountain

[@david-stephenmyles9539]

Maharg33 that does seem intuitive. But when these guys are 'trad' climbing (i.e they place removeable camming protection devices in cracks, rather than clip into bolts that are already drilled and secured into the rock with resin), there is higher risk of the protection pieces falling out. Having no slack, as the climber climbs above the last bolt, results in a much more sudden transfer of energy from falling climber to the protection piece. A good belayer will try to give a 'soft catch' by releasing/jumping just as the rope goes tight. Also, a hard/sudden catch can cause the falling climber's body to pendulum quicker back into the rock face (for an overhanging fall). It's all a trade off though. When a climber is still relatively low to the ground (first 10 meters or so), or close to any protruding ledges or other hazard, a tight belay is usually going to be better. otherwise, a soft belay will mitigate other hazards.

[@brucerash3873]

Having no slack means your ripping them off the wall

[@princenabby1]

So many of these guys not wearing helmets . . .

[@OpenSourceCitizen]

Required ad for all climbing enthusiast outfits

[@drats1279]

A man has got to know his limitations. When you play stupid games you win stupid prizes.

[@Colorado_Ronin]

Why the hell don’t people wear helmets

[@funduk89]

usually only the belayer wears a helmet. Because if a stone hits him in the head and he passes out, the climber is really fucked. Climbers n the video made mistakes. You are not supposed to fall like them. Lack of outdoor experience, i guess.

[@madmike159]

You know what helps when you make mistakes... wearing a helmet...

[@profd65]

Helmets aren't cool, that's why. The whole point of climbing is to upload sick ass videos to KZbin, brah, didn't you know?

[@64BitLamp]

There are only two major situations that could land you upside down when climbing. The first is what is known as back stepping. It causes your foot to get trapped between the rope and your last point of protection causing you to go upside down. An experienced climber will never back step, knowing the risk involved. The other situation is when the climber traverses very far horizontally while leaving a large run out. This will create a swing that will spin the climber around and smack them into a wall. A lot of people like to insult people who do not wear helmets in climbing, but I would say that they just have no idea about what they are talking about. For me and many other climbers, we analyze the climb and look for any situations where an injury could occur. If the route is a complete overhang that goes straight up, then I wont use a helmet, because trust me when you are on a 45 degree angle inclined route and unable to see the next hold you will understand. On inclined routes you should not end upside down unless you do something very wrong. On the other hand if I am doing a traverse, slab wall, etc, then I will use my helmet, just in case of a nasty fall.

[@johnliungman1333]

@@64BitLamp That`s just not true. Or maybe a sports climbers perspective. As soon as ripped gear comes into the equation, all your reasoning goes out the window. Do as you like, but do not try to persuade others to not wear a helmer.

[@All_Original]

And this is why you run a top managed system

[@seasonti8312]

i see only two belayers in the video who had too much slack in the system. at 1:48 had to hurt

[@nooopenoway4071]

Anchor yourself when delaying.

[@bman6065]

Don't advise when you don't know what you're talking about. Or better yet save it for when you meet new partners. So they know you're an overconfident newbie.

[@armandmatossian2081]

0:20 is not bad belaying. He's 5 feet off the ground...

[@cddevelopment363]

I feel like alot of these belayers forget that the ropes are stretchy. Do NOT give them so much slack!

[@as3fawf]

Trad climbers: this is bomber until somebody whips on it

[@KnightFox1000]

Is the first guy Alex Honnold?

[@Beastgrows]

I know little on this but don't u keep the line as tight as possible with just a little slack so the climber can move? You gotta be switched on ALL the time, especially on tough sections. Or am I waaay off on this? I get scared climbing into my bed!!

1:46 lol, menudo asegurador el compañero

[@PluralFish]

All that flesh for the rocks 🤣🤯

[@KittchenSink]

Jesus, that 1st one.. what was he climbing on, paracord!!

[@balloondefenders4779]

1:33 I thought he died

[@NotsoBussy]

Ngl but 0:58 is much worse. He hited his head from higher cliff and the rock was more pointy

[@sebbeaudet2639]

Ends up 2 feet off the ground... "hard catch"

[@BuffPomsky]

Sad how many of these are close-death incidents where the reaction is "whoo!" instead of maybe learning that life is too valuable to spend on reckless acts like this.

[@Zonessss223]

2:26 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@rizzuh01]

Last clip was Hairlip 10a at Suicide Rock in Idyllwild.

[@PeterHemming-e8d]

Belayers! Anchor yourselves. Even on the ground!

[@Pablito46]

What happened to that first guy though??

[@trueblack6760]

Thank you for your video. I could make my mind not to try the real rock climbing....

[@driftless1870]

Anchoring the belay, rope management, hand placement, escaping the belay, rescue and self rescue,, ascending and descending (a incapacitated climber); all should be perfected skills before allowing a belay on. Thank you for these videos. They should be shown and reviewed in depth before letting some well meaning, but ignorant schmuck waiting his turn to climb, on what is the critical end of the rope.

