I totally agree! Alan watts' reaction to Adam on-sighting Just do it was my favorite moment of his whole channel. You could tell how deeply he was moved.
Adam puts out content that is about the passion for the sport and the experience instead of just for the difficulty. He can do a video about the history and experience of what is an “easy” route purely because he loves all aspects of climbing
Perfect video, that's what we need! Send with all the moves from the beginning to the top, with voiceover. Thank you! I felt the flow, and got a bit pumped just by watching it :)
adam your contribution to climbing community is incredible. thanks for sharing your journey with us. your passion for climbing constantly shines through the videos and ur narrating.
Most climbers don't achieve that grade in their whole life. From the ones who do, most of them have to spend entire seasons training on the same route. For Adam it took a couple of minutes.
Just about everything about this video was amazing - music, camera, editing, Adam's climbing and narration. What a fitting route name - Solitary Souls!
Off Topic: Hello Adamn and Community. I am no climber myself but i love watching the on or other climbing channel. I have a question regarding tournaments. It seems like, that the most popular climbing contest is the speed climbing oder climbing for time. As someone with no further background i have to say that is not fun to watch at all and it doesnt do justice to "real" climbing skill. this is at least how i feel. so why arent there trournaments for distance? make one obsticle harder than the one before and see who got more endurance and basicly set up problems until its not solvable for anyone any more. if two people climb the same distance you can still count the time. I think competetive wise climbing has SO much to offer but it feels like the competitions are very specialised and limited in case of creativity. More a text than a question sorry. Would like to know what actual climber thinka bout this :)
!s an onsight sent possible at all after watching and studing uncut, in detail explained climbing videos. ? What mean the experts? How honest are the climbers ? ;)
I keep seeing climbers switch to bowline variations for tying in, and I wonder if it is just a trend, or if there is a big advantage (other than untying) to using it instead of figure 8
What more of an advantage do you need than it being easy to untie? As long as its secure and you trust your knot, untying speed is the only way to improve a knot
@@tensecondsplit5471 yeah no shit, hence why I mentioned the knot has to be secure and you must trust it. Almost every knot derates your rope to 75% of its MBS, the bowline and figure 8 are no exception. I've literally never heard of a case where a rope snapped on a climber because a bowline was used instead of the "normal" figure 8. The figure 8 is just taught to beginners because its easy to tie and have a partner check over.
@@CoNFiiDeNTiiAL nobody thinks a rope will snap because of using a bowline instead of a figure 8. If anything it would slip because the bowline wasn't followed through or backed up and slack is introduced. Ive never had a problem untying a proper figure 8 even after a whip, so I don't feel any need to use a bowline. To me there's more cons than pros, so I was wondering why some people are switching away from figure 8
@@tensecondsplit5471 then why bring up MBS in the first place... Like I said again, if the knot is SECURE(properly tied and backed up) and the climber trusts it. All that matters is how easy it is to untie after whipping. I know for a fact that a bowline will be dead simple to unlock with pumped forearms and a big whip. The figure 8 will naturally bind on itself making it objectively harder to untie
I answered a few questions below this video. I did quite a bit of text with some thoughts, so I created a web update - adamondra.com/updates/my-climbing-more-about-feeling-or-thinking
I have been climbing walls for a long time before you were born, but I must say that I have never seen an amazing one like you before. Hello from that village in the Alps where sport climbing competitions were born.
Love it. Excellent video, Adam & team. Curious who hangs the draws for Adam’s onsight burns lol. Somebody’s gotta rappel in or get up it first, I guess.
My thoughts as well. I've never considered a pink point to be a onsight. I'm not trying to diminish the achievement. I'm just curious how the whole process happens.
Yes the route is prepped by the team prior to the attempt. I know Adam has even had mates tell him how the holds feel before the attempt. I'm sure he could rap it and place the draws if he wants.
Looks like some kind of bowline. I’m actually curious what finish Adam uses, as well. Doesn’t look like a yosemite or any of the others I’m familiar with. Almost looked like a simple bowline with a barrel knot on the running end. Hard to tell if he does anything further with the tail there.
