I can't believe we're actually using the O grades now 😆😆😆😆 love it!!!
@ukclimbingofficial6 ай бұрын
The time is right.
@cingramuk6 ай бұрын
We need a worldwide standard 😂
@thenayancat88026 ай бұрын
Can't wait for Dave MacLeod to go over and downgrade it to soft E8
@ukclimbingofficial6 ай бұрын
Maybe it's all an elaborate hoax and it's just a really cruxy HVS 5c...
@mikej2436 ай бұрын
“Just a wee bit of power needed”
@logtothebase26 ай бұрын
in boxing gloves and wellies
@jconair6 ай бұрын
Never thought I'd see a trad O3, what a time we live in.
@ukclimbingofficial6 ай бұрын
Maybe there’s a separate video to be done on more achievable O grades. Marie Rose is probably the most attainable O1 out there, as he famously failed on the flash.
@shaun81916 ай бұрын
Haha I've been looking forward to your reaction, didn't disappoint! 👌
@martinandreasvik65056 ай бұрын
Hold my recovery drink.
@YannCamusBlissClimbing6 ай бұрын
Subscribed! Gripping 🙂 Thanks!
@paulcallaghan38246 ай бұрын
A grade or O grade !😊
@ukclimbingofficial6 ай бұрын
Oops 🤦♂️ In amongst the excitement I may have inadvertently got mixed up with my A and Os 😂
@tylkot523tyn96 ай бұрын
I agree to Ondra being a goat, but I think it is not Shubert who is a runner-up but Sharma. He was isane outdors, very creative with finding projects like Dura dura and bibliography and with deep water solos and was for sure the one who created the great loving and friedly atmosphere in climbers community
@ukclimbingofficial6 ай бұрын
I wholeheartedly agree. Sharma pushed the standards significantly and did so in several disciplines (boulder, sport and DWS), which is what makes him one of the all-time greats. Without him I doubt Ondra would have gone on to have done what he has, because he was ultimately building on the foundations that'd been laid by Chris' many incredible achievements.
@the_zenclimber6 ай бұрын
1:00 A0? A1? A2? Is this British pronounciation of O0, O1 and O2 or did you just introduce yet another scale??? 😂
@ukclimbingofficial6 ай бұрын
I think I inadvertently created another grading system 🤣
@007boxlunch5 ай бұрын
I feel like 9a would be more like E11, being generous at that Heck, if rest of pro is comparable to the photo (or few + not much higher beyond that) then even E10 is probably reasonable
6 ай бұрын
Would love to see Ondra on Pete's Crown Royale
@ukclimbingofficial6 ай бұрын
That really would be amazing wouldn't it?!
@pbla40246 ай бұрын
It is pronounced Annot with T at the end in French.
@as3fawf6 ай бұрын
well.. i'm climbing a0 all the time so i must be good? :D
@ukclimbingofficial6 ай бұрын
I really did a bad when I mixed those letters up didn’t I?! 😂🤦♂️
@as3fawf6 ай бұрын
@@ukclimbingofficialnot to me.. i'm a high value climber now thanks to you :D
@NPC-fl3gq6 ай бұрын
Surely someone can come up with a far more objective way of grading than any of the current methods!? Eg, someone could take a database of the hardest climbs and whose done them in order to figure who the best climbers are, and then use that data to rank routes according to not only who has climbed them, but also who failed - and by that we can see some objective means of grading!? Yes/no!?
@ukclimbingofficial6 ай бұрын
In a word: no. Climbing isn’t objective, it’s hugely subjective - and is on a number of accounts. As a result, there will always be a difference of opinion and that’s not a bad thing. People have different strengths and weaknesses too and that will always have an impact on each individual’s perception of a route.
@duncan-xg9sh6 ай бұрын
Is it just me, or are climbers just too nice now. We all know James secretly hoped Adam would fail, and cried a little inside when he clipped the anchor. Climbing was WAY more fun when there were fist-fights, bolt wars, and real men wore lycra.
@sambeard44286 ай бұрын
I think you've confused climbing with wrestling, an understandible mix up considering the commonalities
@ukclimbingofficial6 ай бұрын
I like the fact that climbers are nicer. Having witnessed some of the cliques and egos of yesteryear it’s nice to see the sport become more accepting and open. I genuinely hope James was glad to see Adam repeat his route, not least because he confirmed both the grade and quality. Anyhow, maybe I’m being too nice here myself - I’ll go back to downgrades and idle speculation again soon, don’t worry 😅
@sethgilbertson24746 ай бұрын
Adam meeds to go get on Pete's routes before he says whats hardest!
@ukclimbingofficial6 ай бұрын
It'd be great to see him on Crown Royale
@junyuzhang4146 ай бұрын
I don’t get why everyone says Adam is the greatest of all time - wat about the comp scene n Olympics I feel he can fumble under pressure as evident during some world cups where he fell early on during lead routes so I don’t think its necessary clear that he is the greatest ever if he hasn’t proven him self in the comp scene yet. That said he is certainly top 3 but I can’t say he is like the MJ of climbing bc I think comp scene is the only place where ppl are compared evenly in a timed manner under the same pressure and whoever comes out on top has a clear winner otherwise outdoor climbing has a lot of other factors such as accessibility, weather n is hard to judge objectively.
@ukclimbingofficial6 ай бұрын
Are you joking? Adam is an incredible comp climber… He might not have won the Olympics but he’s the only male climber to have won the World Champs in lead and Boulder in the same year and also the first male athlete to have won the World Cup series in both disciplines (lead climbing in 2009, 2015, and 2019 and bouldering in 2010). He’s broken into two new grade boundaries in sport climbing - 9b+ and 9c, climbed 9a trad, 8C+ boulder that may turn out to be 9A and CLIMBED THE DAWN WALL. Surely no one else compares?
@ukclimbingofficial6 ай бұрын
That is an extremely abridged version of the accomplishments of Adam Ondra.
@justarandompelican52536 ай бұрын
Come on man, Ondras comp prime was from 2009 to about 2018. That where 10 years of crushing, while Setting new outdoor standards.
@junyuzhang4146 ай бұрын
@@ukclimbingofficial what about Jakob Schubert ? I would say he is better than ondra when it comes to the comp scene.
@ukclimbingofficial6 ай бұрын
@@junyuzhang414 Yes, probably, but only just. He’s never won a Boulder WC series. Ondra’s feats on rock far eclipse Jakobs, and that’s saying something. Ondra is the GOAT and it’s not even close.
@BevPyfer6 ай бұрын
Never thought I'd see a trad O3, what a time we live in. 😂