What do you think is the hardest element of an IAD?

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briham89

Big Wall climber

santa cruz, ca

Oct 20, 2014 - 08:35pm PT

Sleeping the night before....

snowhazed

Trad climber

Oaksterdam, CA

Topic Author's Reply - Oct 21, 2014 - 09:43am PT

Vitaliy comes correct,

The force feeding of calories was pretty hard. At the end of the East Ledges all i could do was suck on orange chunks and spit out most of the pulp, stomach was not having it!

And Briham hits a a good point, I was able to fall asleep the night before pretty well from previous exhaustion, but I woke up from deer trampling around and then got all excited.....-+

survival

Big Wall climber

Terrapin Station

Oct 21, 2014 - 09:49am PT

You posed your spray as a question!

Now that's quality spray right there. Congratulations man!

Short days too, yikes.....

This doesn't apply for NIAD, which can be done in daylight even on the shortest day of the year ;)

Sez you.

zBrown

Ice climber

Brujò de la Playa

Oct 21, 2014 - 09:51am PT

Not to minimize your accomplishment in anyway, congrats, but I'm guessing that the hardest element would be the rock.

snowhazed

Trad climber

Oaksterdam, CA

Topic Author's Reply - Oct 21, 2014 - 10:02am PT

Well done survival, you have uncovered my ruse!

And lol, the granite up there is pretty hard, you know, for granite

Karl Baba

Trad climber

Yosemite, Ca

Oct 21, 2014 - 12:14pm PT

Funny you would say the harness is the hardest. How much of the route did you lead?

The hardest part is the place you are weakest. I'm good with logistics and technique but short on fitness and strength so that would be hardest for me. Some hard free climbers would be most challenged by the aid sections and logistics. Others just don't know how to be fast. For other, having the physical gas tank for the whole thing is bonkers

Peace

Karl

survival

Big Wall climber

Terrapin Station

Oct 21, 2014 - 12:21pm PT

Snowhazed, just having fun. Glad you appreciated it. I HATE being misread when there's no body language and facial expressions involved.
I really am stoked for you.
West Face of El Cap, SW Face Conness and DNB are some of my best IAD memories.
Believe it or not, DNB IAD was not that common in 1980. In fact, the team behind us that day were benighted, heh.

short on fitness and strength so that would be hardest for me.

Hey Karl, you're supposed to be talking about yourself, not me. Asshole...... :0)

Highlife

Trad climber

California

Oct 21, 2014 - 01:01pm PT

Whoever said sleeping the night before is dead on.

NutAgain!

Trad climber

South Pasadena, CA

Oct 21, 2014 - 01:40pm PT

Copper

NutAgain!

Trad climber

South Pasadena, CA

Oct 21, 2014 - 01:40pm PT

Oh, you said I A D. It's not about birth control at all.

Reeotch

climber

4 Corners Area

Oct 21, 2014 - 04:23pm PT

For me, it is the alpine start part. Starting climbing in the dark, yuk! But that's the only way I can do anything in a day.

I'm not fast enough to start at noon, as some here do . . .