Originally Posted By: saltydog
Oh I get climbing that way (even though I come from the time when the ethic was transitioning from " take your pitons/leave your bolts" to "no more bolts") but as you say,

Originally Posted By: Fishmonger
You still have to climb it.


is my point exactly. I am trying to understand what constitutes "climbing it". The video appears to show him taking tension on at least one of the anchors, and definitely taking a fall below the top. Or was the last move such a gimme that he doesn't actually need to top out?


I didn't watch it that closely - cared more about the camera work than the dude climbing. Seems like they did two climbs and the second one showed him at first working out the route before actually climbing it.