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5 years of hard work building your channel was worth it just to be able to get this interview

After seeing other youtubers do similar type videos (on other topics), I am super appreciative of Ryan's approach of just leaning back and listening and only commenting every once in awhile, and letting Doug do 99% of the talking. Way too many other channels, the creator wouldn't have been able to resist inserting themselves into the stories and trying to make the conversation more 50/50.

This right here is what I am talking about. Amazing hearing his perspective and story. Thank you. Notice how kind and happy he is. He is confident and happy in his life and contribution. No ego but deserving of a huge one! Thank you!

Doug's words became one of my main mantras for all of last year: Mountaineering just means glad to be here No climbing is required. Simply from being in the mountains It will arise spontaneously of itself, For sheer joy in wild terrain. -Doug Robinson: Palisades notebooks, 1970

Love this interview. It'd be cool if you could get Doug to demonstrate some of these old techniques (with modern backup) like hip belay, pitons, rappelling, tying in, etc. I'd also love to see a drop tower video where Ryan tries to catch a 150 lb block of concrete with a hip belay!

Its so great that you got this primary source for climbing history recorded for future folks

This should be its own series. Would be amazing to see the old school guys telling and possibly showing you some of the technology and the way is was used back in the day .. keep up the great work.. all of the how not 2 team

I’ve climbed FAs by Royal Robbins out here in Prescott, AZ. Those guys were maniacs back in the day.

I really enjoyed this video, not just for Doug's stories, humor and knowledge. But I also like how you present him, leaves space for him and ask relevant questions, also adding a few stories of your own but not to take the spotlight. Feels more like a talk at a campfire rather than a interview, you do these type of interviews good man!

Imagine just living your life and there are people like this just walking around. Amazing

After reading about the forefathers of climbing and the tools and techniques they developed, it's a real treat to hear the stories direct from a pioneer and icon. Doug is the real deal. Kudos to Ryan for developing his relationship with Doug and setting up this interview. Years ago I had some conversations with Doug when I purchased a prototype pack he was developing for MontBell. He was modest, generous and knowledgeable. There are stories of him skiing the John Muir Trail from Whitney Portal to Yosemite Valley as well as him setting a speed record skiing across the Sierra to Mammoth Mountain. I'd love to hear him spin those yarns. Looking forward to Part II !

Love love love these kinds of talks. We need these stories and history before it's all gone. Much respect to doug. Very thankful to hear his stories. More of this please!

My Dad was one of those early British climbers. He’d ride his bicycle from Manchester out to N Wales for weekend climbing around Snowden. Climbed with Joe Brown and Stan Wroe. What Doug says about using a pebble as a chock is true! Edit to add: don’t remember if Doug mentioned this, but they would also just tie a knot in a loop of rope and use that as a stopper.

It's 'nuts' that GOLD like this gets "only" 50k views while 'silver' 7 second videos of how to hands-free unclip your rope gets millions of views. Don't get me wrong, I sh*t my pants laughing with the 7 second un-clips,... but this right here... this is gold, top of the line 5 star 11 out of 10 stuff. Keep up keeping up! Great content!!!

Never climbed in my life but I could listen to this dude tell stories all day.

Dude, by far the best content you've produced! Loved every bit of it, AND then reading the countless appreciative comments. There's a community right here in the comment section alone and this video brought it back to life

Absolutely looking forward to pt2!

So this is somewhat known, but Chouinard Equipment split and became Patagonia and Black Diamond, soft goods and hard goods. His comment about the diamond logo on the pitons makes me wonder if the BD logo we know today can trace it's lineage all the way back to John Salathe...

Did some climbing Santa Barbara 1961. Thanks for the memories

I had no idea I had already been listening for 38 minutes by the time the video abrubtly stopped. Great job on letting Doug talk and giving his stories the space in the editing to do their thing instead of trying to condense the life out of 'em. Could listen to Doug for hours.

Wow, what a Flashback! I learned to climb with his books and met him in the mid 70's. I started climbing at the swami belt/figure 8 knot stage with an Army guy and his twisted nylon rope. I've still got some old Chouinard Pitons and most of a set of the first Hexcentrics. Amazing Video! Thanks.

