 | Diamond Knot vs Button Knot | Sailing Soft Shackles
2. 10. 2021 17:11:53
David Lienbenberg (@jumbosailing) does professional #sailing and brought his #diamondknot #softshackles for us to break test. Then we compared them to the #buttonknot that has more strength because it makes the diameter bigger for the noose. The button knot was getting 25% to 30% more strength tha... |
 | Updates - It's almost done
4. 10. 2021 17:20:01
I'm getting two of these! https://www.perfectdescent.com/My work flow https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UwtlaEBm75XU_xJzMuMJqSPhHNkNsX71-13yf1d7kMs/edit?usp=sharinghttps://www.loadstarsensors.com/ ... |
 | How Not 2 Canyon
6. 10. 2021 15:30:05
Brent Roth (https://www.facebook.com/WhitewaterPirate/), Joe Cruikshank, Logan DeGrand, and Dave Hawkins introduced me to canyons. We did a 20 minute hike down hill in 4 hours, it felt like climbing but only went down, and it was similar to caving but I didn't have a headlamp. Put in the comments ... |
 | Canyon Gear for Wet Canyons
13. 10. 2021 16:18:31
Brent Roth shows us what gear you need to go down (WET) canyons. 10% supports us at https://www.extremegear.org/ - they sell canyon gearPatrons get early access https://www.HowNOT2.com/donate ... |
 | Breaking Flaky Carabiners that have been in cave only 10 years
16. 10. 2021 18:27:27
Hunter Campbell (https://www.instagram.com/camp_316/) sent me a bunch of corroded carabiners, quickdraws and hangers from a cave that he and Kyle (thumbnail), Aaron Moses, and Dave Smallwood projected. ... |
 | Half Mile - How NOT 2 Rig California Record Highline - 861 meters
20. 10. 2021 15:14:27
This is the story of how the 861m (1/2 mile) long highline rigged earlier this year at Taft point in Yosemite. This gap was eyeballed by many over the years. It was thought to be impossible to tag a line across the chasms and around the large trees between side A and side B. After 5 days of hand t... |
 | Dyneema Loops - Making and Breaking Amsteel
23. 10. 2021 16:18:15
David Lienbenberg (@jumbosailing) does professional #sailing and shows us how to make an Amsteel loop with a chafe cover. He does three wraps with 1/8' Amsteel and we break it afterwards with surprising results. Eye to eye, 1/8' Amsteel breaks at 12.4kN or 2,787LBF so a triple wrapped loop should ... |
 | Monday Update - How much FORCE does bounce testing AID CLIMBING gear generate
25. 10. 2021 18:58:28
Drainage is done for the drop tower, I just have to put down the rubber mulch when things dry out. Update as of the next morning after filming... its draining quickly! So that's great!My cell phone caused the noise on the LoadStar load cell that I have. In airplane mode it works great! These are ... |
 | Full Highline Tutorial - ? - ? - 4mm Soft Shackle Connections for Highlines?
27. 10. 2021 16:48:58
This was the first time I used DOUBLE WRAPPED 1/8' or 3.2mm soft shackles double wrapped as connections for my segmented highlines. We show you how to make them, how we install them and the entire rigging process start to finish. A must watch for anyone rigging highlines at any lengths. Thank you... |
 | 3 Ways to Build Top Rope Climbing Anchor
3. 11. 2021 14:30:04
Bobby shows his favorite ways to build a top rope anchor on 2 bolts. 4 things to consider: Is your anchor - Strong, Solid, Secure and Redundant. Also, try to make your anchor efficient and equalized, with an angle of less than 90 degrees.... |
 | Bobby climbs at Cerro Gordo with Ghost Town Living
10. 11. 2021 15:30:04
Brent from @GhostTownLiving invited Bobby out to help him establish some climbs on the Cerro Gordo ghost town property. Follow along as they scout and establish the first climbs on gorgeous limestone walls. See Ghost Town Living's video of this project at https://youtu.be/xYGXQbtrXBY?t=1... |
 | How much force does it create | Canyoning Guided Rappel
17. 11. 2021 15:30:01
Is it safe to have 2 people on a guided rappel? How much force does it create? Brent Roth (https://www.facebook.com/WhitewaterPirate/) and Joe Cruikshank demonstrate a guided rappel and I read off the force from the LineScale 2. We now have the LineScale 3 and it records the data internally and i... |
 | Drop tower rubber, secret projects, perfect descents, and more - Monday Update
22. 11. 2021 15:30:03
