Ashima Shiraishi vs. Alex Puccio in the Quarter Finals of the 2014 Psicobloc Masters

[@error.418]

The announcer needs to shut his mouth

[@wenshengliu4682]

Anonymous User he's needs to get a life he is also a stinking loser

[@27shogun58]

SIMOULJUMP

[@Cicada_ish]

Anonymous User yes

[@cocopuffs8646]

It’s just annoying and distracting

[@camochoe6643]

I'm one minute in and I already agree.

[@abuzarov]

Commentator doesn't have a slightest clue about climbing culture.

[@tacticalchunder1207]

Albert Abuzarov it's the same in almost every climbing competition I've watched so far. There's always some douchebag with a mic like this. It's disappointing.

[@27shogun58]

SIMOULJUMP

[@stevemattero1471]

WHAT ISN"T THIS THE X-GAMES?

[@valerianteritron4424]

OMG, these girls are so AMAZING!!! Whoever did a little bouldering knows how hard it is to climb in an overhang.

[@Spyziy]

Lol

[@Carcolo679]

new announcer please

[@27shogun58]

SIMOULJUMP

[@nickleonardthomas]

If I hear him say simul-jump one more time...

[@Steventhrowsbirds]

I wonder if a 2 guy 1 girl threesum would be a simul-hump..

[@alyssanibert2105]

@@Steventhrowsbirds 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rotomath360]

Commentator must have lost his way to the WWE...

[@27shogun58]

SIMOULJUMP

[@ashleys.2144]

Gretchen, stop trying to make "simul-jump" happen! It's not going to happen!!

[@LouisBidmead]

+Ashley Scott It's slang. From Utah.

[@PkGam]

Good climbers, bad commentator, lol!

[@27shogun58]

SIMOULJUMP

[@ashiqchhatre480]

PkGam

[@raymondnewton2388]

the announcer is under the impression that he's giving the spectators what they want. Detracts from the problem solving.

[@27shogun58]

SIMOULJUMP

[@pablocastanon9641]

My palms get super sweaty watching this!

[@ElisaSkaggs]

lol me 2

[@shesa1946]

Yep

[@easybreezy6]

+Pablo Castanon its so intense from all the watching!!

[@victoriag2855]

+Pablo Castanon Haha! I didn't realize that mine had gotten sweaty too until I saw your comment x)

[@boybakergg]

same here

[@anthonymorello1472]

I havent climbed in 10 years and my palms get sweaty watching this too. I miss it!

[@LawofMosesHere]

First day for me and my 7 year old (I’m 47!) she did a V2 after an hour !

[@daborshy4089]

What if they gave into the announcer's pressure, simul-jumped, then injured themselves on the fall? What an awkward situation that'd be

[@nickthetechguy_]

somebody get this man a sleeping pill

[@BrownLenny]

athletes are NOT clowns in circus nor paid to be animals in an act.. they are simply there to put of a show of their pure talents. What disgust me about these type of meets can injure athletes. Event like these are a fine example. Ashima and all time world champ Alex. Well done. Simply don't participate an even like these in the near future. which can hinder your future in competing.

[@advantagesushi9631]

They will compete because they want to

[@mrpiggy3]

Cmon man it’s bad but it’s not quite like that, the only reason why athletes get paid is because people like to watch them like animals at the zoo You think football would have as much money involved if there was no spectating

[@bawlz1234]

Scared to jump I see

[@84crich]

neither wanted to jump, nor did they enter to be forced in to jumping into a pool of water.

[@amyoates4173]

Richard then why would they’ve entered the competition?

[@gargaduk]

To climb.

[@SoFarSoFree]

I agree. When they climbed over the top i expected there to be a ladder to get back down. They didn't deserve the splashdown.

[@humanstellar]

I really hope they didn't hire this announcer again after this event -_- lol

[@pitbullshark1]

Why did they even need the announcer

[@Theokondak]

I don't get why people scream and yell like some kind of animals all the time..i just don't get it..

[@johnrainmcmanus6319]

+Theokondak you get it.

[@prismthegoddess]

aAaAaAAaAaA

[@error.418]

I wonder if Ashima gets tired of people mispronouncing her name

[@gustavusadolphus9246]

Anonymous User not a problem for me.

[@BillStrathearn]

Nobody puts these women in a simul-jump box!

[@EveryoneHarmonyPeace]

Is the chalk in the chalk bag still usable, after you drop into the water??

[@giuliapaulus1303]

No

[@rebeccaconlon9743]

+EveryoneHarmonyPeace they threw it off first at while they were at the top.

[@AGH331]

+Rebecca Loptson That's in case you complete the climb - enough of them dropped off ;)

[@rebeccaconlon9743]

too true

[@Randsurfer]

+AGH331 In this great Universe, there exists a thing called a 2nd chalk bag. I've even heard tales of a "3rd" bag rumored to exist in some climber's rucksack.