This some awesome history of Climbing that is under appreciated! I got to climb with him at PSOM in the 60’s.

Can’t wait for part 2.

Yup Doug..me too. Used a Padlock as a carabiner and some hemp rope when I started. .... but now they climb indoors. Never touched a natural rock. Pity. I luv ya buddy. You are old school like me. in 1980 I asked Santa for a 150 coil of Bluewater 3 one year and when it came dad drove me and Ralph Moran Russell up to Mt Yonah. We didn't tell him it was called the Widow maker. But Ralph and I didn't die that day and climbed on...me too. I think we had the new rope and a some webbing for a Swiss seat, and maybe 3 carabiners. Literally no equipment........But my God was it fun. I'm sure you know. You and the rock, and a thread. I'm not climbing anymore, glad you are. I'll be up again there maybe someday. It is nice to know of you...Godfather. ... I would like to draw attention to a misstatement of fact.... ... I do have to dispute the wiki ...... Sean Travis Miller was the 1st to climb the negative face at The Devil's Courthouse in NC in 1981. I can testify to this because I was his belay. He was part monkey and had Ninja-cat-like reflexes.... he fell 3 times, but made it up. I belayed him from above and back in those days, it was just a nut-cruncher Swiss seat made of webbing. REI had just come into existence. I sourced my Blue Water 3 coil from a local shop that supplied Boy Scout troops. Anyway...that's the TRUE story of how the first climb of the "Devil's Courthouse" happened.

This is so cool!!! Getting a chance to not only hear the awesome stories and history but immortalizing it and sharing it with the world.

The Moving Over Stone Doug Robinson!

I can’t think about the titons without thinking of gabby now……. Thanks Brian

Chockstones in the 50s in the uk we’re inserted with a line sling around it with a carabiner to clip the rope. Whillans and Brown we’re not the originators of threaded nuts. Whillans laughed at the practice before rapidly converting to it. Pitons were regularly used on British rock until the 70s. Awesome interview by the way.

“John Wayne never wore LYCRA” Hahaha classic. Surprised no one else laughed… I’m in my late 20’s and understand. Caught me off guard when only Doug and I were laughing.

Just brilliant. Thanks! Been climbing for 52 years and I still carry some of my slung pro around my neck. Easy on. Easy off.

Smashing, just for Doug.

Great to see that Doug is still out there having fun.

I could listen to these stories for hours. What a gem!

Sue, of the Chicago Mountaineering Club, once told me that her doctor asked her when she had back surgery. "Back surgery? Oh! Those scars are from belaying!"

This by far is the one of the coolest videos you’ve done! So awesome to see and hear from someone who was at the for front of Valley climbing. Great video Ryan!

Great interview! Doug was already a legend when I started climbing in the mid 70's. Kudos for documenting this history.

love how Doug remembers book names his memory is spot on just shows how much better off you are living in the mountains and not in the shity oh I mean the city

thank you for putting the 2nd part in the description! edit: AND in the comment awesome

Thanks Doug

What a cool guy

I would like to know the MBS of a Creekside pebble and a machine NUT with manila hemp rope, a soft shackle and a dynamic rope in real rock. 😄 Before I try it out 🌎 Btw... Loving your interview skills (2x cameras) Great questions, fun stories & beautiful people 🗻

So cool. What a great guy.

I took a week long climbing course in Yosemite and I remember the swami belt and tying in with a bowline. I also remember the hip belay. The last day of the course, we were guided up the “Great White Book”. Good memories.

I could listen for hours!

old stories and pictures, gear and all the stuff about climbing history inspires me way more to climb and explore, than modern videos and pictures and what not theres some spirit and fire in old stuff. modern stuff is bleak

OMG this is going to be humbling!

I hope you have this guy on the show many more times, nothing more valuable than info from the elders

"What's lycra?" LOL It's what came after painters pants. Man, I'm old.

Just great to hear these stories, just great.

Damn! I could listen to this guy all day.