Definitely looks like a bowline with a double fisherman/barrel knot to finish. IIRC that’s pretty standard in some areas of Europe. He may choose it over figure 8 because it is easier to untie after being loaded.
@@milhollandandrew yea. I use a bowline then follow it back through - you essentially end up with a bowline on a bight. Surprised he’d have so much tail left after tying in.
@@majkelb3057 The downside of the bowline is that it's easy to not spot your error if you mess up, while with a figure 8 it's hard to put yourself in danger : even if you mess up the resulting knot will probably hold. On a bowline the knot can just slip. The real advantage of the bowline is that it's a lot easier to untie if you fall a lot (even if a well dressed figure 8 is not that hard to untie either).
When my son was about 11 years old he entered a Jaycee Relay Race. He’d never ran track before and didn’t know everybody wore shorts. He came in jeans, to everyone’s amusement. He ran the last leg for his team - and came away the fastest runner of the day, and made up considerable distance to win. This video made me think of that day. How I wish I had been able to see it, instead of only hear and read about it. I was a single mom and had to work. My son was an amazing athlete. ❤️
I've always wondered how or who puts the quickdraws up on these hard routes? Are they ones just left in the bolts, does the filming crew rap down and put them in or does another climber climb up and put them in ahead of Adam going for the onsight?
It looks like it would be difficult to rappel down through the bushes and along the diagonal line. On the other hand, he doesn't collect the quickdraws in the end. Maybe they are there permanently?
In many of the hardest routes, the quickdraws are fixed. Or somebody is projecting it long-term and leaves the quickdraws there for a long time. This was the case of Solitary Souls. A few times, I asked my film crew or a friend to put the quickdraws for me (usually just rappelling down the neighboring route), but in some cases I wanted to go as pure as possible - onsighting while clipping my quickdraws off the harness. I have done routes up to 8c+ in this style.
But while climbing, what passes through your mind? I mean, thoughts are as rational, verbally shaped and meaningful as you express them in the comment, or rather you feel youy have to go you feel you can rest, you feel kneebar is not worth trying, and so on? It's more thinking, or more feeling?
It is all about the feeling. I try to be as rational as possible before and after climbing, but while I am climbing, everything has to be automatic. I don’t think in words or sentences, I just climb. It is more of an intuition that is performing the moves. But the software (= the rationale information before an onsight try) is already somehow recorded into the intuition.
@@AdamOndra that's amazing, that's an inspiration, that's something we'd all want to try and practice and someday, somehow, somewhere, maybe not so many times but at least a few, remarkable times, experience: setting the foundations of the climb with our rational mind, and then let it all go and take the shape it should, one movement at a time, sewing the path of our flow. Thank you Adam.
I like the fact that Adam speaks sometimes obvious truths, nothing really new. But somehow I listen to his calming voice like it was a gospel. Another great onsight!
you make me inspire. i m a handicap person and i jusr inspire from your all hard working. thank you for sharing this awesome video. you are best. love from India,.
Awesome vid! Just curious as i'm just starting with sport climbing, how does one get quickdraws set up for an onsight? I imagine one has to bring a strong friend who could more or less climb the route too, or maybe with breaks in between? Are there other options?
i'm fairly certain that silence will not remain a 9c in the future when the dust settles. it's -at least- a 9c+, maybe even 10a. i just have that gut feeling.
Amazing performance obviously. Particularly impressed by the fact that Adam was getting out of his zone of comfort with this route considering that it’s an old style 8c+ (ie very pumpy) and that Adam is not particularly known for his endurance (everything here being relative obviously…) As an onsight attempt, always wonder how much time Adam must have spent at the crag reading the route from below, thinking about it and waiting for the perfect conditions? Or was it really the case of “driving to the crag one day, looking up for 10 minutes and sending it”? ;)
It seems like it was more the former, with a lot of time reading the route from below and waiting for the right conditions. He even mentions studying pictures of the route. Just no beta!
