Adam Ondra VS The Project - Working Session

Adam has arrived In Stockholm to test his skills on the worlds hardest route - The Project. He's climbing on the route later tonight during Black Diamonds live stream, you can find that stream here:
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Big Thanks to Adam for helping me create this video!
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[@marcushoban3382]

9:50 They should really just set grades upon how red Adam Ondra's face gets when he climbs

[@hellofhonour]

But how would they grade moderate difficulty then? No redness

[@aphlac6623]

Hahaha

[@lucylane7707]

Captain MacMillan no red for him is like hyper red for non-Adam Ondra climbers Lol

[@DaftFader]

Or how often he screams...

[@challengemasters775]

His head is only mainly red because he’s upside down idiot there something called gravity ya know. Like I said MOST of the time but not all so ur comment applys to about 5 perhaps 10% of all his face redness

[@CodySnyder14]

Erik he seemed so comfortable with you. Sick job.

[@mongoose1804]

hes not autistic man wtf

[@leoingson]

This is one of the most personal vids of Adam, thanks Erik + Adam!

[@T0BBi94]

That Drop-Knee tho!

[@poedameron8160]

Lmao i'm struggling on 6b and this dude doing like 19Q+

[@kemicalyemster]

19q+ 😂😂

[@sausagemoment6647]

8C

[@darthnihilus4074]

Lol that’s hilarious

[@jakobbauz]

@@sausagemoment6647 The Project is supposed to be 9b actually.

[@ManitheMonkey]

Adam Ondra = Beast.

[@SumatranGiantShrew]

+

[@AAMGG]

Me also. Keep it sleazy Mani :)

[@dorotkadublin]

Hi Adam Andra I'm on level 1 my friend is a little Bad and he is on level2

[@magicpug4130]

The screaming pterodactyl

[@magicpug4130]

Simply flys up the wall

[@thomasduncan1855]

Is Adam gonna hang around after he tries it tonight? A bouldering episode with him and Nikken would be amazing

[@yonikatz9035]

Please say yes eric

[@paulinaudan5132]

Ondra would just flash every single boulder one by one..

[@boddzillabodman2377]

6yrs later pls Eric 🙏

[@Rainbowstunting]

I don't understand why he keeps looking for solutions while trying that roof section, he's already wearing a pair.

[@marcushoban3382]

ffs lmao

[@erictruong4176]

Comment of the year

[@VerticalLiving]

Rainbowstunting a perfect 5/7 for that joke.

[@Spkch]

You win the internet today

[@StuffSlimey]

Max Adventures You mean 5.10?

[@tacticalchunder1207]

Heck yes! I love how tight knit the climbing community seems to be across the world.

[@nicklozica8914]

He seems calmly frustrated

[@venomdog747]

Congratulations to Hannes for getting the opportunity to belay Adam Ondra and Patxi Usobiaga on the hardest route in the world! ;)

[@98hannes]

regular Sunday 😎

[@linga42]

I watched this and then straight onto the live stream, then saw Hannes Belaying. The master at work!

[@98hannes]

😎😎

[@nathans1764]

I've been watching you for a while now and I must say you guys out in Sweden have one of the best if not the best climbing channels on KZbin! Your training videos have helped my technique significantly and your other videos are super interesting! Keep up the amazing work!!!

[@mousem40mousem40]

Absolutely love this, up close and personal with Ondra, talking you through his thought process. One of your best videos yet Eric, amazing!

[@jmlesfrite]

So great ! Thanks erik and all the crew!

[@greatfall8644]

Been waiting for so long for this moment to happen !

[@yannikbaltes3552]

I just got recently into climbing and yesterday i saw a video of this route and wondered how Adam is gonna do on this, one day later i get video :D :D :D :D

[@TheDhork]

Wow a video with Adam Ondra, that's incredible!

[@David-go4ot]

Super cool to see Ondra working on The Project. Thanks for capturing and sharing with us!

[@thomasduncan1855]

Amazing work, both Adam and Erik are legends

[@koala8313]

This is the video that will take this channel to the big leagues. Congrats guys! Great shots.

[@noahale]

Adam decides to lose the shirt, Eric screams like a girl: AAAAAHHHHHHHH Love it :P

[@Timhardscope]

That's what I imagined when I first saw the project. Love it!

