Great interview. What I took away from this is the pure genius of Tommy Caldwell and KJ mapping out those tiny foot holds/grips and turning it into a climbable route. Sure Adam did it in 4 days, but that wouldn't have happened without the 7+ years of trial and error that Tommy and Kevin put into it. That in mind, Adam's a great joy for the sport. He's tackling some amazing feats and continuing to push the bar to next level. I'm excited to see his next projects.
Also note that Tommy free soloed it a few times (other routes), climbed every known route with a rope and wife, and made up about five of his own routes up El Cap, all under ten years or whatever. And with a missing finger. It seems to me, Tommy is the greatest rock climber in history (though he may or may not be the best at sports climbing or bouldering), he has to be the greatest big wall climber and one of the best overall, given the fact he was a top sports climber by the age of 16 and a top simple wall climber by the age of 14.
@@TheClassicWorld Tommy has never free soloed El Cap. No-one but Honnold has. He's free climbed every major route, but that's dramatically different. And to my knowledge he hasn't really "made up" any other routes on El Cap; he did the first free ascent of the dihedral wall, but that was a known route, previously requiring aid. Factual quibbles aside, yes, he's a phenomenal climber, arguably the greatest big wall climber of all time. But it's a stretch to call him the greatest climber in history. The dawn wall is a huge achievement, but big wall first ascents are just one measure. Like free soloing is a measure of something specific and weird (like amygdala responsiveness), big wall climbing is largely a measure of grit, intensity, rope and gear skills, and to a somewhat lesser degree, pure climbing skill. In terms of pure climbing ability, no-one, Tommy included, would put him in the same category as Ondra, Sharma, Megos, or the handful of other absolute freaks who dominate sport climbing and bouldering.
@@barockobama5441 what I mean is two dimensions horizontally like max 1cm and then credit card thick from the wall to you. Just how I'd imagine it ;) Don't take it too seriously though.
My big takeaway is his MODESTY!! What the heck?? I LOVE how he gives so much credit to Tommy and KJ for building the route. Obviously, that made it all possible, but what Adam did, still, is absolutely incredible. You can just tell that he just loves every bit of it. We should all be so lucky to find that thing in our lives. God Bless them all, and the people who bring us the stories and footage
Dead on...I've always liked climbing so much. You just end up spending time interacting with people that all spend a lot of time honoring and paying respect wherever and to who ever deserves it. Adam gets a seven minute video to be available world wide all to himself and he spends half of his well deserved time praising Tommy and Kevin. That's real love and respect.
I'm so glad Adam is the first I saw of climbing rather than some pretentious James Lucas type douchebag that he could outclimb with an arm and a leg tied behind his back
@@benjaminsayer8873 ….douchebags are pretty rare in the outdoor climbing world. I’ve climbed in several countries and I never saw it. Typically climbers who are not actually on a climb themselves, will be belaying or cheering on their buddies or even other climbers. It’s just how climbers are.
I get that he might be the best climber in the world and all, but for him to make his first foray into big wall climbing on the Dawn Wall and complete in his first trip is absolutely ridiculous.
The best explanation I heard was that he followed the path set by Tommy, that's why it was easier. Technically, it's still very challenging, but it's easier to follow on a trail set up. I'm not a pro, I'm just repeating what I read somewhere else.
@@andreidinu7316 Yeah it's definitely easier. He even said so himself in this interview 4:38. But even though it was "easier" the fact that he did it in a few days where it took Tommy and Jorgeson 6 years is fucking hard.
@@Benkkuful no doubt. However Adam has been one of the best for years, even a noob like me knew about La Dura Dura for years now. When you're that good, you are that good.
What an extremely humble and respectful guy the way he talks about the guys who did it first and gives them so much credit for his confidence in being able to do it even though he smashed their time. A lesser man could have easily bragged about it or at least not even mentioned them. It's why I like Ondra so much. When people's idols like him show humility like that they become gods in the eyes of their fans through the respect they gain especially when the literal best climber in the world can show respect to others like he does.
@@jkjaniszewski Many say that that Ondra is the strongest or one of the strongest climbers in the world right now. If he wouldnt be able to do it he would simply need to put in more time to learn the style of climbing and he would have done it sooner than later.
