Christopher Jensen Hahahahahah so good

Nice one😂

It's mating season. Wait, I meant "sending". It's sending season.

3:00 top left of screen, someone heard him coming.

Yes, this actually happened. Smith is my home cragg and we have some friends who heard his screams echoing throughout the entire park. 🤣

hahaha but he was out... but his loud grunts made them think he was inside

Marc G all the power lifters tip their hats in respect

I heard that while he climbed this every lunk alarm at every planet fitness in the USA rang

I could listen to that on loop, alone, with candles

@@ehoh3246 LMFAO!!!

incerdible indeed

Matthew Janse Watts truly took serious shite for his climbing vision. Those times were so heated...... violence even

Posted this as a comment below but I will put it here too. 'I don't think Alan Watts was put off at all...more like a reckoning of how far along sport climbing has come in 2018. A sport that he had an unquestionable contribution to it's genesis 30 years ago. It would be akin to witnessing your child win a world record in some other sport. The fact that he looked on the verge of tears is what makes this video so powerful. Alan Watts didn't just bolt 'Just Do It'...he is the single biggest reason that hard gymnastic single-pitch climbing using bolts as protection exists in the US. The whole concept to enable the climber to rehearse and climb brutally difficult sections; to push difficulty as a singular objective separated from risk...that is Watts legacy at Smith and America. If I just witnessed that, I'd cry too.....'

@@paulwall3269 amen brother, I'd cry too

paul wall I stand in agreement with you Brother. Watts was gobsmacked & probably feeling vindicated. All the shite & slander, threats he endured ....... and then see Adam pull this On•Site was validation for all he endured. Alan Watts place in American Climbing History is truly visionary & humble pioneer

lmaoo

Don't joke about such things. [Demons/Satan]

@@EGbean2 Satan is the biggest joke of them all xD

@@kipo07 please be respectful

@@EGbean2 im sorry but religion is a joke in itself, im not dissing, just saying straight facts

Could be better and steeper.

To be honest, Silence will be so iconic, and already is, that probably every great upcoming climber has and will watch the film, giving up their onsight attempt lol

Jajajajajaa...veery good

I almost sh*t myself laughing at this

Actually people from the next room thought I was watching Tenis match :)

Exactly. Watch it on HIGH VOLUME!

Been there, done that. That's why I bought a pair of wireless earbuds. Trust me,worth it !

Completely agree...

Funny thing is that screech belongs to the red tailed hawk, not the bald eagle!

@Carlo Alcos Poor Americans. The realization that they do notot know the authentic Bald Eagle sound has them all f***ed up............. lol🤣🤣🤣

JL8133 was gunna say😂

You mean abuse by traditional climbers?

nb the whole community INTERNATIONALLY was in the chaotic throws of “birth pangs” as Sport & Tradition were terms being accepted & standardized. In many ways it was comparable to a Civil War as friendships ended & fights started. So an easy answer to your question would be yes by traditional climbers. An example is when he came to Yosemite & he did the First Complete free ascent of The Stigma 5.13b/c (Todd Skinner had Yo•Yo’d it earlier). There were locals who heckled while he was climbing. They wrote homophobic shite all over his vehicle. Watts was not attempting to be a pioneer. He just had nothing left in the way of natural lines left at Smith, so he started developing from the top down as that’s really the common sense way to develop Smith due to the nature of the volcanic Tuff. Long winded & still I really can’t convey what an emotional cluster fuck it was at the time

@@robertnewell4054 Incredibly informative, thanks for that.

Jeff Smoot's book "Hangdog Days" is a really good recounting of the birth of sport climbing in the US and includes Alan's story. Highly recommend it for any climber

lol good catch

Edek Falkowski 😂😭

I heard that too! I very slightly panicked hearing that

what exatly did he say about the belay? I'm not quite catching it

@@marius_krm "You're off belay."

honestly I don't think it could

so thats where the screaming comes from

Hahahhaahha LMAO

How does it look like in real life?

yeah, even my palms were crying

Same

Il Domani at Baltzola is at the top spot.

Lawrence Chen he’s not afraid of taking a whipper. His understanding & situational awareness is above even other top climbers

@@robertnewell4054 I have never climbed harder than 7 A and I will take any fall on bolts and would you rather clip and fail or skip it and keep going you can be to pumped to clip

@@dominic6018 the last time ondra felt too pumped to clip he hadn't been born yet

no animal left in 3 mile radius

Too crowded at Smith ? Maybe if I promote Smith on my V-log it will help..

it's just 8c+, they compete on that level

Scott Wayland you’re totally right. Some climbs are just so popular that it’s almost impossible to climb them clean.

I though the same... every hold is marked 😑

​@@giulioe.2874Smith Rock gets very little rain so the holds on a lot of the climbs are perpetually chalked up

Bartek Kay his placement is so nuanced. It’s a joy to watch. I just wish they had had a second camera man roped following his movements more closely.

@Adam Wicks-Arshack ?? You clearly didnt understand my question.

I suppose practice makes perfect. He is familiar with a wide range of techniques and knows when to use them.

You see him at 4:16 get the sequence wrong! And still has the energy to back track, re-position, and on-sight it!

*fathom

@Adam Wicks-Arshack You can do a climb wrong and still get to the top. The sequences are the most efficient set of moves to get you from top to bottom, if you do moves incorrectly and miss good foot placements making the climb harder than it actually is, then you got the sequence wrong.

Watts bolted it, but Tribout got the FA

It was an onsight, not a flash - that much more extraordinary

I dont think he is put off at all. If anything he is amazed at how much Ondra is pushing the sport. The guy who bolted it have most certainly been around world class climbers his whole life and I dont think Ondras Onsight makes the other climbers any less good, it only shows how far ahead he has pushed the sport.

Eric Carlson Tribout was back in France drinking strong coffee & smoking cigarettes. Alan Watts who equipped the route stated quite clearly in the Video that this was the greatest achievement in Climbing he had ever witnessed

I don't think Alan Watts was put off at all...more like a reckoning of how far along sport climbing has come in 2018. A sport that he had an unquestionable contribution to it's genesis 30 years ago. It would be akin to witnessing your child win a world record in some other sport. The fact that he looked on the verge of tears is what makes this video so powerful. Alan Watts didn't just bolt 'Just Do It'...he is the single biggest reason that hard gymnastic single-pitch climbing using bolts as protection exists in the US. The whole concept to enable the climber to rehearse and climb brutally difficult sections; to push difficulty as a singular objective separated from risk...that is Watts legacy at Smith and America. If I just witnessed that, I'd cry too.....

Ooo I wanna see that

I have to believe it’s an advantage of some kind. His ability to keep his body close to the the rock face, while at he same time being able to lean his neck and head that far out to look for available holds HAS to be an advantage.