All language subtitles for Reel Rock 12 2017

Oh my gosh.

It's kind of big, huh?

OK, I need to go.

Good luck, brother.

There really is nothing
like being on a huge wall

just with your climbing
shoes, your chalk bag,

and dangling by your fingertips.

The waves are smashing
into the wall.

You can actually feel the
vibrations in the cliff,

and the reverberation
in your ears.

Looking around, being in
the most spectacular place,

and feeling like the power
of the position that I'm in.

There is this moment of truth
where you make a decision.

You either go or you don't go.

When you commit
to that move, it's

pretty freaking spectacular.

For me, one of the most
special places on the planet

is this island, Mallorca.

It's this plug of limestone
in the Mediterranean Sea.

And it's just surrounded
by overhanging cliffs

on all sides.

All of these beautiful,
sweeping walls,

rounded and sculpted by the sea.

There's just limitless
possibilities

for deep water soloing.

When I first came out here, it
was this very intense moment

When I first came out here, it
was this very intense moment
in my life.

in my life.

My mom had just passed away.

Climbing here opened my
eyes to a whole new world

and helped me move forward.

I found this amazing arch and
it became an all consuming

project.

When I finally did Es Pontás,
it was a really powerful

experience.

Ever since then, there is
like this very special place

in my life for this island.

10 years have passed now.

My life has changed a lot.

I have a family now.

I have a daughter.

But I still come back
here, year after year.

I still have that
fire and the passion

for climbing ropeless
above the sea.

I think the freedom that
you could have climbing here

is unparalleled anywhere else.

When you come to these
cliffs and they're just

this big blank canvas, if you
want to climb in a circle,

you can climb in a circle.

You're not trying to
stay in the lines.

You're not thinking about
grades, just total freedom

of expression and creativity.

One of the coolest
things is arriving

at the base of a virgin cliff
and on site free soloing,

first ascent, up a wall.

You're always looking
for really solid rock

and overhanging walls.

If it was less than
overhanging, then

you'd just kind of like
bounce your way down.

Having a project over the
water adds a lot of complexity

to the whole process.

Falling into the sea
hundreds of times.

If you don't fall right from 60
feet up, could be really bad.

Oh man.

It's hard to push yourself
to the absolute limit

when you're really high up.

It's not just about
being a strong climber,

you also have to be
a strong swimmer.

You have to be knowledgeable
of the sea, currents,

the wind, the waves.

Really important to figure
out how you're going

to get back out of the water.

Deal with being wet and drying
off, having multiple chalk

bags, different pairs of shoes.

Trying these big projects, you
have to enjoy that process.

It's few and far between
when they come together

but it's pretty
special when they do.

Sometimes the way I scope
out these new areas, just

go swim section
of the coastline.

A couple of years
ago I swam for miles

and ended up along this
really wild coastline

that I had never been to before.

The water was really
deep and really dark.

It's an ominous place.

I saw this one wall, it's
this beautiful piece of stone,

with these orange and
red and gray streaks.

It was everything I could hope
for and dream for in a project.

You start with really fun
5.12 climbing, flowing

through these big moves.

But around 50 feet, it quickly
becomes this shear wall

with barely anything
to hang onto.

You enter the crux.

And it's basically 12 moves of
just super gnarly bouldering.

In it started off by getting to
this sloping under cling rail,

trusting your feet on
these friction bumps.

Get this crimpy pocket.

This super big reach.

I have like one or two
good tries and then need

two rest days because it's
so powerful, it's so fingery.

Some of the hardest moves I
have tried over the water.

I started working out the
minute details of the sequence.

You have to get this
delicate heel hook,

release your right hand, and
grab this horrible hold that's

facing the wrong way.

After a lot of tries, I realized
this could be the next step

in deepwater soloing
after Es Pontás.

I've come back here 10
times over the years

to work on this thing,
spent over 30 days,

falling hundreds of
times into the ocean.

Trying things that are at
your limit, most of the time

you're just failing.

I'm 35 now.

I live in Barcelona.

I own a climbing gym.

I started a series of
deepwater soloing competitions.

Thanks to everyone.

Thanks to all of
the competitors.

Having a business.

Having a family.

Life is busy.

Coming back to Mallorca
year after year grounds me.

These big projects
are like monuments,

markers for important
moments in my life.

Good job, dude.

After all this effort it
was just an amazing feeling

to bring this thing to life.

I decided to call it Alasha,
dedicated to my daughter.

The grade of 5.15
is the trophy grade.

It's just a number,
but in some way

it represents the unattainable.

The top end of the game.

5.15, honestly, I don't
know exactly what that

is because I haven't done it.

It's kind of like breaking
the four minute mile.

It's this magical barrier.

Having that number
in front of you

creates this anxious feeling.

It takes so much work
and so much talent.

You have to be an Olympic
athlete, essentially.

5.15 has been a goal
of mine for years now.

It's not easy, man.

I don't know
anything about 5.15.

I've never climbed a 5.15.

I've never even tried--

I've never even touched
the holds on a 5.15.

Only a few male climbers
have achieved the grade.

And we've still been waiting
for that first 5.15 ascent

by a woman.

Today, there's
definitely an evolution

of more women climbing.

Pushing in every discipline.

Training really, really hard.

This is a huge
moment in our sport.

The girls are catching
up to the guys.

Right now what we're looking
at is this big number of 5.15.

And there's a handful
of women gunning for it.

We're all sort of sitting at
the edge of our chairs saying,

who's going to do it?

But I don't think
Margo Hayes was really

on anyone's short list.

Why is it that I'm a
person and I'm not a toad?

Goodnight.

My name's Margo Hayes and I'm--

have a cough.

OK, wait, start over.

As far as climbing 15a, Margo
just wasn't on my radar.

I didn't hear anyone talking
about Margo trying 5.15.

Smile, Margo.

No.

Head up a tiny bit.

Be a little more fierce.

If you want to
climb 5.15, there's

no greater concentration on
earth than in northern Spain.

Spain is the mecca for
hard sport climbing.

The amount of quality test
pieces is mind blowing.

Of all the 5.15's
La Rambla,

is one of the most
iconic routes.

La Rambla has been talked about
as long as I've been a climber.

It's an Alex Huber
route, rarely climbed.

Super long, giant moves,
like a really harder style

of climbing.

Jon Cardwell and I had made
these plans to go to Spain

and try La Rambla.

Margo was living in
Europe at the time.

We know Margo from
climbing in Colorado.

I was her coach
when she was a kid.

She wanted to join us, but we
had no idea what her goal was.

We certainly didn't think
that it was La Rambla.

