Soloing Gloppedalen North Wall - First Ascent

[@WideBoyz]

Ask me any rope solo questions in the comments below and I'll answer in a seperate video Also if you haven't yet, then check out our Wide Boyz shop here www.wideboyz.com

[@erikaospenson8968]

If you have them id love to see some detailed photos of the anchors you used for these pitches. Also im curious what your prime motivation for solo free climbing is. I imagine that there's a huge personal satisfaction and accomplishment, im wondering how those are different without a partner?

[@Comiskey2]

Have you ever dropped the silent partner? can you explain a little more about the device? And what other devices you've used to self belay?

[@davidarbinger3543]

Why do you use two oval locking carabiners for the silent partner? Isn´t one enough?

[@jeeeeeeees]

"I did the last part free" Is that free solo? About free soloing: even if the risk is smaller, don't you feel the consequence makes it an "unnecessary" risk?

[@jedpulley1381]

What are your thoughts on using an elastic band between the rope and the anchor like in this video below. This Japanese climber does it when he rope soloes and I hadn't seen it anywhere else: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWWUg6GnadRpmdU If the link doesn't work, he shows it at 2:14. Would that ever be necessary or is the rope dynamic enough for it?

[@netglitch_]

It's great to see someone soloing as safe as possible with a rope and a helmet.

[@AveSicarius]

Most Soloists do it with gear from what I've seen, usually free climbing using the rope only as a safety net. People who free solo are pretty rare (soloists in general are rare) for obvious reasons, and usually only do small faces (this is a relatively small face and he could certainly do it at his level if he wanted to, if you can free climb it you can free solo ut), the people who free solo big faces are elite climbers (or suicidal) usually with serious experience on the face. Free soloing in the UK is iffy though, because we have constant (and unexpected rain) even though the rock is often solid. Dampness is also not good for a successful free solo (i.e. one where you don't fall off). It's actually interesting that most free solo climbers who died, didn't die climbing, they usually died in various other extreme sports. There have only been a few elite free solo climbers that died from a fall while climbing this way (and one of the most notable was way out of his prime at 60). Brad Gobright died not too long ago while simul-repelling, most accident's happen on descent, and other free soloists have also died while roped in. So obviously being roped in is safer than not, because at least you can fall without worrying of dropping to your death. But free soloing isn't as risky as people portray it IF they know what they are doing if we go by statistics.

[@robertnewell4054]

@@AveSicarius …. If the Climber that was “way out of their prime” was John Bacher , he was 52 at the time of his death. It does appear he slipped after topping out. There’s also the anomalies Peter Crofet, who is around 62 & has recently climbed his hardest (tech. Grade) solo to date. There is is the tragically ironic death of Patrick Edlinger. Very well written clarification Brother. Stay safe & climb hard EDIT: I soloed considerably between the ages of 20 -23. Never at my top grade, but we’d do Washington Column (1000’) Half Dome (2000’) & El Cap (3000’) days routinely. The nomenclature to the list was introduced to me by the Great John Bacher. Once children came on the scene my priorities changed considerably. Climbing is a selfish sport & I couldn’t justify the risks anymore

[@error.418]

@@AveSicarius "if you can free climb it you can free solo it" no. You have to be able to free climb it every time 100% of the time, or at least weeell within reasonable margins for your risk tolerance. Being able to free climb something once is not sufficient.

[@imakevideos5377]

@@robertnewell4054 >climbing is a selfish sport? huh, couldnt you just climb indoors then?

[@danielwesterlund1905]

I'd be interested in a longer rope soloing video, showing more of the going back down and up again. I watched teamBMC's 26min video of your rope solo ascent of El Cap (awesomely done) and thought that they barely showed any footage of you going back down and up, which gave a weak impression of the tremendous effort involved, despite their verbal description of the process. In general there are few rope solo videos on youtube which show anything but climbing forwards.

