Incredible flow and technique! Watching this climb reminds me of the importance of mastering the fundamentals. That perfect body positioning, the smooth weight shifts, and precise foot placements - it’s exactly the kind of movement I emphasize with my climbers. When the basics are so well-executed, everything else seems effortless! Tom
Yeah this is Colin Duffy he almost medaled for the US at both the Tokyo and Paris olympics. He's really good at bouldering. Plus he has world cup gold medals in both bouldering and lead climbing
That whole thing is insane. Also, I've never seen a toe hook swap like that. Amazing work by Colin, but also the route setter - incredible vision to set that.
It was set by a guy named Jake Kim, he's not even technically a routesetter. But he's an absolute crusher, and a super chill dude. He also just reset the spray wall at my local gym on his free time and crushed it
@jacobkiley6169 is Jake one of the guys from trio climbing or whatever it's called, the channel where Collin does climbing challenges and such? I think they're roommates?
Damn man, you are strong. Killer beta, wild toe hook swap, and you made it look effortless. I hope to be able to climb half that good one day. Keep up the good work.
Back in the 1980'ies I was both a rock climber and a gymnast. I really liked to invent upside down betas, but I never came within a mile of this one. Hugely impressive by both setter and climber!
Considering how much experience and intelligence goes into setting, I am surprised so many gyms have any kind of decent climbs. A lot of the gyms in SoCal have a professional setting team that comes by and does all the local gyms, that makes more sense to me than each gym just happening to have total genuises on staff.
This is some of the most impressive bouldering I've seen in a while, the strength and ease with which you climb is mind boggling.
Incredible flow and technique! Watching this climb reminds me of the importance of mastering the fundamentals. That perfect body positioning, the smooth weight shifts, and precise foot placements - it’s exactly the kind of movement I emphasize with my climbers. When the basics are so well-executed, everything else seems effortless! Tom
Yeah this is Colin Duffy he almost medaled for the US at both the Tokyo and Paris olympics. He's really good at bouldering. Plus he has world cup gold medals in both bouldering and lead climbing
The setter probably felt so validated after someone finally figured out their beta lol
He's most likely the setter honnestly
I doubt anyone did that without any hints. That was a troll setter.
Can we just appreciate that as incredible as the climbing was, the route setting was at least as incredible!
That’s crazy the body tension seems so effortless!
That whole thing is insane. Also, I've never seen a toe hook swap like that. Amazing work by Colin, but also the route setter - incredible vision to set that.
It was set by a guy named Jake Kim, he's not even technically a routesetter. But he's an absolute crusher, and a super chill dude. He also just reset the spray wall at my local gym on his free time and crushed it
@jacobkiley6169 is Jake one of the guys from trio climbing or whatever it's called, the channel where Collin does climbing challenges and such? I think they're roommates?
@Midnight_Bacon yeah he's on there!
this guy is pretty good, he should try to make it into the climbing world cup
Or perhaps the Olympics maybe 😂
You are an absolute beast my guy, easy to see you're one of the best. Congrats my dude stay passionate ✌🏻 love your music taste also
These are the routes I want to see at a competition
to complex for the short period of time though :(
That Body tension is crazy! Really good music too for the send
Bro has a six pack on his spin. Well played
This is such a beautiful route, and a privilege to see executed so well. Congrats to Colin and the Setter!
I like to think that I look like this when I climb my barely V7 projects
Damn man, you are strong.
Killer beta, wild toe hook swap, and you made it look effortless.
I hope to be able to climb half that good one day. Keep up the good work.
I don’t know how many years of practice it took you to master that, but my closest guess is eternity. This is amazing! Bravo!!
Also, your performance in Olympics was incredible! I was and still am in awe.
UNREAL strength and coordination. Amazing, I would have totally dipped at the upside down part cause that’s terrifying.
Looking good in the Olympic opening ceremony last night Colin, can't wait to see you compete!
