Will Power Final

[@Daniel-et5eh]

As a Chinese-American thank you for sharing the side of China not most see, to many people focus on the news but at the end of the day we are all people. Thank you for sharing this experience.

[@willgadd2187]

Yes! I've made some life-long friends in China with these trips, and a deeper appreciation for looking past the politics. Thank you for the comment, and here's to good people!

[@crossroad_Media]

Will Gadd is the Ice Climbing Legend, and I as well as the entire filming crew that was part of this documentary were honoured to be part of such a cool project and experience. Will's commitment to push boundaries, educate people and explore the world all at the same time is inspiring and motivating and thats why I had a life long dream to film him on a climbing adventure somewhere in a remote destination in the world. For sure this project will always be one of my most challenging yet rewarding experiences. Thanks Will for bringing us on a trip of a lifetime.

[@jackmobbs7504]

I've been looking forward to this Cal!!

[@EthanHeinrichs]

Your off-the-charts stoke is infectious! Suddenly I'm interested in booking a trip to the Taihang Mountains. Such an epic film!

[@gretabird7305]

Same and I've only ever done ice on top rope 😅

[@lloyd-wang]

No way bro, So glad to see my hometown lies right at the foot of the Tai-Hang Mountain!! Bro that's a great video! Great production! Sincerely Thank you for your video from the depth of my heart... For it has bring me back to my town, my mountain where I grew up and unable to came back to due to I'm studying abroad... Taihang mountains are great place to observe the view of a ancient mountain with so many history, Sun Tze's wrote so many stories 'bout it, too. Hope your stay here is a wonderful memory to you my Canadian Homie! 勇闯天涯！

[@willgadd2187]

Truly an amazing place, thank you for the note, and I hope you see it again soon!

[@OverlandAdobo]

Thanks for your awesome stoke and attitude Will! Fell in love with ice climbing years ago and I'm glad we got you to look up to.

[@jjburnes5176]

Your videos got me into ice climbing and I grew up making dumplings exactly like that with my relatives. They are so proud that I “climb mountains” now. So surreal and wonderful to see these two worlds collide in this video

[@AlpineLifeProductions]

Absolutely one of the GOATs of adventure climbing and adventure lifestyle. Videos like these are truly inspiring. HeChuan was exactly right about the mental fortitude needed to do things like this.中国的山水真的好美，再说中国人好热心！加油 ！

[@trevoredensor7114]

What a great Ambassador you are Will, not only for the beautiful sport of ice climbing but for your connection to humanity as well....long may you continue to provide such inspirational films 👏

[@Chris-pm9sm]

Brilliantly done, by far one of the best videos about climbing, I've ever watched.

[@willgadd2187]

Cal and the whole team did a great job with it, thanks, I'll pass that along, means a lot.

[@AnthonyStal]

Haha awesome Will. Love the great vibes on the rescue mission, just another one of many biases to be shattered as pertains to the Asian mountain sports scene - amazing scenery and amazing people over there!

[@KlaasEbel]

Thank you for reflecting my experience with chinese people. I particularly like 'it's not us vs them'. We are together in this and as many Chinese are doing great things, as everyone else on the planet.

[@willgadd2187]

True. We're all in this together.

[@bulldogcoma420]

My experience is that Chinese people themselves think far less about politics than North Americans. Controversy between governments need not extend to people who just happened to be born somewhere.

[@charlespoulin7302]

That’s great ! Thanks for sharing those nice places and people!

[@tannerjensen4918]

What a beautiful reminder of our shared humanity. Thank you for that!

[@steveharvey451]

Will, your bottomless enthusiasm is your super power! Keep sharing.

[@VickyAdelia-bs2yu]

Just found your channel, immediately subscribed! Christmas Tree is absolutely stunning, but fixing the drill with the climbing tape is definitely the highlight of the story :D Love your and River's positive vibes!

[@georgemartin1498]

Really awesome Will, thank you to the next Canadian ambassador to China😊😊

[@erikklumpp3464]

This gives me hope. Such a fun video. Amazing climbing. Amazing people. Fei Chang Hao.

