Hard Is Easy
Complete Guide to Carabiners - Shapes, Styles & How they Fail | Ep.2
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Best Lubricants:
Wax-Based Dry Lubes (dry wax film):
Metolius Cam Lube
White Lightning “Clean Ride”
Boeshield T-9
PTFE-Based Dry Lubes (Teflon® particles):
Finish Line Dry Teflon (bike lube)
Tri-Flow oil
WD-40 Specialist Dry Lube
Silicone-Based Sprays (silicone oil)
If you'll manage to spray it in that tiny gap :D
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Good Lubricants:
Light Oils:
3-In-One Oil
Sewing Machine Oil
Gun oils
Bicycle chain oils
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Bad Choices:
Thick Greases & Heavy Oils (Automotive-style lubes)
Penetrating Oil Sprays (Water-displacers & degreasers)
Graphite Powder Lubricant
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Ben
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Prerequisites for Beginners:
Belay Devices & Usage: youtu.be/qx3x5MMqGUg
Top Rope & Intro to Belaying: youtu.be/w5ybJwZPZAQ
Slack Management: youtu.be/aHI8kIXNH5M
Extra:
GriGri: youtu.be/We-nxljgnw4
Other Belay Devices: youtu.be/v8pEe5X1-Lc
Study: How does slack affect the fall: youtu.be/bnJnduOQNAY
Study: Comparing different soft catch methods: youtu.be/nMM-6WGAOlw
Hardest Possible falls:
P1: youtu.be/uoDN6SQog9g
P2: youtu.be/dlvgsGCHkzM
Fear of Falling progression guide: youtu.be/ZMIObBZvNh4
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00:00 Introduction
01:42 How Much Slack?
09:09 Why Taking hard Is Bad?
11:25 Hard Catch Clips
15:13 Soft Catch Clips
16:19 How to give a Soft Catch?
19:46 Heavy Belayer vs Light Climber
20:25 Common Fail Scenarios
21:26 Girls Giving Hard Catches
22:29 Sum Up
23:21 Climber shouting "Take"
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Camera & Assistance
Ana bergamaschi, Charlie Farrow, Meel Fay, Chrishu, Hanna Banana, Matej, Lili, Alberto Esteban, Olli Koppert, Cara Caramel, Jerome Gill, Ieva Luna, Fábio Moreira
Wow so many amazing friends contributed to this video :)
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Climbing Fall Clips from:
instagram.com/heatherfeatherclimbs
instagram.com/monicaclimbs
instagram.com/canabeibi
And many others that unfortunately I was unable to trace to the original posters
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00:00 Introduction
00:31 Is Direct Attachment Safe?
06:03 Direct Attachment Benefits
07:22 DO NOT use it like GriGri
08:34 How does it work in Practise?
09:52 Tube-Style belaying
10:36 Testing the Friction
14:43 Antic panic
15:39 Front steel insert
16:18 No hands Safety Test
19:17 Does Pinch cause Harder Catches?
21:06 Conclusions
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Camera Assistant - Ana Bergamaschi
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Thank you so much to instagram.com/sara.qunaibet
for having the courage to share this story with everyone so that it can serve as a learning opportunity for others.
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When stacking pads, should hard or soft go on top?
Thanks @EmilAbrahamsson for making sure I won’t break and for being a perfect guide with a perfect Swedish sense of humor! :D
And also Special thank you for @mammut for making high-quality products and supporting this video!
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Filmed by:
@AnnaHazelnutt
instagram.com/cordiclimbs
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Editing - Ben
Assistant Editor - Ted Southworth
Animations - Marcos Torroba - http://www.marcostorroba.com
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Hosted by:
Magic Woods
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#climbing #bouldering #rockclimbing #rockclimbing
When stacking pads, should hard or soft go on top?
Thanks @EmilAbrahamsson for making sure I won’t break and for being a perfect guide with a perfect Swedish sense of humor! :D
And also Special thank you for @mammut for making high-quality products and supporting this video!
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Filmed by:
@AnnaHazelnutt
instagram.com/cordiclimbs
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Editing - Ben
Assistant Editor - Ted Southworth
Animations - Marcos Torroba - http://www.marcostorroba.com instagram.com/wakycat
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Hosted by:
Magic Woods
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Ben
#climbing #bouldering #rockclimbing #rockclimbing
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Also huge thank you to:
Shock Absorber Testing - laba7.com
3D scanning, printing, milling, measurements - https://smartfactory.lt/
And Love for the mountains - mammut.com
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00:00 Introduction
01:04 Dropping
05:33 Cyclic Loading
10:27 CT Scan
13:35 Break Testing
21:30 Plastic vs Elastic
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3d - Alex Perez
Editing - Ben
Assistant Editor - Giusseppe Casey
Camera Assistant - Ana Bergamaschi
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Ben
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Deep Thanks!