I’m fishing and I’m glad I checked youtube, sick video

I could listen to this all day

You know you're old if you remember tying a climbing rope around your waist with a bowline, and thinking you're good to go. This would only be reasonable to do now if you're top-roping something easy and don't plan to fall. But even so, I'd still prefer to make a harness with the rope, including leg loops, but I forget how. There were 3 bights, one for your waist, 2 for the legs, and you adjusted the length before tightening. Anyone remember this knot? Good to know stuff like that for emergencies. Climbers have gotten out of hotel fires on the 10th floor with techniques like that.

I think it was the classic photo made into a poster of Doug on some mixed ice climb with spindrift pouring over his head. Great interview.

Just kidding awesome work thanks for sharing can't wait for parts 2.

WOW...deja vu all over again! I took a UCB extension mountaineering course ~ 1969/70, with Robinson and Galen Rowell...I remember him as kind and patient as he taught us newbies how to rappel off a mild ledge near Camp IV in Yosemite. I can say that "I've been belayed by the great Doug Robinson". Later we practiced winter techniques on the backside of Mt. Dana...in late fall. The weather turned into a whiteout blizzard... didn't phase Doug a bit...calm and cheerful while we froze our butts off and complained.

Best video ever!

Thanks a million for making and sharing this fantastic video, documenting this "very cool dude"!! Giving us a small taste of the joy and privilege it must be to meet and interact with this absolute LEGEND, by accomplishments as well as by mental attitude and demeanour.

Amazing job documenting climbing history!! Thanks Ryan, Doug and everyone involved!!

This was awesome! Thanks Doug for doing this. Can't wait for the next parts.

Wish I could like this video 100 times! Great interview.

This is so great! Thank you!

SO COOL!!

That is one awesome piece of history right there. Thanks to you both!

SUPER!

This is gold. Thanks for keeping this stuff alive. Legend.

Incredible content!!! Can't wait for part 2. Thank you

This is amazing to learn from his perspective and know more about the activity we love :) Thank You for this

This is such a gift. Thank you so much.

This is so good! Love hearing about climbing history and he’s a great story teller.

Love it. You should definitely do more of this

What amazing content. I love hearing these stories

Awesome interview! Thanks for doing this!

AWESOME interview! Can’t wait to see more!

Unreal video, so cool to hear his stories of climbing greats and the history of the sport!

Amazing. Thank you very much. I can’t wait for part two!

Such a fun interview! Please let Doug know that he’s the best!

Such an amazing video, Doug's humor, the way he tells the story, the history of how far climbing has come! Just great all around. Gonna save the rest of the video for tomorrow because this is great

This was awesome! He reminds me of our oldtimers (mentors of climbing) in the Czech Republic, when they started climbing sandstone here (also the 40s and 50s), as a matter of fact, we never got to iron nuts :-D we still climb with knots in cracks (on sandstone). Thanks for the stories.

this is gold ❤

Great video! We'll never get enough climbing history

Hugely enjoyed!

This video was so well done. The content, the audio quality, smooth edits, the location, this legitimately looks professional. Excellent job, and an amazing contribution to the climbing community.

I could listen to this all day!

Great vidya with great info. Looking forward to part 2!

Thanks for sharing this Doug. Yup. Before Amazon...we didn't have much. Manilla and a Padlock as a beener was how I began.

I really enjoyed this interview!!!!!

Great interview ryan, love the old timers perspectives and stories. More please!

I started watching as I was bored. Literally couldn’t stop until the end. Really incredible stories! Please keep it coming!

Wow what a wonderful interview. I'd listen to another dozen of hours of this.

This was great! Nice work.

Awesome awesome awesome video. Loved every minute of it

Excellent episode! I love climbing history. Thanks!

Thank you for an amazing video! And thank Doug for his stories and his kindness! You guys really did something great here, I think. Turning youtube into a virtual camp fire.

Good to bring back memories of early climbing in Yosemite

This was excellent!

Great talk!

This is by far the best "history lesson" I had in a very long time. The perspective it gives is humbling to say the least

What a great content guys!