You are right. Uncontrolled and not safe. I don´t feel good to see this.

I was thinking the very same thing. Very poor practice.

@@sgabriel I was there in August 1988. Found some fellows at Rifugio Emmanuele, they took me with them and we made it up to the madonna. A very special day. I returned in 1997 and started at Pont at 2:00. I was alone and continued up to the great plateau 30 min beneath the summit. Of course not good practice too. But there were few crevasses and only narrow ones. I dared. But the weather changed and I returned. Good decision. I learned later that somebody get lost that day. Such things happened to me several times. The strangest one was at Popoctepetl in January 1994. Everything fine. But a few weeks later, a sudden eruption killed a whole groupe of Italiens. Poor chaps. The toxic fumes killed in no time.

I don't understand. The first biner was unclipped correctly (the second climber had already passed the second bolt). For what I can see, the last climber has to unclip the second biner before the partner can reach the belay (on the statue) because there is not enough rope between the two. This is not multi-pitch climbing: the guide is belaying the two climbers attached on one rope at fixed distances. This is the normal way on these alpine climbs.

Also the rocks look really unstable and with global warming this condition can become dire.

They use a helicopter man!

@@TimEtTobi Wow, never saw one of those… is that like a straw man, but with a rotor?

Would be better if they didn't put that junk up there.

Guides have to deal with idiots like this literally all the time, although as a result of this the guy who removed the rope would've come out the worst had anyone fallen.

Security clamp? What do you mean? As far as I can tell all three of them are properly tied in at all times. I’ve never seen two followers climbing on the same rope though, so don’t know what to watch out for.

There is no other gear between the second spit (carabiner) and the belay point (on the statue). The rope between the second climber and the third (holding the camera) is not long enough. So no choice, but unclipping the second carabiner before the partner has reached the safety of the belay. (The fist carabiner was unclipped correctly as far as I can see, when the partner had already passed the second spit).

@@FranFerioli assuming your last sentence is right, and at when he pans away at 00:47, the second climber, who had unclipped the draw at 00:44, had finished doing so and reclipped on the other side. If he hadn't and was unattached, a fall could've resulted in both of them swinging like a pendulum from the belay point, which could've been nasty. Let's assume you're right though. I'd love to climb Gran Paradiso - if we actually get some snow at some point this year I may ski up in the next few months, doesn't look like it for now though 😑

@@Punttout Best of luck. I tried skiing it a few years back, but there was too much wind higher up and we had to turn back before the summit. Still we had some awesome ski in the many huts around Gran Paradiso.

🤬Every good climber notice that crampon on the rope!😂 Not the best if you need to rappel down then! 😂I would scream loud!!! 😂😂

Well, that view is clearly worth all the work and the risks ; )

Simon Brooks. Yeah I know not one smile or yell of excitement lol

This is freedom 😇

It does look like it.

No they aren't

no their guide is belaying the Woman in front of the camera guy and she is tied in with a double figure 8. Even if one falls the guide can stop the fall :)

Yes they are

No, the guy with orange pants is running the belay

That would be way more dangerous. Especially on the glacier below the summit. On a glacier, the snow softens during the day and you can fall through the snow into a crevasse you didn't even know was there. As for the summit, the guide upfront passed the rope through a friction knot in order to stop the accidental fall of a following climber. So, it it safe? Absolutely not, people die all the time in the mountains: 🤷‍♂

Bruh

wait what ? someone did the gran paradiso in minecfraft?

Monte Gran Paradiso located in Valle D'Aosta, Italy. 👋

Sì, c'era 1 chiodo a metà.

Italy

Alpi Graie, Aosta Valley, Italy.

@@massimopalomba5009 awesome 👍

It's the only 4000m peak fully in Italian territory. The border runs through the summit of Month Blanc, Matterhorn and several peaks in the Monte Rosa group that are only half on the Italian side.

Bolts are an environmental problem only in North America. You can close the hole any time mixing resin with powder from nearby rocks and you will hardly notice upon close inspection. Bolts have lower environmental impact that anything else a climber does. And you are free to place your own gear instead, if you so prefer.

this is not the true summit, la madonna is at 4055

“Gran Paradiso”. It’s an italian mountain

One day they will broke their bones with such way of security on the rope.

Is that statue Jesus or Mary?

A lot of priests sure have been acting like full time practicing Catholics, spending so much time with young boys

pero la madonna non è la vera cima, la madonna è a 4055

Purtroppo è vero 😢

It is the summit though

@@niciie100 not the true summit

@@MrCollewet whats the summit then?

@@niciie100 madonna is at 4058m, true summit is at 4061m. You have to continue for like 30 or 50meters on the ridge.

@@MrCollewet i have been there myself last year and i can say that there is no higher rocks.

La madonna isn't the true summit though, la madonna is 4055

Abbiamo sbagliato cima, ha ragione lei, le guide alpine mica lo dicono! 😢

They should install an escalator and mountain top gift shop to make life easier for them.