The Terrifying Last Minutes of Elite Rock Climber Will Stanhope
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This is Will Stanhope. One of the best trad and alpine climbers Canada has ever produced. A man who spent 100 days on a single route in the Bugaboos. Who climbed 4,500 feet of granite on Mount Combatant in under three days. Who free soloed lines most climbers wouldn't touch with a rope.
On a Monday morning in April 2026, he was on the Grand Wall of the Stawamus Chief. In the rain. Without a helmet.
He'd climbed this wall dozens of times before. It should have been nothing. It was the last climb he ever made.
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The Terrifying Last Minutes of Elite Rock Climber Will Stanhope
Fatally Curious
30,139 views
This is Will Stanhope. One of the best trad and alpine climbers Canada has ever produced. A man who spent 100 days on a single route in the Bugaboos. Who climbed 4,500 feet of granite on Mount Combatant in under three days. Who free soloed lines most climbers wouldn't touch with a rope.
On a Monday morning in April 2026, he was on the Grand Wall of the Stawamus Chief. In the rain. Without a helmet.
He'd climbed this wall dozens of times before. It should have been nothing. It was the last climb he ever made.
Make sure to subscribe for weekly videos!