[@rolandmdill]

i was hoping for them to climb down instead of jumping

[@andrewso781]

Woahh Ashima is so tall now! I remember watching her train Hueco Tanks when she was still a kid.

[@Nicomastro08]

How did I end up here?

[@nicklozica8914]

How do they get down if they don't want to jump

[@jisatextraservdotnet]

There is food up there, so that they can wait for a rescue team for a week.

[@Balisong-jh7zs]

MrPapillon a lol

[@lochnessmonster03]

Nick Lozica i believe there are ladders on the backside. If not they can climb down the bars

[@ruggedmaniac]

I suppose a simultaneous jump is good, because it could be very dangerous if they jump one after another. A similar jump from a platform into water was done at Tough Mudder on their 12-foot-tall wall into a pool of water. A lady jumped afterwards, and landed on the head of someone who had just jumped a second before her, killing him. Instead of 12 feet, this wall is 55 feet.

[@vidjdwhite]

+Rugged Maniac Yeah but they are at-least 5, 6 feet apart here. One would need to literally jump from the same spot in order to fall on top of the other. We are not kites Maniac we do not sway in the wind!!!!!!

[@tenishotshot]

+John D If one starts swimming away while the other decides to jump, it could be pretty disastrous. This is why a simultaneous jump is safe, because of exactly what you said: they are not kites swaying in the wind. You just proved the point right. :P

[@vidjdwhite]

TennisHotShot Thanks I am good at proving points right!! Why would they swim to the other corner though? In the way of the other swimmer? They swim to their side and out.

[@zerobeat2020]

They should not have had to jump at all. There should be save egress for the climbers. They are climbers, not divers. The water is there as a safety net, not part of the "show". Furthermore, there should have been adequate safety barriers at the top away form the water. Clearly this event takes place in a country where a dead, severely injured or disabled athlete is all part of the course for the sake of entertainment.

[@gargaduk]

How about one jumps, swims away, then the other jumps. They have eyes to look down, and they have the time to wait.

[@kajsnijder1043]

Any one know if there's a place like this in LA or California?

[@luv4soccerjuju]

how do i get tickets to one of these comps

[@larissa-en2ot]

How high is this wall?

[@Jurster]

What is gravity?

[@JPR137]

How deep does the water have to be

[@doctortex30]

Chris Sharma ?

[@yongamer]

I started at 2:11 and thought the cameraman was just holding the camera in a bad angle.

[@iamgalaxies]

Wait this is a drag race?

[@jdm2626]

Needs to be in the Olympics!

[@gustavusadolphus9246]

Jdm262 will be

[@abelle.1e]

How old is Alex Puccio?

[@ZheLi05]

Do you know that it only takes less than 3 seconds to google the answer?

[@opcn18]

I was so anxious watching them climb!

[@PGMlp338]

they are not afraid?

[@sabrinabayerharpguitar9416]

Height?

[@Shu-sama]

I don't know how i got to this video, but i got sweaty palms just from watching. Holy shit. O_O

[@alasdairduncan3]

Set, ready, Go. This guy doesn't deserve access to a microphone.

[@Ken-vn7mx]

World class climbers, first guy they found on the street commentator.

[@rainbowbecca3340]

Ashima's birthday is the same as mine!! Same day, month and year!! :O

[@MatBantigue]

I'm actually on team ashima who's with me? No? Ok!

[@JacobSmith-zp1kq]

eljay bantigue boy you ain't climbin nothin

[@okidokii2871]

Ashima is insane for her age

[@hetbet3879]

Yeah! She was 13 at the time of this video, whilst the other woman was 25

[@LeJokerQc]

And here I am, struggling to climb v4

[@fCauneau]

Great without sound. Abount climbing : until now, I believed that aliens were forbidden in terrestrial competitions. These women are definitely incredibly fast...

[@edwardbrown2593]

I'm so happy that they denied him his simuljump

[@Yankeesiheart]

I wanna try

[@electrolaurel580]

At first I thought he said 5.14 and I was like cool, but then he said v14 and I was like I DIDNT EVEN KNOW THAT EXISTED HE HIGHEST MY CLIMBING LEAGUE CAN CLIMB IS A V8

[@ClydeCraft]

That girl was 13?!?!

[@winteralf7300]

they are 13. wth how

[@dblkion]

I think If I somehow managed to get up there, and ofc I would never, I would cry for someone to help me down.

[@asdollas44]

Looks really fun except I can’t climb...I would love to jump into the pool from that hight though

[@butterbear4590]

I would be TERRIFIED to do this!!!!

[@andrewhdemarest]

BIG PROPS TO THOSE TWO...I honestly don't even have a fraction of the guts that they have.

[@thvbreezeknees2331]

come on with the simuljump already

[@jackwyland7733]

Incredible climb by both ladies very impressive

[@AngelLestat2]

what I see wrong.. that the grips are designed mostly for tall people, if you are not tall, you lose.. meanwhile in nature formations, it is more common to see rocks that might benefit one or the other depending the case.

