. >>> most of us upon climbing in an area like this like donnie arnold here would look at it and sayat's really pretty from afar, and never say what he's saying here. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> allow me to translate my german is a little rusty. he's saying my goal today is the ro beta blocker. he's going to climb that and not only is he going to do that he's going to do it solo and without rope. >> yikes. ice climbing free climbing? >> we go back to the beginning and follow him in this red bull video. he gears up, he puts on his gloves and grabs his equipment and up the side of this mountain he goes. >> there's no bailout here for him. if he gets tired or anything, he can't just lay back in his harness or rappel down. >> no, but he does find a second to break, but once he's ready, he grabs his pick and he keeps going but he says, you can't be too comfortable, and you can't hit against the ice too hard, because if you do, it could send the entire thing crashing down. >> this is not -- they don't need to do this. >> you're literally chipping away what you want to hold on to an