Will Stanhope Goes Solo On The Crack Climbs Of Joshua Tree | Hardliners, Ep. 3

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It must be something in the DNA of free soloists that makes them all unassuming, humble guys who you'd struggle to pick out of a crowd. Canadian trad climber and soloist Will Stanhope is no different. Hailing from British Columbia, Canada, Will has climbed all over the globe, relentlessly probing the extent of his exceptional talent with and without a rope. In this video, Will is in Joshua Tree and although he may have brought a partner in the form of Matt Segal, Will spends most of his time climbing by himself, regularly cranking out several routes before breakfast. Inspired by classic footage of Stonemaster John Bachar, Will solos a number of the area's super-classics before roping up to take on the laser-cut splitter 'Asteroid Crack' (5.13).
Will Stanhope Goes Solo On The Crack Climbs Of Joshua Tree | Hardliners, Ep. 3
Director: Kyle Berkompas, Kevin Ziechmann
Producer: SparkShop
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[@brittrunyon]

"Someday, down climbing will be the sport." Said me, in 1984.

[@pablomaquiling9252]

Yep..you read my mind, Britt!

[@alang7846]

0:18 Left Ski Track 5.11a. 1:20 O'Kelley's Crack 5.10c. 1:46 Wangerbanger 5.11c.

[@feardrinker]

If you're going to free solo, this is the way to do it. JT is truly awesome.

[@mrboyban]

Nice to see the safety equipments in place, not a suicidal mission just fun. Better live than be flattened.

[@kickmonlee3390]

@4:18 Even those who free solo are afraid of something. IMO that jump was much less scary than what he did to get up there

[@bighandg]

Right O'kelly's was the best crack I ever climbed of hundreds in J Tree and I was thrilled to do it without stepping in from the right as well as not fall, given that at my fittest I was a middling 5.10 climber getting hauled around by Kevin Thaw in the mid-eighties. "Hey Kevin, can we do a warm-up today, something in the 5.9 range? Aye, less go do thissun, is only ten ploose. I'd get blown in two pitches and spend the rest of the day playing belay money. I didn't try the left and more difficult of the two and he uses it for a downclimb. Nice sense of humor.

[@crewdoglm]

I noticed that - he's reversing an overhanging 11c crack. It's been 20 years but I recall that being very awkward thin hands and rattley fingers. (I didn't do it clean.) The crux is near the bottom but the landing is awful.

[@scotthaliday7583]

Been watching Epic for hours awsome videos.

[@DCassidy42]

Stanhope has so much zest.

[@grahamjames9162]

4:13 peak human performance

[@GenerationMedia]

Will is a beast! Great video.

[@LuisGonzalez-qp1tp]

stranded on a 50ft Boulder that's crazy haha

[@illduitmyself]

kinda like the story of starved rock state park in IL. Indians chased up a rock, they climbed and surrounded until starved

[@starship999]

He needs a sunscreen/hat sponsor. :)

[@Musicpins]

haha I noticed that too, look at his arcteryx headband, its like completely destroyed :D

[@Rickswars]

I knew a 22 year old man died of skin cancer. .and many many others but never before that young.

[@NickDangerThirdGuy]

I had John Bacher walk down a route face first right next to me on Lembert dome in Tuolumne back in the 80's, pretty unnerving.

[@magnuswalker7957]

I don't know about crack climbing, I am more of an absail man myself, but we visited this location many years ago, wow its very spectacular

[@goldfinder49er1]

Just met Will last month in Yosemite very humble and his girlfriend they are amazing 🤩

[@Carlos31416]

Nice movie, very nice mood. Thanks for sharing. Keep being cool 😎

[@SouthernBoulder]

Awesome

[@bonefishboards]

Great video! Hidetaka Suzuki kind of made Asteroid Crack pretty well known in the 80's.

[@James-iy5rj]

Impeccable control.

[@arlie505]

loved JT, lived there for a few years

[@Cascademenace]

Great! Loved it.

[@Brian_Moser1118]

what makes me sad is the fact that i am almost 24 and i still have not ever climbed a real rock. all my climbing have been indoors and not much either.

[@continentalgentleman6778]

I just started climbing at an age of 26, no gym around here so i have to hike out in the mountains everyday. Its a late start, but i love doing it so theres nothing to be sad about ;) Would love a gym for the rainy days tough.. and a place to meet other climbers :)

[@Brian_Moser1118]

+Continental gentleman where do you live?

[@nugzila4170]

Late start? By what standard? 26 and you still have so much time. 2 years ago you made this comment, genuinely curious if you're still climbing...

[@AlbertMXG]

started at 30 hardly doing 5.8 indoors... now 33 doing 5.12a outdoors :)

[@mcdoonaldsmanager8706]

Legend

[@Brian_Moser1118]

doesnt it get too blistering and burning dry hot in california desert? plus it sucks to climb a rock that got sand on it

[@logan150bmx]

Super rad video, go Will! Anyone know the last song?