[@WideBoyz]

Yeh that rope solo video on BMC was produced by me and edited by my friend. I'll bare it in mind to try and capture some more of the down and up tho, it's a very good point. Alot of the effort is kind of lost or missed out.

[@robl1541]

A helmet mount GoPro just to show your view would be cool.

[@jonowoodgo]

Well said bro full details in the technical side to use as a guide. Brilliant idea 🤜🤛

[@jonas223xc3]

@@WideBoyz Could you get a tripod for your GoPro? You could leave the tripod to film at the base of a pitch to get you going up/back down again

[@mojavemateo]

We need more humans with Pete's energy. Dude is always just so positive and upbeat

[@justinmcdowell5334]

Seriously thank you for the solo breakdown. Been sort of confused for a while now..

[@WideBoyz]

No problem. Any other questions, ask in the comments and I'll make a seperate video answering them

[@Theboardbro]

Unreal episode incredible!!

[@WideBoyz]

Thanks 😀

[@yazmeizter]

Happy to see that you also gave up on the direct exit (I did as well). I also stopped under the green slimy chimney, but Jon Egil did not want it 😂.. we traversed another 50 meters to the right and then up a steep hard handcrack that you would have loved. Great effort freeing it solo 👌

[@WideBoyz]

Yeh that top crack needs a clean. It would go free if it wasn't covered in that dry flakey lichen 😅

[@junuhunuproductions]

Such a nice explanation on the concept of Solo climbing! Thank you so much for the effort Peter!

[@WideBoyz]

no problem

[@Pedigru]

As a non climber, I learned more in this video than any other video. Thanks Pete!

[@WideBoyz]

No problem, thanks for watching

[@Yaimdan]

More rope solo videos filmed exactly the same way as this!! Very informative and exciting to watch you in the climb working it out

[@jonowoodgo]

It's an awesome vid and i also appreciate that you put footage of Alex Honnold who is the man that put soloing on the map to the public eye and really brought climbing to the publics attention.

[@andrewgilbertson5356]

Well done Pete. Great effort.

[@setadoon]

Thank you for laying out all the different kinds of solo climbing! Great video to direct people to that do not know the differences.

[@jessicagrace5625]

Thank you for doing this video! Awesome to hear and see your process and considerations during a rope-solo.

[@WideBoyz]

No problem. Thanks for watching 😀

[@simonpointner]

I really want to rope-solo again seeing this, i had a bit of a nasty fall last time... but i think its time to get the rack out again. Thanks for the video

[@LordQueso]

Really enjoyed the episode! Great stuff.

[@WideBoyz]

Thanks glad you enjoyed. Cheers for watching

[@ryancampbell9803]

Good effort Pete! Its good to see this set up, educational and inspiring. Thank you

[@Ganooli]

Even though there was no actual climbing i loved watching the thought process for climbing it

[@aidanloeser4890]

Incredible video --- thanks + congrats on the FFA! I'd love to hear about your sketchiest or scariest rope solo experience.

[@kanebuckthorpe1]

This was hella interesting. Currently on my second watch as there was so much great info to take in!

[@ArtZ00]

Hey Pete amazing send and video! Congratulations! Have you seen Dave MacLeod free solo vids? He uses a drone with object autotracking to get footage of him climbing. He even did a tutorial of how to do it. Could be useful to get one of those to get shots of yourself while doing any kind of soloing

[@WideBoyz]

Yes I've seen tht video actually. Something like that would have worked well for this route, when it have plenty of time on my hands!

[@die_hertz]

We love you rambling about climbing and stuff!

[@treecuttertam]

Pete, you are inspirational.

[@LiveLaughJordan-oi6tg]

Get involved! Get green! Great video, Pete. Fun to learn about rope soloing!

[@boulderingpaul]

Good effort. Great idea to use a traxion under the silent partner as a backup! I've used overhand knots clipped to a biner under a grigri for aid soloing, but it can be a faff and inevitably comes tight when I desperately need slack.