T0BBi94 you are right. Especially that Kevin did it together with Caldwell. I wasn’t filled in on details of the dawn wall project till a couple of days ago.
Adam climbs a whole number grade higher than the hardest pitch on dawn wall. There is no doubt he is just physically much stronger than the best big wall climbers around. There was a video of Tommy climbing with megos, the gap in strength is pretty ridiculous. And because Tommy and Kevin scouted the route, and set the betas to tackle it. The biggest challenge is not much there anymore for someone as strong as Adam ondra as long as he can be costumed to the exposure and long fatigue. Just make sure bring a logistic pro with him to help with the gear prep and hauling!
Thank you for the great interview , Mr Ondra is not just the best sport climber but an articulate, ethical and courageous gentleman of true character as well.
@@CoNFiiDeNTiiAL I know, I mean both options qould probably be imposible for me but coming from a sport climbing background it seems like such a detour that it nearly seems a different pitch. Again it is only just an opinion. In fact i was surprised by the decision of Adam ondra.
I think here we have sport climbing. Ok, you need to place gear, but only in easy pitches. Hard ones are permanently protected, also tops of each pitch is permanently fixed, so Its more big wall sport climb. I mean dawn wall now. I dont know what about other routes on Cap
@@aladeenmadafaka6286 I think you are conflating "bolted" with "sport". Traditional climbs may also have fixed gear (historically pitons) although it is fairly accepted that long sections that will not accept removable protection can have bolts. Many "traditional" lines might contain a bolt ladder for blank sections. Of course, I'm sure traditional style means different things in different regions.
Pitch 15 (1:26) or, "the traverse," is where Kevin Jorgesen struggled for DAYS with the whole world watching during his and Tommy Caldwell's first ascent back in January 2015. It's no surprise even the great and magnificent Adam Ondra found the pitch so challenging as well when he tried.
@Lordeverfall100 I don't know man. Honnold said something in Reel Rock about some fellow climbers didn't think Adam could do it. He replied with "of course he's going to do it. it's only 5.14d...it's not even that hard for him." So there might have been a few people doubting his ability to do the Dawn Wall.
You rock climbers are a special breed I'll give you that, from my observation of you culture I conclude most of you are missing a chromi and believe it's on top of some mountain. First one to the top gets there chromi back. And if you do it without a rope you get a extra one.
So cool and humbling to admit that you need to step out of your comfort zone to improve. And of course hard. Tommy, Kevin The Dawn Wall and Alex’s free solo (before El Cap) of Dawn Wall are really legit. 🤘🤙
He was there for weeks practicing the wall before making his push. That's what he was referring to on the first day in the valley getting up the early pitches using aid. He free climbed it.
There is no doubt Ondra is out of this world, and perhaps the most phenomenal climber alive today, but, could he figure out a means of climbing TDW from zero if Caldwell hadn't done all the incredible work of stitching out a route from a seemingly impossible array of options? I don't think so. Furthermore, could Ondra climb The Dawn Wall if he had a missing index finger? I somehow doubt it. I mean, when you know which way to go, and have seen images of people doing it before (knowing it can be done) the task becomes substantially simplified, psychologically as well. There is no comparison between a virtuoso phenomenon like Ondra, and a miraculous sacred monster like Caldwell. Tommy is an ET who has a special mind that discovers routes from seemingly impossible walls, Ondra is the most amazing athlete in the climbing world today. There will be many Adam Ondras in the future, but there will never be another Tommy Caldwell.
Not diminishing Adam's accomplishment, but ppl forget that Tommy and Kevin had to find the lines and figure out the beta for the whole route. Adam didn't. Saying "damn Adam did in one trip what took Tommy and Kevin 6 years" is very much not an apples to apples comparison
Adam is a badass. Tell your cameraman to close that aperture a bit....your talent's face is out of focus from his hair!. Not everything has to be shot at f/1.2 :/
i'm still kinda mad that tommys daughter is called ingrid, wtf were they thinking!?!?! it's so clear that their childrens names should be fitz and dawn!!! :):D
98% chance that was his preference but his wife didn't want both children to be named after his passions and wanted their second child to be named after someone from her family.
