Wild Tiger 5.5 - Sport climb and route development in Wonderland.
Gordon Eaton
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Today we are uh testing out some'}, {'start': '25.119', 'end': '28.160', 'text': 'of our routes before we post them'}, {'start': '26.480', 'end': '29.519', 'text': 'online. uh just make sure that'}, {'start': '28.160', 'end': '30.720', 'text': "everything's safe and all the"}, {'start': '29.519', 'end': '32.160', 'text': "information is correct. And then we're"}, {'start': '30.720', 'end': '34.160', 'text': 'going to try and install a couple new'}, {'start': '32.160', 'end': '35.680', 'text': "routes, one that's good for new leaders"}, {'start': '34.160', 'end': '39.360', 'text': 'and one that is maybe a little bit'}, {'start': '35.680', 'end': '39.360', 'text': 'challenging of a variation on that first'}, {'start': '41.079', 'end': '45.840', 'text': 'route. So I started climbing in 2018 uh'}, {'start': '44.239', 'end': '47.440', 'text': 'in college. I had to take one more'}, {'start': '45.840', 'end': '49.680', 'text': 'credit hour to keep my scholarship and'}, {'start': '47.440', 'end': '52.000', 'text': 'so I took a rock climbing course, was'}, {'start': '49.680', 'end': '53.760', 'text': 'mildly interested in it and then uh they'}, {'start': '52.000', 'end': '55.520', 'text': 'took us outside and pretty much'}, {'start': '53.760', 'end': '57.360', 'text': 'immediately fell in love with it. kind'}, {'start': '55.520', 'end': '60.239', 'text': 'of forgot about it until we moved out to'}, {'start': '57.360', 'end': '62.399', 'text': 'Denver in 20 uh late 2018 and then early'}, {'start': '60.239', 'end': '64.640', 'text': '2019 started climbing outside just'}, {'start': '62.399', 'end': '67.400', 'text': 'remembering how much I enjoyed it. Oh,'}, {'start': '64.640', 'end': '69.760', 'text': "sorry. Should I give you a I didn't"}, {'start': '67.400', 'end': '73.920', 'text': 'I got to do all of this from that'}, {'start': '69.760', 'end': '75.439', 'text': 'stance. Light taps. Really light taps.'}, {'start': '73.920', 'end': '77.520', 'text': 'Got into bolting. I actually got into'}, {'start': '75.439', 'end': '79.759', 'text': 'rebolting first. I have a habit of not'}, {'start': '77.520', 'end': '81.040', 'text': 'really being able to half do things and'}, {'start': '79.759', 'end': '83.280', 'text': 'I really wanted to get involved with'}, {'start': '81.040', 'end': '85.360', 'text': 'stewardship. So, I started rebolting and'}, {'start': '83.280', 'end': '87.360', 'text': 'just noticed so much untouched rock or'}, {'start': '85.360', 'end': '88.720', 'text': 'routes that interested me and uh I'}, {'start': '87.360', 'end': '90.640', 'text': "didn't want to have to ask somebody to"}, {'start': '88.720', 'end': '92.159', 'text': 'bolt them for me. So, learned how to'}, {'start': '90.640', 'end': '93.840', 'text': 'rebolt and then learned how to bolt and'}, {'start': '92.159', 'end': '95.200', 'text': 'just started developing from there. That'}, {'start': '93.840', 'end': '96.640', 'text': 'looks good. And you can just go full'}, {'start': '95.200', 'end': '98.079', 'text': "speed. Uh you don't need to be like"}, {'start': '96.640', 'end': '101.640', 'text': 'pushing hard against it. Just enough to'}, {'start': '98.079', 'end': '101.640', 'text': 'resist it. Okay.'}, {'start': '104.479', 'end': '108.840', 'text': "I'm sorry. Go full speed on that"}, {'start': '105.840', 'end': '108.840', 'text': 'trigger.'}, {'start': '110.479', 'end': '114.640', 'text': 'Tal showed us how to put in the bolts'}, {'start': '112.479', 'end': '118.439', 'text': 'and then each of us got to try putting'}, {'start': '114.640', 'end': '118.439', 'text': 'in some bolts ourselves.'}, {'start': '118.560', 'end': '123.479', 'text': 'This is Robert installing his first bolt'}, {'start': '126.880', 'end': '132.840', 'text': 'for the whole stud. All right. Just tap.'}, {'start': '129.840', 'end': '132.840', 'text': 'Yeah.'