4th Post of 8 for June: Yesterday I finished filming the remainder of the Intro to Sport Climbing which was my 3rd attempt to filming the action of it. We had 4 audio sources, consistent light from the clouds, no wind, no crowds, my buddy was available since it takes 3 to film. Those 1+ hour long course type...
2023-06-14 14:13:21 +0000 UTC View Post
3rd of 8 Posts for June: Here's some shorts and updates on the non-sexy stuff behind the scenes. I like posting 8 full videos a month if possible but I think it's worth the investment of energy to make the more full value, in depth videos. They take 20-40 hours to edit instead of 4, but are way better for the view...
2023-06-10 13:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
2nd of 8 Post for June: I go through phases and in my workflow it seems like personal anchors are a focus. Today I'll be working on finishing a Purcell Prusik video that's been in my queue a very long time, I already did cow tails, and I might make the next tests I do the Petzl Evolv Adust that has been requested so man...
2023-06-07 14:27:52 +0000 UTC View Post
1st of 8 Posts in June. As much as I like long-form, some tests just don't need to be 12 minutes long. Making the short form has helped me make the long form better. My main videos are at least 10-20% shorter without cutting out any information. Shorts are a great way for me to say yes to more people f...
2023-06-03 14:42:54 +0000 UTC View Post
8th of 8 Posts for May: Other than bolting videos, I only have 4 videos from the old lab left to edit! I'm hoping to have everything edited within 2-3 weeks from filming it once I'm caught up. This is a bad example. I shot this about a week ago and it's pretty good so I'm excited to release it. This is why s...
2023-05-31 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
7th of 8 Post for May - I am getting a fancy machine built by some engineering seniors for their graduating project. This pull tester will be very similar to many Instron machines that most manufacturers have. I will be able to control rate of pull and program it to do cycles. Relevent to today's video, it w...
2023-05-27 13:52:37 +0000 UTC View Post
6th of 8 Posts for May - Back from Tenerife and climbed my first 11D ever... on lead. That helps the stoke all around. I'm working on the hardest stage of this channel, hiring. I'm not looking for the unicorn that can just do everything for me, but practicing with hiring small tasks to see how to balan...
2023-05-24 14:03:11 +0000 UTC View Post
5th of 8 Posts in May. When this goes live, we'll be mid-filming with Hard is Easy for an Intro to Sport Climbing which will incorporate of course the basics but also how strong the gear is and the forces you can generate. I think that would be great for brand-new people to get a holistic view of their gear and no...
2023-05-17 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
4th of 8 Posts for May. I broke this into 2 videos, the other being on the CLIPS channel. I'm headed to Spain today for my gf bday and I found out Hard is Easy lives 30 minutes where we'll be staying so we'll be able to film some videos with him. That's going to be fun!
Thank you Matt O'Donnell for vis...
2023-05-13 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
3rd of 8 Posts for May. I've got all 4 episodes edited I filmed with Alpine Savvy and I'll be slow releasing them over the next few weeks. I spent ALL week working on our zipline film and got the teams approval and am having an audio engineer level everything out. I'm very excited for that to do well. ...
2023-05-10 14:07:30 +0000 UTC View Post
2nd of 8 Posts for May: I'm working on the zipline film, planning specialty rope deep dives and almost ready to use the abrasion tester.
Today's Post: Gear is sigma 3 tested. That means there it is very unlikely it will break lower than its rated strength in its best case scenario, helpful! Right? We ...
2023-05-06 18:56:35 +0000 UTC View Post
1st of 8 Posts: Today's video hopefully gets more used cams sent our way then after fully proof testing the cam crusher, I'll invest in buying 1-2 of every brand and comparing them "head to head," get it?
This last week we did the first tandem zip line base jump on a mile long zip line on 5mm dyneema. Other than h...
2023-05-03 13:19:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Patrons: This is the 8th of 8 posts for April. Usually, videos sit in the queue for months, sometimes years. I've expedited this. If all goes well, I'll expedite this weekend's project for wednesday. It's fun releasing stuff while it's fresh.
Thank you Matthew Otto 2023-04-29 12:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Patrons: 7th Post of 8 in April. G7 break test video did way better than I was expecting. Always a risk doing a deep dive on super niche gear. I thought I'd follow this Wednesday up with another big wall related video.
TODAY'S VIDEO - Sometimes you swing bags while big walling. Sometimes y...
2023-04-26 13:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Patrons: 6th of 8 posts for April. I've been experimenting with short form content, as a tool for one off break tests and growth of the channel. It's hard to figure out what makes one go viral but I read the comments and try to alter how I communicate in a short. Long form lets me do troll patrol better but ...