[@jtcollins2112]

This is inspiring. Real people are everywhere. Thanks

[@gongtan3077]

Really a cool journey. Congrats Will. Lin Zhou is a very vivid place for those outdoor activities. I had even spent my honeymoon there for paragliding with my wife as Lin Zhou is one of best place for paragliding in China.

[@willgadd2187]

Love the area, great flying, rock and ice climbing, so much waiting to happen there! I need to go back and fly in the summer, looks epic!

[@testboga5991]

So wholesome as always with Will. Awesome film!

[@virginiakramer9055]

Wonderful film. As always, you express the joy of climbing better than anyone!

[@brandondivine]

I had a grin from ear to ear the entire time watching this. Your good mood and the lovely people shown in the video are simply infectious. Lovely video!

[@merklyyyy]

This is such a sick film! I love the emphasis on the local people and culture, and the climbing looks rad too 😁

[@willgadd2187]

It’s a great place with great people, thanks!

[@666WVN]

I am a climber from China, and I am happy that finally some famous climber came and visit after the pandemic lock up policy. River's diligent and nice, need to mention that he made fabulous hardcore FAs in China. Weather has became warmer, thus several good climbers fell on ill- developed ice in recent years, one of them is my friend. Also, need to mind that wilderness insurance is not fully reliable in China.

[@666WVN]

Next time, check out Western Sichuan! ( I mean Garze, Jiulong, and Dege county) There is a lot of water ice potential, and it is also less likely to be too warm to climb.

[@willgadd2187]

Thank you for the note and information, and I'm sorry for your friend. Best to you and your climbing.

[@mikewickett]

Fantastic stuff Will and team - as always! This was an insta-watch and I have zero regrets. Your enthusiasm and stoke are so infectious.

[@MimirBorman]

Awesome video. Love how it shows people are just people and when we take the time to connect how much joy we can make from simple things

[@gregcooper7894]

Will's stoke is so infectious! I love his energy.

[@biorapid0073]

Hats off to River for giving up the lead of all those first ascents. What a gift

[@Frantik33]

Will is the man. Another amazing trip

[@janvirt9916]

Well done guys, this was so cool to watch. Will is such a legend.

[@gobichai2704]

Well done!!! River's a strong climber as well and he just sent the 6 north faces in the alps not long ago.

[@willgadd2187]

And 5.14 sport, and first ascent of the Christmas tree, he's a machine! On this trip his ankle was broken, now he's back infill form and crushing it, amazing human!

[@grantwatson927]

Great film. So many "kid in a candy store" moments!

[@gregcooper7894]

This is an amazing story!!! Definitely not what was expected

[@frederick1858]

I loved everything about this

[@ronaldcrist6348]

That was a dope adventure. Love will’s stoke.

[@paulipuhakka8788]

It’s a Hilti Hammer Drill!!! Send the video to Hilti, and receive a lot cool stuff 🤔👍😎 Cheers from, not quite Squamish! Lol 😂 Loved the video man. That last ice was nice👍Cheers man 🍻

[@freepete1]

​​I remember this from a festival i subscribed to a couple years backs I think! Was the only reason I subscribed. It's 42 degrees c here in Adelaide today, it's helping me cool down :D

[@paurocher]

Great movie!! What a collection of clims, ..., it's absolutely sick!! Thank you!!

[@帅杰杰]

Thank you for promoting the great mountains and rivers of China. Welcome to China.

[@CGR-8342]

Amazing climb and what a joy to share how welcoming the Chinese people can be. Even without camera/movie crew you would have been met the same cheerful way.

[@jingruiyu6854]

Great video! We need more communications like this between the Chinese and people of other contries. Lovely!

[@fab21moreau]

merci ! Magnifique rencontre avec la vie sur Terre, des hommes des femmes des enfants et la Nature divine !!!

