17th October 2007

The Aid Climbing Rant

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Ok, I’ve been wanting to put this up for awhile, but finally just got around to getting it on YouTube. It originally came from Matt Lloyd’s site, relentlessclimbing.com, but the video was slow to load. So I took it and modified it, and now the whole world can enjoy this priceless tidbit of wisdom.

Chris Kalous gives it to us straight about hard aid climbing. Is it really that hard? scary? death-defying? Watch and find out.

And in case you are wondering, Kalous has the credentials to back this up, especially when it comes to hard aid in the desert. I mean, who falls on a RURP in the Fishers?

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  1. 1 On October 17th, 2007, JG said:

    HAhaaaha - classic.

  2. 2 On October 25th, 2007, All Climbing » Climbing Video: Aid Climbing Rant said:

    [...] Western Colorado Climbing posts a great little rant on aid climbing. His discussion of grading aid routes is quite humorous. [...]

  3. 3 On August 6th, 2008, Cathy Silvers said:

    I loved this video!!! Chris took me up the East Buttress of El Cap a ways back and we ran into Singer at the top of the 9 hour ascent! It was the greatest experience of my life I wrote a book and dedicated two chapters to him! Called, Happy Days Healthy Living, I am Cathy Silvers…Jenny Piccolo of Happy Days TV series and I am an expert crack climber thanks to Chris Kalous! Chris is the BOMB!!! How do I reach Chris? Does he have a website or email or number…Peace, Cathy http://www.thehealthylivingshow.com

  4. 4 On December 2nd, 2008, Dow Williams said:

    Thanks Chris, best stuff I have read all year!

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