I've been quiet, that is a sign I'm extra busy. Secret project coming out this weekend!Drop tower drainage, rubber base and guy wires are finished. Just got to add lots of triangles for strength and boom, we start dropping things.... |
 | How strong are sail boat soft loops & snap shackles
24. 11. 2021 15:30:00
We tested a sail boat...or at least how you can connect to a sail boat. David Lienbenberg (https://www.instagram.com/jumbosailing/) and I tested 2mm, 3mm and 4mm soft pad eyes or soft loops installed in a small piece of fiberglass.... |
 | Dan Osman's final jump in Yosemite gets repeated 23 years later
27. 11. 2021 20:06:50
Dan Osman is a legend in the climbing community. He passed away doing the most epic rope jump in Yosemite National Park 23 years ago and we wanted to honor him by repeating it. We climbed an A4 route called Roulette on Leaning tower, hiked up Fifi 3x to tag a line across by hand (no drones) and to... |
 | Behind the scenes of Dan Osman Leaning Tower Rope Jump
30. 11. 2021 01:22:06
Ive been busy doing a rope jump off Leaning Tower in Yosemite to honor Dan Osman for the inspiration I got from him. I talk about behind the scenes a little bit, show the lab getting decorated and more organized and the plan for the next few weeks. ... |
 | Big Wall Hooking Pitch on Leaning Tower | How NOT 2 be Hooker
1. 12. 2021 15:43:34
How NOT to be a hooker shows you all the ways the F word can be used, but also the concept of big wall hooking with a real life example. At the end we include break tests, mostly from: https://youtu.be/D7_S_UHtgFA... |
 | Rappelling Hacks
8. 12. 2021 16:46:20
Thank you Andy Kirkpatrick for DOWN (found at https://amzn.to/304zkY5). Being able to self rescue in an emergency is a important set of skills. We show 2 rappelling hacks if you drop your rappel device: the munter, super munter. We also show how to get down when you don't have enough rope with a 'b... |
 | Drop Tower Soft Opening
15. 12. 2021 16:11:24
Here is the soft opening of our drop tower. We did random tests that we were most excited about. We drop tested Metolius Easy Daisy and ascenders on 11mm and 8mm ropes. We also did them in SlackSnap so we could compare slow pull vs dynamic falls. Our timestamps and results are the following:... |
 | I moved to Seattle
20. 12. 2021 16:39:11
I'm living in Seattle now and prepping and planning and maximizing my lab time with more break tests in 2022 than the last 5 years combined. I plan on being in the lab about 1 week a month and Bobby may even be able to break stuff when I'm not around. Being more prepped before testing, and narrati... |
 | How NOT to simul climb literally
22. 12. 2021 16:19:19
If you want to see part of the #RoyalArches route in #YosemiteNationalPark, then this is the video for you. If you want to learn something, well... we have 300 other videos for that. Don't use tooth devices to belay while climbing! Always tie knots in the end of your ropes when rappelling. ... |
 | 100 feet deep in the hot Idaho desert, this cave had
29. 12. 2021 15:30:22
Brien Hawker (@dopeasbuck) and Landon Suthers (@burning_gasoline4fun) took me caving in the middle of nowhere in Idaho. This desert was 100 degrees and quite interesting what I got to see just about 100 feet below the surface. ... |
 | Huge HowNOT2 Update | Happy New Year
3. 01. 2022 16:24:16
Thank you to everyone who donated in 2021! We value your trust when you invest in breaking gear fear so we love transparency. Our spreadsheets from all our income and expenses for 2021 is at https://www.hownot2.com/donate. Short story is: Donations $46,256. Expenses $59,134. We did a LOT with $... |
 | Drop tower slow mos
10. 01. 2022 17:43:10
We did a LOT and we teased a LOT in this video about what's coming. Please buy your climbing and caving gear at https://www.EXTREMEGEAR.org/. They support this channel with 10% of your purchases and the rest goes to their non profit for Cave Exploration Society. The first discount game starts wedn... |
 | ❄ ⛄ - Are Frozen Climbing Ropes Weaker
12. 01. 2022 15:30:01
Are climbing ropes weaker if they get frozen??? We put climbing ropes in the freezer then pulled on them. This has been requested many times. The details of our results are in our BLOG https://www.hownot2.com/post/frozen-ropes... |
 | Climbing carabiners don't break like you think
