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Oh, that is a little bit unnerving.

Today, we'll be ascending one of the most iconic and notorious climbs in all of America, Forbidden Peak's West Ridge.

With the beautiful approach on the lower mountain, climbing the knife -edge ridge to the summit, and getting caught in a storm on the descent,

this ended up being one of the most wild days of climbing I've ever had. So enjoy.

We can get down.

Justin and I are here at the trailhead.

It is our first climb together since Mount Everest, where we both got beaten up pretty badly.

Forbidden, be nicer to us, please.

Yeah, Forbidden Peak today.

So excited to get on this route.

This is going to be awesome.

Really going to be testing the technical capabilities here today.

But we're feeling good.

As you can see on the road here at the trailhead, we got some giant peaks such as Johannesburg right here,

just greeting us into the mountains beautiful views here a lot of glaciers around

and we got this bushy looking trailhead to start no

i don't want a bush back our journey to forbidden peak right here

but yeah we are excited justin

and i actually tried this together last fall oh it is bushy in here

but uh we ended up getting like rained out it was actually freezing rain we

We couldn't climb it, but now we're back to give it another go.

It's going to be sweet.

Our journey today starts in the trees, which because of how remote this climb is, are rather bushy.

Our current goal is to hike above treeline and enter the Boston Basin, which will give us great views of Forbidden Peak

and allow us to make a strategy for how exactly we'll get to the top.

So we're going to keep working up through these trees, come out to the left, get into Boston Basin, which is right here,

and that's going to put us right beneath

Forbidden Peak which is that super awesome looking ridge that goes up and down.

We're just going to take it nice and slow getting out of these trees because it is a big day.

Most people will camp and do this mountain over two days,

maybe even three days, but we're just trying to send it in one big car to car.

Oh, another big boy.

Not a bad place to be a banana slug.

Get off the helmet camp hoodie.

Two hands are climbing.

Oh my goodness.

This is heavenly.

Look how green it is.

It's still kind of early season.

Oh my gosh, that's not a frolic here.

And of course you have forbidden right there.

So you can actually see we're going to take up a little section called cat scratch goalie.

Once we get to the snow, that's going to bring us to this notch right here.

And then we're going to shoot up the skyline on the left.

But first, we need to get through Boston Basin.

The dopamine has kicked in.

Dude, I just got such an energy boost.

Yeah, that was big.

Big, big happy chemical moments.

All right, so Justin, you are a mountain guide.

as you can see on your shirt skyline mountain guides you can all book a trip with them

if you're trying against mountaineering he just told an interesting piece of information something he looks for a lot

while he's out climbing you don't want to get caught in a storm

while you're out in the alpine for sure

so explain to us what you've noticed yeah

so in the sky we have some serious clouds building up high which is a sign of like a pre

prefrontal so like a system is likely coming in and we see

that in the forecast like the next five days starting tomorrow it's gonna be storming

There was just a bear right there

Now Justin is walking towards the bear

Hi bear Now we just got to approach it like we're friendly

Yeah, he's a chiller

Oh I don't think you're supposed to follow him.

That wasn't a bear, wasn't it?

That was a crazy night.

That is literally a brown bear.

That is barbaric, my friend.

That's crazy.

I have never seen a bear up here.

Me neither.

I've never even seen a bear in Washington.

Don't worry, we're just some dirtbags passing through.

Mr. Bear, we can see your butt.

That's so funny.

Now that we have broken above treeline and are nearing the Boston Basin, we seemingly have entered wild territory.

From the Boston Basin, we're going to need to do some serious assessments of how to get on the ridge to the summit,

as conditions change throughout the year and we'll need to figure out the best routes.

Alright, so we've just been moving up all the snow fields here,

catching some elevation gain and I gotta tell you guys there's the most spectacular toilet of all time up here.