V16 in my gym, damn😲
Def could be, it was graded as H+ which is labeled as v11 and above. I climb roughly v10 and couldn't get past the second move lmao
V5 in my gym
Back in the 1980'ies I was both a rock climber and a gymnast. I really liked to invent upside down betas, but I never came within a mile of this one. Hugely impressive by both setter and climber!
What a great route and such a refreshment from the usual dyno
Keep it up! Impressive🦾🦾🦾
Your strength and athleticism amaze me dude. Incredible work
Imagine having fingers that strong bro
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🙌🏽 Jaw dropping! So that’s how such a climb is mastered. I have a VERY long way to go. I need to grow some muscles and grip strength first 😅
That's some amazing next level setting! Toe hook Rose move? -> invert? Bravo. Inspiring
Craaaazy V2 🎉 congrats my g
Hell nah bro thats a v1million
That is absolutely mind boggling
My 6pack is growing just by watching this! Impresed!
Wow, sick beta, hard boulder, and great execution, very controlled!
Colin is ready for Silence 💪💯
Yo the core strength for this boulder is next level
Wow, that looked crazy. You killed it.
Most impressive gym climb I’ve ever seen
Can't believe that that sequence is forced
the body tension required for this has gotta be wild 🤯💪
Bro lowkey goated
The beta starts off crazy and gets crazier like 3 times
Wth bro ur insane 😂 I aspire to be that good
Frickin legend.
Wtf it just kept going, that's so sickkk😮🔥
Gravity : am I a joke to you?
Way cooler than the intended beta 😄
I imagine the setter giggling as they set this problem
Wow, good job
This is beautiful
Hey I recognize that place, is it Denver bouldering club? Just started climbing a couple weeks ago, that’s my home gym!
Bro just does an extra flip upside down for fun
Dang is that Spider-Man?!😱😱 Very impressive I must say👌
So strong and smooth actually insane 🎉
That is some great bouldering.
The move starting around 0:15 💪
Oh my God !! Unbelievable
Holy crap your amazing
Excellent song choice
bro! how long did that take you to figure out?
Impressive and fire
Just for this, I’m doing an extra set of pull-ups at the gym tomorrow, inane dude 🔥
This is magic.
Wow! Just ...wow!!!!
Mind blowing to say the least...
Its awesome!
What grade is this? V1?
what 😭
i feel like setters making sure its doable just call in ondra or honnold or something
That beta go crazy 😂
This dude swims on the wall
Very impressive.
Mind blowing🤯
With infinite strength these comp kids have, no wonder comp stuff is so crazy.
Not how I would’ve done it personally.
As in, I wouldn’t have done it because personally I could never.
V2?
CLEAN!!!!!!
That was utterly bonkers
With wc problems looked this interesting
Insane climb.
Amazing
This means you have to try Floatin' right?
Fuck... such control
Is this at Denver bouldering club?
I think so! I thought it looked familiar.
This was up at DBC Central like 6 months ago or smthn, set by Jake Kim!
Insane
This aint climbing that acrobatics 🤣🤣🤣
I think it is more alike outdoor climbing tho than all this coordination route we see in comps.
Really nice setting and climbing.
holy shit wtf even is that like 15
Cruuuuuuised
Toehook ghost match
DBC ❤
Why can’t my gym set anything this cool 😢
Considering how much experience and intelligence goes into setting, I am surprised so many gyms have any kind of decent climbs. A lot of the gyms in SoCal have a professional setting team that comes by and does all the local gyms, that makes more sense to me than each gym just happening to have total genuises on staff.
McNasty Jones over here
Why don’t you just hold on to the wall at this point.
Imagine having to set for this mf
churejon reklo escalai entero duro
What on earth wow
we are not prepared for the comment that say v4 in my gym
forerunning that musta been hell for the setters😂
Was set by 1 guy, u don't thunk he could do it in its entirety. But I think he set intentionally for Colin bc they're good friends
Vimpossible in my gym
You don’t look like you know how to fall
The shoulder strength is disgusting
How you you even think like that lol
You should vlog or something even just do videos of your training or something
This is so gnarly. Colin is a thug.
non climber will never understand
Good climbing. However, looks like some of the cool moves are not necessary at all
Bro wtf