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i have a phobia about ending up underneath the pile, becoming a cone tree, getting stunted and cut down, getting into a paper mill and turning into toilet paper

Adding to this list with some Canadian history: (1770s) The Heights of Abraham in Quebec City was scaled by the British General Wolfe and his men to siege against the French. They were defeated in the summer when trying to approach from an easier angle, so Wolfe said 'f*** it' and had his troop scale the cliff that was like 175 feet tall in the autumn out of spite more than anything. On site flash it for the boys, or die trying.

Taking notes before I get conscripted

There’s a big French alpine tradition of military mountaineering, with army groups called chasseurs alpins (« alpine hunters ») that operate in the mountains with climbing and skiing (they also have bolted a bunch of sports crags), and then the PGHM / GMHM which are two military mountain elite teams that have done a ton of first ascents and hard mountain stuff, winning a few piolet d’or etc. I was also once at a crag and there was suddenly a big group of French foreign legion guys (foreign people who sign up for the French army) in training who arrived for a rock climbing exam where they had to climb 5C in full gear with backpacks and army boots…

So I don't wanna sound like a nerd, but I just have to mention something regarding Via Ferratas. You have to know that via ferratas are actuallya the result of the climbing efforts in WW1. Basically the best climbers of both sides would set Via Ferratas (italian for "Iron Way"). These via ferratas were then used for an easier ascent with equipment. I know Via Ferratas get a bad rep among some climbers especially from the US but here in Austria (and Italy too) they are well-beloved among most mountaineers for the easy access and historical relevance.

15:00 "and then fucking Tommy Caldwell comes up behind you and starts slitting everybody's throats in the middle of the night". I don't know how we got here, but I'm here for it.

this whole video's concept reminded me of Magnus's old collab vid with Devon Larratt when Larratt said back in the day leaders just had to have sent a whole bunch of "you guys (climbers)" to scale castle walls to do takeovers. I loved that comment from him.

I love that bro just t-posed when he got shot 12:24

12:19 caught me so off-guard, that was hilarious. Please continue to do the shitty skits, they're one of my favorite parts of your videos

Yo no forget about D-Day, it had some pretty dope climbing with the American Rangers scaling some like 100 foot cliffs under heavy artillery fire

Love how the first 3 minutes are basically a movie review, always killer content here

static door ramping vs dynamic door ramping be like

This is innovative creative content. No bullshit. Nice work man.

As a Marine veteran and newer rock climber, I absolutely love this shit. I've taken to viewing rock climbing as an extention of necessary skills for becoming a more well-rounded warrior.

POV Will Bosi climbing berdin of dreams with an ak

youre a pioneer in the climbing content community, also learned legit interesting stuff from a video like this lmao like the 52 tunnels etc. solid stuff

😂 every single video is just so casual yet so professional ! I love it ❤ keep it up man !

"Never take a climber's beanie" 😂 So true man, there's been times I was genuinely discouraged at the crag because i forgot my beanie. I don't even wear one outside of climbing or hiking most of the time too lmao. Once, during a climb I was resting on a fairly spacious ledge, and eating some snacks. I took my beanie off to cool down a bit and enjoy the wind, and not even 2 minutes later a goat scales down to the ridge, and steals my hat 😭 I wasn't going to try to get it back either, that goat was fucking jacked out of his mind. Definitely been climbing his whole life, eating well too it looked like 😆

This had me in tears😂 I look forward to every one of your videos. This channel deserves every last sub and view. Awesome content

US army 10th Mountain Division’s ascension of Riva Ride in Italy 1945. 10th Mountain was a unit based in Camp Hale CO whose sole purpose was mountain warfare. Specifically, Riva Ridge was what was considered the hardest part of Mount Belvedere in the Apennine Mountains. And they did what what was deemed impossible at night to add extra spice.

Rock climbing SOF was used in the Nagorno-Karabakh, I could not find a reference right now but when the second war was raging I listened to several podcast about the conflict and in one there was an interview with a soldier who among other tings was telling a story about how during the first war one side had taken a small town that was high ground and my memory fails me now but I think it was overlooking Susha and made it a stronghold and placed artillery there. This town was taken by surprise because the SOF climbed the steep walls. During the second Nagorno-Karabakh war the town, that now had almost no civilian inhabitants were now retaken by rock climbing SOF from the other side of the conflict. I have seen footage from one of these climb but didn't find it now, but it's out there somewhere. What goes around comes around, I guess.

There were actually heavy clashes in WW2 between german mountain infantry Edelweiss and russian soldiers on mt. Elbrus (up to 4100m above sea level) and on nearby high altitude passes (Hotyutau and others, about 3500m asl). Germans were high trained, skilled and equipped mountaneers, russians were not, but even tried to counter offensive at some point. Not so many rocks there, but plenty of moderately steep ice slopes, huge cracks in gigantic glaciers and so on.

Funny timing on this video. I have been on WW2 binge for the last week or so. Perfect timing to tie in climbing with the world wars.

That intro was great. Had a PopoMedic vibe.

2:16 stairs in castles back then were made In a way that made it very hard to advance against enemy as every step was different height so you had to focus alot on how you walk up which took some of the attention needed to fight at the same time, so a soldier just tripping over and falling straight into enemy that was prepared to stab him is historicaly accurate

My buddy had to climb a cliff in Afghanistan. He said he was thinking “what would Matt grab?” Made me happy to know I helped him in some way, shape or form.