Usually people will do the push in a couple days like I said

and they'll camp somewhere around here in the Boston Basin before pushing up for the summit

but there is indeed a toilet and Justin Justin had to go so bad

Bro's pack is dropped right here

So when Justin and I actually tried this like last September or so I did in fact use it

But I'm really frustrated because I don't need to go

And I actually

Want to use it

You just have toilet right there

And you got two goats Chillin That's crazy

It looks like a spaceship

It's crazy

literal perfect spot that you can go right there oh now they're running away darn it

but they were just chilling oh my gosh they're so strong

so now we're just slogging through the snow here

and we're gonna work up through all these slabs snow fields for a bit and then wow yeah

so right here is the cat scratch goalies we got to get up to

that that's where we're gonna throw on the helmet, start climbing, and access the ridge.

So now we were ascending up above the Boston Basin and working our way towards the base of Forbidden Peak.

From the base, a section called the Cat Scratch Gullies should provide us with safe enough passage to gain the west ridge,

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and then we can make our way up to the summits.

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So further ahead on the route, we were able to see two other climbers that started going up cat scratch gully.

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But then like 10 minutes later, we saw that they were bailing.

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We should be seeing them momentarily to see what's going on.

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But we got some gear.

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We can maybe work our way up it regardless.

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We'll check it out anyway.

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But definitely interesting.

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So on Justin and I's left here is a massive snow debris field from a wet glide avalanche.

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As the temps warm up and water starts to melt beneath all of the snow,

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the snow can literally slip away in massive chunks over the rock and cause all of these formations.

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Dang, this is kind of scary.

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Yeah.

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Oh, this is so whack to navigate through.

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Yeah, look at this.

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Holes all the way down there.

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Dude, these are gigantic.

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Yeah.

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That's wild.

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There's a whole winter snowpack right there.

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I think that's how much it snowed this one in Washington.

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And more, because a lot of it's melted already.

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Yeah.

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So it basically just slid on that water there, that rock.

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Yeah.

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As we are approaching the base of Forbidden Peak, we can see further up ahead the Cat Scratch Gullies,

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which we will take to the beginning of the summit's ridge.

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We're also able to see the two other climbers we saw earlier who were bailing,

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so now is a good time to get some information on the conditions.

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But yeah this is looking pretty gargantuan.

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Heck yeah.

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Yo what up?

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Yeah.

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Bad rock fall in there?

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Really bad.

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We were in the Kuar and there were some big ones coming down.

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Oh, we got

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Josh and Noah here absolute crushers out here getting after having a good time in the mountains

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Yeah, okay, so I guess there's some rock fall on the couloir

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But we're taking a goalie, so maybe it'll be better, but we'll We'll feel it out once we get in there,

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but I guess the only way to find out for ourselves is To get up in here.

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There's actually two other people who apparently summited and are coming down now

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So it does seem like a ghost.

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Fortunately, these big scary clouds have missed us.

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We're going to have some nice blue skies from here on out, it seems.

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Getting up there.

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Come on.

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Got to navigate through some wacky terrain right here.

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What the heck happened?

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Like, all the glacier or snow has been like.. a glacier that's all broken up

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and we have to get through this now.

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Like what the heck?

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This is actual kumbu icefall behavior.

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Current problem is we have this giant moat here separating us onto our path up onto the rocks.

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You're gonna jump for that big one?

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You can maybe like dig your axe into it.

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Oh.

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Nice.

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Foot out left.

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Nice.

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Walking along the giant snow patch.

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Ah.

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Now we are in the Alpine bro.

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Literally came up all the way from down there.

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Up all the snow.

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And now we have made it.

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Pretty much the base of the climbing route here these guys are descending here right now through this cool eye

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but we're gonna go up this

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and then keep ascending all this rock here until we get on the base

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this is the cat scratch goalie right here

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so obviously gonna get a little spicy

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we're gonna want to get the gear on forbidden peak right behind us looking gigantic all right

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you know the drill helmets on for mom also guys

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I have an embarrassing confession every time I have traveled internationally to climb.

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I'm still on my mom's phone bill.

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She still pays my phone bills.

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Yeah, she got feed like pretty bad when I was just in Nepal

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I can get a phone plan in Nepal before I even get there

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And yeah, you can save yourself some money.

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You can make your travel a whole lot easier if you use an eSIM like Saley.

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So thank you, Saley.

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Now we're going to begin climbing up this gigantic mountain.

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Oh no. It's just a test.

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Oh, yeah.

