I Climbed For 14 HOURS in London To Find the BEST BOULDER

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When London Climbing Centres asked me if I’d like to explore London through their 8 Centres Challenge, it struck me, I’ve really not climbed in or seen that much in London, my capital city and home to some thirty-six bouldering gyms.
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Exploring London using indoor bouldering as my map sounded like a great way to fix that, and to practice my climbing at the same time.
For this bouldering adventure with London Climbing Centres, we’d have just twelve hours to climb in all 8 LLC locations across the city.
Powered by the partners of this video, Tenzing, we took on a full day of climbing to determine the best boulder on offer in the city, covering dynamic comps style blocs and crimp test pieces in every corner of the map.
As we progress through the gyms, we get to climb some interesting boulders, explore some great gyms, chug lots of Tenzing and meet many of the wonderful characters that make up the LCC community.
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00:00 Introduction to London Climbing Centres Challenge
00:30 CroyWall
03:30 VauxWall West
06:10 VauxWall East
11:00 London Sightseeing
11:40 CanaryWall
13:50 BethWall Green
16:05 EustonWall
18:15 RavensWall
21:50 HarroWall
24:30 How To Take Part in London Climbing Centre Challenge
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Пікірлер: 79

@EversonBernardes 6 ай бұрын

Noticed that lately Hannah been a lot more decisive with higher commitment moves. Pretty nice to see.

@althejazzman 5 ай бұрын

Such a relief to hear that Ollie is colourblind. I am too, and I always find that climbing centres put blue and purple problems near to each other. It is however a good conversation starter, and I always laugh about it.

@matteobecchi1210 6 ай бұрын

For me the perfect boulder looks almost impossible at the first try, but then after some work it becames not easy, but possible to climbing with good flow

@mariaclaudiacaiazza7475 6 ай бұрын

Matte, come and visit us in the UK and we can all go to London and do the challenge and our very own side quest to find the perfect boulder :)

@matteobecchi1210 6 ай бұрын

@@mariaclaudiacaiazza7475 we definitely should!

@caitlinstevens6761 6 ай бұрын

I live in Canada and don't think I'll be going to London any time soon, but this was such a fun video! Loved seeing so many different gyms and how unique a lot of the buildings are!

@Bobbzorzen 6 ай бұрын

20:19 i've never seen a more instant case of "instant karma" :D aboslutely golden!

@hannahmorrisbouldering 6 ай бұрын

It did make me giggle for a long time haha :)

@nikkiibone927 6 ай бұрын

Always a good day when a new video is out! Loved this one 😊

@xtc340 6 ай бұрын

Brilliant to see my local, Croywall featured. It doesn't get super busy like some of the central London ones, and has just more space compared to arches. More KZfaqrs should visit!

@NathanBetts 6 ай бұрын

crimpy blue was a personal favourite from behind the camera, though I wouldn’t have minded a go at the eventual winner too, on a brave day :)

@itsYiyas 6 ай бұрын

Wow! London has so many good gyms, up here in Scotland it requires a bunch of travelling but there's also some great gyms if you are willing to add in a road trip to part of it too.

@hannahmorrisbouldering 6 ай бұрын

I've not explored much of Scotland's gym offering - I'd love to though. I hear TCH may be opening there very soon :D

@benmark2353 6 ай бұрын

@@hannahmorrisbouldering Yiyas just said the gyms there are good and then you're interested in one of the biggest climbing gym chains opening a spot, sheesh

@hannahmorrisbouldering 6 ай бұрын

I'm an ambassador for TCH!@@benmark2353

@hannahmorrisbouldering 6 ай бұрын

I'm an ambassador for TCH, it's my local, so I'm kind of into it :)@@benmark2353

@anelivb 6 ай бұрын

The 'instant karma' moment at 20:30 was brilliant

@knucklesmarks 6 ай бұрын

Great video as always. The thumbnail on this one is really good.

@hannahmorrisbouldering 6 ай бұрын

Glad you think so ☺️

@libre7531 6 ай бұрын

And another great video. The thumbnail is great. I benefit from how you solve the boulders. Sometimes I have an idea as to how I can move forward with my unresolved projects.

@hannahmorrisbouldering 6 ай бұрын

That's great to hear - glad you enjoyed :)

@fr.mhiggins7491 6 ай бұрын

Loved the video! I've been going to VauxWest maybe 4-5 days a week for about the last 6 months, but have never tried any of the others... They change a set of boulders at VauxWest every week so it keeps fresh and in the mornings anytime between 9 and midday the place is pretty quiet. Its a great location just near Vauxhall tube station.

@EllaClarke-ht3vb 6 ай бұрын

Really want to go and climb in London now 😂 thank you Hannah :) it was fun to get to see you climb !!! 💕

@alexmeehan6972 6 ай бұрын

Love to see canarywall (my gym) getting some attention for its weird in train arch climbing, though shame nothing from the off-pieste section, which usually has some interesting climbs

@hannahmorrisbouldering 6 ай бұрын

It’s a cool gym. Hopefully we’ll get to go back and try more of the boulders soon 🙌

@Chalkdust81 6 ай бұрын

EustonWall is great but the grades feel pretty stiff compared to the other LCC centres :)

@LadyLaddy 6 ай бұрын

Haha same here! I love travelling around and trying gyms, so I can feel you :)

@barbrobeta 6 ай бұрын

Perfect! Going to London in January, now I know where to climb 😍

@hannahmorrisbouldering 6 ай бұрын

Have fun! London has tons of great walls :)

@rickanderson1913 6 ай бұрын

Looks like I now need a trip to London 🤣 - Thanks for the vid Hannah 👍

@hannahmorrisbouldering 6 ай бұрын

London has so many great places to climb 🤩🤩

@emilyhutley4423 6 ай бұрын

Question - have you climbed at either of the Font climbing centres (Borough or Wandsworth)? Love your videos!