[@kjr8677]

really funny to see adam climbing on plastic:D. usually the videos with him are on the rocks or at certain worldcups^^.I'm quite envious, that you can see adam face to face:D. Hopefully you will make more videos with him👌. Thanks a lot for this video:).

[@sanferrera]

the slow-mo is amazing!

[@diabl2master]

Can't believe you got Adam Ondra on the vlog! Amazing! Great video!

[@weebig]

The way his knee bends...UNREAL. Hes gonna destroy that shit one day

[@kavali6320]

Jaw-dropping! Footage, music, beta chit-chat! Awesome Adam plus Eric capturing everything perfectly on film and asking the right questions at the right time! So well done! It's a pity you can give a thumbs up only once!

[@tebv4144]

stoked for the livestream, hands and feet are sweaty as hell already

[@MrApetape]

pretty awesome, even me a totally pointles watcher feels pretty excited to see him in one of your vids. Nice angles and nice editing eric!

[@thalidomide1]

His executions are so precise.

[@jmlesfrite]

I wish they would give you a camera to film him during the event, so nice to have such close up shots in a route

[@StuffSlimey]

jmlesfrite Eric has two cameras of his own, he could've filmed. However, he wouldn't be able to use the lift to film during the event since it would block the audience and live stream camera, so no close-ups anyway. And tbh I wouldn't want him to as he hadn't slept for over two days when he filmed this.

[@twifanly]

adam feels so much more comfortable and natural with you guys! good job on a really cool vid:)

[@MattGreenDnB1]

Inspiring to watch. GOALS!

[@jonathanschmidt1668]

Waiting long for this :). Adam is a beast.

[@isaacl6402]

YES ERIC THANK YOU LITERALLY WHEN I SAW THIS PROBLEM AND NIKKEN CLIMBING IT ALL I WANTED WAS TO SEE ADAM ONDRA TRY IT AND YOU CAME THROUGH YESSS

[@keeganitreal]

This is sick!! Well done 👏

[@AlexAyoub_]

Really terrific intro, great capturing of the action (slo-mo is on point here, too), and fun interactions with Adam. I really enjoyed this and can tell the time you put into these videos is well-spent. Where is Liam in this one? :)

[@DoctorV_]

So good dude! Hoping you can get a bouldering vid with Adam and Patxi!

[@vaelath577]

Your video was way better than the live stream keep it up Eric

[@adinwarner-rosen9778]

So sick Eric!

[@IIxWillxII]

Long awaited!

[@emilsvahn5400]

i Love the slowmo drop-knee in the beginning

[@Djchrisman1]

Good stuff Eric!!!!!!!

[@adamcrawford2770]

9:47 the money shot 👌

[@charleyedwards2121]

I just realized I watched him do that move on a real boulder in a square indent in the underside of a cave ceiling Amazing

[@dscoder]

SO true!!

[@florianfanderl6674]

THE KNEE! oO

[@zagly324]

He's so damn awesome, but the way he bends his knees gives me serious anxiety.

[@seamuscannon4603]

That light purple one in background looks really rad to maybe you could do a vid on it

[@ellielawrence5030]

What Camera did you use to capture the slow motion shots?? they were such good quality! 💕

[@ad90drew]

Sick your video got posted on Rock and Ice

[@mattdhurley]

Anyone have a direct link to the stream? I want to see if he sent it!

[@priscilamendozaa]

He's a beast!!

[@TheCorrectionist1984]

It seems more scary to me when he's just hanging there that long.

[@eden9572]

I tried to keep myself from yelling "yesssss" when I saw the title of this video

[@lucyskywalker352]

Why does he hold on to the quickdraws? Has anyone showed Adam the photo of a hand with a carabiner stabbing through it? someone, please do.

[@JerkingtheGerk]

I'm constantly surprised at how much strength Adam packs in his lanky frame; dude is a monster.

[@larvitardratini5965]

Damn i wish i had a gym like that near me. Id have to drive 12 hours to find something like that.

[@nicolasashbaugh2239]

His drop knees are discussing. I’ve dislocated my knee twice from drop knees, surprised he’s never been injured

[@WillTheFrozen]

you can train them

[@n3lis94]

So, any news? haven't seen anything on the project in years, is the route even still up?

