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NEWS: 5.14 finger crack climbed - with one shoe - in Utah

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 UKC News 17 Mar 2015
Mason Earle - 5.14-, 2 kbMason Earle has climbed a 35-metre long overhanging sandstone finger crack in Bartlett Wash, outside Moab, Utah. The crack - named "5.14-" by Earle - is now one of the hardest crack climbs in the United States.

Read more at http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=69588
 goose299 17 Mar 2015
In reply to UKC News:

The video doesn't work for me on Chrome. Constantly loading
Anyone else struggling to watch it?
 whenry 17 Mar 2015
In reply to goose299:

It doesn't load for me at all in Internet Explorer.
 Simon Caldwell 17 Mar 2015
In reply to goose299:

I get an ad for 30 seconds, then it just goes blank
 goose299 17 Mar 2015
In reply to UKC News:

Least I'm not the only one
 FactorXXX 17 Mar 2015
In reply to UKC News:

Working fine here and it looks brutal!

IE11
Windows 7 64bit
In reply to goose299:

Are you behind a corporate firewall?

Does it play here? http://www.epictv.com/media/podcast/stranger-than-fiction-epictv-short-film...
 Simon Caldwell 17 Mar 2015
In reply to Paul Phillips - UKC and UKH:

just tried it again, got a different ad which then segued into the film OK.
 goose299 17 Mar 2015
In reply to Paul Phillips - UKC and UKH:

I am on a work computer so that's probably the issue.
Yeh, the direct link works
 stp 17 Mar 2015
In reply to UKC News:

Fantastic line but climbing barefoot with taped up toes? That's sounds extremely unpleasant. The anchors looked rather low in the vid too.
 aln 17 Mar 2015
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I get what looks like the middle of the film, then the beginning, then it stops. Android tab.
blahblahblacksheep 18 Mar 2015
In reply to UKC News:
My prediction: after all this big talk by Mason Earle...his friends Sonnie Trotter will just stroll in and repeat it with a week's effort and Alex Honnold will say: hey Mason, should I tie in for this one to make you look good?
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 Michael Gordon 18 Mar 2015
In reply to UKC News:

If it's so hard why not call it 5.14+ ?
 IOAN D 18 Mar 2015
In reply to climbnplay:

very positive reply mate nice one
 Blake 18 Mar 2015
In reply to UKC News:

Awesome vid... not sure if thats a rope jump of a bungee, but it looks insane
 Baron Weasel 18 Mar 2015
In reply to UKC News:

I understand belayer, 'Sketchy' Andy Lewis belayed on the 1st ascent using a slackline as a swami belt.
 Oliver Hill 18 Mar 2015
In reply to UKC News: How lucky to be able to hone your skills on such beautiful lines and eventually succeed. The lines there you climb: from impossible to done. The grade? 5.succeeded! maybe even 5.infinity. everyone has there own numeration for infinity.

 Bonzkars 18 Mar 2015
In reply to UKC News:

Very well put together film. Mason is a bit of an arse, but he's got personality and much more watchable than many of the monotone climbers we have to endure. Climb looks painful.
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 Peter Rhodes 18 Mar 2015
In reply to bonzka:

He's not an arse.
 jon 18 Mar 2015
In reply to bonzka:

> Mason is a bit of an arse,

Why do you say that?
 Bonzkars 18 Mar 2015
In reply to jon: I think he's very watchable and charismatic, but just a bit full of himself. That's probably why I like the film. First time I've seen him on screen.
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 Dr_C 18 Mar 2015
In reply to goose299:

Works on Opera, and Chrome, for me .
 aln 18 Mar 2015
In reply to UKC News:

Climbing with one shoe where?
In reply to aln:

That footage was from a few years ago when he was working the route, not sure if there will be footage of the shoeless ascent!

 aln 18 Mar 2015
In reply to Natalie Berry - UKC:

OK. That's not clear in this report.
In reply to aln:

"Watch a video of Mason Earle working the route in 2013 below." Should have added "with both shoes on"
 tom russell 19 Mar 2015
In reply to bonzka:

how do you judge someone as full of themselves if you have only seen a 5 minute video of them?
 Brass Nipples 19 Mar 2015
In reply to UKC News:

Now if it'd been with one finger, that would be impressive!

 buffalo606 20 Mar 2015
He comes across a bit cooler in the video at the bottom of this article http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web15w/newswire-mason-earle-bartlett-wash-proje...

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