I was hoping he was going to do an Au Vue send if the Salathe or The Nose. If anyone was going to do it, it would’ve been A.O. Oh well still things for Future Generations to do
Wait I read in Wiki that he Free climbed the Dawn Wall, which after seeing the Netflix documentary on Tommy and Kevin’s ascent, you can’t free climb it. Not without ropes
that when you realize alex honnold is just in different level...some say alex is not the strongest not the fastest...but if you are climber you know what world you in the moment you climb el cap...
Wait - Ondra used “a little bit of aid climbing”? How did this go missed? Free climbing the Dawn Wall in one go from the bottom to the top is not just about the pitches being hard - it’s about your body getting wrecked, maintaining your confidence and your sanity, developing a rest strategy and more. Ondra obviously sent the hardest pitches and that’s great, but if he used aid anywhere along the route, it puts a serious damper on the achievement.
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he did free it all. He climbed the whole route ground up first, using some aid, and then worked the crux pitches and eventually climbed the whole thing free :)
and Honnold was coached by Caldwell to do Freerider. And, who opis to say, if it wasn't for TC helping out AH, that attempt may have ended up tragically.
actually pretty much all elite climbers i know are all humble i don't know whose ego you are talking about!!!! they all are chasing something of their own to keep!!!! that's the wall for everyone!!!! he is not TRYING to show respect he IS SHOWING RESPECT!!!! everyone finds something that is humbling about the wall after all we are all limited by our capabilities!!!!
At 1:38 he says: "Using free climbing and a little bit of aid climbing." If he is trying to duplicate Tommy Caldwell/Jorgeson, then he did not quite do it, since those two reportedly used zero aid climbing. Perhaps he was not trying to duplicate them. It's still an amazing climb, for sure. Ondra is arguably the greatest boulderer of all time, but boulders do not capture the imagination of the non climbing public, and neither does relatively safe free climbing. He is insanely strong and talented, but he's like Andy Murray in the Roger Federer era. He is simply climbing in the wrong era, and under a massive shadow. That's not his fault. Right or wrong, it's simply the way it is.
As others have pointed out, that was in reference to getting on the wall for the first time and preparing to practice the various pitches. He made a ground-up push in the end and completed a legitimate second ascent. Factoring in his lack of previous experience trad climbing and big wall climbing, suggesting he's living in a shadow is incredibly naive to his accomplishments in the climbing world. Ultimately, obvious troll is obvious.
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Great interview. What I took away from this is the pure genius of Tommy Caldwell and KJ mapping out those tiny foot holds/grips and turning it into a climbable route. Sure Adam did it in 4 days, but that wouldn't have happened without the 7+ years of trial and error that Tommy and Kevin put into it. That in mind, Adam's a great joy for the sport. He's tackling some amazing feats and continuing to push the bar to next level. I'm excited to see his next projects.
Brett Voigt Honnold used a Caldwell route too.
Also note that Tommy free soloed it a few times (other routes), climbed every known route with a rope and wife, and made up about five of his own routes up El Cap, all under ten years or whatever. And with a missing finger. It seems to me, Tommy is the greatest rock climber in history (though he may or may not be the best at sports climbing or bouldering), he has to be the greatest big wall climber and one of the best overall, given the fact he was a top sports climber by the age of 16 and a top simple wall climber by the age of 14.
Tommy never free soloed any part of it. He free-climbed it. By his own admission Tommy has been up el cap countless times, but never without a rope.
@@TheClassicWorld Tommy has never free soloed El Cap. No-one but Honnold has. He's free climbed every major route, but that's dramatically different. And to my knowledge he hasn't really "made up" any other routes on El Cap; he did the first free ascent of the dihedral wall, but that was a known route, previously requiring aid.
Factual quibbles aside, yes, he's a phenomenal climber, arguably the greatest big wall climber of all time. But it's a stretch to call him the greatest climber in history. The dawn wall is a huge achievement, but big wall first ascents are just one measure. Like free soloing is a measure of something specific and weird (like amygdala responsiveness), big wall climbing is largely a measure of grit, intensity, rope and gear skills, and to a somewhat lesser degree, pure climbing skill. In terms of pure climbing ability, no-one, Tommy included, would put him in the same category as Ondra, Sharma, Megos, or the handful of other absolute freaks who dominate sport climbing and bouldering.
@@BRADSZ99 Yeah, sorry, I mean to say he free climbed every other route. He has never free soloed it.