We walk up to the crag in
Siurana. It's pretty intense,

there's all these
world class climbers.

Margo walks straight over to
La Rambla and started tying in.

She was this unknown
19-year-old getting

on one of the hardest
routes in Siurana.

And a lot of people at
the crag were skeptical

in the beginning, kind of
like, why is she trying it?

Why is she up there?

Matty and I definitely
had our doubts.

We had trained our ass
off for this route.

We were like, are you sure?

Are you sure you're ready?

When I can sense others
doubting what I can do,

it's only more motivating.

My determination triples.

I've been thinking about La
Rambla for quite some time.

I had watched countless
videos, visualized

the sequences and the moves.

And I came here to
climb my first 5.15.

Come on, Margo.

The men who have climbed it
tend to use brute strength

to get through the moves.

I have quite a bit
of flexibility.

My feet can go above my head.

My hips can stay pretty
close to the wall.

Come on, Margo.

It was pretty clear that
she had done her homework.

She was ready for the fight.

It's like .

We were all working together
on the route, trading burns.

That's everything I have.

We started to realize that
she could send this route.

And she's probably going to
send it before both of us.

Most people only can
try it one or two times

before they're just exhausted.

But Margo, she would try
it 3 times, 4 times a day.

Oh, I blew it.

Come on, come on.

Come on.

Your hands, huh,
did you survive?

I was bleeding so bad, you
should see those holds.

Wow, they do look
pretty ravaged.

Usually before the last
try she would look to Matty

and I with like bleeding
fingertips and tape everywhere

and asked, should
I try it again?

Like, I wouldn't, but if
you want to, I'll belay you.

She was relentless.

She was focused.

But I've known Margo
since she was little.

She has been like
that her entire life.

Oh, and who's this?

Margo.

How are you feeling, Margo?

I'm feeling fine.

After falling in the river.

As soon as she could walk,
she was a very active kid,

climbing up on top
of the chicken coop

and climbing up in trees.

Instantly, she was a very
competitive individual.

I competed as a gymnast.

I always wanted to challenge
myself and get better.

I've been setting goals
since I can remember.

We find little pieces of paper
sitting around the house that

have Margo's goals.

I mean, those
aren't simple goals.

You know, gold medal
in the Olympics.

I would maybe push
it a little too fast

and go for skills that maybe
I wasn't quite ready for.

She ended up breaking bones
in her feet seven times.

At one point, I'd broke a
bone in my foot at the gym.

I knew that it would mean
I had to take time off.

And I just didn't
want to tell my coach.

I just wanted to keep
doing gymnastics.

I went into the bathroom.

I'm thinking, why does she
keep going in the bathroom?

And it turns out that
she fractured her foot,

and she was putting
her foot in the toilet

to ice it and not tell me.

During that time, I decided I
wanted to cut my hair short.

Number two buzz cut on her head.

And I remember saying,
I'm going to be

able to do more pull ups
now cause I'm lighter.

She had a lot of personality.

You could just sense
that drive in somebody

who just, wow, this person
is willing to do anything

and willing to try hard,
and is a perfectionist.

And Margo had the wow factor.

You see somebody do a
skill, and you go, wow.

We selected her
as very talented,

and we started developing her
for the Talent Opportunity

Program, the Olympic
selection committee.

I qualified for the
National Testing,

which was in Texas at
Bela Karolyi's ranch.

And I remember my mom
picking me up from school

and she said, you qualified.

And I was like,
a team or b team?

And she was like, b team.

And I remember just crying.

Ever since I was
little, I've always

wanted to be the best
in things that I tried.

Cats Gymnastics where
Margo trained as a gymnast

also doubles as a climbing gym.

Being in Boulder,
Colorado, you have

some of the best in the
world training there.

I remember watching the
climbers on the wall,

like Robyn Erbesfield
and Lynn Hill.

She would watch people
climbing and training.

And she was kind of
curious about it.

I did some top roping and
I ended up liking climbing.

She came to team ABC with
really high expectations

and goals for herself.

I would show up at practice
and Margo would already

be there, ready to go.

And all the other
kids would be kind

of running around goofing off.

And she was different,
very driven, very focused.

And it really struck
me as quite unusual

that such a young
girl was so serious

and so willing to push herself.

The first time that I
went to a competition

and I got butterflies in
my stomach, I was like, OK.

I like this.

I can do this sport, you know?

She did her first 5.12, and
then her first 5.13, and then

her first 5.14.

That's when we first
started to get wind of,

what's this girl capable of?

I think I started believing in
my own ability more and more.

And there was no
stopping that kid.

You know, I see
Margo come to Rifle

and do Bad Girls Club, that
route is really thuggy,

mean, one of the hardest
ascents in the US.

To see her do that, I
was just like, whoa.

After I graduated
from high school,

I decided to move to Europe,
learn another language,

challenge myself and climb hard.

Europe, it's a
really great place

to be based if you want to
push yourself in the sport.

In 1990, I moved to France and
I lived there for five years.

It's a little bit like if you're
a surfer you go move to Hawaii.

My goal was to be the
first woman to climb 5.14.

There were people like
JB Tribout who said,

oh, a woman will never do 5.14.

Oh, really?

I'm going to find
a way to do it.

And so I ended up doing a
route that he had put up,

first female ascent of a 5.14.

I knew it was possible and
it was really important to me

to actually prove that it was.

That's the same thing
that Margo's doing.

There's an objective out there.

She knows it's
possible and she's

She knows it's
possible and she's
going to find a way to do it.

going to find a way to do it.

If you have any doubt and
you're right at that threshold,

and you think that 5.15
belongs to men or only

these people can do it, then
that little bit of weakness

can cause you to fail.

Come on, Margo.

What is the 5.15 barrier?

Good.

Is it that women
haven't tried it?

Do we not believe we can do it?

Is Margo going to change that?

Come on, Margo.

You can do this.

Come on.

Good.

Yes.

Good.

Come on.

Come on, come on, come on.

Let's go, Margo.

Yes.

Squeeze, Margo.

Come on.

Yes.

Breathe, Margo.

You get to this point where
you know it's possible for you

and you know you can do it.

It's important to stay in
the moment, breathe, relax.

On the last two moves, my
breathing started to change.

I felt like I was shaking.

Oh my god.

Take.

Oh my god.

I'm crying.

I feel like I'm dreaming.

Nice job.

Thanks.

Yeah.

It was a big deal for
the climbing community,

for women, for all of us.

I was like, oh man, go Margo.

Thank you.

She sends La Rambla.

It's this incredible experience.

And then she's already
writing down new goals.

It's like La Rambla was just
the stepping stone for something

bigger.

