Alex does this with no rope

It's because she has it all memorised and has done it many times

@@Sofiaphoenix123 Let's not forget its still really hard even after attempting it many times. Thats no guarantee that you'll ever be able to do it

SHe isn’t about climbing, she is worried about how she looks on a climb. Or where the cameras are pointed. True climbers dont care about recognition.

@@BenMJay You can be a true climber and care about recognition especially when it could reward you with money for all the hard work and time spent developing your skills

She is a very strong contender for the best outdoor female climber of our time and you think she's not about climbing SMH. She literally made a 6 page topo of the route so that she could visualize, how is that not about the climbing? Stop hating on pros for being willing to sacrifice some time and privacy to stand in front of a camera in order to allow themselves the financial ability to climb at their best.

How is this spiritual? Its just one ego trip after another. You have conquered failure b/c your ego can't stand loosing. Its a trip down narcissism.

@@Joshuatree7746 overcoming fear and doubt to complete difficult tasks builds character. Building character is the basis of all spirituality. What are you on about?! Lol

@@soupeducrayon mat seems to be about putting people down for their personal achievements. Just a guess but I bet he scores kind of low an awfully lot, but only to prove he has no ego. Knowing you can do well on a task but intentionally doing poorly to prove superiority to others is the new thing, don't you know!

@@Joshuatree7746 This comment displays a near-complete misunderstanding of what 'ego' actually is.

@@Joshuatree7746 This is an impressively sad comment, well done! Overcoming (personal) obstacles is in our nature. It grows character and evolves personalities, of which both you seem to have very little.

Also a good way to explain your fingers slipping on your own blood

said with a smile, I have to add!

Not really. Actually does not explain this sport at all.

@@sergeig685 You might not have tried rock climbing then, or maybe it's the rocks in my region that are spiky and prickly, but in my experience there's often blood involved in high level climbing like she does 😊

​@@Emmuki091 Sure, I often leave bloody traces on the rock when climbing crack. But that is not what the sport is about.

Except when Sharma did it :)

Dosage volume 1 ;) thank me later

I also like that they didn't cut all the clips and rests. So often climbing videos cut out clips as an uninteresting or unimportant part of the climb, but it feels so sterilized to see climbing videos like that. Plus there can be a lot of tension in that moment. 😂

Lol fr I dunno why most climbing vids don't show the climbing

I love how quiet it is for such a long period. Thanks to the producers for not filing this in with an annoying soundtrack.

That is so cool and awesome!♥️love from 🇺🇸

She has beautiful arms! Wonder how many chinups she can do? Or how long she can hang on a bar?

That’s funny! My hands are soaked!

At 9a and above you are essentially climbing a completely vertical/horizontal wall with the smallest of possible imperfections in the rock being your handholds for the most part. It's interesting that these route were considered unclimbable before Chris Sharma came along. Even now, only a handful people have managed to get this far. But if you think this is crazy, check out 9b/+ and 9c routes, some of them are basically hanging upside down on a cave wall as you climb across. That's pretty much the first part of Silence haha.

@@AveSicarius “Silence” is actually what got me watching this type of climbing. I didn’t know things like this were being climbed, but “Silence” popped into my recommended about a year ago and it completely blew my mind.

@@YogSoth It's actually incredible thinking of Ondra climbing silence from the perspective of a decade or two ago. If you showed Ron Kauk that in the 80's his head probably would have exploded.

@@AveSicarius what I don't understand is apparently they've never found anything higher difficulty than 9c? Surely there are plenty of truly unclimbable or nearly unclimbable places all over the world at higher difficulty than 9c

@@eyeofhorus1301 I mean there are likely plenty of routes that are potentially 9c, but nobody has managed to map them out yet or climb them fully yet. Also, if I remember correctly, it took Adam some four years to map out and climb Silence, and this was pretty recently. The real issue with 9c+ is that you start to approach the point where a face just isn't climbable. Handholds are very small and quite spaced for the most part, and even just mapping the route can take a very long time depending on how long it is. You have to remember that Chris Sharma had been working on La Dura Dura, a 9b, for four years before he climbed it, and Adam only climbed it in 1 and 1/2 years with Chris's guidance (he definitely could have done it himself, it just would have taken much longer). Actually establishing a climbable pitch takes quite a significant amount of time, I wouldn't be surprised if Adam or his peers have got a 9c+ in the works, it's just likely a few years away from completion.

@@paulbarclay4114 She probably moved onto something different. She may of course go back in the future.

Isn’t it depressing? You’ll probably never climb anywhere close to her level, no matter how hard you try.

@@Mike-oz4cv True as that may be, one can still use her explosive motivation, determination and dedication in their journey to become a better climber. Plus it's fun seeing someone so passionate about what they do!

@@Mike-oz4cv Advocating not trying something on the basis that there'll always be someone better than you is a depressing attitude.

@@deaddoll1361 I don’t say you shouldn’t try. I just say that good, talented climbers make me feel bad.

@@Mike-oz4cv They shouldn't make you feel bad. They should inspire you to push yourself to improve - be better. A change of attitude will open the world to you.