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That's what it said at the start.

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We got an EF5 tornado coming in on us right now.

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EF5 tornado.

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Oh no. Okay, well, we're going to walk up the ridge here, get to the goalie right there,

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and start working up to the summit. But, yeah.

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That's our new friend talking to us.

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Dig it in.

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A little bit of a fall hazard here.

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You wouldn't want to take a spill down there.

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We're just trying to get into this goalie.

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So are you just going to go snow and then into the rock?

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Yeah, I'll probably belay you from the moat.

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So I'll go into the gap between the snow and the rock.

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Gotcha.

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Or you could just take it all away.

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I could boost it to an anchor.

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Yeah, why not?

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That would probably be better.

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That's a good idea.

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see right now i'm just feeding justin out this just enough slack in the rope so

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if he falls he's only gonna fall as much as i

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fed out to him all right justin has just made

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it up the first pitch here oh you can see him up there

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so cool he's put me on belay so he led

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that route now i'm just following i'm nice

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and safe he's got something up there holding me so it was now time to enter the Cat Scratch Gullies,

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which is going to be the first of many actual climbs we'll end up doing today.

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We're going to need to be very careful in here, as there is a lot of loose rock and dirt, but once we top out,

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we'll finally be able to access the West Ridge and make our way up to the summits.

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Here I come, Justin.

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Ooh, that's alpine granite, bruh.

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the cat scratch goalies don't mess around yeah they are pretty dry

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the person down there said it gets a little wet up higher but

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there he is yeah we just come up this goalie here alpine climbing in the cascades this is so sick

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this is fun fun climbing indeed

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oh let's go nice lead on

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that come on nice lead thank you sick all right

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we just came up the cat scratch goalie i think my camera is pointed down for a little bit

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so i might not have gotten too much footage

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but we're just getting started

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so for those who don't know i'm about to climb first switch means I can't fall

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and I have to place gear to protect me so

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if I did fall I would be okay

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so we're gonna be going into this goalie want to keep an eye out for any rock fall of course

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we're gonna be moving up more towards the left

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but yes now we are going to be keeping an eye out for places

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that we can put some gear in for protection

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yeah there's not not not a lot too much gear in the gully not a lot

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so when you see a good crack use it you know yeah yeah

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so yep we got a little crack right here now we're going to use these things called cams

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which are these pieces of metal gear that slot right into the rock

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and they're going to hold us in the event of a fall so we got a nice

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little little little sussy sounding but we'll take what we can get for this first part

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because there's not a lot of pro

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so now we are on belay we got a piece of gear in the rock

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that maybe will hold

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but you know what gives me a little bit more confidence oh okay

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that's the sauce we got like a death block right here it's like some of this is like brittle yeah

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so really really gotta be careful yeah yeah America sauce yeah it's pretty solid I

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think I'll be this is not a very good crack unfortunately

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so I don't really trust any of this gear but that's why we do not want to fall there we go

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nice definitely did not want to fall there oh yeah like see this like just freaking random rocks

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But dang, dude, alpine climbing up here.

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This is so fun.

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All right, now we're gonna do what Justin did to us the first pitch.

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We're gonna pull up all that slack and then he's gonna follow up on the same route.

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That rope getting dirty today.

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So yeah, Justin's going up again through the cat scratch gully.

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We should have another view of Forbidden Peak soon.

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Alrighty, Justin has made it up this third pitch up this cat scratch gully.

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We're gonna try to get up this nice and quick

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so we can get a move on onto the ridge so we're not out here for too long.

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This is all really just like dirty choss so

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Might as well try to get through it as fast as we can.

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What a cool little goalie though.

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Sections kind of whack at the crux of this section.

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Yikes.

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All right, let's start collecting these pieces.

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So we have them for the next pitch.

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Careful, everything I'm kinda, you just stay there.

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It's all, it's all loose.