[@lalalayoyo]

Did the first one dead? The rope is completely cut off 😱

[@freesoul1825]

1:39 why not to jump when someone is falling

[@jessethomas3319]

I didn’t even notice he did that until you mentioned it. I was gonna say he did good getting to the guy so fast after he hit.

[@ChadDidNothingWrong]

He didn't really jump, he pulled his feet up off the ground to bring the tension on sooner. That little move may have saved the climbers life. Watch closely. Or at 0.25x speed maybe. It did kind of look like he jumped a little, but i think he tension was already starting to pull his weight up, giving the appearence of a jump in the way he moved his legs with the rise, and any actual jumping action he did may have been to the back, somewhat perpendicular to the pull of the rope, which likely negated any loss of tension....

[@aighti]

So many people without helmets

[@prof.eurico]

The 1st kill me. Literally.

[@Redo12able]

Rock huggers delight in folly. Even the badasses eventually lose; as is well documented.

[@brian1632]

00:54 how shit is that belayer? Fucking hell.

[@FalconFanatic.GhostDog0]

No Name my words

[@cammtb01]

that dude would have decked had it not been for belayer running back, the climber was way too runout Ill give ya that

[@zonlymachine]

How is the belayer shit? If he hadn't run back, the climber would have decked harder. An "average" belayer wouldn't have done that

[@Фантазиякрасок]

давно искал такое видео! хоть на страховку хватило мозгов) но естественный отбор со временем возьмет свое

[@Nosuchthingastrans]

Holly shit a broken quick draw??..Scary n rare..

[@imamoviefanatic]

Anyone else’s palms sweaty af rn? My phone is like drenched in my hands

[@mtaylor3771]

Some people believe paralysis is underrated.

[@mariobotti1952]

At 1:50 . How the fuc...is possible to belay in that fuc.. way!!!!

[@thecrapehanger24]

@1:46 if you look closely, you can actually see the guys wrist snap. Just in case anyone missed that.

[@Th3SMS]

1:47 a nut pulled a piece of the rock off? :o

[@olairii]

I think so

[@carlrs15]

1:45 that dude almost dashed his fucking head to pieces on those rocks wear your helmet, kids

[@invictuz4803]

Thank goodness he had his arm between his head and the rock.

[@Algroh91]

That and get a better friend before you. He started falling and the guy belay put his hands up instead of down and in.

[@ramdas363]

More like don't climb with idiots who don't look out for your safety.

[@ebkjug]

i guess ill work on belaying before free climbing

[@stevedullum6777]

Compound fracture compilation.

[@Beastgrows]

That first one's fall was slowed slightly by whatever the rope was attached to, I think he'll be sore in the morning though 😅 🤔 This is why I go no higher than the pull up bar!! I'm scared shitless of heights AND claustrophobic caves!! No amount of money wud get me up a sheer climb!! Fascinated by these guys...The finger strength 💪🏼 I weigh 210lbs so it's probably not my sport 😅 😑 😬 🙃 Love to beat my fear by abseiling or line sliding though, hmm 🤔 💭 🤔 💭

[@jodomo4279]

I'm 6'7, almost 240 and been climbing for years. I still regularly get outclassed by shorter, lighter people who've been climbing less than a year 😑

[@houseofsolomon2440]

Intro: 👍

[@christianburrell5564]

1) has nobody know how to fall like a cat anymore? 2) It’s ok with us, the viewers to see spotters in bouldering videos. 3) it was funny to see a route I put up included in here.

[@234i9]

1:45 yo HOW much slack?!

[@drewdurant3835]

The first dude why would you just up and allow the rope to slide down a corner like that

[@Daniel_Froschauer]

In vielen Fällen wäre ein Helm schon nicht schlecht gewesen 🪖🤯

[@theguydudeman1194]

Bruh like i don’t rock climb and i know that ur supposed to have sum slack but not enough for them to completely hit the ground or come close. Like you didn’t do your job at all if they’re hitting the ground

[@stuffiguess7680]

Is the guy in the intro clip alive

[@fanka-natury-fanka-gor7134.]

Dlatego jak mówią: "trzeba oswoić loty", to ja sobie myślę - tego się nie da oswoić, to boli...

[@유재성-u3b]

빌레이 잘못이 눈에 뜨인다.

[@jimthompson717]

Unlike running, tennis or weightlifting, you don't just go out one day and try it.

[@Robin-yq6mt]

Watching this so I remember why to always use a helmet and only get belayed by people I know and 100% trust

[@chadperling2766]

You should point out every time someone is climbing without a helmet! No excuses.

[@jerrclimber]

Was the second video at T wall

[@Mondetreking]

Lesson learned. always use a Grigri always use a helmet

[@rafaelgomez1284]

Yes, the belays are a mess, but the key factor is a personal over-estimartion of their climbing capabilities and skills.

[@mwh3227]

And the winner is - GRAVITY!

[@yeti78]

to sum it up: wear a helmet and have a good belayer

[@matiasfuentes5329]

1:45 el peor compañero de escalada :D

[@makeway3080]

Ava Maria + 0.50 speed = Success

[@gritlup2089]

Is that first guy alive?