[@behno2947]

wow 13 years ?

[@ferna2294]

1:46 wow... just... wow...

[@lightspeed72]

Announcer: Tactless wonder.

[@484reeree]

Is it just me, or does the announcer sound exactly like David Foster?

[@user-ns5oc4jf3g]

リンク

[@Jthepet]

Wow both was incredible

[@zestysauze]

They're not divers, it takes so much pain if you don't land properly from that height, they don't jump down when climbing up cliffs

[@123TauruZ321]

Damn that looked hard. But what troubles me is that platform at the top! Why is there no railing there?? If they should have a malaise or sudden faint, it's certain death falling from the other sides ... that looks dangerous as hell. But they are sure strong and tough. I'll give it a like despite that ridiculously stupid announcer.

[@Lawwwwwwww_]

how did i get here

[@thisgirlfromderby]

That is SO impressive!

[@shilo5187]

excuse me 13 years old?

[@sageunspecified8892]

Must be scary as hell up that high!

[@okidokii2871]

There s water under them so...

[@GGXGGX666]

95% of comments complaining about the commentator :P

[@emmanuellimagemx7353]

Amazing !! Girls

[@alienfac32]

reading all the comments before it started. muted it just to be sure..

[@thegrumpywombat]

same

[@classasskpopfan6408]

Seeing them climb made my palms sweaty

[@freya1689]

This looks so fun :)

[@DrAtmo]

they stopped that video to early...

[@Hide_and_Tweak]

if the announcer stopped talking at 0:37

[@prismthegoddess]

I wish

[@abhisheksharma-mu3rc]

Both are great

[@sodi4069]

And here's to when I worked in a pizza shop and the staff thought mountain goats could climb better than people

[@harrisonturner1716]

...that height.... I’m never gonna boulder to that height holy sh*t

[@bronzethunderbeard1572]

holy moly that wall made me so anxious watching them climb out and upside down like that

[@MrMagJon]

i really hoped that there are some people rosting the commentator...i was not dissappointed xD

[@sacredlight2110]

R.I.P. Adam Ondra. We have lost a legend, sadly

[@wheelca]

What are you talking about? Adam Ondra isn't in this video, but he is alive and well.

[@sacredlight2110]

Sorry I got it wrong, they meant Ueli steck. I was reading a thread from an Adam Ondra vid and miss understood it.

[@williamgardiner1825]

ashram had that she chalked up too many times it was unnecessary i feel.

[@williamgardiner1825]

+William Gardiner ashima***

[@rushthezeppelin]

Keep in mind this a competition setting. Probably was a bit nervous and sweating more than usual.

[@rushthezeppelin]

diver dave It depends on the climb. In some situations it can get in the way if placed in front. There's also a big issue on overhanging routes that you could dump your chalk all over your chest doing this. It can also be an issue on routes that are very balancey where you might need to be sucked into the wall as much as possible. Also in general you are letting your arm dangle behind you to rest sometimes and this makes it convenient to rest and chalk at the same time.

[@goofy_boomer4451]

Dude you do realize if they fell the water would tunr into cement and break their hones from that high up

[@MrFunkhauser]

HOW DARE YOU DISOBEY THE ANNOUNCER MAN

[@iloveseaslugs]

this gave me so much anxiety

[@J_PIK]

When your anxiety comes rushing through your blood as you watch this and your chair suddenly tilts backwards and you quickly grab your desk thinking you're gonna fall a 100 feet. @.@

[@superdahoho]

puccio's arms are shredded

[@charlotteallen6770]

Commentator ruined it

[@gafaroff6575]

Unbelievable!

[@chrisbutton9538]

HOW

[@saryashahini35]

I love it

[@shaikhaalmeer2364]

wasn't ashima this kid prodigy? what happened

[@alexbender2888]

+shaikha almeer Ashima was thirteen here. Alex was 25.

[@shaikhaalmeer2364]

Alex Bender damn okay makes sense now

[@ShuttleChannel]

+shaikha almeer I also haven't watched her competitions that much, but Ashima is a prodigy in the sense that she climbed V13 younger than pretty much anyone else, but not sure how her speed compares to others.

[@Moguta0]

+shaikha almeer Speed climbing isn't a representation of climbing ability. Ashima can climb sport routes that very few women can climb (2 or 3 or something? Maybe a couple more), but this sort of free-solo adds the element of fear due to the fall if you screw up a move and doesn't asesss technical climbing ability as much as pace

[@malz]

Puccio hands in the air

[@darthkittyous7901]

I can’t hear the announcer I’m literally in a freezer right now.

[@aydinyermekbai907]

Amazing girls!

[@livvyyy2401]

Looks terrifying

[@MrGreidinger]

Mulheres Super Poderosas.

[@larvitardratini5965]

I'd do a layout backflip off the top