[@andrewfrank865]

I love the explanation of soloing is just clips of Alex. Like yeah, Alex is basically the only guy who really does this and still alive haha

[@Govanification]

RIP Brad Gobright :( Wasn't even the soloing that got him. Tie your rappel knots folks.

[@sdriza]

RIP

[@bazcardinal1176]

Brilliant! I basically set my system up the same way, but I don't climb anything at my limit. I personally love using my Silent Partner. I'm always refining my skills, improving rope management and finding new ways to calm my nerves.🤣 Mind blowingly 🤯 fun and scarey. You are a constant inspiration. Thank you.

[@hamishlivo]

This video is worth its weight in gold simply for the explanation of different types of solo climbing!

[@WideBoyz]

Yes I thought that needed explaining as I know it's confusing to many 😀

[@hamishlivo]

@@WideBoyz I will send people to this video whenever I need to explain to someone, hahahaha

[@hamishlivo]

Also, good job on the first free ascent ! 👍👍👍

[@george221999]

Brings back memories of just how tedious: trad cracks; and roped soloing can be. Nice video though,thanks.

[@guyharris2567]

Because Silent partners now require a separate mortgage to get hold of, I've been using a grigri for RS. Would be keen to see you using that system and how it might differ from a silent partner. Have you/would you do the chest harness 'wave' mod or rope feeding mod?

[@guyharris2567]

@WungusBill with adequate back ups and redundancy I'm yet to find a better system. It is also pretty much the standard for solo aid these days, and is the recommended device in both Hooking Up and Higher Education. What's the reasoning behind the 'strongly discouraged' or is that just what petzl says?

[@sndspderbytes]

Get the silent partner it's worth 10X the price. I tracked down the inventors home number before the Silent partner was on the market and offered $1100 for the guy to make me one but he couldn't make it happen because he didn't have easy access to the equipment needed to make one device. This was in the mid 1990's before all the 3d printing technology existed. I think i paid $325 for mine? It saves so much effort and is so much safer than any other method. A clove hitch on a locker is safer than an unmodified gri gri. You can modify a gri gri to make it a safe for solo belay but when you factor in the price of a new gri gri with the research, time, and energy required to modify it you may as well have got yourself a silent partner Avoid the temptation to use it as a remote belay attached to the belay station. It works like magic but of a twist in the rope jams it you better be able to set up an anchor were you are. Whatever you do, if you want to rope solo with the safest and least exhausting shelf belay system available, get the silent partner. Get a climbing shop to hold one for you as you make payments. Any legitimate climbing shop will take mercy on you. There is nothing else out there that comes even close to the performance of the SP.

[@robertmcgovern8850]

There are plenty of people using GriGris for the purpose, but no way is Petzl going to approve such a common belay device for such an uncontrolled & (relatively) uncommon use as rope soloing. It's lawyers making the decisions, but you can sympathize. If you do it, you on your own. ;) I used a Rock Exotica Soloist for years, and it did catch a few medium lead falls. Has its own drawbacks, tho: requires a chest harness to keep it upright, the feed pressure can get pretty heavy with any sort of traverse, and it won't catch a head-first fall. Which is fine -- you should always tie off short periodically anyhow, with any of these devices or techniques. The Soloist was at its most useful on preset topropes or when seconding your lead pitch; you can cover some ground with it when the rope is above you! Good for running laps on one-pitch climbs: for fitness or to wire the moves & gear placements.. I also did quite a bit of rope soloing using just dropped knots, which is sort of a hassle but doesn't require any fancy kit. Best to trail or carry a second rope. Climb on one rope, tying and dropping knots as needed. Set anchor, fix second rope, rap down it, follow pitch, clipping pre-placed knots on lead rope (and possibly untying them as you drop them). Twist-lock biners are fastest; you can also use plain QDs and just always have two knots clipped. It's still a lot of gear handling. I find re-climbing the pitch easier & more fun than jumaring it, but I rope-soloed easier routes than these peeps (5.10 and under, unless toproping or aiding) and I suck at jumaring.

