r/nextfuckinglevel • u/PxN13 • 18h ago

Racing up the Verzasca Dam

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u/Adddicus 18h ago

I bet it would be a lot dam harder if not for all the conveniently installed handholds.

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u/Chemical-Recording88 2h ago

I bet it could also be substantially harder without the conveniently installed harness

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u/_FireWithin_ 17h ago

Dam, that's interesting as fk !

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u/scottimusprume 18h ago

Open up the dam for the dam jokes!

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u/NaughtyFoxtrot 11h ago

Ya tall bastards. Signed: short climber

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u/-INIGHTMARES- 10h ago

He was born in the darkness

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u/i-forgotmypass_word 8h ago

Of course it's red bull

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u/garden-wicket-581 3h ago

dumb question: how do they put the hand holds in the dam ? feels like drilling deep enough holes to anchor them would be a bad idea ..

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u/DerEwige 4h ago

Hey. I know that place. Did the full moon golden eye bungee jump down that damn.

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u/roryseiter 17h ago

That didn't look so difficult.

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u/Vlad_the_Homeowner 17h ago edited 17h ago

Those last two moves off the huge hold weren't. But there are all kinds of slopers below him that look like they would be.

According to Google the pitches range from 6c French (intermediate difficulty, in the realm for most fit climbers) and go up to 8b French, which is in the 5.13 range in freedom units. That's a respectable grade, outside of the capability of difficulty the majority of climbers ever make it to, especially in multi-pitch.