[@bobjones4827]

Aewsome climb dude. I love these kinda films. Youve got a subscriber

[@FolksCallMeLuke]

I'm not used to cutting my dose of stoke with reverence, but this was honestly so endearing. Thank you.

[@lilingyan]

I am so glad that you had a nice climbing-travelling experience in my home town. Hope you would travel back to make dumplings with them again. Welcome to Henan.

[@Antialles069]

The Firecrackers got me so laughing so hard :D 10/10 Movie

[@andreasaeschlimann1645]

really enjoyed that! Nice to see, Will is still a kid deep inside ;-) keep on climbing

[@AlexOrlov3Darcherybeliever]

Well done my Friend! Keep crushing and climb epic lines! Such an inspiration to move and move fast!

[@calinavram9251]

Great film! I can't wait to go to Norway in Rjukan after Christmas to climb some frozen waterfalls. It's too warm right now...

[@doughobbs7706]

As always Will....just spectacular!

[@bobjones4827]

Your enthusiasm is contagious

[@Chopinetto]

Legend, after watching your film. I will move to China.

[@joedesimone1444]

Hi Will, just found your your channel. It's awesome that you're still getting out there and pushing the limits on the raddest lines. This fantastic video brought back memories of your infectious enthusiasm back in the day when we were climbing at Rifle, Shelf Road, Flatrions, and the competitions. Instantly subscribed and can't wait for the next adventure installment. Climb safe and maybe next time you're in Boulder we could hook up for a chat over a beer. 🙂

[@jacklee7343]

woooww this is an awesome documentary as well! I live in Shanghai, China and would love to see more of this!!!

[@willgadd2187]

Love Shanghai! What a city. Will try for more, the South African piece is a bit like this one, at least I had a great time there too!

[@alexwang712]

Oh man, that was WILD in China! The climbing section above the crowd, right in front of the park gate, amazing. Local people won't have a chance to do that because all departments gonna coming to them. Thank you for bringing this exciting trip! You are energetic and optimistic with confidence.

[@soaroutdoors]

❤ mountain culture and camaraderie. The purist simplistic form of joy is all around us

[@ronbUtube]

Another great film and adventure, Will.

[@booger5514]

Loved it! A pic of the firecrackers on your head NEEDS to become your new profile pic on your socials!

[@willgadd2187]

Ha! Not sure that's going to work for my safety speaking profile, but man it was fun :).

[@rodgermckeon]

Excellent, Will!!

[@patrickdube6208]

hi Will, I just discovered you, wow, I'm a new fan, congratulations for film, I started ice climbing near me and I love it but now I want more, salutation from Quebec

[@yuxueliu7670]

I have only climbed the snow mountain but not on ice, this is so cool and thanks for this video of presenting China.

[@superdad942]

Amazing vid And next level narration and climbing! Hilti survivor lol

[@mcd123]

China has some awesome Ice Climbing spots. Hanhan as always making things flow easy! Nice to see some old friends!

[@willgadd2187]

She's awesome, whatever problems there were she'd sort it all out somehow :).

[@junnanzhang]

Great film!

[@OliverFetter]

Looks like an awesome trip Will!! Congrats on the FA. I would love to watch a video where you recount close calls & mistakes. I can't lie, I was super interested when I thought you actually needed rescued after that initial teaser... But of course not 💪💪 There's so much to learn from when things go wrong it would be incredible to hear some of your experiences in that realm. Cheers

[@fragletemmer]

Thank you Will. A light in a dark world.

[@任大鹏-h2v]

South Taihang Moutains also has a great trailrunning or hiking routes, specifically in the areas where not far from Linzhou.

[@ghaznavid]

Really cool, thanks for sharing! I know what you mean about the news - I put off going to Pakistan for ages for that reason. Went a few months back, it's probably safer there than it is at home for me.

[@bueltge]

The laughter and joy are so wonderfully contagious! Thanks, Will.

[@bobmcweird9954]

So much stoke for ice, and finding the best people to do it with! Can’t wait for the ice to come to New England so I can get out there!