After climbing the
La Rambla, I was

ready for the new challenge.

I've been living in the South
of France, just a short drive

away from the legendary
climbing spot, Ceuse.

Biographie is such a historic
line, one of the most beautiful

if not the most
beautiful in the world.

It's on a long crag at the top
of a hill with an open view

on the south of France.

So the place is beautiful.

I was three years old when
Chris Sharma climbed Biographie.

It was a huge deal,
the first 5.15,

the hardest climb in the world.

Biographie was this
futuristic project.

You know, I wanted to
try the next level up

and see what I was capable of.

Even Chris, he spent four
summers to climb that route.

And after Chris, it's
a lot of long stories.

The French guy, Sylvain
Millet, he spent on it

30 tries and eight years
only focusing on that.

A lot of very strong
climbers spend a lot of time.

It's such a challenge
for so many climbers.

You know with all of the
history behind the line,

it comes with a lot of weight.

I was back in the states.

Margo was already starting
to try Biographie.

And she convinced
Daniel Woods and I

to come project it with her.

Wow.

When Matty and I
got there, Margo

was going in deep
with Biographie,

already making good links.

I was impressed.

I mean, she was able
to climb the first half

of the route pretty easy.

There are difficult sections
throughout the route.

It has all different
aspects of sport climbing.

Endurance is important but
power is also important.

It's powerful and delicate.

It was impressive watching
Margo on Biographie.

She would fall on a
section and immediately

pull back up, latch
onto the wall,

and just rehearse the section.

Take, lower, rehearse
the same section again,

until she just had every move
ingrained into her system.

At the top, that's when
it's the make or break.

You've already
climbed 75, 80 feet.

I go up right hand
to a little crimp.

Then I go left hand
to a foot hold.

Then I reach straight up.

And I go out right to a pocket,
which I really love, actually.

And I reach out far left hand.

The little bowling ball,
the pocket with a thumb.

This hold shuts down
a lot of climbers.

When Sharma was trying
the first ascent,

he fell here dozens of
times, year after year.

One time I actually
got that left hand.

Come on.

Yes.

Come on, Margo.

I was so excited
and then I was off.

No.

God, I was bleeding so bad.

My hold was so good.

That was it.

She was bleeding
all over the holds.

I literally slipped
on my own blood.

But Margo, she
never wants to rest.

And she kept throwing
herself at it.

Take.

I think I should rest my tendon.

Does it hurt?

Yeah.

I'm just going to do this
part and then be done.

Matty and I tried to get Margo
to slow down so she wouldn't

get a long term injury.

But she wouldn't listen.

She just kept
raging on the route.

And could tell that just the
way she was climbing on it,

her finger was
affecting her a lot.

What the heck.

Wait, you're lowering me?

Yeah, I'm pulling rank.

That was a winner.

All of us worked
Biographie for a month.

Come on, Daniel.

Try hard.

Try hard.
Daniel and I got shut down, and
we had to go home empty handed.

Daniel and I got shut down, and
we had to go home empty handed.

But Margo, she just
kept working it.

Time went by and I took
so many trips up to Ceuse

that it's hard for me to count.

Biographie.

Biographie.
Good luck.

Good luck.

It's much more difficult
for me than La Rambla was.

Physically, but mostly mentally.

No.

Shit.

I think that this
period for Margo

was a period of exploration.

OK, I've done 5.15, but then
questioning where her limit is.

To her, it's not
about the great 5.15,

not about being the first woman.

It's just about pushing herself.

Some days I'm at home and
then I have the telescope.

When someone try
Biographie, I go and see.

When Margo come for
this, I'm very curious.

I was fortunate
enough with Biographie

to have a really
great mentor, Arnaud

Petit, a legendary
climber here in France.

I've not seen someone
walking that hard a route.

She's inspiring.

She's really focused
on what she does.

But she gives a lot,
maybe too much some times.

It's raining out
there right now.

I mean, it's definitely--
it's not ideal

but that doesn't
mean it can't happen.

The route's wet, it's
dripping down the wall.

If the route's wet, that
just doesn't really--

you can't really climb
hard when it's wet.

But yeah, she's psyched.

I don't get it.

No, it's OK.

I tried.

I don't know, I'm
glad I came up today.

We'll see.

Margo's biggest
weakness is she just

has a hard time
turning the light out.

The biggest wish
and the biggest hope

I'll always have for
Margo is that she

can find a balance between
being so driven and having fun.

I learned a lot from Margo,
a way to be positive,

to be better for the next days.

And this state of mind she has
is quite incredible, I think.

Margo, she has no limit.

She's training like a beast,
like training, training.

People say, who's she?

Who is this girl?

I guess this climb
means a lot to me.

I think that Biographie is
kind of a metaphor for life.

But the climb
doesn't come easily

and you have to put the work in.

You have to stay present
and in the moment.

It's definitely teaching
me patience and letting go.

And coming back fearless.

Come on, Margo.

Yes, come on.

Come on.

Come on, get it right.

Come on, nice.

Yes.

Come on.

Come on.

Nice.

Come on, do it!

Come on.

Come on, do it.

Yes, come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Concentrate.

When you break through and
when you do make it happen.

Come on.

Yes, come on.

It's this feeling that
you can't really describe,

like kind of getting emotional.

All right, I'm going for it.

Climbing.

Fuck.

Antoine, I've been better.

I'm calling because I took
a little fall climbing.

I'm in the hospital.

I'm not going to
make it to work.

I got kind of banged up.

I don't know how serious it is.

Climbing sucks.

I have to get an x-ray.

But I'll keep you
updated for sure.

But you know, obviously
I can't come in today.

OK, thank you.

Bye.

Yeah, I know this makes it
look really, really serious.

No, that does make
it look really bad.

I'm gonna die!

Oh, man, dude.

Yeah, it was a
bummer, the cam blew.

Fucking, dude, two cams--

Just one cam.

I don't know, like mostly the
back's kind of what I'm worried

about the most, probably.

Brad has been on my radar for
a long time, really good rock

climber, really strong.

But I think what
makes him unique

is his boldness and
commitment, kind of this lost

world of dangerous climbing.

My name's Brad Gobright.

I'm 27 years old.

I started climbing when
I was seven years old.

I dropped out of college my
first year and sort of just

been a dirt bag, traveling
dirt bag ever since.

Oh, glory!

I mean, I wouldn't be where I am
with climbing today, you know,

if I hadn't done that.

I lived in the boulders up in
Yosemite for months at a time.

I lived in the boulders up in
Yosemite for months at a time.
Wait, do you want to drink
lighter fluid, though?

Wait, do you want to drink
lighter fluid, though?