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You'll just boost it all the way to the, like just below the snow

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and blame you up on okay cool whatever even a hip blade just below the snow sure three pitches

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so far pretty quickly we have one more pitch here then we'll be out of the cat scratch thank goodness it's

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whack in here and then we'll be nearing the uh actual route

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and ridge so moving good

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so far nice work cruising looking good on weather still still moving in a favorable direction yeah

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i'm just gonna move up through here looks pretty low angle

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so that's nice very good and we'll get some snow we'll blade justin up

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and then walk to the base of the ridge come on

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let's get out of the catch scratch oh my gosh sussy like holy sauce this is painlessly steep brutal yeah nice

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okay all right now we got one piece in so we don't take a tumble down the deathly gully

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lock in here a little bit wet in here protect the crux all right okay mr one you got me don't you

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wait a little weird I'm scared.

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Sometimes you just gotta work through it a little.

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Okay, not bad.

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So I want to give a hip away here for efficiency.

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I'm feeling pretty good about this spot here.

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and yeah we're using our body as friction right now to bring him up

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so if he fell he would fall on my hips

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and then i can use my feet to press into the rock and

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that would keep him attached to me

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it does look like it's raining over there that's kind of weird you can roast me i'm prepared i'm good

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so on my end i'm backed up to this ice axe and then on your end it's coming around me

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nice let's say the ice axe is yeah it's a little bit sus yeah it's not fully in there

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because it's hard to get it in because it's like a slope yeah shallow

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but good job but i feel pretty secure here

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so yeah i mean that's a good stance as it is all right

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we have moved up out of the cat scratch gully blade just up

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there he is now getting the rope set up for the next ascent

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and we're going to be going up the snow right here, going through here, and then once we walk a little bit here,

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we're on the ridge.

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So this is all the west ridge of Forbidden Peak.

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That is the summit up there, so we're just going to ride along this thing.

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Alright, Justin has made it all the way up there.

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Now we're going to start climbing up to him and we'll be basically at the base of the ridge.

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Alright, now we shall traverse for all the snow.

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Alright, let's get up to him.

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Oh, the ridge!

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Just right in front of us.

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Oh my gosh.

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That's crazy.

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What?

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Just the ridge.

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Yeah.

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and the whole other side of the mountain here.

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What is that, Canada?

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That was one hell of an approach.

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Tons of pitches there.

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Really fun slog up that snow.

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And now we are so up here.

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Came up the goalie here, and now the West Ridge is just right in front of us.

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Literally the most iconic and classic routes in all of, honestly, America besides for Alaska.

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Okay, so we got a little bit of drops of rain, so we're going to want to try to hustle through this.

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We're going to simul climb, so we're both going to be climbing at the same time.

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I'm just trying to get up there as fast as possible.

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Ew, my feet look so gross.

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Ew.

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You got to watch until this part of the video to see this.

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So now, we were officially on the west ridge of Forbidden Peak.

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From here, the climbing is going to get more and more exposed as we get closer to the summit,

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and hopefully we can make it there before bad weather comes in.

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Alright, so pretty mellow to start with.

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We got this airy jump.

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It's kind of whack, actually.

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We got climbing shoes now.

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Moving fast.

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Yeah, he's climbing with me.

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let's get it we're climbing up the ridge together now we're gonna start looking for

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something like right here act real fast get a piece in real quick why not bro we're moving fast

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i feel like all the pitches leading up to this have just been like practice you know

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and now we're like in the mindset just dialed come on man let's go

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Oh, I got a little bit of slab here.

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Let's just throw another piece in.

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It's kind of an awkward crack.

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Bomber, oh.

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He's chasing me.

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I gotta climb fast.

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Oh, what an awesome climb.

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Got crack system here for the hand jams.

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Look at this, it just like, looks like it tops out.

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Oh it's a really steep part here.

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What we can do is get another piece in soon.

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So we can drop down.. ooh voice crack.

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We can drop down to the left or we can keep staying on the ridge.

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Okay let's get a piece in here.

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We don't like that.

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That is a death block.

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So you're just trying to keep two pieces in between us yeah?

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I'd say one is good.

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Like right now I've got the whole ridge between us.

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Yeah.

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If you fell I've got the rope around this huge boulder.

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Nice.

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Okay.

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Come on.

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Alright.

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Pretty low class section here before it steepens out.

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Wow.

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Still got bits to go.

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Alright.

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Let's keep going.

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Oh this is fun.