}, {'start': '139.840', 'end': '144.360', 'text': "What's up? Yeah, what's up?"}, {'start': '146.239', 'end': '150.080', 'text': 'Let me check your location real quick.'}, {'start': '147.680', 'end': '153.440', 'text': 'Test your own bolts. Test your own'}, {'start': '150.080', 'end': '156.720', 'text': 'bolts. Yeah, I do do that often if it'}, {'start': '153.440', 'end': '158.800', 'text': 'comes out. Um Well, well, this is this'}, {'start': '156.720', 'end': '160.640', 'text': "is Robert's bolt. This is the Robert"}, {'start': '158.800', 'end': '162.800', 'text': 'Bolt.'}, {'start': '160.640', 'end': '165.360', 'text': 'Your patience.'}, {'start': '162.800', 'end': '167.680', 'text': "So, Robert and I weren't the only two"}, {'start': '165.360', 'end': '169.760', 'text': 'learning how to bolt today. We also had'}, {'start': '167.680', 'end': '172.560', 'text': 'Stacy out there with us. Stacy is a'}, {'start': '169.760', 'end': '175.680', 'text': 'great climber and a great photographer.'}, {'start': '172.560', 'end': '178.319', 'text': 'Uh really enjoyed getting to know Stacy.'}, {'start': '175.680', 'end': '181.280', 'text': 'She obviously did a great job bolting.'}, {'start': '178.319', 'end': '183.280', 'text': 'And then we also had with us Miles.'}, {'start': '181.280', 'end': '185.920', 'text': "Miles also a great climber. There's"}, {'start': '183.280', 'end': '188.319', 'text': 'Miles. Got the drill and drilling right'}, {'start': '185.920', 'end': '189.840', 'text': 'into the rock. Thing about bolting is'}, {'start': '188.319', 'end': '191.920', 'text': 'you really need to learn from somebody'}, {'start': '189.840', 'end': '193.840', 'text': 'who knows how to do it. Tal was a great'}, {'start': '191.920', 'end': '196.879', 'text': 'instructor and really enjoyed this'}, {'start': '193.840', 'end': '199.040', 'text': 'opportunity. So I heard about Gordon um'}, {'start': '196.879', 'end': '201.200', 'text': 'actually through my YouTube feed. I'}, {'start': '199.040', 'end': '204.239', 'text': 'ingest a nauseating amount of climbing'}, {'start': '201.200', 'end': '205.840', 'text': 'uh media and I saw that he had created a'}, {'start': '204.239', 'end': '208.000', 'text': 'video about some routes that we had put'}, {'start': '205.840', 'end': '210.000', 'text': 'up around the narrow gauge slabs. I'}, {'start': '208.000', 'end': '211.599', 'text': 'wanted to reach out to get to some folks'}, {'start': '210.000', 'end': '212.959', 'text': 'who were relatively familiar with the'}, {'start': '211.599', 'end': '214.879', 'text': 'area to come try out some of the new'}, {'start': '212.959', 'end': '216.560', 'text': "climbs we've done. And so really cool to"}, {'start': '214.879', 'end': '219.360', 'text': 'have him out here as a as a part of the'}, {'start': '216.560', 'end': '221.519', 'text': 'day and testing out this new crag. So'}, {'start': '219.360', 'end': '224.720', 'text': "Gordon, what are you climbing? Uh we're"}, {'start': '221.519', 'end': '228.400', 'text': 'going to climb Wild Tiger.'}, {'start': '224.720', 'end': '230.319', 'text': 'The first free ascent.'}, {'start': '228.400', 'end': '231.519', 'text': "Let's let's get it correct here. This is"}, {'start': '230.319', 'end': '233.040', 'text': 'actually a group project. It was really'}, {'start': '231.519', 'end': '235.280', 'text': "a lot of fun. I'll show you everyone"}, {'start': '233.040', 'end': '236.560', 'text': 'that was involved in it and uh yeah,'}, {'start': '235.280', 'end': '237.680', 'text': "let's go get to the top and then we'll"}, {'start': '236.560', 'end': '240.879', 'text': "talk about it. All right, let's do it."}, {'start': '237.680', 'end': '243.120', 'text': "Let's do it. Thank you."}, {'start': '240.879', 'end': '245.599', 'text': "Climbing. Climb on. So, we'll watch a"}, {'start': '243.120', 'end': '247.840', 'text': 'little bit of me leading this route for'}, {'start': '245.599', 'end': '249.360', 'text': 'the first time, but check out the stills'}, {'start': '247.840', 'end': '252.720', 'text': "that are coming up. Okay, you're on."