Hard HIGHBALL First Ascent on Irish Granite! | Bouldering in Ireland

[@FraserCorrie]

Great video Robbie, that bloc looks stunning! PS a video on how you setup and use an abseil for working boulders would be sick!

[@RobbiePhillips]

Yeah totally! People have been asking for this for ages! I promise I'll do it very soon!

[@ARustySpork]

Yeah I would also love a video on the boulder abseil set up 😄

[@alanoglesby3884]

Plenty of brilliant lines in Wicklow worth coming for. The Hills Have Eyes, Leftism, Pepsi Max, Space Machine, Wonderland! The weather isn't always that bad....

[@RobbiePhillips]

Absolutely! I canny wait for a return visit next year. I might try and come a little later in the season though 😅

[@biggussconnus]

Nice to see the level of satisfaction from doing it.

[@johng5185]

Sick line, good job.

[@donalddarko3676]

Pumping out the vids. Like it. Like it.

[@cadillacdirtbag101]

the BEST climbing videos on youtube. nice one again dude!! your storytelling is like none other. and YAHOO Marie:) epic!

[@RobbiePhillips]

Thanks buddy! Next stop… REELROCK! 🤪

[@emptyjdjdjchsbebtbcocj]

such a stunning line and amazing video!

[@RobbiePhillips]

Thanks Ian!

[@olirose999]

Nice, good to see u send it with passion. Onto the next one!

[@ARustySpork]

That was beautiful line / addition. Loved the long shot of you climbing looked super nice too. Shows all the perseverance was worth it and the last day vibes where huge! Also great info at the end about climbing on wet rock. Feel like not enough people know about limestone / sand stone climbing. Keep up the great work Robbie

[@christinegerard4974]

You are a ..real …stonelover ! A real ..artist ! How ALL your energy meets the HUGE weight of the rock …I am mad about it .Thank you from France .

[@RobbiePhillips]

Thanks mate!!! :D

[@RealWorldClimbing]

Sick send... and thanks for showing both the struggle and the victory. All the suffering makes the send sweeter, right?

[@RobbiePhillips]

Definitely! I'm a stubborn B******, but thats because I know how good it will feel at the end :P

[@MF-CLIMB]

The line, the view, the process. Beautiful stuff 👍🏻

[@RobbiePhillips]

😁

[@dominickappeler5150]

Oh i love this happy endings, great storytelling great video. Quality content as always. Would be nice to wear some merch from you to take the psyche to the world. T-shirts with "Oh my God!" And a sketch of you with hands on the Head. Greetings from Switzerland.

[@RobbiePhillips]

Hahaha fun idea, but I may get eternally ribbed by my mates if there was a tshirt with my head on it doing the rounds :P But I do like the idea of a fun practical merch... maybe a crag tea mug with something cool on it :P

[@RobbiePhillips]

Oh actually... if you do want to support more, I have a Patreon account. I throw extra stuff up occasionally on there, but its mainly just a place to support the channel. All funds go to making the youtube better :)

[@nomaddevelopers]

Yessss more boulder Fa vids pleas and thanks!!!

[@francoismanne8079]

Very nice video, always like your honesty and simplicity, thanks for the inspiration!

[@RobbiePhillips]

Thanks Francois

[@ChrisHaileyTrainHardDiveEasy]

Another banger!!! Loved the reaction when you get it 😂 🤙

[@williammancini2097]

Amazing send

[@ArinaThomsen]

Congratulations, Robbie! Great experience and excellent editing too!

[@RobbiePhillips]

Cheers Arina - working on the editing, slowly improving :)

[@jacobjenkins2190]

I think there is a lot of hard projects worth trying up in fairhead in Northern Ireland robbie. The one beside spindle looks incredibly hard and beautiful

[@RobbiePhillips]

Definitely keen for fairhead next year :)!

[@louisdoherty]

Such a cool line! Well done!

[@RobbiePhillips]

Thanks mate!

[@Exi01]

Inspiring stuff

[@nopro_films]

great line!!

[@christinegerard4974]

Warrior !

[@PiotrBerlowski]

Great vid and awesome climbing!

[@RobbiePhillips]

Thanks mate! Shame we didn’t get to hang out more and go climbing. Next time for sure :)

[@PiotrBerlowski]

@@RobbiePhillips Absolutely. Sorry about that - it was a bit of a mad period for us with so many plans. We're leaving to Font on Saturday for two weeks tho... :) Get in touch the next time you're around!

