Gastronomic Big Wall Climbing in Patagonia

Tyler Karow, Imanol Amundarain, and Cedar Christensen pulled off a team free ascent of the South African Route on the East face of the Central Tower of Paine in Patagonia, Chile in January 2023. Despite their typical vigilance for going light, they opted to splurge on quite a few luxuries including excess amounts of wine and a mini cast iron oven that they used to bake muffins, empanadas, and pizzas daily while living in portaledges. They spent a total of ten days on the wall after an initial two days of fixing ropes from the ground.

This 4000 foot line was first climbed in 1974 by a South African team and first freed by Sean Villnueva O'Driscoll, Nico Favrese, and Ben Ditto in 2009 at a grade of 5.12c. This was the second free ascent of the route.

[oscarsalesgirl]

We live in the greatest time ever for movies. This is better than any documentary out there! No annoying editing. Just the passage of time.

[jimmysimeone]

Hi from Montreal, you guys are fantastic, and the way you get along is great. I'm 76 years old and wish I was your age again, so I could get this adventure off my bucket list the energy required to accomplish such a feet is AMAZING. ALSO, watching your videos helps me cope with the lossof my life Louise, miss her so much, she accompanied me through a lot of adventures. Keep your videos coming, and great health and happiness to all. Take care.

[jontweedlie]

34:03 damn the transition go crazy, we need a mini-series on big wall cooking with Imanol

[BananaSplitzh]

This might be the coolest thing I've ever seen.

[tryptaman]

Those ropes all over the place terrify me. Also, I would start having panic attacks realizing I’m relying my life on a carribener. Also, this video was AWESOME, and you guys deserve a sponsor. I hope you found one

[transporteintiraymi]

Tremendo ascenso!! creo que son los primeros en las torres del Paine, grandes muchachos!!

[mjc]

Enjoyed this very much guys,
Will watch again…

[Rick-wl]

I have not done wall climb in years. Looks like a great team of guys. Awesome. Very nice.

[WaNaChi]

Felicitaciones a estos 3 héroes por haber llegado a este lugar tan especial de la tierra. Mis respetos para todos y en especial al que sube primero fijando las cuerdas. Saludos y un abrazo desde Colombia

[slipknot.]

Absolutely brilliant 👍 I've never seen anything like it. ❤

[TheStephenQueen]

This is the best video i've seen in my entire life, 100% serious . Good job guys😂❤️

[LeonaTTV]

this is really fucking good video, thank you, brought me joy to think of how much fun you all made it, and i even felt moments of terror or worry watching... really good editing and videoing and people

[haroldmclean]

That was very enjoyable and interesting to watch , Well done 👏

[scubidesm]

No pude dejar de verlo, no sé si por esperar a ver el.sigueinte plato de comida riquísima que preparaban o por el gusto de ver un equipo humano lleno de saber, de pasión y respeto por esta gran formación rocosa. Absoluta admiración e inspiración 🍃

[juliosur]

Muy bien tomando vino en bota! This was amazing! Salute from Argentina.

[johnsully]

Great climb guys…lots of fun…not so special…just lots of fun…good job!

[andyfurniss]

Im sat on my sofa shitting myself!! Proper respect to you guys!

[kaneoliver]

Was like hell yeah when the rock throwing started haha

[anthonye]

This video makes any K2 summit look like a sunbath tanning on a warm summer day.

[Mt.Mando]

Wow, vibes are crazy high for how miserable the weather looks. I think the weather doesn't look so bad because you're handling it so well. Rain and snow?? And you guys are to chill about it. Amazing.