The crew didn't capture it in the end. It was her friend. But still, I share your sentiment.

@@thesadwolf True - but there's a lot of high quality footage to give context to the final ascent. Must put a hell of a lot of pressure on the climber, though, to deliver a result.

@@tullochgorum6323 Can also make films about failure, but yeah this is a business. FFME (french federation of rock climbing) filmed for two years and a half Fanny Gibert, which was a favorite candidate for the olympic games in France, but due to bad luck, some comps being cancelled, she ended up not qualified. They released a trailer, so I assume a bigger video is going to come up, but we know how the olympics prep ended.

Well, that goes twice for the footage of Sharma's send - afaik they filmed most of his attempts (26 over 3 years iirc). Hence, the successful one was captured in full.

The footage wasn’t a waste though. It just puts you there in the moment from the beginning thinking she’s going to make it. But surprisingly she doesn’t. The frustration is real for the viewer too, what with all the time invested in watching the climb lol. Everything worked out good in the end.

Haha. Same thing! I m gonna show this to my 7 year old daughter tonight.

This warms my heart.

We want to be like Margo too!

Wouldn’t encourage my daughter to pursue death wish sport...but it’s just me

@@donkeykong516 climbing with rope and protection is not a death wish sport. people die playing cricket and baseball

Never meant to be climbed? Never mind all those man-made hand / foot holds all over the rock.

@@atlantic_love your an idiot if you think there are man made holes all over this climb 😂

"you can see how much ... emotion she's displaying ... even though you can't see her face". Would you like to try again ?

One is just a drop, the other is an ocean.....

Thank you for posting this, Sir.

well, one of them was her dad. I would give the rest of my life if my daughter wanted to share climbing with me tbh.

@@noskillzdad5504 thats beautiful.

I thought Sharma made the first ascent about 20 years ago. How did you get the first ascent 30 years ago?

@@petrhermanadventures9509 He said a route, not this route specifically

@@ilikeyoutube836 Ok, I see that now. Didn't make any sense the way I read it. OOPs.

Girls better stick to raising non-brainwashed childs. Boys as well, but there is nothing like a good mom. That is what the planet needs, not more extreme climbing. Climbing is fun but not when everything around you collapses, like ie. in the past two years and beyond, minus plus.

@johnnytheprick -naw, I didn't mean it like that. Sorry.

@johnnytheprick Why because "girl-power" became passe term, or because he acknowledged certain wholesome beauty of Margo? She is LITERALY first woman to do it, is video title condescending also?

@johnnythepr1ck and sexist !!!

@johnny - the_tampon_repairer Shouldn't have to be said but men & women are not equal, in general they have much less strength , stamina and speed , I could go into far length of detail listing the many differences between men in women , especially in anatomy , which translates to major physical differences. Its what makes this video quite the accomplishment , this climb is far more difficult for women I would say then men. You can take that as condescending all you want but, facts don't care about you're feelings.

She’s more flexible but less powerful, so she is able to climb much more efficiently:)

@@kylenakamura4353 less powerful in what sense? She's less massive than big boy Sharma. Why should she be 'more' powerful?

@@ChrisShawarma saying she's less powerful doesn't mean that there's something wrong with that. It's a simple fact that she does not have the upper body strength and power of most top male climbers, and so she has to use other skills to climb it. Doesn't make her a worse climber in any way

@@ChrisShawarma in the sense that Sharma has a lot more upper body strength.

@@aidanjohnson7571 What he said haha

Sorry to offense you ! But Men are following Men's examples , like in any physical sport ! Her performance is fine, but so far away from guy's level !! Think well, don't fantasize, and Do part of it !

@@MarcusDecius what grade do you climb?

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Lmaoooooo

Underrated comment 👏🏽😂

Soooooo good

Don't come for me like this, I know I'm weak

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phenomenal

@@Kvathe So glad you were here to point that out. Wouldn’t have been able to understand his comment otherwise. Thank god for people like you, making the comment section a better place with your original and clever insights. Keep it up!

​@@YogSoth And yet it was a totally uncontroversial comment until you showed up. You think that I'm the one imposing here, but in fact it's you. Your argumentative reaction has made this comment section worse.

@@Kvathe I wouldn’t have expected a grammar nazi to be so touchy. As someone who apparently enjoys being an asshole to people online, you should probably grow a thicker skin so can handle yourself better when you get called out for you bs.

@@YogSoth They only pointed out a spelling mistake, lol. The person he responded to may be grateful for the correction. No need to be a douche about it.

ikr

Practice makes possible, she must have tried it 100 times.

@dev null why can’t both this climber and the people you are referencing all be amazing humans? I don’t get this culture of having to correct people and be right. Just admire this amazing feat.

bulls are you 98 or something? The world has changed, get that through ur tiny brain LMAOO. This girl is amazing and deserves the recognition, but all the sudden shes not doing enough? You cant do anything like what she accomplished and I dont see you donating to churches and shit, besides there are tons more places that need donations than churches, sit down.