Brad had like two
shirts when we met him.

And then Christmas came
and he got another shirt.

And then Christmas came
and he got another shirt.
I was like, oh, whoa.

I was like, oh, whoa.

I was like, oh, whoa.
It's a third shirt.

It's a third shirt.

His car is not what I would
call nice or even good.

His car is a piece of shit,
but it gets him around.

I didn't have a lot of money.

My goal is to work
as little as possible

and climb as much as I could.

It looks so good.

It's just calling to me.

Brad was getting really good
but he was also sketchy.

I have not seen that
many climbers like Brad.

He's a freaking
strong climber and has

an amazing head for climbing.

All right, this is a bad idea.

Brad definitely qualifies
into that category

of one of those
people you've never

heard of that's stronger
than all the people

that you have heard of.

Dude, it's so wet.

Oh, man, that would
have been big.

All right, yeah, grab your shit.

Why are we up so early, Cedar?

We're up so early because Brad
is what I call over stoker.

Yeah, I sort of just zone out on
everything except for climbing.

Yeah, Brad's over stoker.

Some link ups, do
a lot of climbing.

Got to get ready for the spring.

Yeah, I got to get
ready for sleep.

Brad's beyond stoked, for sure.

He has these big goals and
he really wants to do them.

So he puts a lot of pressure
on himself to make that happen.

Goes out to Eldo and
dispatches every single one

of the scariest, hardest
routes on the Rincon wall.

Most climbers are
really psyched to send

one of those routes in a day.

The routes are R rated.

You can break your
legs on some of them.

Not most people's idea of
a fun day out at the crag.

All right, up here
with the Brad Gobright,

doing what I like to do
most, hanging out with men

in their underwear at the crag.

Brad freaking forgot his shorts.

But he wasn't going
to let that stop him.

He just like stripped
down to his skivvies,

put his knee pad on, and got
on the most dangerous route

of the day.

Come on, get it.

Oh, fuck.

Dude, that was so nasty.

Oh, that wouldn't have held.

Shit, dude.

Nice, dude.

You didn't break your leg.

Psyched.

It's not over.

Nice, dude, but
don't fuck it up.

Sweet.

Yeah.

All right.

Yeah, trendsetter.

You wear boxers, too,
not even boxer briefs.

Right, they make my balls itch.

I like to just kind
of let it hang.

That guy has climbed so
many impressive climbs.

But even more impressive
is his ropeless climbing.

Brad's a full solo climber.

I mean, he's been
soloing for years.

I mean, there's just very
clear, obvious consequences

if you mess up on a solo.

It's pretty clear cut.

You either send or you die.

I do experience fear.

But I've learned to deal
with it when I'm up there.

Getting to the point
where I'm like 100%

certain I can do
it without falling,

that's very satisfying.

How do you feel, Brad?

Oh, such a good climb.

This is what climbing
is all about.

Doesn't get much
better than that.

The only other person out there
that's doing the solos like him

is Alex Honnold.

If I was on a deserted
island with Brad Gobright,

I would let him have
sex with me, yes.

Everybody knows who Honnold,
Yosemite's best free soloist.

Probably the most famous
climber in the world.

Brad, on the other
hand, not famous, poor,

and solos in a scrappy
little climbing area

called Eldorado canyon.

Which is funny because
it's like a climbing area

that a lot of people hate.

It is scary.

I hit my head.

It's run out.

It's sandbagged.

You go there thinking
you can climb 5.11

and then you can
barely get up 5.9.

Holy fuck.

I don't look at Eldo
and think, like,

that's a place I
want to go soloing.

It's not like Yosemite where
it's like a splitter crack,

you know, and you're
locked in on every move.

You're on these faces,
exposed, doing hard moves

that are irreversible.

Once you do a section, you're
not going to down climb anymore.

It gives you the heebie
jeebies, doesn't it?

It's like, my hands are
sweating thinking about it.

One of the reasons I like
Eldo, it's a little exciting.

There's just an
element of insecurity

that makes the soloing a lot
more serious and therefore

a lot more impressive.

I mean, to me, they seem
pretty hard and pretty scary.

And I find Eldo
in general to feel

really slippery and insecure.

For many years, the hardest solo
in Eldo was The Naked Edge.

And for Brad, it's
an afternoon romp.

You know, I can do
The Naked Edge house

to house in under an hour.

He's like soloed The
Edge over 25 times.

He's soloed The
Naked Edge 25 times?

Are you for real?

Yeah.

That's fucked up.

Almost like a playground, you
know, you can go from one route

to the next.

Brad is the best soloist
in the history of Eldo.

Why haven't most people
have heard of Brad Gobright?

I would say most people
haven't heard of Brad.

He's definitely a bit of a
dark horse, kind of underdog.

You know, like he
barely has any sponsors.

Nobody knows who he is, really.

I mean, even though
he's definitely

one of the more talented
climbers in the country.

It's like rock climbing is
becoming an actual sport.

Like Honnold's got his own book.

There it is.

That's pretty pro right there.

I don't want to pay for
it, so I'm just reading it

here in the bookstore.

If I didn't exist
it would be like,

oh, rad, like nobody else
is really soloing hard

like that in the US right now.

Like that's pretty cool.

But it's just sort
of unlucky for him

that I've already kind
of stolen some of that.

Yeah.

I'll give him a free pair of
shoes as a consolation prize.

Honnold doesn't feel feelings
as far as I'm concerned.

But maybe Brad's
similar, actually.

Maybe they're just
two and the same.

I mean, there's at
least some chance

that most higher end soloists
have some kind of personality

disorder.

But the thing is,
everybody has quirks.

Like everyone has something
going on with their life.

Brad is a quirky guy.

He's not what I would
call pro climber material.

My name's, uh, Brad Gobright.

I'm a Blue Water athlete.

I was using the 9.7 Lighting--

He's short, goofy looking.

I wouldn't call him
wildly handsome.

Oh, pink is my
favorite color, so--

He's no Sharma, you know?

There there's no, like,
waving glorious hair

in the perfect light
as he like, dah-dah!

I would call him
socially awkward.

Totally destroyed
Cedar's toilet.

I would call his
eating habits poor.

Fruit loop donuts,
have you seen those?

He ate an entire
apple pie one time.

I watched him devour
an entire apple pie

in like a matter of 10 minutes.

He's the kind of guy that shows
up to the crag with a donut.

Old fashioned glazed, they
didn't have sprinkles.

I'm like, dude, that's gnarly.

I forgot my glazed croissant.

Brad is climbing at a super
high level, whereas, you know,

his life situation, not so much.

I got to be at work
at00 to bus tables.