[@thomasgallagher3868]

Logan Robinson it's listed at the end of the video

[@codyheiner3636]

My brain was having a hard time parsing the title thinking "will" was an auxiliary verb here.

[@huvrmedia]

I just noticed Will's Arcteryx Hat lmao

[@jacquesberenger4883]

What is the name of that big horizontal crack route in the beginning? The first one he does they don’t name.

[@trevordustin2613]

It’s interesting that there are bolts for that crack route.

[@guyanaredbone5996]

Trevor Dustin makes poor climbers with no rack like me excited.

[@princeofexcess]

To each his own. I boulder things that others might want to top rope. I don't cut their anchors.

[@danielbalderramos3890]

Just to protect a harder move that's tricky to protect

[@jessclimbsrocks2537]

Love this video. Such a special place.

[@robertpearson9137]

Once he had the rope he could have rapped down the side he climbed rather than jump across. The anchor across on the other boulder would have worked fine for him to rap the other face.

[@alang7846]

That's what I'd have done. Maybe he wanted to practice the jump.

[@rafaelgomespereira7490]

6 TÃO BOM DE PROCURAR UM TRAMP? A VIDA É preciosa, para QUI A arrisca, seu MANÉ

[@moonti6820]

awesome place, i'd love to go to joshua tree !

[@teogo]

3:42...what happened to down climbing?

[@paulmccool378]

Great video. And you ate at my favorite spot in JT.

[@nicolasduverglas]

what's this amazing song ?

[@thomasgallagher3868]

nicolas morin it's listed at the end of the video

[@DeathBringer769]

Turns out Ron Weasley grew up to be a pretty good climber.

[@peterpetigrew2869]

That's racist

[@nicholasdorazio10]

Dougs proud of his bro!

[@RangerCaptain11A]

lots of those j-tree routes are under graded, and worn down by the 1,00's of climbers. you have to see who did the first assent to decide if the grade is real.

[@JuanTorrance]

I wonder how this climbers do the descent. Do they go down without ropes too? A mistery.

[@joeskis]

Has there ever been an On-sight/Flash soloing ascent?

[@mattwetmore]

Yes all the time. Almost always on a climb that is a few grades easier than the soloist's onsight grade.

[@joeskis]

Matt Wetmore what do you mean all the time? On sight means very first time with no prior instruction, which would then make it a flash if beta is given. I bet those are very rare among the soloists.

[@mattwetmore]

joeskis yeah I know what they mean. Look up the route Freeway on the second flatiron for example, almost everyone onsight or flash solos that. I've onsight solo'd stuff well well well under my limits in jtree. Like I said, it's not uncommon, but people tend not to onsight solo anything close to their limit.

[@Melanie-Shea]

A lot of FA's in Eldorado canyon were onsight free solos

[@pattylow1]

Wat!? No J Tree coffee??

[@StoutProper]

Pretty sure I've seen Alex honnold free solo that route

[@continentalgentleman6778]

How old is Will? :)

[@alvindueck8227]

Better shameful than splat... well said

[@michaelbenton8001]

will looks baked

[@parker1785]

Better shameful than splat

[@Rickswars]

Great climb video without the hip hop r n b crap, what's trending music.

[@driver9337]

I see something in Will Stanhope that I wish I could see in Alex Honnold... a reasonable level of healthy (and critical for survival) FEAR.

[@ZerolinGD]

Alex honnold doesnt have fear because the climbs he does are so easy for him

[@driver9337]

@@ZerolinGD No, that doesn't explain it. No matter how easy something is, if the penalty for making a single minor mistake is a horrifying death, any normal human being would have a reasonable (and healthy) fear of doing it. The fact is that Honnold (and a few others) are simply wired differently... they do not experience any fear of death. And the inability to fear death very often leads to premature death.

[@ZerolinGD]

@@driver9337 The guy in this vid literally said it. "Ideally, it's not scary. If it gets scary, you're f*cked"

[@prathameshkolekar3253]

😅

[@chang.stanley]

Not a tree.

[@davidgreen4450]

why is that first line bolted???????? Baccar would roll in his grave

[@chrisnorwood8755]

+David Green It's not exactly "bolted"...it has exactly one bolt, above the crux, (old 1/4") that's been there forever. The climb takes pretty 'shit' gear, as far as crack climbing goes, up to that point as well.

[@Brian_Moser1118]

because it is pretty high and most people climb with rope. Only %1 of climbers do "free soloing" like Will and Alex honnold

[@stevewalston7089]

It's "Bachar" people! ;-) That is all.

[@11sbeaston]

whats that route called?

[@johnfullard7818]

right ski track at intersection rock

[@sylvia4425]

*A fool and his life are soon parted.*

[@Fitplayer66]

Why the fuck is the dude wearing long pants that he can easily trip over.