Ben
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00:00 Intro
02:06 Construction
04:14 Carrier Count
04:54 Knotability
06:30 Diameter
09:26 Weight
11:26 Sheath Slippage
15:57 Static Elongation
18:43 Dynamic Elongation
24:04 Impact Force
25:56 UIAA Falls
27:23 UIAA Water Repellent
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Camera & Assistance:
Samuel Tuor
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Ben
#climbing #science
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After 5 months Climbing and using Neox I still can't decide if I like it more or less than GriGri :)
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Science, Testing Methods and upcoming new technologies.
Full video on my Channel
Science, Testing Methods and upcoming new technologies.
New Mammut Core Protect Ropes:
mammut.com/int/en/products/2010-04600
mammut.com/int/en/products/2010-04590
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00:00 Intro
02:00 History
05:05 Kernmantle Technology
07:54 Cutting the Rope under different Tensions
10:58 Dyneema / Aramid in Ropes
12:51 Testing Methods
16:01 Study on Microscopic Cut Patterns
18:06 Granite Edge Test
28:31 Belaying affect on Cut Resistance
32:31 Sharp Carabiner Test
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References:
Cut resistance of climbing ropes – A comparative analysis of existing measurement methods and a simulated accident - sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1350630723008609
Michele Caminati's rope shears as he falls off Elder Statesman (HXS 7a) @teamBMCTV - youtu.be/K9Wzx-9JzsI
Old Climbing footage from Movie: "Encordades" - https://catalanfilms.cat/ca/produccions/encordades
Making Nylon @ Carleton University - youtu.be/b70Uirik82I
Glacier Training footage from @walterrossini - youtu.be/TkMDUGqiB4A
Cut Resistance of Ropes: Part 2 | EDELRID Knowledge Base by @edelrid - youtu.be/IL2r_f2g4Sw
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Camera & Assistance:
Jakub Novák, Marcos Torroba, Samuel Tuor
Animations:
Marcos Torroba, Ben
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And Special thanks to all good people supporting me via
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or
hardiseasy.com
It makes a huge difference for my ability to continue making videos like this
Deep Thanks!
Ben
#climbing #science
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Deep Thanks!
Ben
2 Year Long Research on Rock Climbing Falls.
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Part 1: youtu.be/bnJnduOQNAY
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00:00 Introduction
03:11 Test 1 - Small Falls
05:46 Test 2 - Big Falls
08:00 Test 3 - Outside
09:54 Stepping forward vs Jumping up
10:52 Heavy Belayer
15:00 Very Heavy Belayer
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00:00 Introduction
03:57 How much Slack?
13:09 Lightweight Belayers
18:24 How the Climber Falls - Super important
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There is a lot of anecdotal evidence how that effects the Falls for the Climber, so in this video we look deep into science and design an experiment to test it out.
There is a lot of anecdotal evidence how that effects the Falls for the Climber, so in this video we look deep into science and design an experiment to test it out.
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Camera & Assistance:
Ana bergamaschi, banana___hana, Me
Animations:
Marcos Torroba, Jonny Hyman, Me
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#climbing
#science
Prerequisites for Beginners:
Belay Devices & Usage: youtu.be/qx3x5MMqGUg
Top Rope & Intro to Belaying: youtu.be/w5ybJwZPZAQ
Extra:
GriGri: youtu.be/We-nxljgnw4
Other Belay Devices: youtu.be/v8pEe5X1-Lc
Tunnel Sliding Belay Method: youtu.be/03ext7Dahxo
Super fast Climbing video: youtu.be/QlB_4tOJqZ4
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00:00 Introduction
01:08 Belay Devices
03:26 Preparation
06:56 Low To the Ground
08:58 Slack Management
16:48 Tangles in the Rope
18:39 Efficient Taking
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Camera & Assistance
Ana bergamaschi, Charlie Farrow, Meel Fay
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00:00 Introduction
01:18 Preparation
07:11 Belaying
13:52 Most Common Mistakes
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Camera & Assistance
Ana bergamaschi, Charlie Farrow, Meel Fay
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youtu.be/v8pEe5X1-Lc
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Physics of GriGri Episode:
youtu.be/We-nxljgnw4
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00:00 Introduction
00:48 Physics
06:25 Experiment #1 Hand Above the Device
12:15 Experiment #2 Fall While giving Slack
15:24 Experiment #3 No Slack Fall
20:44 Conclusion
23:02 Ad
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A huge thank you to those who helped me to understand this topic:
Prof. Pietro Meschini
Prof. Rainer Schad
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P.s. apart from burned hand this was a happy ending, climber said he needed to clean his pants.
