Talking about the great climbers being set apart - a favorite quote I heard from a world class violinist about the same topic is "working hard and being talented are expectations, they just get you in the door".
Love to hear that a youtube channel I support started my local gym I climb at! Loved this video of just learning more about you and Maddy and your insights on climbing overall really great video!
Thanks for this video. Really great insight on how you go about living life as a professional climber. I appreciated the answer for dealing with mental struggles. I struggle with this quite frequently. I have to skip sessions once in a while to reset. Sometimes my expectations get the better of me, but I take a step back and go into the next session knowing I'll try hard, but with the intent that I'm there to have fun.
I was surprised you don't do much outdoors. We are very alike. Most of my friends but I tend to be a gym rat too. Being busy in life afterwork and church life in weekends often put me in a gym setting.
Hi Zach! If you wanted to go bouldering outside somewhere that has some pretty great classics and is also very convenient I would recommend the Gunks. You can get an Airbnb literally 5 minutes away from the bouldering area, and there are a ton of really nice problems that are right off of the main road. So you can warm up at home before you leave or on some good jug hauls near the entrance. A far cry from anything available in Ontario or Quebec haha.
on Sorato & Janja: I think we'll see more people reach those levels as the sport progresses. Climbing is a very expensive sport and requires a bit of investment and infastructure to actually do. When more gyms are built and become more accessible as well, as climbing becoming popular in the mainstream (which it certainly is right now) we'll start to witness insane compeition performance. Sorato and Janja are only showing us what is possible right now and as they raise the bar higher it's showing what is possible for all the youth competitors out there. I wouldn't be surprised to see a new generation of comp kids in a few years surpass Sorato's achievements.
So sad you’re not willing to climb outdoors, seems so crazy that there’s people that only climb indoors. They make “Burden of dreams” plastic replicas, so a legit v17 climb could be worked indoor then go to Finland to make the send?
Speaking on TH-cam ing…any advice for starting out? Personally I feel I’d just feel awkward and obtrusive setting up a camera in the middle of my wall…
The biggest bit of advice honestly is that you have to enjoy it! It’s a super slow burn in the first year and it’s all about the long game! As for the obstruction I’m really intentional on where I setup the camera so it’s as out of the way as possible!
First answer: my respect has gone up even more
Talking about the great climbers being set apart - a favorite quote I heard from a world class violinist about the same topic is "working hard and being talented are expectations, they just get you in the door".
Loved this Zach!! Proud to be a Patreon supporter to you and Maddie. One of the most highly valuable channels out there!
Thank you!! And yes so grateful to have you on the Patreon :)
Love to hear that a youtube channel I support started my local gym I climb at! Loved this video of just learning more about you and Maddy and your insights on climbing overall really great video!
Thanks for this video. Really great insight on how you go about living life as a professional climber. I appreciated the answer for dealing with mental struggles. I struggle with this quite frequently. I have to skip sessions once in a while to reset. Sometimes my expectations get the better of me, but I take a step back and go into the next session knowing I'll try hard, but with the intent that I'm there to have fun.
Started using antihydral (rhinoskin tip juice) recently and it makes my tips a bit harder and more durable. Pretty much solves this issue for me
The live stream is a pretty good idea and really unique for bouldering
Climb skin is also a very good product doesn't leave my skin as greasy as climb on
Tatakae !!!
I was surprised you don't do much outdoors. We are very alike. Most of my friends but I tend to be a gym rat too. Being busy in life afterwork and church life in weekends often put me in a gym setting.
Didn’t expect Attack on Titan name drop here. It’s a masterpiece . Sasageyo!
id love to see a live stream like this!
Hi Zach! If you wanted to go bouldering outside somewhere that has some pretty great classics and is also very convenient I would recommend the Gunks. You can get an Airbnb literally 5 minutes away from the bouldering area, and there are a ton of really nice problems that are right off of the main road. So you can warm up at home before you leave or on some good jug hauls near the entrance. A far cry from anything available in Ontario or Quebec haha.
Thank you for your insights!
Very fun video!
Attack on titan fan, hell yeah!
on Sorato & Janja: I think we'll see more people reach those levels as the sport progresses. Climbing is a very expensive sport and requires a bit of investment and infastructure to actually do. When more gyms are built and become more accessible as well, as climbing becoming popular in the mainstream (which it certainly is right now) we'll start to witness insane compeition performance. Sorato and Janja are only showing us what is possible right now and as they raise the bar higher it's showing what is possible for all the youth competitors out there. I wouldn't be surprised to see a new generation of comp kids in a few years surpass Sorato's achievements.
At the V7 level, is it ok to board climb twice a week in lieu of hangboarding?
Yeah that sounds like it will do the trick just as well!
Pls watch bleach I beg of you
So sad you’re not willing to climb outdoors, seems so crazy that there’s people that only climb indoors.
They make “Burden of dreams” plastic replicas, so a legit v17 climb could be worked indoor then go to Finland to make the send?
You could also say it's a shame that climbers like Shawn R aren't "willing" to compete
Speaking on TH-cam ing…any advice for starting out? Personally I feel I’d just feel awkward and obtrusive setting up a camera in the middle of my wall…
Most important thing is simply to start, however you do it
@LeonardoYoshimitsu guess so
The biggest bit of advice honestly is that you have to enjoy it! It’s a super slow burn in the first year and it’s all about the long game!
As for the obstruction I’m really intentional on where I setup the camera so it’s as out of the way as possible!
@@richardsonsclimbing alright cheers