I'm trying to comprehend what it means when Ondra calls a foothold tiny
one rock molecule probably
Credit card thick, 1cm wide, something like that I'd imagine :D
@@Kretunio 1 cm... credit card thick...
@@barockobama5441 what I mean is two dimensions horizontally like max 1cm and then credit card thick from the wall to you. Just how I'd imagine it ;) Don't take it too seriously though.
@@barockobama5441 New valve-proof credit cards.
My big takeaway is his MODESTY!! What the heck?? I LOVE how he gives so much credit to Tommy and KJ for building the route. Obviously, that made it all possible, but what Adam did, still, is absolutely incredible. You can just tell that he just loves every bit of it. We should all be so lucky to find that thing in our lives. God Bless them all, and the people who bring us the stories and footage
Dead on...I've always liked climbing so much. You just end up spending time interacting with people that all spend a lot of time honoring and paying respect wherever and to who ever deserves it. Adam gets a seven minute video to be available world wide all to himself and he spends half of his well deserved time praising Tommy and Kevin. That's real love and respect.
I'm so glad Adam is the first I saw of climbing rather than some pretentious James Lucas type douchebag that he could outclimb with an arm and a leg tied behind his back
@@benjaminsayer8873 ….douchebags are pretty rare in the outdoor climbing world. I’ve climbed in several countries and I never saw it. Typically climbers who are not actually on a climb themselves, will be belaying or cheering on their buddies or even other climbers. It’s just how climbers are.
I get that he might be the best climber in the world and all, but for him to make his first foray into big wall climbing on the Dawn Wall and complete in his first trip is absolutely ridiculous.
It feels kind of like the same leap-forward that happened when Sharma exploded on the scene back in the day.
The best explanation I heard was that he followed the path set by Tommy, that's why it was easier.
Technically, it's still very challenging, but it's easier to follow on a trail set up.
I'm not a pro, I'm just repeating what I read somewhere else.
Something something standing on the shoulders of giants?
@@andreidinu7316 Yeah it's definitely easier. He even said so himself in this interview 4:38. But even though it was "easier" the fact that he did it in a few days where it took Tommy and Jorgeson 6 years is fucking hard.
@@Benkkuful no doubt. However Adam has been one of the best for years, even a noob like me knew about La Dura Dura for years now.
When you're that good, you are that good.
What an extremely humble and respectful guy the way he talks about the guys who did it first and gives them so much credit for his confidence in being able to do it even though he smashed their time. A lesser man could have easily bragged about it or at least not even mentioned them. It's why I like Ondra so much. When people's idols like him show humility like that they become gods in the eyes of their fans through the respect they gain especially when the literal best climber in the world can show respect to others like he does.
Okay, this is like “i’m gonna climb the hardeast big wall that exists even thought i am new at big wall climbing” aaaaaaand he does it. Insane!
he is great at evaluating his abilities. it would have had some bad impact on his rep if he failed
@@jkjaniszewski Many say that that Ondra is the strongest or one of the strongest climbers in the world right now. If he wouldnt be able to do it he would simply need to put in more time to learn the style of climbing and he would have done it sooner than later.
T0BBi94 you are right. Especially that Kevin did it together with Caldwell. I wasn’t filled in on details of the dawn wall project till a couple of days ago.
So interesting how many factors influence the overall strength. Cause it’s not like he wins all the 10boys for what I know
Adam climbs a whole number grade higher than the hardest pitch on dawn wall. There is no doubt he is just physically much stronger than the best big wall climbers around. There was a video of Tommy climbing with megos, the gap in strength is pretty ridiculous. And because Tommy and Kevin scouted the route, and set the betas to tackle it. The biggest challenge is not much there anymore for someone as strong as Adam ondra as long as he can be costumed to the exposure and long fatigue. Just make sure bring a logistic pro with him to help with the gear prep and hauling!
Thank you for the great interview , Mr Ondra is not just the best sport climber but an articulate, ethical and courageous gentleman of true character as well.
Who is the best sport climber then
Andrew Gautreaux he said “Ondra is not just the best sport climber...” that means that he’s saying he is the best sport climber.
Yesterday I finished reading Tommy Caldwells book about the Dawn Wall and his life leading to this. Very inspiring and exciting!