[@thomastarp]

Super cool to get this many details on the belay 👍

[@daw764]

Peter = The Iron Man of Climbing! Most well rounded climber out there. And how about a 25 minute dead hang outlasting all of Storror! Twenty five minutes! Whaaat? Da Man!

[@josephs4934]

Definitely think you should upload some Norwegian Slow TV style climbing videos of these climbs. I could leave it on it the background while I work from home haha.

[@WeSpeakPretty]

As a climber new to rigging and setting up gear, This was a great video. Love the vids as always!!

[@omhd]

Cool video, gives a great perspective for what goes into rope solo. Thanks for sharing!

[@WideBoyz]

Thanks for watching

[@Chromze]

Answered a lot of questions I had about rope soloing! Thanks for the video.

[@WideBoyz]

Another video on its way soon answering allerede the questions about rope soloing that viewers have asked, so watch out for that one 👍

[@fredscratchet1355]

Wondered where you'd been. Great climb👍

[@malcolmgraham9462]

Hey, great to see all of the technique in use. A2+ might need cleaning and a partner? Good luck.

[@WideBoyz]

A2+ needed to be cleaner. It looked possible if clean

[@dave_h_8742]

🧗‍♂️💪💪💪loving the tech description and how to & why.

[@WideBoyz]

Cheers 🙂 and thanks for watching as always!

[@marcelorofer]

Love the video! Could you talk in more detail about the whole process from planning, to setting up certain devices, to using different anchor spots, etc? I might be too much to do for a video, but it would be cool to learn more about how to prepare for a future rope solo climb. Not sure if you are interested in teaching the basics, but I thought that I should ask :)

[@RedRanger2121]

Great video, would have loved a look of the view from the top it looked beautiful there

[@grey-yem]

Great video! The bit of you in the chimney is ridiculous and awesome. All you need now is a following camera drone to get the climbing or maybe more realistically a camera on a tripod attached to a cam..? That could capture something from below

[@natetronn]

I'm here for the good stuff, rope soloing and abseiling!

[@WideBoyz]

Haha excellent! Love a good abseil

[@natetronn]

@@WideBoyz the rambling too ;-)

[@Me1234utube]

Super interesting 🙂 I have always used the silent partner through the leg loops and knotted rope in a back pack, I will try the micro traction to hold the rope; if new to the silent partner it needs some falling speed to lock up ( take care on slabs ) super soft catch ! good to see a climb that does not go to plan !

[@ole7282]

Nice video, thanks! I like you talking gear, but some live rope solo climbing through a gopro in between would've also been nice. Cheers!

[@paulmitchell5349]

Mr Honnold actually looked nervous clipping that gear.

[@MichaelJones-rs5ce]

Bish Bash Brilliant, cheers for another epic video!

[@badaman4life]

this is the content we the people need

[@victorkenderdine1130]

Nice bro🔥 I have been ropoloing for a few months now with the revo and micro trax as my backup loop. Doesn’t work as well as the silent partner seems to. Always gets me siked to see you and Tom getting after it🔥❤️ you the man

[@BryceU]

Thanks for sharing

[@blaster2k]

Great video! Thanks for taking the extra time to film this. And now I feel the need for a bottle of "Bris". They should sponsor you 😁

[@bboyorc]

i am starting to get this style a little better especially the part with upward anchor system for ground belay keep up the good vids

[@redsilver6452]

More technical how-to videos please

[@dougthebuilder1]

You need to find a silent parnter at the end of a rainbow first.

[@grey-yem]

@@dougthebuilder1 Are they hard to find?