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Little traverse.

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I think I'm just in a flow state right now.

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The Alex Honnold flow state.

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Alright, so most likely, I want to keep the rope wrapped around this rock.

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That works fine. And, ooh, damn.

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This is a spicy, ah, move bro.

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Okay.

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And now, I think it's most, mmm.

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We have it wrapped around that one, so we should try to get it around this.

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Okay, nice.

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So, back me up a little bit.

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So, if I fell down into here, I wouldn't go too far.

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Oh, damn.

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This s* is airy, bro.

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damn that's nuts

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nice nice all right we're a couple hundred feet or so up the ridge we got justin back there

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it's about to get a little steep here this is

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so fun so far dude you're crushing it yes

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and as you can see we're about to get onto some like really steep section here

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so i'm gonna play some gear

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kind of can choose your own adventure here huh yeah

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i would step to the left yeah to the left that's a bit safer

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but as you can see we can move through here back onto the ridge

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and you can see the top all the way up there

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so the hard moves are still to come but look at this we got canada I think got all these mountains.

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Oh, El Dorado Peak.

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Hi, El Dorado.

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I climbed that a couple months ago.

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All right, so likely fall off to the left, so we'll swing this.

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It's a piece of pro.

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Nice.

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Very easy to use, like, mountain features like this when you're climbing.

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It does add a little bit of drag, but I'll just keep in mind that I got a little bit of drag.

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a little bit run out here so let's really walk in I see my next moves

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Okay, now I'm safe.

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Nice job.

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Little saucy.

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Dude, look it.

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There's even a flower up here.

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Life prevails even in the harshest of places.

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Nice.

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The old.

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Sweet.

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Okay.

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Protected.

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Got a decent amount of rope drag too.

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Alright, I'm gonna put the rope over this I think.

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Nice.

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Cool.

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Bruh, it literally looks like we're just climbing into the heavens.

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It's wild.

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Alright, foot here, one foot here.

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epic look how far we've come up all the way down from that snow i can see our stuff

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yeah we are yeah we are perfect

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that's what i was looking for just a great placement like this dude this is

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so fun I'm like thinking about afterwards how much of this am I going to include in the video

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but I'm actually having such a good time on this ridge it's like perfect just flow state climbing up

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because nothing is super it's like a puzzle trying to figure out what pieces to place like come on that's

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so dope like look at

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that gargantuan steepness right

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there I feel like we're gonna get a really good view of the ridge once we get over this little slab here.

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Ooh, honestly a little slabby here.

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So you can see there just isn't a ton of places to hold or place your feet.

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But we just gotta trust them anyway nice oh whack holds

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nice oh there it is oh my gosh yeah

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that is kind of crazy okay let's keep going let's clip

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this bad boy all right we don't have much gear left so let's be mindful of that

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what the f* you can either go down or you can stay on the ridge

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i'm gonna do like a middle ground i think okay Okay.

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Kind of right alongside.

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Stay high.

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Okay.

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Dude, this is wild.

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Look how exposed this is.

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You can kind of just...

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Oh, that is a little bit unnerving.

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Okay, I think if I were to fall, I'm going to start trending this way.

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So let's get the rope wrapped around this.

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okay all right so i don't have to go for a film

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that but i'd ran out of gear and justin has all the gear

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so i had to wait for him to get back up here

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basically made a nice little belay station around this rock

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and i'm just bringing them in nice

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and safely let's go dude you just let like 600 feet in 30 minutes let's go i'm hyped dude

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that was so good.

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He nailed that.

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But yeah we got Justin up here and now we're gonna swap leads.

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He has all the gear and he's gonna take us to the top.

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So he's gonna move up through here.

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This right here is the hardest move getting on top of this tower.

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Let's get to the top before we even get a drip of rain on us.

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There goes my hero.

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Red man on the rocks.

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To the left there's like a key jog for your left hand and that helps you step onto the slab.

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So I just basically stay behind him and manage the system.

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But dude, there's some rain coming in.

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There is some rain coming in.

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We're going to get up here nice and quick.

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Our timing's looking good though.

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I think we'll be able to beat them and get up here and down.

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Or at least on the rappels.