}, {'start': '249.360', 'end': '255.120', 'text': 'Thank you. On the'}, {'start': '252.720', 'end': '259.040', 'text': "It's nice clean route, too. It's almost"}, {'start': '255.120', 'end': '259.040', 'text': 'like someone like uh blew it, right?'}, {'start': '264.080', 'end': '269.080', 'text': 'I could do a little insert of a'}, {'start': '265.520', 'end': '269.080', 'text': 'commercial right there.'}, {'start': '269.280', 'end': '274.240', 'text': 'Let me introduce you to the DeWalt micro'}, {'start': '271.600', 'end': '278.400', 'text': 'leather. Good for first descents on rock'}, {'start': '274.240', 'end': '280.720', 'text': 'walls to the DeWalt towel.'}, {'start': '278.400', 'end': '283.680', 'text': 'Battery powered. Battery powered.'}, {'start': '280.720', 'end': '286.000', 'text': 'Climber tested.'}, {'start': '283.680', 'end': '288.639', 'text': "So this rout's called Wild Tiger. It's a"}, {'start': '286.000', 'end': '290.720', 'text': '55, but there is a variation, a 53'}, {'start': '288.639', 'end': '292.320', 'text': 'variation, and some of the stills that'}, {'start': '290.720', 'end': '294.400', 'text': "are coming up. We'll talk about that"}, {'start': '292.320', 'end': '298.880', 'text': 'route with Miles and Stacy climbing'}, {'start': '294.400', 'end': '302.240', 'text': 'that. Some amazing climbing there.'}, {'start': '298.880', 'end': '305.440', 'text': 'Whoa, easy, easy,'}, {'start': '302.240', 'end': '306.759', 'text': 'little tiger wild there. Yeah, I know.'}, {'start': '305.440', 'end': '309.520', 'text': "Tiger's got"}, {'start': '306.759', 'end': '314.199', 'text': 'you. So, continuing on with our first'}, {'start': '309.520', 'end': '318.960', 'text': 'descent theme, Miles did a completely'}, {'start': '314.199', 'end': '322.600', 'text': 'handsfree lead of Mild Tiger, the 53. It'}, {'start': '318.960', 'end': '325.199', 'text': 'was incredible to'}, {'start': '322.600', 'end': '328.240', 'text': 'watch. And then continuing on with the'}, {'start': '325.199', 'end': '332.080', 'text': 'first ascent themes, we have Stacy doing'}, {'start': '328.240', 'end': '335.520', 'text': 'the first female ascent of Mild Tiger as'}, {'start': '332.080', 'end': '339.039', 'text': 'well. Stacy just rocketed right up the'}, {'start': '335.520', 'end': '341.440', 'text': 'route. It was really cool to watch.'}, {'start': '339.039', 'end': '343.520', 'text': 'Keep me tight. All right, this is the'}, {'start': '341.440', 'end': '348.919', 'text': 'crux of the whole route and I just do a'}, {'start': '343.520', 'end': '348.919', 'text': 'mantel. Nice, Gordon. Nice manel.'}, {'start': '351.520', 'end': '356.919', 'text': 'Yeah. Real risk around here, probably.'}, {'start': '353.600', 'end': '356.919', 'text': 'Yes. Yes.'}, {'start': '359.840', 'end': '365.600', 'text': 'Overall, it was a great day hanging out'}, {'start': '362.800', 'end': '367.600', 'text': 'with Robert, Stacy, Miles, and Tal.'}, {'start': '365.600', 'end': '370.639', 'text': 'really appreciate Tal taking the time to'}, {'start': '367.600', 'end': '372.319', 'text': 'teach us. What a fun day. Looking'}, {'start': '370.639', 'end': '375.440', 'text': 'forward to going back out and climbing'}, {'start': '372.319', 'end': '377.880', 'text': 'other routes in the area.'}, {'start': '375.440', 'end': '380.800', 'text': 'Okay, Gordon got'}, {'start': '377.880', 'end': '383.960', 'text': 'you. Let me clean it. Uh, keep it. Yeah,'}, {'start': '380.800', 'end': '383.960', 'text': "it's fine."}, {'start': '384.040', 'end': '395.640', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '390.160', 'end': '401.039', 'text': 'It sure feels that way. I know it does.'}, {'start': '395.640', 'end': '406.319', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '401.039', 'end': '406.319', 'text': "It's been months now driving you"}, {'start': '406.680', 'end': '412.960', 'text': 'crazy. It sure feels that way. I know.'}]