Putting table cloths on
tables for rich people.

Oh yeah, he's a great climber.

But then it's like
everything else, you're like,

dude, what are you doing?

Oh, how did I forget that?

Man.

Oh man, you forgot the rack
or you tied the rope in a knot

again.

It's like, what the heck, dude?

It's like I just
put it in my pack.

I must have put it
on top of my jacket.

How can you be such
a Space Cadet?

Like, what is wrong with you?

This is what Honnold's
talking about, Brad.

Oh, I've got to get it together.

Yeah, this is not the mark
of a professional, dude.

It's actually a good
argument for soloing.

You just have to remember
your shoes and your chalk bag.

There's so much
less to remember.

So I am going to rappel
down the Doub-Griffith.

Thought I'd rap down, rope solo
it a bit, see how it feels.

There's a reason that the
Doub-Griffith has never

been soloed.

It's really technical
and powerful.

There's like thin, thin holds.

And there's like parts the
climb where you can't really

back off.

I'm not going to deny that
it's not a dangerous activity.

It is.

But I love free soloing.

And it's just kind of about the
beauty and simplicity of moving

up a rock wall all by yourself.

I think in the beginning there's
always kind of the butterflies,

and then they kind
of just go away.

By the time I'm like in the
middle of it all, I'm just 100%

focused and into
that little bubble.

You're not really being
distracted by anything

else other than like the
few moves in front of you.

Occasionally there are
these like harder climbs,

like the Doub-Griffith.

Those aren't routes I'd be
soloing all the time or even

a second time.

It's a next level solo for
Eldorado Canyon, and really

a next level solo for
soloing in general.

Brad had started
reading the comments,

you know, on Facebook.

That's always a mistake.

Can't read that shit.

I think what a lot
of people don't

see is all the time and
dedication and mileage

it took to get to this point.

I personally feel
like Brad falls

closer to my end
of the spectrum,

where he is just sort
of rational about it

like, oh, I can do this.

I feel comfortable.

So I'll just do it.

A lot of people don't really get
the whole free soloing thing.

But all I can say is that I
feel really solid up there.

You know, you're 100% focused.

But I think a lot of times
when people get on a rope,

they let their guard down.

Come on.

That's liked a fucked up fall.

Brad had been trying this 5.14r
called Viceroy on Top Rope,

probably one of the most
difficult and dangerous trad

climbs in the country.

Basically, there's
just one more day

to climb it before
a huge storm was

going to come in and
shut down the route

for the entire season.

But I just figured, you
know, what the hell.

I'll go for it.

Fuck.

Fuck.

Oh.

There was like 20
minutes of panic.

I'd never broken my back
before, but I knew right away.

I was like, oh yeah, it broke.

Yeah.

Just got hasty and
I just went for it.

We brought you chocolate
covered peanut butter things.

I don't know if you're
allowed to have any.

When Brad broke his
back, it was shocking.

My first concern was, you know,
is he going to recover from it?

Like how serious is the damage?

Brad had two compression
fractures in his back,

broke his ankle.

You know, before
the accident, Brad

was at the top of his game.

Yeah.

As it turns out, crutches and a
back brace are not a fun combo.

Oh yeah.

Climbing is the most
important thing in my life.

So when I got
injured, it was tough.

There wasn't much for me to
do because rock climbing was

really all that I did.

So here we are.

Brad's, like,
unbridled enthusiasm

is what makes him
a great climber.

But it's also, I think, why
he sometimes injures himself.

He just gets so stoked that
maybe he doesn't think things

through enough.

And that's definitely
what happened on Viceroy.

Damn, should have
backed up that cam.

Or I should have just stuck
the move and sent the route.

That would have been better.

Being so stoked that
you do something stupid

is one of the dangers of
loving climbing that much.

I would say in
the last 12 years,

climbing and climbers
have changed a lot.

I think that nowadays you're
getting these really strong,

really timid climbers.

People are afraid to run it out.

They're afraid to take
risks because they learn

to climb in a climbing gym
where everything is super safe

and Brad Gobright
is the antidote

to that in a lot of ways.

Let's do it.

I've definitely been getting
weird looks in the gym.

You know, like, oh man,
what happened to that guy?

He didn't just
break his back, he

broke his ankle and his back.

See, this is what sucks
about having a back brace

and crutches.

I just like picturing
him, you know, just

hanging from like
a little crimp.

And all the sudden, click, and
he's like paralyzed for life.

Good news is like
in a month from now,

my fingers will be the
strongest they've ever been.

The bad news is that I'll
be terrified to rock climb.

Trad climbing
will be way scary.

When you have an
accident like Brad had,

it's really hard,
not only just to recover

physically but mentally.

You know, especially
someone like Brad

who was really at this
outer level in boldness.

I was still like a little
nervous about tweaking my back.

And I felt very
mentally out of shape.

But it was really
important to me

that I made a full
recovery because I still

had some big goals in climbing.

I mean, that's the thing I love
about Brad is his commitment.

He's more committed
than any other climber

I know of right now.

He's more obsessed than anybody.

At that point in time,
coming back from my injury,

the thought of soloing
something hard in Eldo

seemed very unlikely.

I went up there by myself.

There was like pretty much no
one in the canyon that day.

Then I kind of started
to think about it again.

Right at the top of the Bastille
is Hairstyles and Attitudes,

one of the most exposed and
difficult lines in the canyon.

A few years ago I led
Hairstyles and Attitudes

and afterward I just
thought about how amazing

it would feel to be up
there with just a chalk bag.

Every solo Brad had done
in Eldo so far felt

like an incremental
step in his progression.

But to me, Hairstyles felt
like a whole new level.

It's balanc-y style of climbing.

It's very thin edges.

It's a little slippery.

But mostly it's
just super exposed.

It's so high off the ground.

I've climbed
Hairstyles and Attitude

and I couldn't imagine
soloing that route, especially

with how short he is.

You have to really
stand on your feet

and just get fully
stretched out.

Yeah, soloing something like
Hairstyles is definitely hard.

But I feel like Brad is
actually surprisingly

conservative in his approach.

I'd climb it so many times
where I got to that point

where I was like, I
know I'm going to be OK.

I've probably climbed this
about 50 times, no joke,

over the past few years.

And in the last
month, I've actually

been climbing it more and more.

I'm going to go ahead and do
this little sequence again.

Of course, people
are going to say

that soloing something
like Hairstyles

that soloing something
like Hairstyles
is reckless or totally
insane, but it's his dream.

is reckless or totally
insane, but it's his dream.

And you've just got
to respect that.

It's not just some sport hobby,
you know, it's my passion.