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Sweet.

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This is the 5 .6, so crux being the hardest section of the route.

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A lot of exposure.

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Okay.

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Let's see.

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Damn, this is...

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I wonder if I could go high and step up.

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Oh yeah, that's the...

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That was the beta.

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There we go.

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Wow.

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Scary.

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Okay.

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Let's go! That was epic!

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Look how steep that is!

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Okay, this is a little bit slabby.

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Let's move through it.

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Feel okay on this.

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Ooh, okay.

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That was a little bit sketchy actually.

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If I had fallen, yeah, I really just don't want to fall so Justin's letting me know that

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if I do feel like I'm going to fall then I need to let him know.

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Because if I fall, it's a generational epic fail.

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Row climbs kind of fast though.

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I'm trying to keep up with him while trying to maintain my composure.

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so looks like those are the majority of the hard moves look steep

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and now it's pretty mellow just a lot of knife edge to the top cool oh great foot jam

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Ooh.

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Little faults.

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Let's get on this horn.

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So now, because we have the rope around it, we can use it as a way to add friction to the rope.

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So if I fell, it would.

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Keep me up.

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Whoa!

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Okay.

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Now we're good.

512

This is so...

513

Is that the summit right there?

514

Yeah.

515

You're not gonna like it.

516

I know.

517

It's gnarly.

518

Can't be as bad as Pumori though.

519

No, no. I don't think it will be. That sucked.

520

Pumori sucks because it's so snowy, but there's a down climb here.

521

It's just, hello Steve.

522

Oh, this one right here.

523

Yeah.

524

Oh shoot.

525

So I'll have you take us to the summit, dude.

526

Really?

527

Because I've got you on below here.

528

And dude, literally took us an hour.

529

Let's go.

530

Good job, dude.

531

We're just in a flow state.

532

All right, here we are hugging each other at this belay here.

533

Not a lot of space, but look at all that ridge we've just come up in only an hour.

534

That is so awesome.

535

We have blue skies behind us, but we got the dark deer in the center of the universe right now.

536

We got the scariness behind us, and then good over there.

537

The pressure systems are fighting for us right

538

now totally let's stay let's bring it home oh my gosh

539

you weren't kidding this is this is actually really what the bruv that's insane

540

that is nuts that is wild this is the you have to like down down mantle

541

and then hang on the jugs and then there is feet but you just can't see them yeah

542

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

543

It looks like, like it looks like if you saw this out of context, it looks like I'm just about to jump off of a cliff.

544

Just down.

545

Downward mantle.

546

Feet, feet don't fail me, no!

547

Feet don't fail me, no!

548

I'm getting caught.

549

There we go.

550

Nice knowing you, bro.

551

Oh!

552

Wow.

553

He's got a foot in here.

554

that was so nuts okay

555

the cams are getting caught on the rock they're like don't do it oh come on summit what a freaking day

556

Look at the green on the rocks.

557

Oh my gosh.

558

What a small, small little summit.

559

Yeah.

560

Let's go.

561

Let's go.

562

All right, we got to the summit, but this weather behind us is looking a little bit diabolical.

563

So we're going to bounce out of here.

564

No summit snack today.

565

We're just going to get the freak out of here, but let's go, dude.

566

Let's go.

567

Dude, good job.

568

But also, guys, Justin, absolute beast, has his own guiding service, Skyline Mountain Guide.

569

So if you want to get to mountaineering, you got to go with Skyline Mountain Guides.

570

They have the best trained guides by yours truly.

571

He's trained me.

572

I think I'm doing a pretty good job.

573

Dude, you did amazing today.

574

So yeah, make sure to book a trip.

575

Also, I completely forgot to mention that this entire video is recorded on the new GoPro.

576

You can use my affiliate code.

577

It's really good.

578

This whole video shot 4K30.

579

It also shoots 8K.

580

Absolutely cool product.

581

And you know, we're kidding in the north face.

582

Okay, I should have gotten those plugs in earlier, but now I forgot.

583

All right, back down we go.

584

That's another classic climb in the books.

585

We were fairly certain that we could make it to the summit in time before the weather came in,

586

but whether or not we'd get hit on the descent was still a question.

