After watching it some more. I think he could have had a good chance of making it if he didn't run over his "spotter".
I like his list of excuses. His tires slipping had nothing to do with it, As a matter of fact his tires didn't start to slip till he ran over the "spotter".
He wouln't have "slipped into the rut" if he kept it to the right on the flatter part of the climb.
What ever excuses he wants to believe the video doesn't lie.