Retrospective: The Greatest Competition Climbing Moment, Ever (Paris, 2016)

[@MrEscuchimi]

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.

[@lucassund8605]

I agree

[@MrSebhtml]

I agree to that statement.

[@nv631]

she is undoubtably the best competition climber of all time lol

[@benwhiley9680]

She is undoubtedly the most dominant competition climber ever. Also, undoubtedly the best women's competition climber ever. She is not the "best competition climber" ever; nor will she ever be, she is a woman.

[@nv631]

@@benwhiley9680 this comment is like a black hole

[@ripapa6355]

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.

[@tristanmayfield4851]

Are you talking about that video that's somewhere here where he campuses the last problem? That's one of my favorites for sure edit: this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYfaq3t-ndCXos0

[@k3kkus0]

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.

[@Metalgear222]

came to say this. my favorite comp moment

[@mrmoorash]

Was watching live both of these moments and no, ondra's performance delivered much more emotions than Krample's moment)

[@FissureRaiOh]

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.

[@suezix8689]

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.

[@3stooges0]

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?

[@fxc5313]

Great analysis!

[@Noah-dx6vr]

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

[@afonsorodrigues5819]

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

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

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.

[@ascentionism]

After reading about it in Climbing Free, I've searched long and hard for footage of that event so that I could watch it and make a retrospective about it! It sounded like an unreal moment

[@kayfodisch8399]

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

[@richardbradley1532]

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

[@kockarthur7976]

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

[@mrmoorash]

This one was pretty epic for sure, but not that much as in Paris.

[@David-hz9on]

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 :)

[@kellyrussell1877]

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

[@MrThidious]

Pretty special moment!

[@ethannkyle]

jakob at the olympics is pretty sick too tho

[@rockhound534]

good climbing lore

[@lucassund8605]

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

[@jonathanrossddsmhs1271]

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.

[@shhs1227]

Nothing you said makes this a stretch. This moment. Is still the greatest moment in comp climbings history so far. The sports current popularity does not matter.

[@ascentionism]

Fair point, but 'rock climbing's greatest moment (so far)' didn't look as good on the thumbnail

[@balls7990]

Janna sweep

[@patrykcwiertnia7768]

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

[@LhotseMS]

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 ...

[@piewert787]

Comment for the algorithm

[@AusVersehen]

Stefano Jizzolfi

[@TesterAnimal1]

WTF were those weird clips at the start?

[@pink_water_melon]

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.

[@pink_water_melon]

Same for Gautier Supper - Goat-yay Soo-pair

[@mrmoorash]

When someone starts complaining about some amateur speaker's pronunciation of complex foreign names/surnames I understand that this person has simply nothing more valuable to say. Just fс off from people with your dumb complaints about pronunciation of anything, really.

[@pink_water_melon]

@@mrmoorash Typical American, coming in and insulting strangers on the Internet. Maybe you've never watched sports in your life but it is very much a normal standard to pronounce a competition's contestants/athletes' names semi-correctly. Also love how you're suggesting my comment is not valuable yet you took time to insult it which is undeniably of far lesser value. Have a nice day buddy.

[@ml242]

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

[@ascentionism]

If someone can get me old snowbird footage I'll do videos on Caldwell's win and Patrick Edlinger topping the first-ever route. Would absolutely love to feature them!