Janja sweeping the whole season and crying hanging from the last top hold has to be my pick. She is (yeah, personal opinion, chill people) the best competition climber ever after all.

Sharma showing up at a comp midway through a road trip and completely dominating was pretty cool too. The will he/won't he/can he, was strong. With many ppl doubting his performance in a comp with 0 prep, and then he cruises the problems. It was pretty epic.

The greatest stories are those of the underdogs. For me, it happened at the Munich 2019 World Cup - Mia Krampl topped 2 boulders with a knee injury, then did a figure four on the final boulder to secure a place on the podium...I think if you were in that crowd or watching it live, you'd agree.

I am biased since I was there. But I want to add that this final climb's apotheosis was even enhanced by the emotions that had built in the event just before, the visually impaired's finals. Total silence during the athletes's climbing, then a total eruption of cheers and claps. So the mood of the hall during Ondra's top had clearly been building for a while, and the standing ovation as much a celebration of Ondra as of climbing as a whole.

I didn’t get into watching comps til a few years ago so I missed this moment. Thanks for sharing! Comp setting styles sure have evolved very quickly in the last 10 years.

I feel like Janja sweeping the bouldering circuit is much more of an impressive moment. Honestly this moment feels the same as any other lead WC or world champs moment when the last climber out beats the high point and wins, which doesn't happen all the time but it's not especially rare. How is this moment any different?

Nice video, I could tell you put a lot of effort into it, quite enjoyable!

Us old gits will never forget when comp climbing became a legit world sport: Snowbird UT 1988. Patrick Edlinger (RIP) topped the final as the sun emerged for his Golden Moment on live American TV.

I think comp climbing is still waiting for a transcendent moment.

Great analysis!

6:05 What I think it looks like when I fall 5 feet

I was in the public for this moment and I vividly remember how crazy the crowd became at the end of his climb. I think it must still be the largest crowd for a climbing comp (?) and literally everybody was on their feet chanting his name. We can even see the camera trying but sadly failing to capture it when panning to the crowd. That being said the narrative in your video of Adam having something to prove at this competition is a bit ridiculous ? I mean in 2014 he won both world championships in boulder and lead. Still the greatest competition climbing moment, though :)

Pretty special moment!

Gabriele Moroni winning the Men’s boulder final in Hachioji, 2018. That was the best moment in comp bouldering history.

8:04 except jakob did the same thing, or was already standing further out from the wall to begin with.

good climbing lore

Mia Krampl's fig 4 with an almost non-functional knee was it for me, nothing beats that.

This week adam pustlnik is seting at my gym, hope for cool rutes

jakob at the olympics is pretty sick too tho

For me this year bouldering women world championship was the best comp ever

Janna sweep

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This is probably a stretch. Climbing isn’t even rating above beach volleyball in the consumers’ eyes. They haven’t had their signature moment yet. Black and white NBA videos with short shorts and Chuck T’s are more appropriate for intro because the IFSC is in its infancy. I’m sure it was an exciting comp and let’s hope things keep growing as the sport matures.

Stefano Jizzolfi

One big mistake: Show not tell. You keep talking about these moments without showing them. Showing them later for a very brief time isn't the best. I feel tense waiting for the moment you talk about. You talk about the comentator without letting us listen to them ...

Nice video, but please do a little bit of research on climbers' names' pronunciation. It's ok to not get it 100% right, but the way you said "Romain Desgranges" was just nuts lol, and I think there is a way to approximate it much better even as an English speaker. "Deh-grawn-juh" would be a close English-sounds-only approximation.

WTF were those weird clips at the start?

Sorry, Adam. The greatest comp moment ever was TC, Snowbird, age 16.