Retired Pro Climber Tests Olympic Level Boulders

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11 ай бұрын

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@keletsorabalao7454 11 ай бұрын

"Grab onto what? Sorry?" I've never related more to another human being 😂

3 ай бұрын

"good edge" made me squirm as well

@Iwansidi 11 ай бұрын

Finally I know who Louis remids me of: It's Star Wars' C3PO

@AStrangeHill 11 ай бұрын

🎉

@winniebear92 11 ай бұрын

Idk why I assumed that Louis's channel had a lot more subscribers. The production value is great and I love the content so I just thought millions of other people did too. Commenting so the algorithm promotes the video 😊

@herrar6595 5 ай бұрын

I love seeing a session that is like genuinely seven go´s in total on youtube cause there is a high volume bias in the climbing community... also liked seeing your shoulders come up a bit on your limit, shows that when we try really really hard we´re all the same, just on different climbs lol

@TubbyT98 10 ай бұрын

Sweet climbs! Really love listening to you think them out in such detail before you have a crack!

@albertosanchez-carralerofr5871 11 ай бұрын

Great fun, just like always, thanks for your videos Louis!

@CaptGully 4 ай бұрын

That transition at 9:39 is insane…..great core strength!

@mystishio 11 ай бұрын

Really cool climbs! WAAYY beyond me, but would love to try them 😁 Looking strong despite the thin skin, Louis 😊

@DanielDobbelstein 11 ай бұрын

Awesome video! Could watch you boulder for hours. ;-)

@toddgreen6862 11 ай бұрын

Question: Why not tape up your tips on coaching days when you are demoing? The grade is probably way sub-limit and you can still show the technique, yet allow your skin to grow back. It's what I do when my tips are wrecked and forces me to focus even more on technique than pulling.

@maximedelmas 11 ай бұрын

Wearing gloves would take less time imo!

@PanBuchticka 11 ай бұрын

@@maximedelmas Climbing in gloves is terrible. Thats why nobody does it and everyone tapes.

@dreeph 11 ай бұрын

@@maximedelmasgloves are the worst. the only reason you’d ever need any type of glove is for crack or a dyno that is guaranteed to give you a flapper.

@maximedelmas 11 ай бұрын

@@PanBuchticka we were talking about teaching people and just climbing to show some moves or techniques. Gloves would be good for this purpose.

@Fallenangel_85 3 ай бұрын

@@PanBuchticka It's more complicated then that. You do loose haptic feedback from gloves. But if you were to use some high tech gloves specific to the surface you climb you'd get an advantage over just skin for sure. It's impossible to compare your achievements to others, that's why nobody is going for it.

@OVP1175 11 ай бұрын

Always nice to see that down climb 💪

@thesii213 11 ай бұрын

Louis! Looks like you're in the Mantra pretty much all the time these days. Do you ever use a firmer shoe?

@gradyking4739 9 ай бұрын

Great climbs, great video!

@freddieodonnell 10 ай бұрын

Enjoy watching the climbing

@kavali6320 11 ай бұрын

Louis, you'll always be a 'pro' cause of all the heart you put in your work ;) Your skin though, well ... really looks 'tired' ;)

@marcbecker1431 11 ай бұрын

If I subscribe, will Louis take a real rest day? I think he's earned one.

@CatalystClimbing 11 ай бұрын

Yes! I will personally see that he does

@marcbecker1431 11 ай бұрын

@@CatalystClimbing Deal! I have subscribed.

@maxlevelmedia7448 11 ай бұрын

At this point in climbing, if the chalk from your hands sticks on the hold - doubling the width of the hold-size - the grade doubles.... absolutely mental that this is even doable lol.

@AB-fh9zh 11 ай бұрын

"grab what sir?" My first thought exactly.

@eurekaflows 11 ай бұрын

Thoughts about using your Mantras on everything? For example, that first boulder seemed like would be much easier with stiffer shoes. Asking for myself, as I also got the Mantras for general training, and I'm too lazy to bring a second stiffer pair and swap shoes mid-session.