2023-04-22 17:52:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Patrons: 5th of 8 posts for April. I think deep dives on gear is going to be a big value add on the channel. If you are going to spend a lot of money on gear, it's nice to fully understand if it is right for you. This G7 review is the start of this type of content. Rocky talkie was also an example. &nb...
2023-04-19 13:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Patrons: 4th of 8 Posts for April. My days have been a few hours in the morning for written material then lab stuff mid-day and editing later. So that's produced a variety pack for the last few days.
TODAY'S EPISODE: Meet The Man Behind Alpine Savvy - Podcast with John Godino. He has been consist...
2023-04-15 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Aprils 3rd of 8 posts. This was a fun one. It's not only fun for us but breaks up the break tests and reaches more people that might not find our material. Creating helpful information is half the work, getting that information to everyone who would benefit from it is an entirely different task.
Patrons: April's 2nd post of 8.
SLACKMAPS: I know slackline content, especially a podcast isn't going to get a million views but I've been building the slack community longer than doing break tests. If we even got 100 active users on this thing because of this video, it could add enough fresh data to make it attra...
2023-04-08 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Patrons: 1st of 8 posts for April.
Today's Video: PowerCord is a 5.9 mm accessory cord with a unique braided Technora core which doubles the strength of a standard 5.9 mm accessory cord. Technora is a high-strength, yet lightweight material making PowerCord a great option for anchor building and haul lines. ...
2023-04-05 14:40:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Patrons: This is the 8th of 8 posts for March.
PRIVATE Video of the drop tower. Bobby is visiting and we decided to go free fall instead of a track system. I have ideas to mitigate damage to the tree from weights bouncing back at it. Using firewood I already had for the catching bed and filling it with...
2023-04-01 06:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Patrons: This is the 7th of 8 posts in March.
This Episode: This was a year ago when we tried to get our hands on some UFOs. It was September when we did and it sat in the queue for a while because I was mid big wall series at that point. This has all the good stuff in 1 episode. Drop tests, hum...
2023-03-29 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Patrons: This is the 6th of 8 posts for March. Bobby is here visiting and we are going to be doing our first drop test this next week. The photo is our connection to the tree and keeping it simple now that we know drop testing better, we are using the Linescale 3 which we have established is fast and strong enough...
2023-03-26 04:10:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Patrons: This is the 5th of 8 posts for March. I've been wanting to test 3-point climbing anchors for a long time and our new custom steel rigging plate lets us do that... all to find out this particular anchor broke lower than a 12kn amazon carabiner 😂 (which is consistently 18kn fyi). It sparks the ques...
2023-03-22 13:55:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Patrons: This is the 4th of 8 posts for March. John Godino from Alpine Savvy just took off and we filmed about 5 episodes worth of nerdy anchors and girth hitches and cordelette strength differences.
Today's Post: For the last week I've spent all of my edit time working on the Bolting Bible 2023-03-19 23:46:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Patrons: This is the 3rd of 8 posts in March. I've wanted to test whoopies for a really long time so today's video is exciting to at least me! I'm setting up to write a Bolting Bible for knots and splices this fits in nicely for that long game. Speaking of the Bolting Bible, I hope to give you a sneak peak t...
2023-03-15 13:59:45 +0000 UTC View Post
PATRONS: This is the 2nd post of 8 in March. I've been working A LOT on the bolting bible and am excited to go live on that hopefully on April 1st. I keep working on lab equipment. I'm exploring what it will take to certify gear starting with ISA certs as a way to understand standards better and supplement t...
2023-03-11 22:07:18 +0000 UTC View Post
PATRONS: This is the 1st post of 8 in March. It's been great being able to break people's stuff as they send it in which allows us to explore things that might not be obviously interesting but then find a hat full of rabbits to chase. Derrick lived nearby so he just brought his stuff over which added a lot of stor...
2023-03-08 14:21:54 +0000 UTC View Post
PATRONS: This is the 8th of 8 posts for February. I've been working on this video for 4 months and I'd hit a roadblock in a test and then wait until I had an opportunity to do the next test. I also wanted to make sure I understood the nuances of its frequencies and privacy settings to make this really helpful and ...
2023-03-01 02:32:51 +0000 UTC View Post
PATRONS: This is the 7th of 8 posts for February. I got some clips published and lots of progress on the 3 lab projects. I'll be at Boulder's International Film Festival this week. Leave a comment if you are able to come. Our showing is Sunday at 3pm and the details are here 2023-02-27 04:26:49 +0000 UTC View Post