It's my life.

I want to look back on these
years and be super proud.

Hairstyles and Attitudes was
the hardest solo to commit to.

I was concerned that maybe
I would be a little more

tense than I should
be and it might make

the climbing feel different.

You get to that rest,
you're shaken out,

you're thinking about it.

But once you move up past
that ledge, it's 100% on.

There's no down climbing.

You're either going to
be coming off the wall

or you're going to
be going to the top.

Filming someone hanging from
like a couple millimeters

of rock, it's nerve wracking
filming that kind of stuff,

you know, it's intense.

Once I watched Brad climb the
first bit of hard climbing,

I knew he was 100% committed.

He was climbing super
deliberately and in control.

You know, then Brad came to
the crux, the hardest and most

insecure moves in
the entire route.

You know, it wasn't
like, oh my god.

I'm falling off.

I'm going to die.

But it was like, oh,
this feels a little bit

different than usual.

There was still a lot
of hard climbing to do

and I just had to
forget it and move on.

Yeah, I'm like kind of
overgripping, I think.

After that sketchy moment, I
can barely hold my camera still

to get a shot.

All I wanted to
do the entire time

was like through him the
fucking rope, you know?

But somehow he's able to dial
everything back and focus.

For Brad, it was like that
last 10 feet of climbing never

happened.

Watching Brad solo
Hairstyles was

one of the most terrifying
but most bad ass things

I've ever seen in climbing.

And I'm pretty sure
that no one's ever

going to do it again.

I've been wanting
to that for awhile.

One of the best, right?

So good.

So good.

I had a small sense of
relief coming over the top.

But mostly I just
felt so stoked.

That was definitely one
of the proudest climbs

That was definitely one
of the proudest climbs
of my life for sure.

of my life for sure.

You know, all the bold
climbing Brad's been doing,

some people find
it irresponsible.

But rock climbing,
it's not golf, OK?

It's supposed to be dangerous.

I mean, people think climbing
should be this safe sport

like gymnastics or something.

I say, screw that.

I'm all, climbing is
supposed to be adventurous.

It's supposed to be
a little dangerous.

It's supposed to be
exciting, you know?

I mean, what the

So how'd you lose your arm?

Someone took the guard
off the wood chipper.

You're lucky, this
could really--

I only stuck my arm out of
the shark tank for a second.

I was trying to get the fork
out of the garbage disposal.

Alligators don't
belong at petting zoos.

I didn't eat my vegetables
and it fell off.

When you get out of a
helicopter, never wave.

I do have a friend who
lost his hand to fireworks

so I won't make
a fireworks joke.

That happens a lot.

I was born without my hand,
and they're still not sure why.

My mom wasn't on
drugs, so I'm told.

Sorry, mom.

I don't want to be known for
being a one armed climber.

And it's tough,
because, like, I get it.

That's what makes me special.

But I'd rather be
just a good climber.

Like I don't want to
be good for a girl.

I don't want to be good
for just having one hand.

I just want to be a
good climber, period.

Fucker, I was so close.

Stump dicks.

So weird.

So weird.
Can't show that to my mom.

Can't show that to my mom.

My name is James Scheri.

I climb stuff, all
kinds of stuff.

Normally I wake up every
morning and it's holy fuck,

I don't have a leg anymore.

Do you really?

No.

OK.

I've been climbing with
Maureen for a little while now,

and there's pretty
much three things

that you need to know about her.

that you need to know about her.
One, animals.

One, animals.

I love animals so much.

Good, chickens.

Yeah, I do love my chickens.

They don't love me.

Two, junk food.

Oh my god, mac and cheese,
grilled cheese, carbs

and cheese together.

She pretty much has the
diet of a five-year-old kid.

And three, she is currently
the best one armed female

climber in the world.

She also probably has
the record for cupcakes

eaten on a climbing podium.

You know, losing
your legs sucks.

It's not fun, right.

But like as climbers, we
use our hands quite a bit.

And your feet, you can kind of
fake it, right, like, I mean,

not that I'm saying it's easy.

But the thing with
climbing with a stump,

it's just baffling to me.

I do a lot of matching.

I grab a lot of holds backwards
because I'll just make it work.

I can side pull with it.

I can lay back with it.

I can jam it in a crack.

If there's a jug, I
have to hook from above.

If I can get the
right angle on crimps,

I can actually catch
the edge of the crimp

if I'm really delicate.

Watching her clip
doesn't ever look solid.

Take.

I'll get like toes
to tits heel hook

to keep me on while I clip.

Sometime last summer
I decided, you know,

I want to find something
hard and I want to lead it.

And so a friend of mine
recommended Reefer Madness,

which is an 11a, four
star 11a in Clear Creek.

And I probably spent
five or six days

on top rope, three of which I
thought, this is impossible.

I can't do it.

And then on the fourth day, I
unlocked some kind of sequence

where all of a sudden I
thought, whoa, this is possible.

You got this.

You got this.

Yeah.

Not that long ago I would
have just settled

for being a 5.8 top rope
climber for the rest of my life.

And then I did Reefer
Madness and it just

didn't seem that hard.

It was such an eye
opening experience.

I was just like, I should
be doing harder routes.

I don't get the impression
that she has any intention

of stopping anytime soon.

People come up to us in
the gym and they're like,

we just saw you guys climbing
and we're just really inspired.

And it's like, we're not
doing anything inspiring.

We're just climbing in a
gym like everyone else.

Like-- pretty sure
I could like rapel

and you'd be inspired by it.

I don't want someone
to look at me

and just focus on the
one on the one arm.

I don't want someone to look
at James and just be like,

he's good for one
leg, or something.

I think climbing
with disabled people

has come so far in
the last few years.

Craig has climbed 5.13.

Ryan's climbed v10.

It's just like, I
think we should all

be held to the same standard.

The perception in
America, they're

so shocked that you're
doing something.

And so they react one
way, which is like,

oh my gosh, that's so inspiring.

When for the athlete, they
definitely don't like that.

I don't mind inspiring
other adaptive people

or disabled people,
because I think they really

do have this barrier to entry,
this barrier to thinking

of what's possible.

When you're ready.

But when someone from
the abled community

comments on one of
my photos, like, wow,

now I have no excuses.

I'm like, well, I
never really had

an excuse in the first place.

I think it's cool to
get recognized when

you go above and beyond or
are trying hard and doing

cool shit, but I don't think
we should be celebrated

just because we're disabled.

Just like bringing disabled
people to a level lower than,

you know, able-bodied people.

It's like that question
where, when you're climbing,

do you forget your disabled?

And I'm like, no.

Why would I want to
forget I'm disabled?