@zacharylaschober 11 ай бұрын

Depends on how actually soft/agile/flexible you want them. I don't often wear my dragos because they will soften in the toebox too much to use in most session, and I would rather use my furia air for the dexterity of the toes or boosters for the flexibility and structure of the toes. Something between those two? The dragos come out, but if I wear them for too long in a session then there is no advantage over the furia air and several small drawbacks. Likely, you're happy wearing them entire session long because you're just draping the toes around most holds, and that is fine. Might consider getting a second pair to change out every other session rather than necessarily in session.

@lyudmillaalexandrov6378 11 ай бұрын

that slab is actually crazy omg

@LMNAS 11 ай бұрын

great climbing! thx for sharing! p.s would be great not having the background elevator like soundtrack

@hammerb5364 11 ай бұрын

I would love to see him do outdoor bouldering

@jakebonham4496 11 ай бұрын

There are some clips of him from years ago on somebody else's channel, climbing outdoors in Spain.

@CatalystClimbing 11 ай бұрын

Keep an eye out in the next month or so, we’ve got you covered!

@timon20061995 11 ай бұрын

Where’s the hold? I only see some dots on the wall

@user-vl9hh2lu8k Ай бұрын

Almost at 100k!

@mahyarzohory3884 11 ай бұрын

Louis my love bouldering very good 😊

@BatLB 5 ай бұрын

gosh all those climbs are just sooo close to the wall, you really need to press your whole core towards it. your abs must be stone. impressive stuff!

@Captainyoshi11 11 ай бұрын

Can we see you go outdoors? You're so unbelievably strong indoors would love to see that outdoors on some well known hard climbs

@CatalystClimbing 11 ай бұрын

We’ve got you covered don’t worry, keep an eye out in the next month or so!

@maximedelmas 11 ай бұрын

@@CatalystClimbing what's Louis's hardest outdoor send it terms of grade please? :)

@mrmonsterhunter808 11 ай бұрын

Should’ve just advertised it as Louis or “can a pro coach keep up” etc etc right?

@sirsendalot 11 ай бұрын

That last climb was awesome ❤

@sovereignyx3158 11 ай бұрын

It does! That‘s what I thought… And so crazy how easy Louis made it look

@mark6662 9 ай бұрын

Can i ask a question about falling when climbing, I'm kind of just starting to get into bouldering and want to do it safely. Most places I look up videos say don't try and stick the landing just bend your knees and land on your back with arms either tucked in or flat out. But then I watch videos of more experienced boulderers and almost all of them just land straight on there feet. So it's a bit confusing.

@Pshady 9 ай бұрын

I guess there is the proper way and the cool way.

@BlueEyesWhiteTeddy 8 ай бұрын

Those more experienced boulderers are not doing it correctly if the goal is to save your knees. The best thing is to down-climb, the second best is to do what those videos say. The worst thing you can do for your knees is to repeatedly drop down from height on them.

@titkos8 11 ай бұрын

Nice episod but little short

@RazorOfOccam 11 ай бұрын

what happened to the contact lenses, if you don't mind me asking?

@BibleStorm 11 ай бұрын

Holds may spin? Wouldn't it be better to fix that instead of making a sign?

@Dave1507 11 ай бұрын

That might be an insurance thing, so if someone falls and injures himself, the owner can point to the sign and say "we told you so and you chose to attempt the climb anyway."

@SunnyMorningPancakes 11 ай бұрын

Holds may spin is there to make you aware, but all climbing gyms have that sign, also if it turns out the may is actually a 'do' then you're meant to report it.

@Dave1507 11 ай бұрын

@@SunnyMorningPancakes Not all gyms have those. Maybe in the UK, but over here in Germany I have never seen such a sign.

@SunnyMorningPancakes 11 ай бұрын

@@Dave1507 yes sorry to clarify all of the gyms in England I have been in have this sign.

@ayuminor 10 ай бұрын

Waiting for skin sucks. Off work rn ready to dedicate a lot of time to the awesome new blocks at my local gym but my fingertips still look like undercooked chicken :/

@KirstenRietveld 11 ай бұрын

Do you mean a mirrored replica, and not symmetrical? Haha

@sponsjeee 4 ай бұрын

i love the video but al the non steady images from the cameraguy made me dizzy and needed to pause some times, not so smooth and steady. other thant that, love it.