Trad Climbing on Feast of Fools at The Gunks, NY

Remember this vid: • Bad Day on "Feast of F...
I haven't forgotten it. No did I forget the #3 for the crux. Usually guides mention critical pieces of protection on climbs. The Williams guide for the Gunks takes the extra step of mentioning the "Crucial" #3. You know, the one I forgot the last time I tried this climb.
I needed good warm-up for the fall. Unfortunately, circumstances didn't allow me to try pitch 2 which while doesn't get much traffic is still quality climbing and worth doing.

[@elliebailey5755]

this is my favorate youtuber EVER YES I AM YELLING

[@tyleresse6182]

Love your videos man! You help inspire me to get out more and climb more! Thank you for that!

[@FirstPersonBeta]

Tyler Essmeier Thanks man! Keep at it.

[@jeremyrosene157]

Up until the roof I was wondering where the 5.10 rating came from

[@origin32]

Diverse route! Horizontals right where you need them... Good job!

[@TheSkate2skater]

May I ask why you extend almost every draw you place? I understand that sometimes it's better to extend such as right before the roof where having it too close would result in a whipper, but in alot of ur vids I feel like most of them don't need an extension! Genuinely just interested, I've never climbed trad before :)

[@FirstPersonBeta]

Extending also helps prevent the rope from walking your pro or yanking it out. I think I tend to excessively extend pro out of habit more then anything else. In the Gunks, it's somewhat necessary to do so.

[@bonefishboards]

Did you do the 2nd pitch? It's quite good and tricky.

[@andrefivethousand]

Second that. 2nd pitch is real nice

[@jglantz08]

New to trad- can you quickly run thru the advantages of clipping your alpine draws into the cam sling, leaving the racking biner hanging (vs. clipping the racking biner into the runner)? Do you find it easier than keeping slings (w/ one biner) over your shoulder? I could see it being sketch to take a sling off your shoulder in many stances, but I also see you fumble around w/ unracking the runner, which while pumped might also be scary.. Also, w/ a full rack, the weight of all those unused racking biners adds up, right? Sorry if this is a dumb question, I climb like you, but my friends all use the shoulder sling technique.

[@nelsonianb1289]

I feel like im cheating on a test

[@curvenut]

Great video ! did you climb it today ?

[@FirstPersonBeta]

curvenut Thanks. Climbed it 8/27/17 (Forgot the Post video info).

[@Tedayze2]

16:22 brrp*

[@mrjinx2381]

Most definitely too far right at the first roof. Grab the pancake, hand traverse right a bit, then up. Wrapping around the arete has long time been considered "cheating" ;-)

[@deavoncrosson]

cool video! could you start making more bouldering videos?