15. 01. 2022 16:00:00
Are multiple carabiners stacked in 1 climbing hanger dangerous? I think so!?!?! Maybe. See what happened in this episode.DISCOUNT GAME: 20% off all carabiners for 20 hours from this page https://www.extremegear.org/shop/hardware/carabiners... |
 | Climbing artwork and website updates
17. 01. 2022 16:38:38
I share my thoughts on last weeks comments. I show you what's coming this week. And here are all the updates on the behind the scenes for our show!https://www.extremegear.org/ If you buy gear, get it here. More discounts coming on wednesday's video!... |
 | Does climbing gear pulling out soften the blow on the next piece
19. 01. 2022 16:00:21
Putting in climbing trad gear that might not hold you can sometimes make you feel better, but it also can wear you out to put it in. Does that gear help absorb some of the fall if it blows??? We did 6 tests on the drop tower and here were the results:... |
 | I respond to trolls - Mountain Project
25. 01. 2022 04:51:13
Do you think backyard science has value? Do you think standards testing is all the climbing community needs to learn about their gear. If you are way smarter than me, email me and I can run videos by you if I can trust that you will add to them rather than just tell me I'm doing it wrong. Let sci... |
 | Mechanical Advantage is Myth
26. 01. 2022 16:00:35
We all know friction in a mechanical advantage block and tackle pulley systems can reduce output, but I haven't heard anyone talk about stretch. I am always using semi static or climbing ropes, which have a lot of stretch. We test all the way up to a 13:1 with dynamic, semi static and 0 stretch dyn... |
 | Nalgene Missiles
2. 02. 2022 16:00:18
Please don't drop anything on my head. Secure everything well! The MBS of a watermelon is one good aim!DISCOUNT GAME: 20% off for 20 hours on any of the helmets - https://www.extremegear.org/shop/helmets... |
 | Guess which carabiner breaks last CARABINER SHOWDOWN
5. 02. 2022 21:16:23
We tested 12 wire gates climbing carabiners in a chain until the last one was standing. If you use rated gear, it is super good enough. This is edutainment... NOT science! We share HOW to buy, not WHAT to buy at the end of this video.... |
 | We dressed our drop tower dummy
7. 02. 2022 16:00:33
We dressed a dummy, what can I say. It's odd, I know. A solid steel weight is not a good representation in the drop tower for real life scenarios but it can help isolate certain tests. However, we want a more fun and a more realistic dummy. For $300, this was a good test to see if we want a pers... |
 | Climbing Science | Gym Climbing Forces
9. 02. 2022 16:00:18
How much force is on the climber, the belayer and the bolt when you whip at the gym? 2 years ago we did some tests at the gym and it was really popular, but people said our hertz, or rate in which the load cell reads, was too slow to pick up the peak force. So we literally helped create the LineSc... |
 | Do WET climbing ropes break weaker
16. 02. 2022 16:00:32
The rumor is that wet ropes are significantly weaker. The instructions that come with the rope say that it is dangerous. Climbing magazine advises not to use a wet rope. UIAA supposedly got 3 falls instead of 7 like normal, before it broke. What are we supposed to think and do when we end up wit... |
 | How we got 7+ MILLION views just opening carabiners
21. 02. 2022 16:40:12
Brent Roth (https://www.instagram.com/whitewaterpirate/) showed me a carabiner trick. We posted it. It got reactions. Rinse and repeat and here we are with over 7 million views and a whole array of emotions over a few short videos. Short answer: super good enough. Don't go replacing all your ca... |
 | See what broke our snow anchor pickets
23. 02. 2022 16:00:29
We tested pickets, bollards and even a glove for a snow anchor with Kevin Watson and https://www.instagram.com/cruikedjoe/ The Book DOWN by Andy Kirkpatrick found at https://amzn.to/353fPRZ... |
 | Here are our results - VT Prusik TESTED
2. 03. 2022 16:00:25
We pulled on 8mm and 7mm Bluewater VT Prusiks on semi-static nylon climbing ropes 10mm, 8mm and 6mm diameters. Brent Roth (https://www.instagram.com/whitewaterpirate/) showed us how he uses it in a canyon and Cory Grossman (https://www.instagram.com/grossmancory/) showed us a few tricks arborists u... |