Incredible to watch, that looked fantastic and how amazing that you still had the margin to even WANT to continue when there were no more moves left. Shows just how much you enjoy your craft.
Do they pre-clip all the quickdraws top to bottom, like, rappelling? Or do they clip them bottom to top like using an extender and then ascending the rope? I wonder the same on every video ahahah
@@crimpchimp it's more because on overhanging stuff is difficoult to remove quickdraw from the anchor point, in the video the route traverse a lot, so it will be difficoult to remove them
I love that there are always interviews with the local climbers in Adam's videos.
I totally agree! Alan watts' reaction to Adam on-sighting Just do it was my favorite moment of his whole channel. You could tell how deeply he was moved.
Adam puts out content that is about the passion for the sport and the experience instead of just for the difficulty. He can do a video about the history and experience of what is an “easy” route purely because he loves all aspects of climbing
Indeed... These last words were so smart and beautyful at the same time.
The film crew for his videos are always getting excellent shots and angles
Perfect video, that's what we need! Send with all the moves from the beginning to the top, with voiceover. Thank you! I felt the flow, and got a bit pumped just by watching it :)
adam your contribution to climbing community is incredible. thanks for sharing your journey with us. your passion for climbing constantly shines through the videos and ur narrating.
Most climbers don't achieve that grade in their whole life. From the ones who do, most of them have to spend entire seasons training on the same route. For Adam it took a couple of minutes.
Just about everything about this video was amazing - music, camera, editing, Adam's climbing and narration. What a fitting route name - Solitary Souls!
We will never see a climber like him in the history of climbing. The man is one of a kind!
Wolfgang Guellich
So absolutely unfair man, my project is 7a. To onsight 8c+ is just incredible!
Icredible climb, interview and video. Such a pleasuring channel!
Love this videos, keep them coming ! You are a great person, Adam.
I know next to nothing about this sport but I’m all here for it.
Exeptional climber and magnifiscent storyteller.
Congrats such a beautiful line.
Stupendo! Complimenti!
Bella questa, bella d'avvero
One day Adam you need to climb down a wall instead of up it!! Outdoor/Indoor surprise us!
Amazing Clip! Bravo 👍
Where are the screams!!?? So beautiful route Adam!
It was too easy, no screams needed
Super video adame jsi dobrý lezec a taky doufám že nepřestaneš lézt
Awesome climb!
awesome sent!
AMAZING
Off Topic: Hello Adamn and Community. I am no climber myself but i love watching the on or other climbing channel. I have a question regarding tournaments. It seems like, that the most popular climbing contest is the speed climbing oder climbing for time. As someone with no further background i have to say that is not fun to watch at all and it doesnt do justice to "real" climbing skill. this is at least how i feel. so why arent there trournaments for distance? make one obsticle harder than the one before and see who got more endurance and basicly set up problems until its not solvable for anyone any more. if two people climb the same distance you can still count the time. I think competetive wise climbing has SO much to offer but it feels like the competitions are very specialised and limited in case of creativity. More a text than a question sorry. Would like to know what actual climber thinka bout this :)
Menuda charla nos das adam
Chapeau
well donezo alonzo
!s an onsight sent possible at all after watching and studing uncut, in detail explained climbing videos. ? What mean the experts? How honest are the climbers ? ;)
🔥🔥🔥
What kind of knot are you using? I tried to check it out, but couldn't get it
What knot is that Adam tied in with? It does not look like a typical figure 8.
I keep seeing climbers switch to bowline variations for tying in, and I wonder if it is just a trend, or if there is a big advantage (other than untying) to using it instead of figure 8
What more of an advantage do you need than it being easy to untie? As long as its secure and you trust your knot, untying speed is the only way to improve a knot
@@CoNFiiDeNTiiAL if it has an increased mbs over another knot I would say thats way more important than fucking untying speed
@@tensecondsplit5471 yeah no shit, hence why I mentioned the knot has to be secure and you must trust it. Almost every knot derates your rope to 75% of its MBS, the bowline and figure 8 are no exception.
