Adam Ondra flashes Midnight Lightning
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 พ.ย. 2018
- On Oct 30, 2018 I was in Yosemite on a beautiful Tuesday afternoon working on Midnight Lightning, and to my surprise Adam Ondra showed up! He was fresh off the plane from Prague and was looking to try to flash this mega-classic boulder problem. We chatted for a while, about the boulder and other things. For me it was really special to get a chance to meet him.
I had a camera running that caught Adam's flash attempt, and now that he's released his video at • Climbing The Americas ... I thought I'd share a different, unedited view. Great job flashing this classic problem in style Adam! - กีฬา
You know it was easy for him because he didn't deploy a single primal scream.
a fall from the top for whatever reason and he's dead
how do you there are no pads? you can't see the bottom mate ^^
But he did take his T shirt off.
imagine how this would feel, sitting there for a long time working on a hard problem just for one of the best in the world too randomly show up and flash it!
I don't have to imagine it. I was there in 1980, 2 years after Ron Kauk made the first ever ascent of midnight lightening. I couldn't even get 2 moves off the ground. A dude casually showed up and climbed it, tearing off a fingernail in the process, then he walked away as casually as he arrived. The most difficult move is said to be the spider monkey swing which in this video is made to look effortless.
@@splotbang8296 you Missed the point? Put your blue pjs on and climb
Just be glad it's a boulder problem and not, say, one of the big math problems. Once someone solves the P vs. NP problem, no one will ever be able to solve it again :)
This happened to me and some friends in the grampians, victoria with chris charma haha. So epic
They study it before they climb it. So they know the route & the moves.
Beautiful. I remember all the rainy days back in the day working this problem. Love the progression. Nice to see him pause at the mantle.
Ondra giving pause and a few micro attempts at the mantle should make every mortal involuntarily pee a little...
This is a golden comment.
😂😂
Dude I don’t know how to break this to you, but you can just walk around the boulder instead
Lol this cracked me up
Not if you're an ant
But the obstacle is the way.
@@johnandrewfredrickson yo i love this saying dawg did you make it up? Thats some real zen buddhist shit bro thats real shit right there
@@pilot.wav_theory it’s the title of a book by Ryan Holiday where he breaks down all the virtues of embracing the challenges in front of us and learning to appreciate the struggle of facing adversity by focusing on the positive changes that each challenge is forging in us. I think there is an old story behind the phrase that Holiday pulled inspiration from and he talks about it in the book.
It’s definitely a fantastic book to keep in your creative space for periodic reminders about the hidden value in the things in our life that sometimes get us down.
Here’s a nice video explanation from he author: th-cam.com/video/Snmh_IJL8M0/w-d-xo.html
The pioneers used to ride these babies for miles. - Adam Ondra
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**slaps roof of boulder**
Lmfao, this is a win.
Pushes non existent gas pedal
Lmfao
Awwww, they cut out the flashing part, bummer!
I get it, but dumb joke lmao. Good profile logo though, those are some very happy flowers :)
No clue about rock climbing but it's just unbelievable how a good rock climber can control the body and its weight distribution
Adam makes things look a lot easier than they are, what a talent.
Until the top it was more like "Ondra walks up ML." I wonder what Kauk thinks when he sees this.
Probably happy that climbers have come so far that the faces he pioneered they can breeze through.
After having watched a few videos of him, Kauk seems like an incredibly chill dude.
He is.
you really need those 60 fps to fully appreciate the smoothness of Adam's climbing
The closing video duration kept me in suspense as I thought he was gonna jump down
It was flashed as soon as the top went off.
Respect for kauk !
There's a place near where I live that's similar to this that I've been wanting to climb for a while now and this is about to make me go back out and do it lol
from this angle it looks like there is nothing there to hold. like it looks entirely smooth
there's not a lot to hold
I was juat there yesterday!! I’m so happy I touched golds that Adam did
Thanks!