[@adellehd5030]

You are doing great and welcome to China❤

[@claireli163]

Cool climbing experiences!

[@chrisgundersen1117]

You have always been so amazing and so kind I believe the route should be named rescue for the first a sent! In the 90s, I use the Bosch bulldog 12 V and rewired it with long wires and put a small motorcycle battery in my backpack and I could drill for days baby and then plug that into my 12 V boombox and listen to music The Drill battery rate was around 13 pounds I would’ve dropped that 40 pound drill too. :-)

[@biubiubiubiu1867]

such a cool film! Linzhou is actually my home town, did not know it has some nice ice climbing routes there!

[@fab1000]

freaking epic adventures!

[@ASNIV_]

Will should be an ambassador

[@sirwilliamkarl5591]

Nice work Will.

[@payphonexie]

Welcome to China,one day we can search for more beautiful ice in Tibet!

[@tomhausmann8993]

this one is amazing. Honestly I also have some prejudice about China, but this film shows China is not the communist Party but it is the amazing people living there. And Will is just a congenial person to make a connection between people. thank you tor this movie

[@SFJohnson24]

will still climbing with old gen cobras. I love it.

[@badhorse84]

such a great vibes!

[@ahmadsnawaz3744]

Will Gadd is my hero! He is the one favored by God!

[@WeiL4i]

Stoke!! And there’s so much more in western China too 四川

[@massblanck7019]

so cool climbing🎉 hope i will be there one day

[@derekcraig3617]

that smog looks intense

[@czwzmz]

Wonderful video! A silly question from me who’ve never tried ice climbing, is it required to have goggles to protect eyes when climbing up, to protect from ice debris hitting the eyes 😮

[@willgadd2187]

Thanks! I've gone back and forth on eye protection for ice. In general the pieces are small enough and move slow that your eye can react, but that's what everyone says before an eye injury isn't it? I'll think about this, wonder what the eye accident injury rate is? And if it's you then one is more than enough...

[@czwzmz]

@ that’s a fair point, I saw Rivers injury in your video that it looks so scary, I was like, urrrr, what if the ice hit his eyes…In the construction sites I have been working in Europe and U.S., nearly all sites require to use googles, even though I don’t see any flying small particles or debris, the requirement is for “just in case”. So I used to see a way that proper gear is used to protect against hazards - I am too needy hahaha :)

[@ethanfriedrich]

Because of Norman Bethune, a Canadian surgeon who saved many Chinese people’s lives during Japanese invasion of China in WWII, Chinese people have no issues with Canadian no matter what political tensions between governments.

[@willgadd2187]

Thank you for that info!

[@bryanlambert9896]

So sick!!

[@thinkingman7215]

Love it

[@yilee210]

fancinating

[@jireland8824]

This is awesome. Can't wait to see how China develops as a climbing destination. Anyone have beta on the current trad areas there?

[@willgadd2187]

So many possibilities! Liming is the most well-developed trad area that I know of, but the granite potential is endless too!

[@InterwovenElements]

Well this was wholesom.

[@Zheng-xi5gx]

Nice vid

[@AydinProductionsLtd]

I remember when you did this!

[@DeeDeeLecter]

28:45 that's what I gear about Oaxaca, Mexico. But dunno... don't think so. 🤔 I might give it a try.

[@8murphster8]

That was TRUCK!

[@MountainMan629]

Very nice video and incredible ice! How did you do the filming? Did you climb everything twice?

[@willgadd2187]

A really good team, drone, some things twice or three times, and everyone working together.

[@torn1975]

🔥

[@HawaiiGirlAdventures]

👏👏👏👏

[@aasheniles]

This is a great film! Question though: How in the heck did you drop the drill?! Did the carabiner unclip from the tether somehow?

[@willgadd2187]

Thanks, and on the drill drop I screwed up somehow, which I do regularly :). One thing I've learned in the last 40 years of doing this is that what we often call "human error" is more just normal human behaviour.

[@aasheniles]

@@willgadd2187 You are the man and continue to inspire! Keep on keepin' on!