I've literally never heard of a case where a rope snapped on a climber because a bowline was used instead of the "normal" figure 8. The figure 8 is just taught to beginners because its easy to tie and have a partner check over.
@@CoNFiiDeNTiiAL nobody thinks a rope will snap because of using a bowline instead of a figure 8. If anything it would slip because the bowline wasn't followed through or backed up and slack is introduced. Ive never had a problem untying a proper figure 8 even after a whip, so I don't feel any need to use a bowline. To me there's more cons than pros, so I was wondering why some people are switching away from figure 8
@@tensecondsplit5471 then why bring up MBS in the first place... Like I said again, if the knot is SECURE(properly tied and backed up) and the climber trusts it. All that matters is how easy it is to untie after whipping. I know for a fact that a bowline will be dead simple to unlock with pumped forearms and a big whip. The figure 8 will naturally bind on itself making it objectively harder to untie
Does someone know the kind of nodes Adam is doing at 2"30 please ?
what knot is that? 2:30
What knot is he using?
First
a fraud
Can someone please explain this knot to me? 2:28 I'm happy with my figure 8, just curious what Adam is using and why
It is "single bowline with double fisherman knot". Found the info on the blog of Adam.
@@gordonlesti5317 Yea I saw in one of his recent videos the link to his blog where he talks about this. Thanks for making sure I got the info.
Alfredo: Gives a heartfelt history of the first send and his tribulations of conquering it.
Adam: "Yeah, I'm gonna onsight that."
Incredible route in such a beautiful place ! Adam's commentary is so calm, it sounds like he's narrating a peaceful walk through the woods !
Only Adam onsights a resistance-based 8c+ and wants to keep going after clipping the chains. Totally inspiring.
Beautifully filmed and beautifully climbed!
Adam, you always amaze me. Hopefully you can come to Chile again and try the new routes opened. Keep doing content like these porfavor.
Yeah he's 53, climbing 8c+ and talking about the limits and the reality. If I'm climbing 8c+ at 53, I'll have overshot my goals multiple times
He did his first 9a in 2017 and another in 2021!
I answered a few questions below this video. I did quite a bit of text with some thoughts, so I created a web update - adamondra.com/updates/my-climbing-more-about-feeling-or-thinking
adam ondra be like: i was suprised that i had to try hard on this 8c+
I love how Adam is so good that he feels like the crux is coming, but it never does.
i onsighted my first 6c+ today and was so excited. now adam posted this and i feel a little bit less ecstatic 😅
Great job!!! You should be excited! :D
Amazing dude! Keep up the great work!!
Remember you aren’t competing against Adam. You are competing against who you were yesterday.
@@quest4adventure495 Nice 👍🏼
Jeez this is like a feature film. Amazing stuff Adam!
"He inspires you to go home and train! But I'm 53, so I go home and face the reality" :D that was a very funny phrase there.
Increbible as always Adam! The way you climb is beutiful, it seemed like you already climed it countless times before. Insane.
I love how Adam talks about the "total crux" of the route at the same time as he absolutely crushes that section. What a legend.
2:00 Is there a typo in the caption? He says he is exhausted from an approach that is less than 30 minutes. That's a standard approach where I'm from
Nope, he said 30 minutes. It probably is very overhanging to get there.
well, consider that the man was probably in his late 40s
@@martipg3866 and climbing 8C+? I think he’s in good enough shape
I have been climbing walls for a long time before you were born, but I must say that I have never seen an amazing one like you before. Hello from that village in the Alps where sport climbing competitions were born.
Love it. Excellent video, Adam & team. Curious who hangs the draws for Adam’s onsight burns lol. Somebody’s gotta rappel in or get up it first, I guess.
My thoughts as well. I've never considered a pink point to be a onsight. I'm not trying to diminish the achievement. I'm just curious how the whole process happens.
@@FlatOutFE < simply a rappel
@@FlatOutFE For a lot of these hard routes that have been long term projects there are draws permanently hanging there already.