[@dougthebuilder1]

@@grey-yem oh yeah and cost an absolute fortune, think they go for more than 1000$ in the states www.climbing.com/news/rock-exotica-silent-partner-sells-for-1400-on-ebay/

[@grey-yem]

@A R Thanks. That was a really interesting comment. Are they that much better than just a gri-gri+traction? It sounds like you might not be the person to ask though

[@stridebird]

What a great climbing video! The most interesting climbing video with no climbing ever!

[@WideBoyz]

haha cheers

[@Tokahfang]

Thanks for going into all the pesky logistics!!

[@WideBoyz]

no probs

[@BowlineDandy]

Thanks for the great content I learned a lot watching this video cheers!!

[@BecauseVikingsCan]

That was a lot of usefull explanation, thanks m8

[@Muck006]

The explanation of the gear and methods is great, but it is a shame there wasnt anyone around to film you climbing ... with a drone. Do that for lots of cracks, edit them together, slap some awesome music onto it ... and you have a great motivational video.

[@WideBoyz]

haha yeh some more climbing footage would be nice. it was a total last minute descion for me to film it anyway, i actually wasn't going to bother, so i'm surprised i got anything out of it at all!! glad i did now, as it seemed like a popular video

[@julianweiss7606]

Hey man! would love to see your system set up with the Wild Country REVO, and why or why not use a chest harness for rope solo free climbing. Thanks!

[@WideBoyz]

I use the same setup with the Revo as SP. So Revo on belay loop and traxion below it. Regarding chest harness i tried one before but found it annoying so sacked it off...maybe I just didn't get the setup that smooth

[@maximusmister15]

Cool explanation.

[@gigglysamentz2021]

Any information of trouble-shooting and problem solving while rope soloing would be good! It sounds like there are plenty of difficult decisions to take...

[@Scammell555]

Have you had any experience with other devices for soloing that are currently sold on the market? If so, could you list any pros and cons you have for them? (Also, could be good to possibly link the TRS facebook group in the Q&A video's description as another source people can ask questions in, as it would be a tall order to cover everything TRS in a single video!)

[@Jokl92]

a chimney always seems like what I did as a kid in our narrow hallways 😅

[@woodneni]

incredible content as always... silent partner, is there a better partner? Hehehe when i started climbing and all I thought about was climbing alone, but I didn't know how and not even if is possible, or even tge name Rope Solo... much research and study until I got to AndyKirkpatrick's wonderful book... what a masterpiece.... right before the pandemic, I did, as far as I am knowing, the first rope solo ascent of one classic route in Pedra Riscada here in Brasil (1110m)... and mate, you are already an inspiration in the cracks and seeing you climbing in rope solo again only gives more and more inspiration... please give us more content like this... =D a question, you don't use backup knots right, just the traxion as catchloop, correct? the idea is never fall, right? hehehehe thanks again for always bring to us amazing ans funny contents Pete... cheers Mate

[@TheSietch]

Epic chimney!

[@willharris-braun4422]

Voiceover over footage of you climbing with the silent partner, etc. about what those things do and how they keep you safe would be really cool

[@WideBoyz]

I've got a video coming in a few weeks time with that 🤙

[@leononeile6284]

Thanks 👍

[@hijack80]

this was actually pretty educational. i'd love to see more like this but a bit slower for the first-timers

[@saranilsson722]

The green chimney 🌿🤟

[@bastouflette2552]

Hi Pete, how do manage your security when soloing ? I mean by that, do you carry rescue phone , inform some people about what and where you go etc. And how did you learned those skills ? Thanks for the vids & fun !

[@WideBoyz]

Yes exactly those two things. Tell someone where you're going and take a phone. I'm not very good at taking any personal first aid, u should get better at it. Always take a knife 👍

[@WideBoyz]

Oh and it learnt how to rope solo from a book called Me Myself and I, plus a bunch of practicing 🙂

[@bastouflette2552]

@@WideBoyz thanks for the answers ! Would never be brave enough 😂 But it's good to see that knowledge comes with practice.

[@danny6101]

Would love to see another rope solo video from an outside perspective. It would be interesting to see all of the logistics on camera instead of being explained.

