Smooth work there Kai. Those complaining about your chalk tech clearly misunderstand the circulatory benefits of alternately dropping your arms below the heart.
Well I think, that when you`re still chalking and chalking again it can increase help your psyche. "White powder" is a magic powder :) It reduces nervosity in my case and I think many people use it for decreasing nervosity.
funny, i watched this video and thought "man he probably went to chalk up 100 times and got chalk on his fingers twice," lol then looked down here and saw this convo.. I dunno how you do it Kai my hands woulda been sweatin' a storm.. gnarly send man, made it look easy.. watching people climb like this motivates me.. keep it goin!
Someone should take that chalkbag away from him sooner than later... A lot of habitual phantom-chalking going on. Beautiful send, way to work those rests!
It is true that dropping your arms causes an increase in blood to flow through your arms. And so increasing the aerobic strength of the muscle. But you don't need to put your hand 'in' the chalk bag in order to do so. It seems a lot more effective if he would just shake it out every once in a while.
He is seriously wasting alot of time and energy "chalking up", hen eeds to learn how to straighten arms when resting and not puting them in the chalkbag every 3 seconds while not even getting chalk on the fingers.
You mistake kai''s incredible flow, strength and endurance with the easiness of the route. The "jugs" you speak of once he merges with ultra perm are terrible pockets, slopers and bad crimps. Hes just strong as hell.
Is that Mom belaying? If so, that makes this video about a thousand times cooler! Also, again, excellent footwork.
She's a statistics professor too
I've been climbing almost 7 years (indoors and competitively). And yes, I'm working on the whole "fantasy chalking" thing. Its a nervous habit....
I love how idiots will criticise this kid for any little thing. Were you a youth champion, too? Let's see you send this route.
Keep killing it, Kai!
"Clip those anchors baby!"
Very nice footwork! I wish I saw more climbers using your knee drops and other great foot technique. Inspirational.
Smooth work there Kai. Those complaining about your chalk tech clearly misunderstand the circulatory benefits of alternately dropping your arms below the heart.
Mom as always is the MVP here!
He’s so good he actually made it boring to watch. Next level.
So much undeserved hate. This is a very difficult route.
Well I think, that when you`re still chalking and chalking again it can increase help your psyche. "White powder" is a magic powder :) It reduces nervosity in my case and I think many people use it for decreasing nervosity.
Stone Summit lead certified!
That's why Rick Weber calls chalk "White Courage" ^_^ This is a sick video.
I hate when people tell me beta before I ask for it.
Crazy how relaxed his fingers look
Not even tired..amazing
Amazing, well done! Kai nowhere near his potential yet... at 5.14c, that's impressive.
that was impressive as hell :) how long have you been climbing!!
Kenny, stop talking, please! Just let our friend climb!
You are awesome! I would like to climb like that one day.
Kai you are a beast! Keep it up!!!
Well done my friend....well done!
Nice job kid.
Awesome!
funny, i watched this video and thought "man he probably went to chalk up 100 times and got chalk on his fingers twice," lol then looked down here and saw this convo.. I dunno how you do it Kai my hands woulda been sweatin' a storm.. gnarly send man, made it look easy.. watching people climb like this motivates me.. keep it goin!
He's using the same chalkbag I do... so it definitely can't be that holding me back. :/
Nice send!
He looks really tall btw for a 13 year old. Keep on climbing!
love this video. you rock kai! hope to see you at The Red again soon!
What a cool(And Hard) route.
Superb... Could be one of the greats.
It's a figure 8 with loads of tail. Not coming untied.
Great show off of ur skills man. Great technique.
Hes a real Spider Man
Gr8 And Qte!
2:37 ahhhhhhhh :)
Nice work kai
Ha - looks like he's repping his gym belay card. Lead certified!
no problems with the chalking but get rid of that gym tag and just cut your chalk belt
nice climb.
but the fake chalking is really annoying
Someone should take that chalkbag away from him sooner than later... A lot of habitual phantom-chalking going on.
Beautiful send, way to work those rests!
It is true that dropping your arms causes an increase in blood to flow through your arms. And so increasing the aerobic strength of the muscle. But you don't need to put your hand 'in' the chalk bag in order to do so.
It seems a lot more effective if he would just shake it out every once in a while.
Maybe he's got extra sweaty hands....that or it's just muscle memory for him to go for his chalk
looks like a jug haul with tons of feet
He is seriously wasting alot of time and energy "chalking up", hen eeds to learn how to straighten arms when resting and not puting them in the chalkbag every 3 seconds while not even getting chalk on the fingers.
It’s more like 13b.
This route is a total sandbag... Its probably 5.13c at most... Its pretty much a really overhung jug ladder with tons of feet
You mistake kai''s incredible flow, strength and endurance with the easiness of the route. The "jugs" you speak of once he merges with ultra perm are terrible pockets, slopers and bad crimps. Hes just strong as hell.
I've climbed this. I'm 15.
To say that the holds are jugs means that ur hands are tiny. I can barely fit my fingers into the pockets. Don't downplay people's sends
+nathan williams without footage it's fiction
Great job Nate, but this one is not about you, ya know? Keep up the climbing, but let other people have the limelight sometimes :]