Whipping on 5.9 X - Wichita Mountains, OK

[@x3i4n]

Helmet, protection, belayer, catch. Good shit man.

[@jonfrank5113]

You are correct young master, we had none of the gear you put in. Even our stoppers weren't curved when it went up. One time I and a few other kayakers were running a flooded creek in Oklahoma after a monster rain. There was a hydraulic that we were wondering whether we could run in and it would wash us out or if it would hold us and we would drown. One guy was a physic major and he said, "You can speculate all you want, the only way to find out is to do it."

[@grahmtheoverstoker]

Sometimes you just have to give it a try!

[@compellingpeople]

Thank you for giving me the confidence to try this some day.

[@fwdbias9099]

You seemed surprised the ballnut held, but they're pretty awesome. I almost always carry the two smallest sizes, they weigh almost nothing, strong and will go where nothing else will. Anytime I'm on an R or X climb they for sure some along as the smallest size will often find a place that no one else thought about.

[@grahmtheoverstoker]

I’ll be carrying mine more often!

[@libertine5606]

That is a good way to get your head right. One thing I would do is when you have independent stacked pieces put a runner on the lower one. When you fell you can see that the lower pieces didn't pull straight down. If falling the top piece gives you the shortest fall but if it pulls then bottom piece is less likely to have been worked out either by the rope moving up or the side load when the highest piece pulls the rope taught.

[@Candesce]

If 9:25 is a runout, you should come to Australia. That's every single climb :P

[@toddphillips9989]

Grahm, could you girth hitch that big flake you're holding in your right hand at the 8:12 mark? Just curious. It looks like you could get a decent wrap with a long runner.

[@danielbaird1295]

Can you actually fall on the quick adjust like you were doing when testing the pocket? Isn't that a static anchor

[@mattking3852]

The Petzl Connect Adjust is actually dynamic rope for what its worth in its small length. I dont think it would dissipate much if any force at its length though. The other feature that the PCA has is that it slips at 5kN. But I dont imagine that graham is generating anything near 5kn and would be almost impossible to generate 5kn, especially on skinner ropes, with as much dynamic rope as Graham has out in this video.

[@robertpearson9137]

I remember when Duane said to be in The Club you had to lead the first pitch of Doom. He just threw that out as a joke. Seriously though, as you said, the tech was less in those days. The smallest cam was the rigid stemmed number one friend if you even had that and the stem was almost as big as the cam lobes so it wasn't great.

[@tweenertennis]

legend

[@refugebouldering9968]

3:25 That's what she said.

[@grahmtheoverstoker]

UTI incoming

[@robertpearson9137]

If you're trying to invent a new sport I don't think it's going to catch on.

[@mattking3852]

If you fell at or after the ball nut placement and it blew, i bet you would hit the ground depending on your belayer. Or hit your ankles on those ledges. No one carries ball nuts Grahm!!! :)

[@compellingpeople]

I would if they ever went down in price.

[@okieclimber2295]

Grahm carries plenty of balls and nuts on this climb 🤪

[@mattking3852]

@@okieclimber2295 This is true

[@Mike_In_Idaho]

I love ball nuts. I use them all the time. And I'm super confident on them. I did make myself a tiny hammer to get them back out if I take a fall on them -- they definitely lock in there with a fall.

[@fwdbias9099]

I love ballnuts, I always carry the two smallest and sometimes the next two sizes up.

[@wadetrevathan6335]

Don't show people this. It's bad decision making.

[@mattking3852]

Actually its very well calculated with back up safety measures in place. Its not science, but its close. Ive done this route about 50 times over the years.