587

So for now, the goal is to stay as calm as possible

588

and make sure we do everything right while we down climb and soon rappel off of the west ridge to safety.

589

Alright, we're trying to go really fast here.

590

It's good we're at the rappel.

591

Justin needs to get off of that though before it starts.

592

We're feeling a little bit of precip.

593

Now we're gonna start repelling money.

594

I thought they were about to bust over some holly ideas, but they're still over there.

595

Yeah, we can get down.

596

Wearing for some trench foot though tonight

597

Damn Chill, chill, chill, okay?

598

Chill, we're leaving, we're leaving

599

It's not raining, you know

600

It's little snow cones

601

Find a good spot.

602

Hold on.

603

Alright.

604

Nice.

605

That storm system right there that just passed over us.

606

That was where the thunder was coming from so luckily it's past us.

607

Looks like there's still a little bit coming in our direction but we're almost at the bottom.

608

There it is, Forbidden Peak, amazing climb.

609

We got down without getting struck by lightning.

610

Let's go.

611

Let's go.

612

Now we just have a few more repels, not too bad.

613

Might get a little wet, but we're going to get on out of here.

614

Rope.

615

Money.

616

Money. Do it. Do it.

617

Do it it.

618

And here we are back at the trailhead.

619

That was Forbidden Peak, one of the most classic climbs in all of America.

620

Honestly, one of my favorite climbs I have ever done.

621

So everybody go check out Justin.

622

Shout out to him.

623

He's in the description.

624

And thank you all for watching.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Forbidden Peak - America's Most Iconic Climb”. This video has 624 sentences and 5667 words to shadow. The speech runs for 43:31. The speaker talks at a steady 130 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
climb verb	/ˈklaɪ̯m/	To traverse a slope or contour, either upwards (ascending) or downwards (descending).
ridge noun	/ɹɪd͡ʒ/	The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.
summit noun	/ˈsʌmɪt/	The highest point of a hill, mountain, or similar geographical feature.
forbid verb	/fɚˈbɪd/	To disallow; to proscribe.
scratch verb	/skɹæt͡ʃ/	To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
gear noun	/ɡɪɚ/	Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
rope noun	/ɹoʊp/	Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.
pitch noun	/pɪt͡ʃ/	A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
gosh	/ɡɑːʃ/	A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm.
crack noun	/kɹæk/	A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
steep adjective	/stiːp/	Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward or downward at an angle approaching vertical.
alpine adjective	/ˈæl.paɪn/	Of, relating to, or inhabiting mountains, especially above the timberline.
chill verb	/tʃɪl/	To lower the temperature of something; to cool.
boost verb	/buːst/	To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up.
dragon noun	/ˈdɹæɡən/	In European mythologies, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a lizard-like body, often a…

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
come up verb		To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
get up verb		To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.
move up verb		To promote, put onto a higher level.
end up verb		To bring to a conclusion.
get through verb	/ɡɛt ˈθɹu/	To overcome; to endure.
go up verb		To move upwards.
wrap around verb		To move (text or other content) to the beginning of the next line when unable to fit it at the end of the current line.
come down verb		To descend, fall down, collapse.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

That wasn't a bear, wasn't it?
Don't worry, we're just some dirtbags passing through.
We'll check it out anyway.
You're gonna jump for that big one?
I'm still on my mom's phone bill.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result	if I did fall I would be · if he fell he would fall · if I fell, it would
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	I've ever had · have forbidden · has kicked
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	Basin, which will · Basin, which is · Peak which is
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	is dropped · is pointed · is recorded

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 205 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, I'm, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: beneath /bɪˈniːθ/, thunder /ˈθʌndɚ/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, friction /ˈfɹɪkʃən/, glacier /ˈɡleɪ.ʃɚ/, exposure /ɪkˈspəʊ.ʒə(ɹ)/, efficiency /ɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/
Long words — get the stress right: efficiency /ɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/, capability /ˌkeɪ.pəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/, spectacular /spɛkˈtæk.jə.lɚ/, affiliate /əˈfɪl.i.eɪt/, fortunately /ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt.li/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like climb, ridge, summit.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?