Trad mistakes and gear choices keep Brant Hysell's archive busy
The Gravity Lab posted nothing new, but its climbing catalog brought in nearly 49,000 views over the week.
Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.
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Brant Hysell left the upload button alone, but the practical side of The Gravity Lab kept finding viewers. "Top 8 Beginner Trad Climbing Mistakes - FIXED" and "Watch This Before Buying Climbing Gear in 2026!" are among the channel's strongest daily draws, offering two different entry points into climbing: avoiding common pitfalls and choosing what to carry.
The trad tutorial is the fresher of those guides. Its description promises help recognizing the mistakes new traditional climbers make, while April's gear video ranges from gym and sport climbing to longer, multipitch outings. One particularly personal detail survives the equipment lists: Hysell says he has used his small climbing pack for eight years.
The busiest upload right now, though, is "A crucial part of any adventure..", a short promotional vlog. Hysell gears up at a crag, climbs a limestone overhang and discusses food for long climbing days before endorsing a packaged meat snack. It is an ad-style segment, rather than a climbing lesson.
Subscribers held steady at 110,000 across the week, and daily views are close to their usual level. Nearby in climbing, Mike Boyd Climbs is having a slightly slower viewing day than usual, while Toby Roberts is drawing substantially more daily views than his norm. Hysell's week is quieter: no fresh summit story, just an archive with useful climbing questions to answer.
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The videos drawing views on The Gravity Lab - Brant Hysell right now
- Subscribers
- 110,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 48,917
- Videos published this week
- 0
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Which Yosemite formation features in Brant Hysell's Freerider video?
His video is titled "Free climbing on El Capitan (Freerider 5.13a, 30 pitches)".




