Can I Onsight All Hard Routes in Soyhiéres During One Afternoon? | Adam Ondra

Soyhières (Switzerland) is one of the crags that I have wanted to visit for a long time. It is the southern tip of Basel Jura-a larger area where I climbed many years ago.
Most of the routes in Basel jura are rather short, fingery, savage, but Soyhières has some longer and pumpier routes.
I was lucky to have Katy Choong, my teammate from @mammut as a guide as she is the local climber here, and she grew up climbing in this crag.
The goal was to sample some of the hard classics, and try to onsight all of them. Actually, those days when I am trying to onsight a bunch of routes in a day are possibly the most fun days for me.
I saved some of the routes from the 9th grade for another trip. There is also some potential for more bolting (maybe even cracks). Maybe the world's hardest crack is awaiting there.
Timecodes:
00:00 - Intro
00:37 - Katherine Choong (@mammut athlete, Soyhiéres local)
01:10 - Adam Ondra talks about Soyhiéres crag and his trip
01:30 - Deja 8b+ Onsight
02:53 - Le temps difficile 8c+
06:00 - Un Chant pour Philm 8c Onsight
09:20 - Le temps difficile 8c+ 2nd go
10:00 - Katy talks about the route and condition
11:00 - Mines de rien 8b+ Onsight
14:17 - Adam talks about climbing in Soyhiéres with Katy
14:52 - Outro
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Directed and edited by
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Camera
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Jan Vogl
Special thanks to
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Production
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Jakub Pína
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Songlist
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@mammut

[@andeolevain]

The guy who flashes your projects: top-level edition

[@iedison3839]

The guy who flashes the projects of the girl who flashes your projects

[@mcmachine8841]

the guy who flashes the projects of the girl who flashes the projects of the kids who flashes your projects

[@lagiraferock]

The Guy that warms UP on 8b+

[@Voidload]

*Onsights Even more humbling

[@justingabriele3881]

“What’re the grades on this crag” “O0, O0, O0, O0 and O0”

[@1bird_d]

If adam doesn’t onsight but still sends in the same day it should be O0+

[@Sherlowa]

I think if he doesn't flash something, it's O1 i.e. Ondra 1 session

[@elremito]

Yes there’s one O1 in there!

[@1AmTheStig]

@@1bird_d O1 is one session, O0 is flash. Maybe O0- should be onsight?

[@ssize_t]

OB for onsights (0nooB)

[@feuauxpoudres2854]

Yeah 8b+ as a warmup might sometime be a bit to much for me as well

[@jlehm]

Not crazy at all considering how hard Adam climbs. I had a bouldery 8b+ I would warm up on years ago when I was able to flash V10 and do multiple new V11s in a day, and Adam is light years beyond my best climbing accomplishments. I’m old and worthless on the rock nowadays though. 👨‍🦳👨‍🦳👨‍🦳

[@pavelsirh8815]

8b+ for the warming-up is mind-blowing 🤯

[@IronJohn755]

Some of us warm up on 8b+, some on 5.8. Really, what's the difference? They both involve the number 8.

[@biomorphic]

I warm up in the sauna!

[@SpartaSpartan117]

​@@IronJohn755 the difference is 5.8 is too easy to warm-up on...and 8b+ is impossible to warm up on

[@CruisinMatt]

@@SpartaSpartan117thx captain obvious

[@IronJohn755]

@@CruisinMatt We all have different warmup levels for sarcasm

[@boris2929]

"The hard moves are here in the low part and this is the least obvious. I decided to campus it" 😅

[@ayuminor]

Learned something new about leg anatomy at 10:20, gawd DAMN!

[@Mike-oz4cv]

Yes, I’ve noticed before, he has some nice hamstrings.

[@tilkka_]

Imagine working on some problems for years, and then this tall fellow comes and crushes all your projects in one day. "Easy, he says" All my dreams of climbing with Adam crushed in one video 😂 (bunch of O0 graded problems...)

[@13x]

Katy: "This starts with a hard boulder." Adam: "The start is juggy and has no hard moves."

[@bluuubber]

Crazy climbing level... As the first ascentionist of Rammstein 8c, of course I would have liked to see you onsight that one 😁.

[@teostrong6973]

Bro just tried 8b+ as a a warmup and said it was pumpy

[@willemvanriet7160]

Wow taking your full body weight on that dyno lunge into a one handed crimp was super impressive!

[@the.erdemss]

Adam is a terminator🤩. Much love to Iva and your kid adamm!

[@noamoz3968]

It's important to warm up on the 8b+, don't start with something hard obviously

[@aidanscarffe5256]

Love these outdoor vids! crazy strong Adam!

[@dantelaw7759]

You know what I really liked about this one? You're just having a good time! Very light-hearted and nice watch 😊

[@paulzauner6896]

getting too pumped in the warmup can kill your day 🥲

[@debam576]

Mimimi

[@aarondgallegos]

Such a rad day for you Adam! What climbing is all about🎉 Great production and camera work as always, too!

[@Chance-ry1hq]

What an impressive human being. Great video! Thanks for sharing your talents with the rest of the world.

[@audetetvincit]

Adam, you are the leader in this art form. Onsight climbing is exciting and pure. I learn from these and appreciate the commentary and analysis you provide. Then I apply these learnings to my own practice of this art form. Beautiful climbing, congrats!