[@RobbiePhillips]

Absolutely! Have a great time in font 🇫🇷

[@paulmitchell5349]

Nice one, youth. Did you return for that one at Cratcliffe?

[@RobbiePhillips]

Ahhh the 7C+! No I didn’t… not been that far south since tbh. Keen to return one day. Feel like I’d be in good shape now for that actually.

[@boblicznerski9767]

Do Patagonia do umbrellas?....I mean big umbrellas...?😅

[@RobbiePhillips]

To cover a boulder??? 😂

[@boblicznerski9767]

@@RobbiePhillips indeed 😊

[@hotbeefo]

I'd like to go to Ireland but there's some much to do in GB that i haven't touched and don't have to take a ferry for...

[@RobbiePhillips]

True! Every year I do work in Ireland so I make the most of the free ferry ⛴

[@kockarthur7976]

Not all sandstone gets brittle when wet. The southern sandstone in the southern US is one such type, absolutely bullet rock.

[@RobbiePhillips]

Oh yeah? I’ve not heard of that before. I think by definition any rock type that can can contain moisture would probably weaken somewhat in the wet. I am of course speaking with no authority on the matter whatsoever 😂 only from what I’ve seen and heard from climbers and geologists. Maybe we can find a climbing geologist on here to help us?

[@bazwax77]

He’ you!! I take offence that, I’m proper mad! I do like a high ball but a much easier grade like a 5+ 😅………really well done on the send,the psych was so fu£&ing high!! 👏🏼👏🏼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🔥

[@RobbiePhillips]

Haha always Baz! I think we have a mutual friend… cammy? We had breakfast yesterday and he mentioned Baz at alien rock. I thought it might be you?

[@bazwax77]

@@RobbiePhillips yeah man! Cammy is a good egg,always get a wee chat with him.hope he wasn’t saying anything too disparaging about auld Baz? 🤔🤫🤣🤣😜

[@RobbiePhillips]

Haha of course not. Only lovey things

[@bazwax77]

@@RobbiePhillips phew……😅

[@pdebra6542]

I'd been missing the sheer barrage of happy cursing 🙂

[@RobbiePhillips]

More on the way!

[@Mrperson662]

the dry fire knuckle drag is a bitch!!

[@RobbiePhillips]

i;ve still got the scab!

[@jordanlewis3790]

if you bring a little generator or battery bank and a hair dryer to dry the holds, is it aid?

[@RobbiePhillips]

Haha 😂 nah fair game! I reckon carrying a generator adds a grade

[@alvaroc6326]

Highball is the drug.

[@donkykong4070]

Nice robbie

[@RobbiePhillips]

Cheers dude 🍻

[@robertcreer8826]

That dry fire knuckle scrape 🤮

[@michaelmcdermed841]

this is one of those problems that looks easy, and then you actually touch it and try to move up and you cant.

[@RobbiePhillips]

haha yeah totally! In fact... when I did it, it felt really easy 😂 And I do think that on a cold dry day, for someonelse, it will feel easy. Who knows, it may even get downgraded? But my experience was the battle with the weather, and humidity, and all that stuff :P Thats whats fun about climbing... everyone has a different experience

[@michaelmcdermed841]

@@RobbiePhillips the process of climbing new boulder problems is my favorite. thanks for making this video. it was super entertaining. p.s. i live in so cal so the only thing im battling is too much sun

[@RobbiePhillips]

@@michaelmcdermed841 oh yeah... if only we had your seasons! I was always blown away by how dry it is in california. Spent a fair bit of time in Yosemite/JTree over the years and I'm super jealous of the amount of good rock and perfect connies. I may be back later in the year actually...

[@maciek9185]

What happend with Culin?

[@RobbiePhillips]

He moved to Bristol

[@JoBianco]

@@RobbiePhillips Forever?

[@RobbiePhillips]

@@JoBianco well... maybe not forever forever... but his gf works there and he has a remote job as an editor for "Climbers Crag". I did ask him to join me in Ireland but he'd taken a bit of a break from climbing. He's back at it now though so hoping we can catch up for a trip in the summer :)

[@JoBianco]

You all seem like good friends. It's good to see that kind of friendship

[@RSSweetsBakers]

NICE BRO I AM FROM PAKISTAN

[@user-du5ui2em8l]

"music" is way too loud and intrusive/pointless