[@saxtonhine4843]

great video but I wish you had shown us each of the anchors.

[@samlfarrar]

I could listen to Pete talk about his cams all day

[@ep7672]

Love the video!

[@djHolthusen]

Love the episodes🙌🏻

[@WideBoyz]

Thanks for watching 😀

[@hernaess119]

Hey Pete! If I understood correctly you have to climb down again to get your gear. Would it be possible to have a camera below you on the ground so we could see more of the actual climbing? Love ur videos!

[@WideBoyz]

Yes I was thinking of doing this but then didn't want to run out off memory card. I need to take two cards

[@TheRedWon]

Great video, really enjoyed the instruction from you. Question for the future vid: Rope soloing must be frustrating and tedious at times. What do you do to ensure you have a good time out soloing?

[@ryonmerrick3112]

Spot on lads

[@GavynPendleton]

Loved it!!

[@keithbennett6425]

Hey, could you go through your process of rope management on anchors, especially with muti-pitch. Let's say on a 30m pitch, do you have a way to rig the rope so that it's ready for the next pitch as you climb it the first time? Or are you totally restacking and re-tieing every time? And then let's say for a 60m pitch. Seems logical to tie the end of the rope in the anchor you just built, go down, then clean and come back up. Are you flaking the rope and then flipping it? I feel like I'm losing time and energy with the transitions. I am pulling the rope way too many times for it to feel like the fastest way. Any other general tips for the between pitches stuff. Trying to get 10-15 pitch climbs done in a day. Everything helps.

[@WideBoyz]

Yes great. questions, I've spent a whole bunch of time thinking out the quickest anchor swaps, don't know if it have the best method,but it works well, I'll cover this in the Q and A vid 👍

[@stephanvg]

Farris Bris, I see you're a fellow man of culture

[@thedistraction8757]

I keep wondering how drone footage would work for this kind of video! The ones where you have a sensor attached to you for the drone to follow you as then you could get a 3rd person view even on solo climbs like this! Or even just get easier footage half way up a crag without needing a cameraman on the wall with you

[@freesoul1825]

It's good how he's in the middle of the wall hanged and just talking as in front of a coffee 🤣

[@wolfberg_gpasca]

I happen to rope solo from time to time when partners are scarce. Every time i try to improve the system. I have been taught the method used by the famous italian alpinist Casarotto (basically just a prusik), i find it to be simple yet a bit outdated. I tried different devices but haven't figured out what's best. Why did you choose the silent partner? Did you use any other devices? What would be your second choice? Thanks and keep up with the good videos!

[@andre0mite]

How to do a traverse pitch while rope soloing? Confusing the hell out of me as to the best way to do it, and a big goal of mine is to rope solo a 4 pitch climb with a 50 foot traverse in the middle

[@Papershields001]

Rope soloing is already super difficult, but rope soloing while filming yourself?? That’s pretty fantastic.

[@WideBoyz]

Yeh filming always adds an extra element for sure

[@Papershields001]

One thing you could think about if you want to make more rope solo stuff is have somebody at the top of the crag film it with a drone when you’re at crux sections or when you want to speak to the camera. Then again, if you have somebody come with you why not climb with them? Anyway as a wannabe climber and an introvert I love anything about rope soloing, very cool.

[@mikew.6897]

I don't want to lie, this was way too complicated for me to understand, but interesting nevertheless. I appreciate this video a lot.