 | the consequences of war - I zoom called slackliners from Ukraine and Russia
4. 03. 2022 13:00:31
This is the story of my slack family living with the consequences of war. Send them good vibes and be respectful in the comments.... |
 | Sketchy carabiners from Amazon, AliExpress, Ebay and Walmart tested
16. 03. 2022 15:00:02
Just because the swivel is 'rated' for 30kN or 6,750lbf doesn't mean the cheap looking carabiners they come with are safe for life supporting activities such as climbing or aerial silks. A carabiner safe for climbing should be rated for 20kn or more and certified at least by CE with an EN number an... |
 | March Madness HMS Locking Carabiner Showdown
23. 03. 2022 15:10:54
Carabiners Tested in this video in order of test:1- Trango Regulock HMS Autolock 2- Black Diamond RockLock https://tinyurl.com/bdf6698b3- Beal Be Lock 3 Matic https://tinyurl.com/2p8r5nkk4- Camp Atom 2Lock https://tinyurl.com/bdda5mzm ... |
 | SPRAT Certified & Coming s - 100,000 Subscribers
28. 03. 2022 16:51:17
Thank you for subscribing and getting me to 100k subscribers! I'm SPRAT certified. Thank you Mark Hanna for teaching the course. I plan on giving early access to episodes for Patreon supporters. Learn more about it at https://www.hownot2.com/donate. ... |
 | Exploring Topless Dome Part 1 of 3 | Aid climbing INSIDE muddy cave
30. 03. 2022 16:19:25
Topless Dome is a 396 foot tall dome with a water fall coming down the center of it. This is the 1st video about the project where I lead from Rachel Saker's 'Disillusion Window' up to 'Horse Tooth Pit' which is about half way to the top. The next episode we make it all the way. ... |
 | SPRAT & Industrial rope access - Get paid to climb on ropes
2. 04. 2022 17:26:12
Bobby Hutton and I got SPRAT certified by Mark Hanna at https://www.swaymechanika.com/ropeaccesstraining. This is just an introduction to what SPRAT is and what training looks like to anyone in the audience who might not know you can make money climbing ropes. It just won't be on rocks unless you... |
 | Topless Dome Part 2 of 3 - I spent 62 HOURS exploring 400 foot water fall inside cave
6. 04. 2022 16:00:08
Topless Dome is a 396 foot tall dome with a water fall coming down the center of it. This is the 2nd video about the project where Rachel Saker finished leading to the top of it and we rappelled next to the water fall. We were in the cave for 3 days, 2 nights for a total of 62 hours to complete th... |
 | Topless Dome Part 3 of 3 | 44 year old cave anchor break tested
13. 04. 2022 15:58:34
Topless Dome is a 396 foot tall dome with a water fall coming down the center of it. This is the 3rd video about the project where we test the original anchor that we found; used by the first ascensionist in 1978. We also test a few other quick links found in nearby caves. The last one I could no... |
 | Iceland Ice Stunts
16. 04. 2022 14:51:48
Here is a teaser trailer of our adventures in Iceland where we highlined, rope jumped, ice climbed. Our 7 episodes coming out about this trip will be about the rope jump rig, how we rigged a highline and got the photo you see in the thumbnail, ice screw break tests, v thread break tests, and a 3 pa... |
 | Must watch before buying or using it for the first time - How NOT to use Ronin Lift Power Ascender
20. 04. 2022 16:25:55
I almost bought a Ronin Lift Power Ascender for a climbing project and I would have ended up using the wrong rope which not only sucks to damage the Ronin and also your rope BUT if it shreds the rope and you are on a single rope system, then you die. Don't die because you didn't read the instructio... |
 | Climbing cams tested in the drop tower
23. 04. 2022 16:00:19
Many of these cams came from Timothy Niedmeyer - Thank you. They all broke above MBS and higher than the force you will put on them if you take a whipper. It is nice to see HOW they break, not just the breaking force. ... |
 | Rappelling Overview | Canyon Rope Systems
27. 04. 2022 16:23:36
THIS IS VIDEO 1 OF 10 - See textbook https://www.hownot2.com/post/canyon-rope-systemsHere is a free course featuring Brent Roth about different ways to set up rappels through a canyon. This considers ease of rigging, abrasion, ease of rescue and how efficient it is to move people through the canyo... |