@hannahmorrisbouldering 6 ай бұрын

Not yet! We'd love to though :)

@joshie8045 5 ай бұрын

such a fun and inspiring video. much love

@hannahmorrisbouldering 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@Btg16cb 6 ай бұрын

Would love to see you back up in Leeds doing something similar!

@hannahmorrisbouldering 6 ай бұрын

That would be cool!

@robertcreer8826 4 ай бұрын

Cool idea, only been to a couple of these myself

@nilsp9426 6 ай бұрын

In my hometown I sometimes have these "oh wrong card" - "so you are climbing at the competition?" moments :'D Variety is really important to climbing and thus are various climbing gyms.

@whydidthetilda 6 ай бұрын

That red slab at vauxwall east looks terrifying but you crushed it!

@whydidthetilda 6 ай бұрын

For me the perfect boulder is one where I can complete it after a reasonable number of tries and I feel it's taught me something new - be it movement, route reading, confidence or something else

@hannahmorrisbouldering 6 ай бұрын

Love that. That's what I enjoy too - a puzzle at a good challenge level that I climb a little better and smoother each time :)

@BigDickMark 6 ай бұрын

Hannah, which gym had the best corgi policy?

@viktordyrby7804 6 ай бұрын

Love the thumbnail!

@stampatron 6 ай бұрын

The perfect bloc for me is one that takes about 8-10 attempts with big dynamic, pumpy moves up and over a barrel or out of a roof. A set that we can all attempt as a group and certainly not flash but conquer over time, which then brings us together while also allowing us to hone our individual skills.

@nickbestwick446 6 ай бұрын

I get down to London 3-4 times a year just do work through the climbing centres they have there.

@hannahmorrisbouldering 6 ай бұрын

They have so many cool gyms! 🤩

@maxfinn3085 6 ай бұрын

great video :P

@hannahmorrisbouldering 6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed

@damian9070 6 ай бұрын

Oh no you missed Castle Climbing Centre which is probably one of most interesting climbing spots in all London with intersting history; and one of the oldest too.

@hannahmorrisbouldering 6 ай бұрын

It's on the list - it's not an LCC wall though so not on the itinerary for this day. I've heard good things

@damian9070 6 ай бұрын

Would love you to try lead climbing there :)@@hannahmorrisbouldering

@umbman3530 6 ай бұрын

I miss that blue one from croy

@hannahmorrisbouldering 6 ай бұрын

Banger :)

@piggymapping9378 6 ай бұрын

Mile End has a nice climbing gym

@elizabethmorris9490 6 ай бұрын

I’m sure that’s the first time I’ve heard “is that an Alpaca?” in a HMB video😊

@hannahmorrisbouldering 6 ай бұрын

And perhaps the last!

@rafeeshahin 6 ай бұрын

Rating EVERY LondonWall Climbing Centre in 1 DAY. HarroWall wins imo just on shear size alone it’s a cut above the rest. Do the Spider franchise next please!

@hannahmorrisbouldering 6 ай бұрын

That would be fuuuun! Yep, have been to Harrow a few times since and it's enormous. We really like it there :)

@rafeeshahin 6 ай бұрын

@@hannahmorrisboulderingI set aside a whole day and still didn’t have enough time to explore all. Slight downside is it’s the most distant from the South.

@rtan451 6 ай бұрын

I did the challenge by bike over the summer - climbing shoes fell off my bag strap inbetween Eustonwall and Harrowall along the canal so if anyone's holding onto them let me know

@hannahmorrisbouldering 6 ай бұрын

Nooooo, what a sad story :(

@haileywright04 6 ай бұрын

I need to climb in london now!

@hannahmorrisbouldering 6 ай бұрын

I recommend 😅

@berob5152 6 ай бұрын

Another great vid. but the tenzing ads are a bit intrusive...

@hannahmorrisbouldering 6 ай бұрын

The video was supported by Tenzing and I tried to be creative with how I integrated the brand so it didn’t distract from the content. ☺️

@asantos704 6 ай бұрын

Why would she turn down the money

@lacriptodevan5527 6 ай бұрын

😍Hannah

@aaronhauptmann869 6 ай бұрын

unlike Hannah, if you make a trip to London to see a bunch of climbing walls you don't have to limit yourself to a single chain, you aren't making a sponsored climbing video you know.

@hannahmorrisbouldering 6 ай бұрын

Working with partners on videos is how I make my income and this one was working with LCC to showcase their gyms - I wasn't suggesting that you have to stick to a single chain. :)

@orthopara8192 6 ай бұрын

whERE DO YOULIVE?

@hannahmorrisbouldering 6 ай бұрын

We live in our van, so ALL over the place :)

@orthopara8192 6 ай бұрын

@@hannahmorrisbouldering THATS COOL!

@keonipereira5779 6 ай бұрын

First!

@hannahmorrisbouldering 6 ай бұрын

🤩🤩

@acasccseea4434 6 ай бұрын

Meh, stronghold still has the best setting

@hannahmorrisbouldering 6 ай бұрын

I've never been :)

@dldldleidkf5773 6 ай бұрын

Don't get greedy on the ads

@hannahmorrisbouldering 6 ай бұрын

This channel pays both mine and Nathan's wages, full time, plus freelancers to help us out creatively. It's not greed, it's us trying to sustain our careers whilst covering expenses and making free content that we wouldn't be able to give the time to creating if we didn't work with brand partners. If I were motivated by money and greed, I'd be in a different industry.