Nice (I'm from Geneva). In fact, the aim of the attack was to capture the city of Geneva ("Protestant Rome") in a surprise night attack. The plan was for an elite force to climb the city walls and open the gates to the rest of the attackers. The spies who inspected the condition and height of the walls actually climbed the outer walls, which were in poor condition.

My Grandfather was a mountain warefare instructor in the Austrian army in WW1.

15:00 Should've been "just starts pushing everyone off the edge"

It would be a lot easier for them if they had magdust

That movie looks like they were filming in the middle of the night at their apartment complex and if they woke up the neighbors one more time they'd be evicted.

0:13 when that skill is needed for war? That's when you get via ferrata routes in the Dolomites! Pretty awesome routes, too, some of them are part historic war museum, part via ferrata. 6:17 I actually climbed Monte Paterno :) Fun place

10/10 intro. bravo sir, bravo.

The paddle dyno got me good 😂

Some of the highest fighting in ww2 took place in the Caucasus mountain range between the Soviets and Germans, not sure how much actual rock climbing there was but its a very interesting part of the war.

Might go do that via ferrata in summer. Some of the old via ferrata routes are pretty cool

This was hilarious and awesome. Adding to the list I think Desmond Doss at Hacksaw Ridge in WW2 counts as a climber! You should look into his story, absolutely insane.

Been refreshing for days! Finally some new DYNOS

You missed a lot of war stuff. Mark Felton productions, and Soviet storm both cowered fighting on Elbrus that is 5.642 m above sea level in ww2. There is some modern stuff going on on Indian borders. There was soviet invasion of Manchuria, that at one point involved lowering tanks on ropes, etc.. Honorable mention goes to Hacksaw Ridge, etc..

Hey, I know that joke. I heard it years ago at old rebroadcast of polish comedy skit from the times of my parents. Didn't expect to hear it in a foreign movie.

Epic Rap Battles of History: "Rock Climber Marine VS NORMANDY!"

I saw the title and thumbnail and immediately knew it was your content

This gave me 47+ Vietnam flash backs, thank you for this.

This video raises an interesting question: if a civil war between climbers were to break out which included real physical fighting, which group of climbers would win? My money is on the alpinists personally

the best intro ever lol

that was the greatest joke of all time

Your a comedy genius how do you come up with this gold

this intro music for when u let that sink in

Come to colorado there is 10th mountain division re-enactments it’s pretty sick

Make a video about the different mountaineering army units!

there is also a song about the mountain warfar by Sabaton

iirc the movie The Longest Day had a pretty cool rock climbing scene too. Not sure how historically accurate but it was a good movie

You gotta wonder what battlefield comp boulders might be like.

I would add Point Du Hoc rangers climbed a cliff face WW2 D Day. They had rockets they shot ropes with limited success. Getting shot at while climbing to eliminate some artillery.

The Australian and New Zealand Gallipoli campaign was basically rock climbing.

Madrid´s pleople were known as "gatos" for their ability of climb the walls of the enemy´s fortress backadays. Cool demonym

Bro, in Italy there is an entire departement of the army called Alpini, which is specifically trained to fight in the mountains, also climbing it

Bro that bear clip at the start💀

thank you for another great video our lord :)

How could you possibly miss the Devils Brigade up Monte la Difensa

as a refrigeration tech, ive used my (minimal) climbing skills numerous times lol

Surprised you didn't mention Pointe du Hoc!

Where did you get the historical footage from?

asking the real questions

One example that stuck in my mind is a story about a battalion of U.S. forces made up entirely of Japanese soldiers that climbed a cliff all night to launch a surprise attack during World War II. There is a moving TED talk telling this story: Why I love a country that once betrayed me | George Takei.

Hardest video icon of all time

I love the popo medic style theme

sickkkkkk intro

whole new form of predictive programming xd

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sogdian_Rock this is the my favorite used of climbing in war.

I would not trust that hangboard hanging on just the moulding which is probably just nailed into the drywall with tiny finish nails. Super sketch.

The films "The guns of Navarrone" and "Force 10 from Navarrone" are fictional stories about rock climbers assaulting German occupied greek islands in WW2

Rock climbing is an essential skill during a zombie apocalypse!

Thanks baby.

Anyone else remember the “White war” from Battlefield 1s ‘Monte Grappa’ map? That shit was awesome. Who care abt bouldering anyways

It’s ice climbing but Yogendra Singh Yadav is a pretty notable war climber.

Lot of gas

Holy shit how do you know about the Escalade? I've never met anyone that hasn't lived in Geneva that knows about it...

I thought you were gonna talk about the new wilderness area legislation, can’t say I’m disappointed though

15:23 uhm where is the part where you learned about Swiss history? 😅

Don`t disrespect via ferrata!

Amazing video !

Hehe I‘m just curious what you learned about Swiss history? You didn’t even mention it once in the video… :(

Did anyone dyno in WW2?

Petition to rename the channel to just "stuff"

this video just tells me that Americans are unpredictable in ww2; the Italians were rocks in ww1

I have a family friend who trains soldiers from all different countries in how to trad climb up mountains. I suspect there is a lot of aid involved because they climb with boots on and all their army gear. He’s such a wanker but there you go climbing is still a part of at least some soldiers curriculum.

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Afghanistan had climbing and combat

V0 in my gym

Popo medic but rock climbing

Very Popo Medic

Looking at the obituaries in the Climbing Magazine currently the biggest single reason for climbers dying is the Ukraine war 😢

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Dude; you are way too funny to “not be” based!

Okay, aided climb is too sad

Okay you can’t be a leftie; the left can’t meme 😂😂😂😂