[@DJ-kg6zq]

Ropes! ropes! ropes! 😁 what diameter rope did you use on El Capitan!!? And what length!? What is your preferred rope diameter!? What length do you use for different situations!? Do you use the continuous loop method? Do you always go fast and light!? How do you haul, if you ever do haul, even if it’s a light load!!!!?😆 i’m so stoked on your climbing!!!! thanks for the videos Broski!!! And I totally understand if you don’t wanna answer all my questions😜

[@michaeladams1124]

Great to see some rope solo awkwardness :) I imagine that system differences would dictacte the procedure, but how do you manage the potential for backup-knots to get caught in cracks? Is the silent partner just reliable in all fall orientations that you don't need to use them? This wasn't a problem until I went to do multi-pitch crack climbs in Squamish, and then it was a nightmare X(

[@sndspderbytes]

Put the rope on an ice cream cone style rope bag attached to the anchor but don't knot the other end. Then use a clove hitch on a locker any where the it can be safely clipped, practice being able to unclip and reattach the clove hitch to other parts of your harness in case it is jamming you up. The every 30 to 100 feet you pull out the slacker hanging of a solider gear placement and continue on. Make sure you always have at least 15 feet of slack on the clove hitch back up or you may as well just.belay on a clove hitch. Have fun!

[@Guasalcoatl]

May be show some rope soloing technique with the grigri

[@WideBoyz]

I've not done much with a grill gri so I'm not very well practiced with it

[@ralfrussel1950]

5:48 Is the microtraxion only there to take the weight of the rope from the silent partner? No backup knots (at least one in the end of the rope)?

[@WideBoyz]

Yes that's right to take the weight off the solo device so it feeds rope properly. When rope solo free climbing i rarely tie back up knots. On harder pitches sometimes I tie a knot midway in the rope. I don't tie a knot in the end of the rope as it's got stuck in the past, mid pitch.

[@jonowoodgo]

Your a beast tooo🤜🤛 and when are we going to just have a universal grading system? It's such a headache 🤕😣😩🤯 to me and damn confusing. One system world wide is needed to not confuse people. Especially now it's in the Olympics it just makes sense.

[@WideBoyz]

Yeh so many grading systems. If you check out Rockfax grading chart, they have a fairly decent conversion for you 👍

[@jonowoodgo]

@@WideBoyz i will and thank you it would be nice to understand how to do conversions. Still I think we need to come up with a universal grading system. Maybe a topic for you guys or a video on it too. Big fan and supporter🤜🤛💯

[@Kermit_Von_Henderson]

Great vid. loads of insight fascinating to watch. Would you rope solo with a grigri backed up with a traxion if (like 99% of the world) you didn't own a soloist?

[@WideBoyz]

Gri gri or Revo. The traxion doesn't back anything up. The traxion is used too help smooth running of the solo device

[@Kermit_Von_Henderson]

@@WideBoyz ahhh of course, you mentioned it on a gear loop! 🤦🏼

[@holiganpelikan]

Best video so far! Question(s): What are your view on grigri as solo device? What is the best thing about SP?

[@esotericprana]

I see lots of comments about the Gri-Gri for rope soloing but I was wondering if you ever tested the Wild Country Revo? Bought one myself for that purpose but not had a chance to put it to the test yet.

[@johnshipley1389]

Not a rope solo question but I heard you say you used to be a tree surgeon Pete and I’m interested to know your experiences as a tree surgeon and how you transferred your skills to rock climbing?

[@WideBoyz]

i climbed before i was a tree surgeon, so i'd say many of my skills as a climber were transferred into tree surgery work rather than the other way around. I'm not sure i've actually taken that much from my tree surgeon days and applied it to climbing to be honest

[@gigglysamentz2021]

Please teach us how to fail at rope soloing, I'm sure it will be informative!

[@matislevesque5028]

Hello my friend, could you do a video or link info about daisy chain soloing? I can't seem to find any info on the topic..

[@marbinb2870]

it's more often called French free climbing in these parts, and there are articles about it if you Google it.

[@oswindrahermanu9700]

bruh is that a giant fly buzzing around you Pete at around 2:18 - 2:28? i was wearing headphones and i swear to god i thougt something entered my room and i freaked out looking for something behind me lol

[@WideBoyz]

Most likely, there were alot that day,haha

What's the yellow patagonia fleece you like to wear?