Why would I want to
forget I'm disabled?
I freaking love my life.

I freaking love my life.

I think that the image of a
disabled person in America

is built up to be helpless.

I understand the media is
fascinated with telling

stories of disabled people.

stories of disabled people.
But the way that they portray
us is just comically bad.

But the way that they portray
us is just comically bad.

Typing may not seem a
difficult task to you and me.

It's very accurate.

Nor is it out of the
ordinary for Maureen Beck.

Like typing, for real?

From birth, limits have tried
to interfere with her life.

And since that day, she's
shrugged those limits aside.

I think the worst
one was when they

made us rope up on the
second flatiron, which

is a 5.0 climb that
people in Boulder

do in their Birkenstocks.

As the sun rises
above the Flatirons,

James Scheri and Maureen Beck
see a challenge on the horizon.

James Scheri and Maureen Beck
see a challenge on the horizon.
You know, it's a climb
that everybody in our group

You know, it's a climb
that everybody in our group

had soloed dozens of times.

These climbers with
disabilities only

see opportunity at the base
of this towering sandstone.

Whoa, look at this.

Like they can actually do it.

And the whole day
we're just like,

this is kind of fucking boring.

To ascend a wall
riddled with pitfalls,

the team works together.

You're good to climb.

They see ability in
their disability.

On the mountain,
this group showed

us there is no summit
too high to reach,

giving those with disabilities
a new view on life.

People have these falsely
deflated expectations

of disabled athletes and
it really does affect us.

I did a comp, a
World Cup, actually,

we're all training really hard
and we show up and the routes

are like 5.8, 5.9, and 5.10.

And I'm like, I flew
to Europe for this?

I actually was like
upset enough about it

that I spoke to one
of the organizers

and was like, hey, like these
routes were way too easy.

Like, it's not cool.

And the guy actually
said, well oh, it just

makes the crowd feel really
good when you guys top out.

And I was just like.

Makes me feel like shit.

We're real athletes just
like the able-bodied team.

We don't claim to be special.

We don't plan to win
some silly awards.

Like we just climb because
we love climbing, just

like everybody else.

We go all the way up to
Wyoming to climb in Vedauwoo.

I think that I'm going
to be a nice person

and bring a cooler
full of beer and ice

so we can have cold
beer to drink all day.

And I hand the cooler to
Mo for like two seconds

and the next thing I know.

The cooler broke and it's
00 AM and we're out of beer.

The beer is everywhere, all
over the rocky ground, spraying.

Destroyed.

Pound it.

Come on.

There's still stuff in there.

10 o'clock in the
morning in Vedauwoo.

Woo.

It's like breakfast beer.

Waste not want not.

There are sober children.

Luckily I'm like
10 pounds heavier

and I can just wedge my
stomach into the off width.

That was the carbonation,
too, I promise.

Want to go rock climbing?

I have to be burped first.

Yeah, Maureen can be a junk
show every now and then.

We seriously got lost
like eight times.

My groin!

But like once she
is climbing, it

seems like the junk
show kind of goes away.

Maybe it's just that
whole, she's so excited

Maybe it's just that
whole, she's so excited
to climb she's
not really worried

to climb she's
not really worried

about the actual
planning process.

We're not lost.

Are you sure?

We're totally lost.

I have no idea where we are.

This is unbelievable.

I'm a new boulderer.

Bouldering is really
hard with one hand.

The fuck am I doing?

She'll fail.

She doesn't mind failing.

To me, I watch that and
I'm like, that's bad ass.

It's pretty cool to see.

Shit.

Would it help if there
was a cupcake at the top?

Probably.

One of the biggest
things I've learned

in the last couple
of years is when

it's OK to walk away and
not be mad at yourself

because just not all
climbs are meant to happen.

It's really sweet
going on a climbing

trip with other
adaptive climbers,

because no one's taking
the time to say, oh, no.

You can't do that.

Or, oh, be careful there.

Oh, don't let Budget
see this video.

The more I hang out
with adaptive climbers,

the more I'm pushing myself.

I'm not giving them
any slack and I fully

expect them to
not give me slack.

Nice, Ryan, nice.

Seeing other adaptive athletes
really push the limits

and see how hard
they can go, it makes

me want to be less of a fat
ass and see how hard I can go.

5.12 is something that
two years ago I'd tell you

you are absolutely bat shit
for thinking I could do it.

I think for every climber their
first 5.12 is that first, cool,

I'm a climber.

I mean, there's a book,
How to Climb 5.12.

There's not a book that says
how to climb 5.11 or 5.8, 5.9.

There's a friggin book
called How to Climb 5.12.

Have you read it?

No.

Oh shit.

Oops.

Obviously, I failed miserably.

That's not the way to do it.

But it's 5.12, it's
supposed to be hard.

So right now I'm working
on Days of Future Past.

The crux is crossing over a
greasy shallow offsize crack.

Most people can just reach
over to the good hold.

But having a friggin
negative 13 ape index

makes it a little hard.

And even when I
get the good hold,

it's like, how am I
going to match this?

Just grab it with my left hand?

There were definitely moves on
the route that seemed harder

than anything I had
ever tried before.

But there was something
about it that just clicked.

I thought, this could work.

This route is more
technical than Burl, which

I think is her strong suit.

She is very precise.

And she's able to take her time.

And she's able to
kind of sort it out.

I think if I just
try really hard.

It wasn't long before I had
the bottom climb completely

memorized.

The top section,
you know it's hard.

It's pumpy.

It's steep.

But it's totally doable.

The biggest question
mark for me was, was I

going to be able to do the
crux, which starts on a ledge

and it isn't over until
you grab a big chickenhead.

The hardest move is trying to
get that freaking stump jam.

I must have gone up
over a dozen times.

So fucking close.

Something wasn't
connecting for me

to be able to just
pull off this move.

It's 5.12, man.

I'm actually happy
on the inside.

Feels better every time.

We're out here for about
the 15th or 16th time.

I need cheese and
meat and crackers.

I'll bring some healthy snacks,
but you always need Oreos.

I don't think you can
climb without Oreos.

Just double stuff.

Like if you like single
stuff, you hate America.

She knows, like, OK.

It might not happen this week.

It might not happen next month.

But I think in her
head it will happen.

I spent a lot of time last
night visualizing the send.

So maybe it will go.

Maybe it won't.

Probably won't.

But I think it's go time.

I think it's time to start.

I think I've turned into like
a total projecting wanker.

Like I don't go climb
for fun anymore.

Fucker.

I'm sick of walking up
here three times a week.

I'll complain about having to
go to do my project, kind of.