P.s.s For angry keyboard warriors - yes it's a user mistake.
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00:00 Introduction
01:54 Physics
07:11 Experiments
14:31 Comparing Tests with Real World
16:03 New vs Old GriGri
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A huge thank you to those who helped me to understand this topic:
Prof. Pietro Meschini
Prof. Rainer Schad
Richard Delaney - https://www.ropelab.com.au/files/physics.pdf
All Instagram people answering my random physics questions.
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00:00 Intro
01:52 New - Classic - 65 Cycles
05:44 Black Streak
06:25 New - Dry Treated - 65 Cycles
08:59 Used - Dry Treated - Dirty - 185 cycles
11:50 Used - Dry Treated - Washed - 185 cycles
12:56 Used - Classic - Dirty - 125 cycles
13:54 Used - Classic - Washed - 125 cycles
14:55 Chalk effect on Rope ends?
16:07 Is washing the Ropes bad idea?
Big thanks @mammut for letting me to nerd with their engineers and toys
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00:00 Intro
04:05 Training
08:00 Climbing
Previous Episode:
youtu.be/WpJrx-z1qkw
This Film would have not been possible without:
@mammut
@LatticeTraining - Especially my coach Josh
My Supporters who did not left me starving during all these long editing months: www.hardiseasy.com
@AverageClimber - My Acting coach and all the magic behind the intro.
Secret voices, ideas, stoke, support:
instagram.com/_anabergamaschi_
instagram.com/elisewiktoria
instagram.com/lukasflint
Climbers:
instagram.com/pablo.diaz.mz
Konsti Tempel - Best belayer :D
Erick Baquero Almeida
Simon Stehle
Ezequiel
The Climbing God - for route setting
And these great ppl for maintaining it:
tenerifeclimbinghouse.com
http://www.roxtar.es
ocho-escalada.com
Wish you all a low gravity day!
Ben
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I have seen many arguing about this, so decided to do these experiments... so many can argue even more :D
Massive thanks to my friends who helped to film this episode:
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After my first near ground fall during Rock Climbing I had to investigate this...
So to be safe make sure to always have a grip on the brake side of the Rope - especially if you are belaying with extremely skinny Ropes.
User Manuals are for a reason and I'm sure there are other funky situations that I'm not aware of that could result into accidents, so don't threat GriGri as hands free device if you don't want to be a statistic.
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And techniques how to tie them super fast and in a way that you will never forget.
00:00 Intro
00:27 Overhand Knot
00:42 Double Overhand / Stopper Knot
02:08 Tripple Overhand Knot
02:28 Scaffold / Poacher’s Knot
05:21 Double Fishermans Knot
07:17 Figure 8 - Follow Through
07:56 Figure 8 - On a Bight
10:31 Knot vs Hitch
10:59 Cloves Hitch
13:39 Munter / Italian Hitch
16:15 Friction Hitches
16:48 Prusik
18:28 Klemheist
20:26 Autoblock / French Prusik
21:42 Choosing a Prusik - Extras
23:51 If you wanna feel good
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After all Climbing is also Training...
And what is more fun?
Big thanks to @LatticeTraining for Guidance!
And big big thanks to all my friends who been on this Journey:
instagram.com/_anabergamaschi_
instagram.com/charliedanfarrow
instagram.com/meel.fay
instagram.com/samueltuor
And also me, since I'm my best friend:
instagram.com/hard.is.easy
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Black Diamond GridLock super popular Belay Carabiner paired with Petzl GriGri raises a lot of questions and arguments amongst Climbers.
If you read the manual you will get even more confused.
So I did another Colab with mister Break Everything @HowNOT2 so you can Climb Safer!
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Part 1: youtu.be/Bv1FVt8p5BE
Obviously there are many factors to Climbing Performance, outside just physical strength.
Too many to put into one video, but here are some basics and more to come in the future episodes.
My friends:
instagram.com/banana___hana
instagram.com/charliedanfarrow
If you are Interested in Lattice Training assessments, they just reduced the price:
latticetraining.com/product/remote-climbing-assessment
*this is NOT affiliate - I don't get anything from this just redirecting your training questions to the source that can answer to them better than me :D
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#sportclimbing #leadclimbing #climbing
Here is my take and a fun experiment on this topic.
Thanks @mammut for supporting this video.
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