Pro-Climber CRUSHES hardest boulders in the gym

The moral of the story is you ALWAYS pack the book!
I got to meet up with ‪@AnnaHazelnutt‬ to climb some boulders and chat about life. Our plans for the day went haywire when a car breakdown derailed the start of the day and a personal emergency derailed the end of it, but during the short time we had we got to talk about resilience, self-image, and climbing technique!
Anna breezed through the local sets - flashing 2 V7's & 1 V8, achieving a 100% tops rate and only falling once on the V6 warm up. Along the way it was insightful and inspiring to hear how she viewed her climbing journey.
Anna is doing an incredible job of combining cutting edge climbing with excellence in creativity and story telling, so much sure to subscribe to her!
/ annahazelnutt
This video was made possible by my buddy Miles Victor Szanto who operated the camera!
He runs an incredible AirBNB in J.Tree and will give ya a 10% discount if you mention me -
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^^ Go get that Joshua Tree AirBNB Discount! Tis the season for J.Tree bouldering! ^^

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

Such a pleasure hanging out with you Joe!! Let’s do it again sometime soon 🤌🏽🤌🏽

[@malindarayallen]

I always love your attitude, Anna! 😀

[@MiguelClimbs]

This video was so up my alley dude! Great questions with the PIP and Anna is such a nice person!

[@JosephDiazClimbs]

I took A LOT of inspiration from the video you made of our climbing session! Looking forward to making another Refuge trip soon!

[@juliewang1722]

Hi Joseph, I didn't expect this video to be so inspiring and touching with your conversations w/ Anna. You asked great questions! Thank you for this.

[@ichweissnicht9608]

didnt expect a video with so much introspection, that "spread your hobbies"-take is really important!

[@eda.climbs]

Joseph and Anna are both super positive and fun to climb with. Great vid!

[@mariomarquina2485]

Great video Joe! Anna's philosophy is so healthy and inspiring, thank you for sharing

[@Emma01louise]

Aw man what a great collab- I'm so glad that following anna's content has led me to you, Joseph! You seem so sound, can't wait to watch some more of your content. Lovely stuff :D

[@ansku6828]

I live in Finland and I Love climbing! I could spend a million years in that size hall. You guys are so good at climbing 😊

[@CourtneyWarren]

This was such an great video! Loved the conversation and of course the climbing was also awesome

[@cheyennehammonds2331]

Great video!!! Wholesome content. Amazing conversation and I love the "grace" conversation

[@max_kl]

Really nice conversation! I also like how the climbing and talking is interleaved

[@ellenyi840]

Awesome video. Love Anna’s charming personality and strength.

[@bentley1044]

Realy enjoyed the editing style of this! Great video guys

[@jasond3147]

What great conversation

[@ashhodson2063]

Genuinely inspiring content!

[@JeremySry]

lets goo bro - loving the direction of your content!

[@tallbeta1445]

Just the video I needed after a bad session.

[@JosephDiazClimbs]

Happy to help provide some stoke after a bad sesh! I also had a bad session this morning that I felt pretty down about, but we’ll both have much better ones in the future 🙏🏼

[@Bobbzorzen]

Dude, getting to climb with Anna, gz! :D She seems so fun and energetic. Awesome video!

[@VincentITG]

Seeing you in front of a camera is great! Hope you can find shooters for future videos, keep it up.

[@deanmarchand6924]

Relieved to see a pro climber bash their knee in the exact same way I did the first time I hopped on that green V6

[@tsunamininja]

Re: practicing - I think it's good to think of it as practicing certain moves or sequence of moves as opposed to being caught up in whatever the climb as a whole has been graded. For example the crux of every climb is going to be harder than the remaining 50-90% most of the time.

[@jonnes__4657]

🗽WOW, this condition of tire was insane! 😬 .

[@myNameIsEmanon]

You really fcukd me up with the negative and positive overflow. That was bars!

[@NicholasMa42]

Was that a runflat tire? I had the same thing happen

[@vikinggoneraiding584]

good said. with the training vs performing. you cant say a fish is stupid watching it try to climb a tree.

[@carrotsandrunning]

Great vid ! The last video I thought she'd lost an earring but it must be intentional ...or she's just really unlucky with earrings :)

[@JakeSclimbing]

pls could i have some advice, in terms of the fact i have just started competing, i am 16 and i need to know how to improve and transfere strength training into my comp climbs, thanks

[@JosephDiazClimbs]

I can’t speak directly to this - but my instinct is that as you continue to practice comp style climbs & drill accordingly the strength gains should automatically transfer over. Basically if you are drilling properly, the skill acquisition should directly unlock application of strength. This is best addressed by an in-person coach since everybody is unique, but fortunately you still have many years of strength & skill development ahead of you! So as long as you’re patient and consistent, there’s almost no limit to how good you can get!

[@dave_h_8742]

Emergancy room ? 7:30 bang on the money 7:40 so true. Should never diss anyone you don't know what they are doing and why, keep ya nose out of their session. 10:10 your so right.

[@jasper7072]

just an fyi about the falling and stuff; I love it! makes me feel like I am watching a human instead of just an image, and also that things are achievable

[@GeorgeSweet]

Looks like someone put 100psi in that tire or something. Was it a rental?

[@Dave1507]

Hmm.. intuitive would be if you knew what to do on climbs that are not your style though. The way you described it it sounds more like you know what to do on climbs that are your style, because you've done it many times before, and that's just practice, not intuition. (please don't read that in an angry voice, it's just a very minor point ;) ) I like your stuff, came across you first in a HMB video and I'm always impressed by your strength and flexibility, so keep on crushing!

[@SlugDropsonheads]

Heeeey is this LA Boulder's?

[@JosephDiazClimbs]

Yup! I love it there

[@hagenvolta851]

Pro climber? Mmm. In my country we got girls doing harder things, and they never said they are pro climbers, social media sucks.