I'll be like, yeah, I'm going
to go work the project again.

I'll be like, yeah, I'm going
to go work the project again.
Or I'm getting sick
and tired of it.

Or I'm getting sick
and tired of it.

But I just, I love that
process of taking something

that was impossible
and then doing it,

even if there is
some psycho insanity

time wasting in the middle.

What the fuck.

Bear is one of my tribe and
I find it really motivating

that he still gets up
and after it every day.

He could just give up
on life but instead

He could just give up
on life but instead
he's out here chewing sticks.

he's out here chewing sticks.

That's one inspiring dog.

I just, never thought
I'd be a projector.

I just, never thought
I'd be a projector.
Because before I did, I
thought it was boring.

Because before I did, I
thought it was boring.

How could you do the same climb
100 times when there's so many

climbs out there.

But now that I'm kind of
into it, it's kind of fun.

It's wet.

It's cold.

And I'm sick.

Shit.

I've always had this feeling
I could do the climb, that's

why I started it.

But I haven't been able
to do the crux move.

Like, it's still
shutting me down.

And that's when I
started to think,

maybe I just
actually can't do it.

Maybe someone with my hand
just can't do this route.

And so I went into this
lead attempt being like,

I'm going to fall.

And then I stuck the crux.

And I thought, holy
cow, this is it.

And I was like, oh shit.

I fell off after the crux.

Fuck.

I might be spent.

I realized it was going to
be a really big challenge

to link it all together.

Pretty much I haven't really
been projecting a whole route.

I've been projecting three feet
of climbing for the last six

months.

And when I say that, it
makes me feel insane.

Like, definition
of an insane person

doing the same
thing over and over

and expecting a
different result,

my face is next to that
definition in the dictionary.

I'm so close on this climb that
the littlest things I think

will make a difference.

I don't think she's had to
train that much up until now.

I think she's kind of just
done her thing and ate cupcakes

and called it good.

Whereas now, it's
like, if you want

to start climbing like
a harder route, I mean,

you kind of do have to train.

I hate cardio.

I hate running.

I suck at it.

But I'm slowly getting
convinced that it really

But I'm slowly getting
convinced that it really
does help with like
overall fitness, I guess.

does help with like
overall fitness, I guess.

My name's Nellie.

I'm Mo's trainer.

I'm here to take her
from 5.9 plus to 5.12.

Faster, harder.

Come on, Maureen.

5.12 doesn't climb itself.

Come on, Maureen.

Something is clicking
and I'm getting

stronger and more confident.

I mean, I can
ascend it whenever.

It's just this film is due.

It's like, fuck, it's due
in five days to Reel Rock.

In Boulder Canyon one-armed
climber, Maureen Beck,

attempts to inspire the world by
being the first one-armed woman

to ascend the notorious
difficulty score of 5.12a.

It's like toes to tits.

What to do.

What to do.

Standing in the way of her
most inspirational ascent

is one slippery, jengus crack.

I up.

Maureen has fallen from this
crack on to her safety string

time and time again.

Or, as her partner
James Scheri puts it.

She's whipped off of
a million times.

When Disabled News 7 got
a hold of this story,

we searched for
another amputee could

speak to the difficulties
Maureen is facing

and possibly lend her a hand.

Meet Tommy, TC Pro Caldwell,
the world's most talented

disabled climber.

In 2008, Caldwell
severed his index finger

in a tragic home
improvement accident.

After the accident, my
life completely changed.

We sat Tommy down for
an exclusive interview.

Everywhere I went
there was a reminder

of my crippling disability.

My gloves don't fit anymore.

I couldn't go bowling.

If I went to cup a big handful
of M&M's, like half of them

would just fall on the ground.

Like,, there
goes half my M&M's.

Disabled News 7
arranged for Tommy

to surprise Maureen
back in Boulder canyon.

When I heard that Maureen Beck
was going to try and climb 5.12

with one arm, I
thought to myself,

here's a girl that's
going to face a challenge

almost as big as mine.

We brought you a surprise.

OK, I hope it's cupcakes.

OK, what do you think
the surprise is?

Probably cupcakes.

Though initially disappointed
about the cupcakes,

Maureen was shocked to
meet her real surprise

right around the corner.

Because of their disabilities,
a friendship bonds

quickly between the two.

Oh hey, it's one of the tribe.

I came out to Boulder
canyon to inspire Maureen

to achieve the impossible.

This is your moment, Maureen.

When I was up on the Dawn
Wall, I looked at my stump,

and I was like, we can
do this little buddy.

Just think like that.

These horrifically disabled,
yet totally inspiring athletes

are setting the bar quite
high, making all of us

normal people be like,
what the ..

I believe in you, Maureen.

Come on.

Could it be possible that
disabled athletes are just

regular athletes, and
the rest of us who

find this so inspiring are
just boring holes

with no clue.

It's now or never.

You've got to
shove that stump in

deeper than you've
ever shoved it before.

Come on, Maureen, this
is your Dawn Wall!

With Tommy's support,
Maureen finally proves, she's

not that inspiring after all.

I just like, couldn't pull.

One, two.

We're all pretty
curious to see what

would happen if we
tie Tommy's arm back

and he could try it one handed.

Feels impossible.

Part of me was hoping he'd
unleash some of his Dawn Wall

on that shit and
just figure it out.

Fuck.

That's impossible.

Turns out, even a 5.15 climber
can't climb 5.12 with one hand.

Yeah, I have no idea
how you do that.

OK, good.

Good.

I'd be a little said
if you like flashed

my project with one arm.

I was like, this is impossible.

It's easy to let a project
like this stress you to death.

But I think if you just
remember why you went up

there the very first time to
try it, eventually, maybe,

you'll send.

I tried to really quiet my mind.

And I just think,
don't screw up.

Stay focused.

Breathe deep.

I finally get the crux and I'm
just pumped out of my mind.

I was definitely thinking,
this is my chance

to never have to
come up here again.

Somehow, I got the jug and
just, I couldn't believe it.

It was definitely just
like, don't screw up.

Don't screw up.

Oh my god.

Holy shit.

I just did it.

James, I just climbed 5.12.

Ow.

Do you need cupcakes for that?

Yeah, I could force
down a cupcake.

We've got Oscar--

I think if it hadn't been
for the 50 tries leading up

to the send, it wouldn't
have felt as good.

It wouldn't have meant as much.

It would've just been
another rock climb.

Like this thing was my
best friend and worst

enemy for five months.

And now it's over.

This is my30 in
the morning send beer.

It's delicious.

Hey, Tommy Caldwell
couldn't do this route.

Hey, Tommy Caldwell,
suck my stump.