Loved that book
Whats a Book? Is that like AI
Kevin Jorgeson was a big wall beginner as well
Not by the time they tried to send it.
@Daniel Anderson. True, but Adam ondra has climbed 15 A, and jorgeson had only been a bouldering guy, so Kevin made more progress.
Kevin jorgesson is the only climber who has done the original line. IMO
@@ng6508 that's a really controversial statement but I can't exactly disagree
@@CoNFiiDeNTiiAL I know, I mean both options qould probably be imposible for me but coming from a sport climbing background it seems like such a detour that it nearly seems a different pitch. Again it is only just an opinion. In fact i was surprised by the decision of Adam ondra.
It's so impressive that trad climbing and sport climbing are so different from each other.
Trad is at least as much harder compared to sport as sport is to top rope. That is at least for me.
Yosemite style climbing is also very much not sport climbing. Its not just the difference between sport and trad.
I think here we have sport climbing. Ok, you need to place gear, but only in easy pitches. Hard ones are permanently protected, also tops of each pitch is permanently fixed, so Its more big wall sport climb. I mean dawn wall now. I dont know what about other routes on Cap
@@aladeenmadafaka6286 I think you are conflating "bolted" with "sport". Traditional climbs may also have fixed gear (historically pitons) although it is fairly accepted that long sections that will not accept removable protection can have bolts. Many "traditional" lines might contain a bolt ladder for blank sections. Of course, I'm sure traditional style means different things in different regions.
Following Ondra for a while. Can not wait for Olympic games.
Sucks to have to wait until at least 2021
@Mr T yes, it's awesome!! 🎉
Pitch 15 (1:26) or, "the traverse," is where Kevin Jorgesen struggled for DAYS with the whole world watching during his and Tommy Caldwell's first ascent back in January 2015.
It's no surprise even the great and magnificent Adam Ondra found the pitch so challenging as well when he tried.
I love when everyone doubts you and then you go crush it. I love your determination.
I mean did people really doubt him much? He's pretty much the GOAT...
@Lordeverfall100 I don't know man. Honnold said something in Reel Rock about some fellow climbers didn't think Adam could do it. He replied with "of course he's going to do it. it's only 5.14d...it's not even that hard for him." So there might have been a few people doubting his ability to do the Dawn Wall.
He did say he used a little aid climbing
@@letsssgooo4618 on his first 'scout' up it. He did climb it completely free after working it
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totally rad,. humble funny and honest. THE sick climb on the west coast or one of.
Props Adam. Yosemite and El Cap will leave quite the impression on anyone. :)
It's always nice seeing Adam :)
Really good interview. Cheers.
Great interview - he’s so open and honest about it all.
Where can I watch the footage?
Quality interview
this guy was awesome in lord of the rings
Who do you think he looks like?
@@1ena585 lmao
I'm a huge fan of AO but there's an orc named Snaga look him up
@@RodrigoRangel1 If Snaga and Pippin had a love child
You rock climbers are a special breed I'll give you that, from my observation of you culture I conclude most of you are missing a chromi and believe it's on top of some mountain. First one to the top gets there chromi back. And if you do it without a rope you get a extra one.
yea, it must be it. It's more conquering the wall and going the hardest way up a mountain... the chromi is the extra price 😅
I just like pooping while suspended in remote locations. Why do other people do it?
Ondra is so down to Earth. Nice interview!
The expression: as good as Adam.
Adam is so fucking humble.
I remember seeing Adam Ondra at the depot Manchester near me🧗♂️
Has tommy Caldwell said anything about the 2nd ascent?
So cool and humbling to admit that you need to step out of your comfort zone to improve. And of course hard. Tommy, Kevin The Dawn Wall and Alex’s free solo (before El Cap) of Dawn Wall are really legit. 🤘🤙
You mean Honnold on Half Dome?
@@joewiley6927 yeah there's no free soloing the dawn wall unless you literally want to die
suppose do, seeing the Dawn Wall is part of El Cap...
Since Honnold’s free solo of El Cap every time I see a route I think if it is something Alex will try. My guess is that this is a definite ‘No’.
Yep he talks about it on Joe rogans podcast.
Honnold said he’s a 100% confident no one will ever free solo the dawn wall.
i wonder how many times he power grunted during the ascent
bro he actually sent the dawn wall
Kevin's forearm is pumped to the absolute extreme in that picture, holy shit. It looks like a deformity.
