Weekend Whipper: Arete Faceplant (Not For the Squeamish!)
Warning: This Whipper is scary to watch. But don't worry, the whippee came out not too much worse for the wear!
Warning: This Whipper is scary to watch. But don't worry, the whippee came out not too much worse for the wear!
Everyone's been there: you're still sending, but it's going to be a race to the finish between you and the forearm pump.
Sometimes you go for it and stick the move. Aaaaand sometimes ya don't.
(We swear, no one actually dies.)
As someone in the Rock and Ice office commented yesterday, this Weekend Whipper is “nut” for the faint of heart.
"Still my gnarliest fall to date I think," wrote the whippee, Corey.
The Climb, with an Australian climbing grade of 18 (5.10-), is a striking crack splitting the middle of a semi-detached pillar called the Old Man, and is often described as one of the best climbs of the grade in the whole country.
The boulders look good, but the burgers at the end look great.
Aussie native Logan Barber makes first free ascent of Japanese Deep Freeze (5.13d) at Mt. Buffalo.