Those step through flags while bumping up off the side pull were really clever. That section can be off balance with a tendency to barn door. I’m poaching that for the next session on it.
yeah flagging in front of his other leg like that was sick. Definitely gonna try to use that when I can.
as someone who doesnt understand professional climbing at all, reading this sounds like someone making callouts in a game ive never played before lmfao
@@wyattdetherow6853
Flagging: using your leg to prevent you from swinging off the boulder by just bracing against it.
Stepping through: right foot is holding himself up, he moved his left leg between his right leg and the boulder to flag.
Side pull: a crack, ledge, or other hand hold that is sideways instead of horizontal. You have to tilt your body back a little to pull against it sideways to not fall off.
I would be totally lost watching a football game.
@@JoshuaTootell Thanks, but you missed barn door?
Barn door:
When you swing off with one foot and arm (on the same side of your body), like your other arm and foot are a hinge on the boulder. Imagine the way a door swings open @@The_Essential_Review
I had no doubt he could reach the top. Now I'm wondering how he'll come down
Yes, for some reason that to me feels like it'd be harder lol
He climbed down using the tree on the right XD
You can just jump off the rock duh 🙄 everybody knows that
If this problem gave pause to a 5.15 climber, it is the stuff that legends are made from
Adam Ondra really winds me up, he makes everything look so easy but it's not, its bloody hard.😁
Oh it's bloody hard lmfao 🤣 fucking brit
He doesn't make things look easy. A lot of the time it's really obvious he's trying really hard. That's why he does all the screaming.
One day when I grow up, I want to be like him, now how in the hell do I get down?
That would have been an awesome encounter!!! Hope you managed to send too 😃
the silence gives you your answer
Compare to Lynn Hill’s ascent from my era @ almost half of Adams height!
A beautiful climb. And a beautiful climber. Grade: A+
Lol what
Lol you sus bro
More like 8c+ lol
7b+
I wasnt man enough to roll onto that toe on the top out 😔😂 makes me feel a tiny bit better he even had to readjust for that move lol.
Even elite world class climbers have difficulties (albeit minimal) with that mantle.
Also Adam is pretty tall for a professional climber, he's like 6'1 with one legs. Mantling is much more difficult for taller people, as you have more leg/arm to get over the lip resulting in a longer lever.
Basically he can walk through most of the climb because of his reach, but getting over the top is hard! If you have a smaller climber like Alex Megos, he'd probably be over the lip far quicker.
He's such a beast!!!! :--O
This guy seems pretty good.
They always have such imagination when making up names for these routes.
i love how it’s just a rock
This flying giraffe truly has no limits!
Was hoping to see him climb down
My old and overweight butt spends a couple weeks on this local V1
Adam flashes a V8 because why not?
Thanks for sharing!
We all have our own Anapurnas. (Fortunately, it's just a number.)
THAT, right there, is a big rock.
This looks just like a spot at Mt San Jacinto rec area near Palm springs, CA!
Pretty amazing! You know that's a giant Lunar meteorite?
Just tried this, he makes it look superrr easy
Well done , but how would you proceed to come down by the same path :)
a true freak of nature
reminds me of boulders in Fontainebleau (other than the rock type). Spent years there when you were not obliged to bring a cushion as the sandy grounds were still... sandy. Did break my ankle there once, but that was caused by a hidden tree root
Broke my ankle on a side of a pad, so I guess your story is a bit cooler
Wow!
insane
That mantle !!!!!
I guess it's his mastery level, but why didn't they have someone spotting adam... Makes me nervous for him esp near that crux. Holy crap what great climbing though!
It’s arrogance, plain and simple
Spotting is a lost art form...sad to say
There’s padding on the ground behind the first rock you see and the big rock
He flashed 8c,i don't think that he has a hard time flashing 7b+
@@Miki-xh6fb thats just the absolute worst mindest to have
The mantle is more difficult if you’re taller so have hope mortals under 6foot!
😁👍🏼
How does he get down?
It came as a surprise to me Ondra not getting a medal at the Olympic games. Then again, neither did Djokovič...
made it look easy
How hard could it be? He didn’t even scream once!