Around 1:45 he says he used a bit of aid? Was it a free ascent or not?
He was there for weeks practicing the wall before making his push. That's what he was referring to on the first day in the valley getting up the early pitches using aid. He free climbed it.
I wondered about that too but just figured he probably wouldn't fudge the numbers so to speak.
There is no doubt Ondra is out of this world, and perhaps the most phenomenal climber alive today, but, could he figure out a means of climbing TDW from zero if Caldwell hadn't done all the incredible work of stitching out a route from a seemingly impossible array of options? I don't think so. Furthermore, could Ondra climb The Dawn Wall if he had a missing index finger? I somehow doubt it. I mean, when you know which way to go, and have seen images of people doing it before (knowing it can be done) the task becomes substantially simplified, psychologically as well. There is no comparison between a virtuoso phenomenon like Ondra, and a miraculous sacred monster like Caldwell. Tommy is an ET who has a special mind that discovers routes from seemingly impossible walls, Ondra is the most amazing athlete in the climbing world today. There will be many Adam Ondras in the future, but there will never be another Tommy Caldwell.
I don't think anyone is arguing your point. Ondra is incredibly humble about this and never alludes to anything but the sentiments you're sharing.
I guess it’s time to watch the dawn wall again.
Just impressive
ondra is so talented he simply decided to go for the dawn wall as his first yosemite big wall climb lmfao that's insane
2:28 "But then I started to work on the Crux-Bitches!" Im gonna steal that one for my projects
Wonder if he did the downclimb or the dyno?!!
He said he did the down climb in a insta post
Cool thanks!
why is the camera focused on his adam's apple...
Now I can't unsee this...
Not diminishing Adam's accomplishment, but ppl forget that Tommy and Kevin had to find the lines and figure out the beta for the whole route. Adam didn't. Saying "damn Adam did in one trip what took Tommy and Kevin 6 years" is very much not an apples to apples comparison
Adam is a badass. Tell your cameraman to close that aperture a bit....your talent's face is out of focus from his hair!. Not everything has to be shot at f/1.2 :/
You're 100% right but, if you can shoot f1.2 .....isn't it wicked hard not to lol
1:41 He says he used a little bit of aid climbing... Does that mean he didn't free climb the whole route?
i like how he didn't say it was just easy even though he is the best climber in the world
i'm still kinda mad that tommys daughter is called ingrid, wtf were they thinking!?!?! it's so clear that their childrens names should be fitz and dawn!!! :):D
98% chance that was his preference but his wife didn't want both children to be named after his passions and wanted their second child to be named after someone from her family.
I was hoping he was going to do an Au Vue send if the Salathe or The Nose. If anyone was going to do it, it would’ve been A.O. Oh well still things for Future Generations to do
Wait I read in Wiki that he Free climbed the Dawn Wall, which after seeing the Netflix documentary on Tommy and Kevin’s ascent, you can’t free climb it. Not without ropes
Ah yes, the meme.
Freeclimbing =/ free soloing
Free climbing means not using aid. Free soloing means not using aid or protection.
How do you poop if you are on a big wall for 4 days?
Into a bag thats put into a bigger bag.
Splatt!!!!
He said “I got my ass gaped” lmao
Does he know Honnold?
The trick is is that he said aid climbing, Tommy free climbed the whole thing
All this is really good but it just annoys me that his face is out of focus like ALL the time.
Dude is the Michael Jordan of climbing.
Study the razor blades my friends.
"The crux bitches"!!!
What considered his climb portions Aid-ed?
you are such a badass!
Focus
Weird that he could do the dawn wall but not the nose
Why can anyone dislike this? Thumb down????
This guy sounds like he mastered climbing cracks before he ever set foot on a rock.
The thing that shocks is that you interview this guy but not even follow him on instagram🤣
Adam Ondra ... clearly a coffee drinker
Due to the colour of the teeth?
@@ElfriedesFrisierstub I think Carl was referring to Adams caffeine charged verbal energy.
What?
without Tommy Caldwell you will never be there
forearm at 6:11
i mean, look at that hold. doesnt look real man. unfathomable for us mortals
thought it was a forearm goiter or an ectopic pregnancy when I first saw it
that when you realize alex honnold is just in different level...some say alex is not the strongest not the fastest...but if you are climber you know what world you in the moment you climb el cap...
