Watch Five Big Rock Climbing Whippers
A climber luckily protects their head after flipping with a rope behind their leg and more
You can go your entire rock climbing life without taking a whipper if you’re careful enough, but more times than not you’ll run into a crux where falling is inevitable.
Below are five trad climbing whippers, be sure to follow Whipper for more.
Whipper #1
A big whipper by 10-year-old Bayes Wilder as he climbs past a quickdraw with a big pump.
Whipper #2
A POV clip of a climber pitching from high up on Learning to Fly 5.10c in Horseshow Canyon.
Whipper #3
A belayer gives a nice soft catch, but the climber was a little too low on the route for it.
Whipper #4
Here’s what happens when a heavy climber takes a fall with a light belayer.
Whipper #5
A big fall with a rope behind the leg. Here’s why you wear a helmet kids.
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