Probably on the route they are already there, the route seems not so overhanging but it traverse a lot, it will be difficoult to remove it
Yes the route is prepped by the team prior to the attempt. I know Adam has even had mates tell him how the holds feel before the attempt. I'm sure he could rap it and place the draws if he wants.
2:45 Hi, what is this knot? It isn't 8 right? Anyone can explain? I was taught to use 8-knot there.
Looks like some kind of bowline. I’m actually curious what finish Adam uses, as well. Doesn’t look like a yosemite or any of the others I’m familiar with. Almost looked like a simple bowline with a barrel knot on the running end. Hard to tell if he does anything further with the tail there.
@@andrefivethousand Seams simpler and easier to tie.
Definitely looks like a bowline with a double fisherman/barrel knot to finish. IIRC that’s pretty standard in some areas of Europe. He may choose it over figure 8 because it is easier to untie after being loaded.
@@milhollandandrew yea. I use a bowline then follow it back through - you essentially end up with a bowline on a bight. Surprised he’d have so much tail left after tying in.
@@majkelb3057 The downside of the bowline is that it's easy to not spot your error if you mess up, while with a figure 8 it's hard to put yourself in danger : even if you mess up the resulting knot will probably hold. On a bowline the knot can just slip.
The real advantage of the bowline is that it's a lot easier to untie if you fall a lot (even if a well dressed figure 8 is not that hard to untie either).
Half of the native speakers of english I know couldn't use the word "homogenous" in a sentence.
It's relatable hearing Adam say that he wanted to rest and then, after trying to rest, realizing the rest is not efficient.
When my son was about 11 years old he entered a Jaycee Relay Race. He’d never ran track before and didn’t know everybody wore shorts. He came in jeans, to everyone’s amusement. He ran the last leg for his team - and came away the fastest runner of the day, and made up considerable distance to win. This video made me think of that day. How I wish I had been able to see it, instead of only hear and read about it. I was a single mom and had to work. My son was an amazing athlete. ❤️
fajny odcinek, pozdrawiam czeski przyjacielu! za niedługo 400 tysięcy
I've always wondered how or who puts the quickdraws up on these hard routes? Are they ones just left in the bolts, does the filming crew rap down and put them in or does another climber climb up and put them in ahead of Adam going for the onsight?
It looks like it would be difficult to rappel down through the bushes and along the diagonal line. On the other hand, he doesn't collect the quickdraws in the end. Maybe they are there permanently?
In many of the hardest routes, the quickdraws are fixed. Or somebody is projecting it long-term and leaves the quickdraws there for a long time. This was the case of Solitary Souls. A few times, I asked my film crew or a friend to put the quickdraws for me (usually just rappelling down the neighboring route), but in some cases I wanted to go as pure as possible - onsighting while clipping my quickdraws off the harness. I have done routes up to 8c+ in this style.
But while climbing, what passes through your mind? I mean, thoughts are as rational, verbally shaped and meaningful as you express them in the comment, or rather you feel youy have to go you feel you can rest, you feel kneebar is not worth trying, and so on? It's more thinking, or more feeling?
It is all about the feeling. I try to be as rational as possible before and after climbing, but while I am climbing, everything has to be automatic. I don’t think in words or sentences, I just climb. It is more of an intuition that is performing the moves. But the software (= the rationale information before an onsight try) is already somehow recorded into the intuition.
@@AdamOndra that's amazing, that's an inspiration, that's something we'd all want to try and practice and someday, somehow, somewhere, maybe not so many times but at least a few, remarkable times, experience: setting the foundations of the climb with our rational mind, and then let it all go and take the shape it should, one movement at a time, sewing the path of our flow. Thank you Adam.
I like the fact that Adam speaks sometimes obvious truths, nothing really new. But somehow I listen to his calming voice like it was a gospel. Another great onsight!
Theres so much beauty is the way he climbs. Pushing the limits of whats possible.
Great onsight! Insightful to hear you contrast flow with security! Such a simple lesson, but difficult to embody.
you make me inspire. i m a handicap person and i jusr inspire from your all hard working. thank you for sharing this awesome video. you are best.
love from India,.