Wait - Ondra used “a little bit of aid climbing”? How did this go missed? Free climbing the Dawn Wall in one go from the bottom to the top is not just about the pitches being hard - it’s about your body getting wrecked, maintaining your confidence and your sanity, developing a rest strategy and more. Ondra obviously sent the hardest pitches and that’s great, but if he used aid anywhere along the route, it puts a serious damper on the achievement.
Watch it again. He was using it for the first exploration ground up instead of repelling from the top. Had nothing to do with the real accent.
"I was worried about the crux climbing, but all the crux climbing was easy."
Jobear “crack” not crux
In fairness, honest mistake lol
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Anyone else get some religious bullshit movie as the ad?
What,s so great..anybody can climb using ropes?😂😂😂😂
So young yet he's already world number 1, and here I am, a complete loser at his age
Everyone is good at something, it just takes time to find your passion.
Glad I watched it I thought he freed it all, made me feel a little better about myself he used some aid 😂
he did free it all. He climbed the whole route ground up first, using some aid, and then worked the crux pitches and eventually climbed the whole thing free :)
@@nextoliver ah poo, I thought there was hope for us mortals
😆
@@gerrardo36 haha i also was a bit confused with how they edited that part
He needs a haircut
Alex Honnold!
Matus Povoda wait a minute...
Alex didn't climb the Dawn Wall; he climbed Freerider. Tommy Caldwell set the Dawn Wall route with the help of Kevin Jorgensen.
Alex Honnold what?!
and Honnold was coached by Caldwell to do Freerider. And, who opis to say, if it wasn't for TC helping out AH, that attempt may have ended up tragically.
He's trying to show respect, if he said it was piss easy sounds like some egos would be hurt.
actually pretty much all elite climbers i know are all humble i don't know whose ego you are talking about!!!! they all are chasing something of their own to keep!!!! that's the wall for everyone!!!! he is not TRYING to show respect he IS SHOWING RESPECT!!!! everyone finds something that is humbling about the wall after all we are all limited by our capabilities!!!!
@@Fantastic-One sounds like your definitely limited 😂
@@tonizen876 yes that's what i said, i am very definitely limited!!!! even superman was limited!!!
@@kbonh22 SHOUTING WHO'S SHOUTING? What is this your first day on the internet?
Dawn wall is only difficult without harness, with harness its one of easier climbs for 9b climbers
He cheated. He says he used "aid climbing" so basically using the bolts to help himself up.
He practiced with aid climbing then free climbed it you jackwagon
At 1:38 he says: "Using free climbing and a little bit of aid climbing." If he is trying to duplicate Tommy Caldwell/Jorgeson, then he did not quite do it, since those two reportedly used zero aid climbing. Perhaps he was not trying to duplicate them. It's still an amazing climb, for sure. Ondra is arguably the greatest boulderer of all time, but boulders do not capture the imagination of the non climbing public, and neither does relatively safe free climbing. He is insanely strong and talented, but he's like Andy Murray in the Roger Federer era. He is simply climbing in the wrong era, and under a massive shadow. That's not his fault. Right or wrong, it's simply the way it is.
Yeah, he didn't replicate what they did, but it is still extremely impressive.
That was just his warm up - 4 days to the top with a little aid. He free climbed it in 8 days after that.
That was a practice run. He did free climb it after a months practice. And i don't think he's in anyones shadow. He is tge strongest climber out there
As others have pointed out, that was in reference to getting on the wall for the first time and preparing to practice the various pitches. He made a ground-up push in the end and completed a legitimate second ascent. Factoring in his lack of previous experience trad climbing and big wall climbing, suggesting he's living in a shadow is incredibly naive to his accomplishments in the climbing world.
Ultimately, obvious troll is obvious.
Maybe listen to what he says before you comment misleading stuff
Maybe if he didn't have all those crutches, it might be impressive. When you're tied, it just takes time. Yawn, you horse-faced wuss.
You are such an idiot, very few people have completed this climb with ropes, going without ropes opus a death wish. You would never be able to do this
I always knew Tall, Skinny people were cheating..!!🤓😂🩱