This was my first upgrade after many ears✊ In the autumn, I went to a very small crag in Mladkov, Orlice mountains (my homeland, Czechia) with one legendary boulder 8B(+), unrepeated since 2008 by my friend and really strong climber Martin Stráník – @NoonooSG ✌ I think Martin was completely underestimating his strengths at that time, so he graded this amazing boulder called The End of the World (Konec světa) 8B after a few days of work. It’s a pretty proud line and I couldn’t wait to try it out with his brother, great climber and routesetter Štěpán Stráník.
Watch the new episode on my YouTube channel, where you’ll find out, besides great climbing, that Martin is a bit crazy badass because he climbed this boulder with only 2 very small pads, using one of them and the second left aside and put his backpack on it ☝
Let me know in the comments how you liked the episode.
Timecodes:
00:00 – Intro
00:30 – Turn on EN/CZ subtitles in video settings
01:39 – Flash of Konec Světa Direct 8B (easier variation)
01:57 – Adam Ondra talks about 8B boulder by Martin Stráník
02:53 – Mladkov, Orlice Mountains, Czechia
03:18 – Wane Gretzky 8a+ Onsight
04:55 – It’s raining
05:27 – Martin Stráník (Adam’s friend, Czech climbing legend, first ascensionist)
06:48 – Martin’s brother Štěpán Stráník (Czech climbing legend, route setter)
07:40 – Adam talks about Martin’s crazy bad-ass style
08:30 – The End of the World 8B+
09:35 – Upgrade to 8B+
09:50 – Repeated this 8B+ boulder 6 times
10:00 – Outro
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38 Comments
I think if you offer courses to become a better climber, you should also be a role model in your videos. This certainly includes wearing a helmet and using the Grigri correctly. Since we love climbing and bouldering on rocks so much, we should climb in as nature-friendly as possible. Whether you have to dry holds with a hairdryer is surely debatable. It's definitely worse to boulder or climb at night or with music (which you don't do, but many other professional climbers do).
Bog roll, a hair dryer and a tarp – that's dedication for you!!
V2 in my gym
adam and the team make the highest quality outdoor climbing videos period. 4k plus english and czech subtitles. and of course the amazing drone shots of the scenery
I loved the intro! I thought it matched the title of the boulder really well while also adding a nice insight into what preparation it might take to climb a hard boulder on a rainy day.
the route name paired with chosen music choice and the cross in the shots…well done editing/video team!!
how much for that boulder cleaning service?
Adam videos are cinematic masterpieces
Normal climbers: scared of falling. Adam Ondra: „scared I wouldn’t onsight 8a+“
Another comment for Terranova revisit! A collab with Jane and Will over there in spring would be 10/10!!!
I was coming from a classical music video. Smooth transition! And great video, as always. Adam's enthusiasm is so communicative. So communicative that today, BEFORE watching this video, I repeated a V3 6 times at my local gym.
That toehook is just absolutely wild.
Adam and Team: What a work of art you've made here! I would print and frame 1:26 – amazing!
Wow the Videos have been getting so much better, great editing and beautiful framing!!
But what is the O grade?
Radness. Ty!
i recall bouldering b4 crash pads were invented… when they appeared, 1 old school crash pad was a burst of luxury and confidence…. We were like, what a great idea! Why didn’t we think of this?!?
Too much flexing here – casually OS 8a with downclimbing to find better way, slimbing 7 times an 8B+ boulder for training purposes. Chill out bruh
As usual a fantastic quality film with a great story. I learn so much about climbing history from this channel and really appreciate the effort you put into celebrating other climbers and little-known climbs.
As usual, amazing video with creative cinematic choices and soundtracks, but also great climbing! I particularly loved the beginning! The name of the line and the climb itself looks really cool 🙂 Congrats, Adam. You are not getting old!
The flexibility Adam has is insane!! And that's on the downclimb
God does adam and his team know how to make a video. These so amazing to watch
way to make everyone else feel like shit by lapping it 6 more times…
Nice track at the end, amazing shooting & editing
Love the post rock vibe!
Thanks Adam, I "waited for it" and you held promise.
HAHAHA climbed it seven times, absolutely monster
Such a chad move to flash and then upgrade 😂
Such a chad move to flash and then upgrade 😂
It's not official but he did think Excalibur could be 9c , just can't upgrade it because he hasn't done it.
gothic Ondra
Awesome Session Adam! Hope we can make video together one day ,))
Liking the editing here. Great cinematography.
you are such a nice person. I hope I can meet you once in real life. congrats on the 7 sends😂😊
When are you going for a 9a boulder? And which one do you like best? Alphane?
1:11 you can’t spell OSHA without “sh” 🤫
Training for Alphane? 🤔
Nice climb Adam. I was wondering if you can make a statement on the fact that drying holds, I mean artificially with hair dryer or whatever, is not relevant on every stone. Our main concern is about Fontainebleau. We saw too many people try to do the same thing in the forest and sandstone doesn't stand that kind of process. We have more and more broken holds, partly because of that. When they saw inspiring climbers like yourself drying rocks or climbing at night, they feel like they can do the same every where. We are struggling with that in Fontainebleau and I bet it is the same problems in all sandstone areas. Thanks for everything you've done for the climbing community, hope we saw you around in Fontainebleau. Best
Oh my god, the intro, so good