[@heighRick]

Great effort Adam. GG! Thanks Adam, thanks Katy, helps a lot.

[@memorobles7857]

Me encanta como no hay subtítulos pre-renderizados en los videos, es mucho más ameno y cómodo, bien hecho Team Ondra!

[@Supwiyaman]

Great video, can I request more screams for the next video please,and please revisit the cellar 💪

[@federicodematteis6500]

Wonderful, spirit of sport climbing Is in the air

[@morganilrosso3323]

Grande Adam! 😎

[@forrrm]

adam is just the peak of human capabilites

[@Someone-xg4sc]

Swiss is such a great country, Good job !!!

[@MaSp345]

Adam warms up with levels that most climbers couldnt even attempt to climb. This man is incredible

[@AndrewsAscents]

I love Adam.

[@behsifo-bt1mr]

I love your videos Adam

[@le_singe_blanc7703]

Sacré Adam! Come to la Jacotterie next time 😉

[@niccoooodu61]

whouaa ! Very nice !

[@callmetarif]

Nice!

[@purpasteur]

"World's hardest crack awaiting here?" HYPE

[@TristanCleveland]

Where did he say this?

[@MrUncut310]

This is one of my favourite crags and I just feel so humiliated.

[@nicolasm.3708]

Crazy to see that Adam was in in Soyhières! I live 20’ from there. Hi from Jura…

[@TristanCleveland]

Too bad you didn’t take your dog for a walk that day.

[@gae11e]

But ... that's my village !!! 😍😍😍😍

[@JanHoliga]

Sila!

[@threedog27]

Adam is just different

[@Hruuu-fh1jh]

✊

[@MrApeyros]

I normally prefer to warm on some really easy stuff like 8a+/b, but 8b+ is also OK. It is really important to take it easy early in the day.

[@c4m1llb39]

7A in my climbing gym certainly

[@joshuagrobler8531]

Why was that route filled with concrete?

[@lamidraw]

what? 👀

[@The94Beanie]

Maybe someone had beef with the guy and did it out of spite? Still hard to imagine but i can't really think of any other reason.

[@jenskoster1260]

Would bei the same feeling for me do four 6UIAA 😂 Toprope

[@Rohan7ish]

bon climbing

[@uncommonsimon5775]

Next video "Can I onsight every route ever ?" 😂 and he'd still to do it in one day ! Go Adam 💪!

[@philippechassot6666]

I try to warm up in a 8b+...doesn't work. My bad...😅

[@juand515]

Are those perma draws? There's so many of them

[@konkelkent]

After a video like this, with Adam climbing there, surely the Crag is gonna have a huge influx of people in the coming weeks? does it work like that in the climbing world?

[@dunklermendel]

It is already a quite popular crag within those climbing at these grades.

[@QueenPcontrolstheuniverse]

quick question, why don't you wear sun glasses when you climb?(you were saying some holds were hard to see cause of the sun?)

[@mathiasvollmann2405]

Omg

[@kenscarpa2318]

The route across Adam’s eyebrows is a 5.6 i think.

[@HavelockBanana]

8b+.... maybe a bit too hard for warmup 🤣

[@benbobben]

Would love to know if you ever climb without viewing the climb at all as practice?

[@alexanderbonnet3494]

I can do this only online😂

[@hubertwier]

8b+ "warmup"

[@gregoryb94]

Didn't he climb "Un chant pour Phil" on the 2023-11-05 already?

[@StuartCGrossman]

The level is hard to understand, Jah bless

[@melkorWTF]

12:30 The route isn't a sk8ter boy

[@tobuscusismyhero1]

People trying to onsight a KZbin video smh

[@Willy_mcallister]

11:23

[@MrHappy-oq7ot]

What the actual fuck

[@Jagknorr]

It takes a special type of hatred to fill the holds on a route with concrete. 😬 Some weakling that can’t admit theres better climbers out there than them 🤷‍♂️

[@mposcichtc]

First

[@TheJSFakie]

First! :)

[@antonidemallorca4934]

Fiiirst!

[@Phoenix_9902]

Wow 43 seconds 1 view. Adam Ondra really fell off 😔

[@markjones4457]

Nice to see even Adam's not perfect!!! 😁

[@Djellowman]

Ofcóurse she only speaks French and not English.

[@tosrn]

Oui

[@13x]

Sorry Adam, but knowing the grades beforehand counts as beta. Not an onsight! Plus you had bolts telling you which way to go.

[@siloton]

Knowing the difficulty grade generally is not considered as significant a piece of beta as watching someone climb or being told specific moves. The grade gives an overall expectation of difficulty but does not provide specific solutions to climbing problems. Your approach, the purest one is in fact contraproductive. It divides ascends into few very rare events when climber truly did not know the grade prior, and very big pool of betas, with big differences between them that your approach did not cover. You can argue what approach is better among generations and regions, but you cannot state your preference is universal.

[@13x]

Wow, did I really need a /s?

[@ConvincedIdiot]

My friend, you leave me in awe...

[@ConvincedIdiot]

I will 100% watch a video of you finding issues and drilling on the wall

[@jimmylarge1148]

First