[@lucadressler2569]

That was so interesting

[@imagzz4942]

That roof is why climbers train front levers!! ;)

[@danielmeinhardt8605]

awsome vid

[@amazingsil]

those solutions! the heel looks..good? pls adam, bring them to the rest of us plebs

[@shipper611]

Pack your stuff guys, Im gonna onsight that thing! :D

[@maximecautres715]

He has a really strange version of the la sportiva solution, it's not the normal solution's heel and there is the S-Heel technology. Maybe a new prototype from la sportiva?

[@TheMrHannez]

Well spotted sir. Yeah they seem odd. Hopefully a re-master of the solutions soon to be released! =)

[@DGAFshawn]

Max kitesurf good eye. I was going to buy a pair of solutions. But I might just wait

[@maximecautres715]

DGAFshawn good idea, I will also wait until

[@climbscience4813]

I wouldn't hold your breath though, it might well be that Adam just got a custom-made version for himself...

[@jonathanwatson6844]

Adam is looking so strong at the moment

[@jacccs]

Little did humanity know, the line between man and giraffe was blurred...

[@stianmj]

The squee Eric made when Adam went shirtless.... My daughter makes the same sound when she sees Marcus and Martinus.. lol!

[@Cabose426]

What the status of this route? Is it still there?! I remember there being a bounty on this boulder for the first to send it and it would go up each year, but I still see nothing in the news about it yet... So curious if it's still there and maybe @EricKarlssonBouldering should make another video about it!

[@youtubecommentsguy9805]

its long gone

[@gordonneverdies]

Ask him to join a Nikken sesh after!! That would be sooo cool!!!

[@douglashales3982]

Anyone know what knot Adam is using to tie in to his harness?

[@alexriddell7673]

beast!

[@danielkatzi8359]

this guy is a climbing god

[@micholitzia5726]

How much further does the route go from that point on

[@adinwarner-rosen9778]

yessssssssss

[@thomasduncan1855]

Looks like the route is almost too difficult

[@vallenthorpe6495]

You should do some behind the scenes videos

[@kyu9649]

Has anyone completed the entire route yet?

[@jacktinker6832]

Hannes belaying!!!!!

[@JimnyRicardo]

awww yisss

[@berndbrot3084]

Did anyone finish that route till today?

[@cheeksweeper9678]

Anyone else notice the lady in the background climbing the steep wall??

[@ingramvideos3697]

Do his solutions have the s-heel

[@NippyKindLangur234]

seeing them hold the camera with no camera strap made me more nervous than the climb

[@mats1365]

Did anyone ever send this?

[@2009ASGJPJ]

9:46 that's actually a tryhard send face

[@stephenr80]

the route still bolted? i may come after corona to that gym to give it a try in *top rope* -_______-

[@youtubecommentsguy9805]

its long gone already, sadly

[@plazmabomber3781]

I have a long way to go im working on 7c+

[@murphykerek212]

Where is this place and what is it called?

[@27emman]

That HUGE purple tile in the background is really messing with me...

[@jonahhusak1037]

is grabbing the draw like that allowed?

[@StuffSlimey]

Jonah Husak It's not recommend since you could easily hurt yourself. And it won't count as sending the route. But since he's just testing it out, it's fine.

[@jenniferclapham6539]

Does anyone know who created this route?

[@julidiamondlover]

Is it allowed to grab onto the lead clip like he did on that roof section?

[@dallasonfire604]

No, hes just doing that to scout the moves. When he goes to send it he wont grab the pro

[@polgzz]

And I'd be like shiting my pants just being hanged up there 🤣🤣

[@nuclearsake3887]

9:46 When the poop won't come out

[@whaleshark2330]

wait, Adam v.s Alex Honald

[@dreww7664]

I'm just wondering if the people who make the routes can do them x)

[@aricyr]

Drew w usually. In the case of this route every move has been tested to make sure it was possible, but nobody has done it from the ground.

[@dallasonfire604]

I'm not so sure every roof move was really tested while setting this route.

[@swillerz]

How far did Adam get in comparison to other pro climbers who have tried it?

[@nebose114]

Seiler Smith adam had the official high point. He made it one big move further than Stefano.

[@Failurefirst123]

My hands are sweating

[@sonaemsi]

Has he finished this route ?