Doing a 8c+ onsight is so insane so that its hard to even imagine.
What the fuck is the belayer doing half the time? Letting go of the dead end of the rope all the time, sometimes even giving out rope with it?
Luxusní práce jako vždycky, dobrej výběr hudby, krásně to dokresluje, ale nikde nevidím odkaz, nebo aspoň název tracku :(
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I personally way prefer a silent ascent. If possible get closer angles so we can see better, but too much talking
Awesome vid!
Just curious as i'm just starting with sport climbing, how does one get quickdraws set up for an onsight?
I imagine one has to bring a strong friend who could more or less climb the route too, or maybe with breaks in between? Are there other options?
either that or in case it is possible to hike up from behind a friend can rappel down and put the quickdraws in.
As someone who climbed it 8C+ is too much for it 🤔way easier than 8C+
Chiudere una via, toccare la catena
Adilà del grado, è sempre una emozione unica
Hey Adam,
what kind of knot do you use at 2:40? I've never seen this one
thanks ;-)
Hey Adam Sir, could we pretty please have some subtitles in your videos
Also the sling setter must be a good climber , missing the original onsight rules (no information, no set gear)
Pěkně Áďo!! Jaký vždy naprostá pecka. Velká gratulace 💪
Άντε γεια βιντεάκι. Amazing stuff.
Adam may not even realize how he has inspired many. Believe in yourself and work hard anything is possible well done
Well done Enjoy how you bring the history and heritage of a route into a storyline
Awesome video and what an inspiration this interview was
How are you tiding in? This is not a figure 8 knot.
Man, just 10a already lol
i'm fairly certain that silence will not remain a 9c in the future when the dust settles. it's -at least- a 9c+, maybe even 10a. i just have that gut feeling.
For those wondering how he does it, it is 6 grades under his limit. It is like a 7a climber onsighting a 5C. Fully admirable, fully understandable.
Amazing video. Beautiful!
Amazing performance obviously.
Particularly impressed by the fact that Adam was getting out of his zone of comfort with this route considering that it’s an old style 8c+ (ie very pumpy) and that Adam is not particularly known for his endurance (everything here being relative obviously…)
As an onsight attempt, always wonder how much time Adam must have spent at the crag reading the route from below, thinking about it and waiting for the perfect conditions? Or was it really the case of “driving to the crag one day, looking up for 10 minutes and sending it”? ;)
It seems like it was more the former, with a lot of time reading the route from below and waiting for the right conditions. He even mentions studying pictures of the route. Just no beta!
Un 8c+ on sight fatto da Adam sembra pure facile...via spettacolare da vedere, Adam pure...
Incredible to watch, that looked fantastic and how amazing that you still had the margin to even WANT to continue when there were no more moves left.
Shows just how much you enjoy your craft.
Thanks for sharing the moment
Another phenomenal video.
Love the production & the great stories that go along with them.
Incredible.
gracias Alfredo gracias!!
Half an hour walk in being exhausting, lol
It looks like a very steep approach.
What knot does Adam tie?
Still wanted to continue, but there were no real holds... That pretty much sums Adams strength up.
I love your videos, a beautiful route, a soothing commentary and aesthetic camera angles, absolutely amazing !
Do they pre-clip all the quickdraws top to bottom, like, rappelling? Or do they clip them bottom to top like using an extender and then ascending the rope? I wonder the same on every video ahahah
On the hard routes of a crag you’ll sometimes find quickdraws because people are regularly projecting the routes and just leave them hanging.
@@crimpchimp Someone had to be 1st :)
@@crimpchimp it's more because on overhanging stuff is difficoult to remove quickdraw from the anchor point, in the video the route traverse a lot, so it will be difficoult to remove them
always love ur climbing vids Adam. stay healthy and strong brother
didnt even seem like a challenge to you
Just a nice training stimulus probably 😂
It almost looks effortless, this guy is awesome
"Indipendentemente dal grado che uno ha" scalare è tutto qui
Awesome footage man