I like how he sits down up top like, come and join me! ...if you can.
Wonder how he gets down.
Adam is a superstar. But I was there in 1999 and a euro dude flashed it without even much of a pause getting over that lip. Friends were spotting him on the ground tho and I remember thinking if he fell at that point he would crush the spotters and the rock in the LZ would do damage. I guess Andra wasn’t too concerned about all that;)
The mantle is harder for tall climbers
That is one hell of a rock. Almost begging to be climbed
How did he get down?
After the shirt came off, I thought for sure the pants were next
do i hear alex honnold laughing in the background?
How does he get down
can you flash a little bit closer so that we arr able to figure out how hard it was.
"Great, but now how do I get down?"
Tree!!!
>walks up in jeans
>glashes midnight lightning
>refuses to elaborate
>dissapears
How he get down?
How do you get back down from such a climb?
This is literally like a random rare Pokemon appearing out of nowhere.
"A wild Adam Ondra appeared!"
"Holy sh*t no way!!!!!"
That is an erratic boulder, pushed by the ice hundreds of miles, then left standing there when the glaciation ended. Think of the power.
But how??!
Por que ninguém desce???😁😁😁
Free solo
Piece of rock cake.
How many people on earth could flash this boulder? A hundred? Maybe?
what's the grade of this boulder problem?
thx for the video!
It's considered a standard for V8
~V8
@@jeffjlee7 That's an absolute piece of cake for him!
It's V7, they're exaggerating
Their hand strength is super human I bet.
absolutely
How did it get it's name
With the internet, he probably...
Plot twist: He didn't bring a rappel rope and he's still stuck on top of that boulder.
Well, now he's stuck up there.
i would think coming down in the scary part D:
Did he not want/need a spotter?
Et la descente?
looks V2
He's a surgeon
Ondra is so good that doesn't even need the mattress.
Did you just call a crash pad a mattress
Doubt it. I'm pretty sure he needs one to get a proper night rest.
@@YFM_COLT Their basically the same.
@@ExoticDva They're not.
@@ExoticDva They're _very_ not.
What was on top?
What’s the grade?
Can someone please explain why the lightening bolt was chalked on originally.
The stone masters did it when it was originally named and set when camp 4 was in its hay day. Believe climbers continually rechalk it. It was fairly freshly chalked the handful of times I have gone to Yosemite. I know some asshole brushed the bolt clean last year, haven't been back in 3 years now so idk if it got rechalked again
Stone Masters named after a Jimi Hendrix Tune. The iconic route “Astroman” in Yosemite as well, also named after Hendrix song.
@@iillestrs2153 Last time I was there it was carved into the rock and chalk was put inside the ridges.
When the spotter is the cameraman.,🤣👍
no one spotting him?
Where is that location?
Wouldn it be easier to just walk around?
Where’s this ? No quotation? Thanks for giving the name of the climber tho...
It looks like he's wearing shoes only on his toes 😯😯😯😯😯
And after applaud they left him there and went for lunch 🤣
how you know its really the first time he is doing ? that flash thing dosnt make sense.
Love that people are shouting "try hard" and "Don't give up." Is it possible that some there did not know who he was?
Those are his friends, encouraging him. I do the same thing with my friends.
He almost didn't get it, he was struggling with that mantle.
How do you get down?
Tree!
You know it’s Adam cause he dropped the shirt before sending it
This would probably take an average person like me at least a few tries.
To answer the grade question, Mtn project has it at V8. When I sent it, everyone there said it was V9. It felt like a 7+ or 8 to me. However I didn’t flash it and I’m not from the area so maybe the “regional norm” is a little different from the PA grades that I am used to. Ondra made it look too good easy
It has always always been V8. Pls don’t try to sandbag. This thing is hard enough
how will he get down though? D: !!
jumping or going back half down and jumping
@@barbiefairytopia2803 what do you mean jumping he's way too high for that its hard ground