when you’re climbing a mountain without
a rope are you sure that you’re not
going to fall to your death I mean the
truth is you can’t no I mean I don’t
know I was raised by scientists and I’m
thinking well there’s always some
percentage chance that you’re going to
fall at 26 alpinist Colin Haley is part
of a small subset of climbers dedicated
to climbing the world’s most difficult
and dangerous mountains in
lightning-quick style sometimes even
without the safety of a rope to this
core group highest doesn’t mean hardest
they are looking beyond the relatively
gentle slopes of Mount Everest
people ask me all the time if I want to
climb Everest non climbers generally
have this impression that the highest
means the hardest but Everest is not a
difficult climb someone with little
climbing experience can get guided up is
not difficult in 2010 there were 516
successful summit beds on Mount Everest
which means to the world’s best
alpinists Everest is pretty much hike in
the hills I have much more interesting
mountains that regardless of their
altitude are difficult to climb because
they’re big and steep I mean the bottom
line is you’re just trying to find the
hardest thing possible for a lot of the
routes in Patagonia or Pakistan you have
to be a really good rock climber you
have to be a really good ice climber you
have to be extremely fit you know just
as much as anyone climbing Everest or k2
these mountain faces can be two to three
times the size of Yosemite s El Capitan
with up to 12,500 feet of straight up
relief speed and efficiency are
essential to survival so the pros and
cons of every bit of gear are way before
a big route sometimes alpinists forego
tents and sleeping bags I was thinking
for water bottles we’ve got the four
liter dromedary cached yeah I was
thinking we take just that and two now
jeans
climbing a route that big with that
little equipment leaves you a small
margin of error on a recent trip to
alaska’s mount Foraker haley tested the
boundaries of this light and fast
approach after completing a new route
storm moved in they had less than a half
a day’s worth food left without anything
to sleep or food or water you’re just
going to die pretty quick Hailey’s only
option was to keep moving in blizzard
conditions after 72 hours of constant
exertion without sleep he made it safely
back to camp
I love battling through a storm and and
you know having snow blow down my neck
and stuff like that it doesn’t sound
like a fun thing but just the intensity
of that situation is something that I
really enjoy and thrive on yeah I would
consider what I do a fringe activity but
definitely anyone who is dedicated to
Alpine climbing accepts the fact that
they might die doing it
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Oh
you
a rope are you sure that you’re not
going to fall to your death I mean the
truth is you can’t no I mean I don’t
know I was raised by scientists and I’m
thinking well there’s always some
percentage chance that you’re going to
fall at 26 alpinist Colin Haley is part
of a small subset of climbers dedicated
to climbing the world’s most difficult
and dangerous mountains in
lightning-quick style sometimes even
without the safety of a rope to this
core group highest doesn’t mean hardest
they are looking beyond the relatively
gentle slopes of Mount Everest
people ask me all the time if I want to
climb Everest non climbers generally
have this impression that the highest
means the hardest but Everest is not a
difficult climb someone with little
climbing experience can get guided up is
not difficult in 2010 there were 516
successful summit beds on Mount Everest
which means to the world’s best
alpinists Everest is pretty much hike in
the hills I have much more interesting
mountains that regardless of their
altitude are difficult to climb because
they’re big and steep I mean the bottom
line is you’re just trying to find the
hardest thing possible for a lot of the
routes in Patagonia or Pakistan you have
to be a really good rock climber you
have to be a really good ice climber you
have to be extremely fit you know just
as much as anyone climbing Everest or k2
these mountain faces can be two to three
times the size of Yosemite s El Capitan
with up to 12,500 feet of straight up
relief speed and efficiency are
essential to survival so the pros and
cons of every bit of gear are way before
a big route sometimes alpinists forego
tents and sleeping bags I was thinking
for water bottles we’ve got the four
liter dromedary cached yeah I was
thinking we take just that and two now
jeans
climbing a route that big with that
little equipment leaves you a small
margin of error on a recent trip to
alaska’s mount Foraker haley tested the
boundaries of this light and fast
approach after completing a new route
storm moved in they had less than a half
a day’s worth food left without anything
to sleep or food or water you’re just
going to die pretty quick Hailey’s only
option was to keep moving in blizzard
conditions after 72 hours of constant
exertion without sleep he made it safely
back to camp
I love battling through a storm and and
you know having snow blow down my neck
and stuff like that it doesn’t sound
like a fun thing but just the intensity
of that situation is something that I
really enjoy and thrive on yeah I would
consider what I do a fringe activity but
definitely anyone who is dedicated to
Alpine climbing accepts the fact that
they might die doing it
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you
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