Unlock the less known, HUGE benefits of bouldering! - V13 first ascent

It's crazy how big of an impact these little things have had on my climbing. I truly think they have been a massive factor in my climbing performance this year.
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[@milkymat]

Genuinely just love how you’re explaining and breaking down the process 👌🏻

[@brandonsbeta5162]

I hate it. It makes me angry

[@milkymat]

@@brandonsbeta5162 oh….ok

[@TomOHalloranAus]

Psyched you’re enjoying them, mate. It would seem one persons trash is another persons treasure hey 😀😂

[@brendanacord]

Love the video, awesome climbing! Yeah I think boulders and routes are mutually beneficial (with in addition to what you said from boulder-> routes, the reverse brings the "thinking on the fly" and fighting through difficulty that can benefit persisting on a boulder send go even when things aren't going absolutely to plan, if that makes sense. Thanks for sharing!

[@TomOHalloranAus]

Psyched you enjoyed the video, mate. Yes, totally agree with what you're saying. I have 100% found that to be the case :)

[@GPMcGee]

Really enjoying your commentary on the IFSC channel for the Melbs comp 👍

[@TomOHalloranAus]

Thanks mate. Looking forward to finals today

[@TucAdventures]

Sick video as always! Where I live we also have a lot of boulders with no info/guides it makes it fun to be able to show up and play around.

[@TomOHalloranAus]

Nice one. It’s such a great little adventure to just pull on and see what happens. Super cool

[@willwheeler3048]

Absolute beast you get so many tries in 😮

[@TomOHalloranAus]

haha that's my biggest asset and weakness. A lot of hamster wheel tries in a session.

[@senorblondie]

Nice send! 👊🏼 BTW- It was cool hearing your commentary in the IFSC comp today, but sorry you weren't climbing instead...

[@TomOHalloranAus]

Fun to be in the booth. For sure it would’ve been fun to be on the mats, there was a little pang of missing out. But fun to be concentrating on the outdoor stuff 😀

[@RealWorldClimbing]

Yes. I love the "pull on with performance mindset"

[@TomOHalloranAus]

It’s a winner for sure! Also, haven’t seen you in a while, mate. Welcome back 😀✌️

[@RealWorldClimbing]

@@TomOHalloranAus Trying to get back in the content game. Been climbing well though

[@TomOHalloranAus]

Nice one 😀✌️👊

[@Woolly_Mammut]

Congrats on the sends!

[@TomOHalloranAus]

They are very fun bits of climbing :)

[@TheMrPistolable]

Can’t wait for doors of stone first ascent!

[@TomOHalloranAus]

Haha you and the rest of the universe 😫

[@eynash]

That bloc looks incredible. Is it an open crag?

[@TomOHalloranAus]

Flick me a dm if you want

[@drtimoneill]

Great looking problem! So the 'proper' sit start is V13 or what you did on video? Looks hard!

[@TomOHalloranAus]

I’d say what I did in the video was about V12/13. The sit I think makes it solidly in the V13 range

[@drtimoneill]

Yeah it looks great!@@TomOHalloranAus Looking forward to tomorrow's livestream ...

[@climbing_thomas]

please don't eat the ice pack! haha, awesome video as always, you have such unique perspectives on things, and also i enjoy the australian accent, i am trying to learn it haha

[@TomOHalloranAus]

But how does everything stay cold in my belly then? Haha let me know how you go. It’s an odd one to get your mouth around 😂

[@climbing_thomas]

@@TomOHalloranAus haha true, gotta have a cold belly! yeah it is hard to nail the mouthsounds haha, but some phrases i can pick up!

[@TomOHalloranAus]

Haha good one. Maybe a trip down under so you can test where you’re at with your learning and really live in the culture 😂

[@climbing_thomas]

@@TomOHalloranAus that would be amazing, but also so many scary animals haha! also i didnt know you comment on the oceania qualifiers, that was a cool surprise! have fun for the finals tomorrow! for us they'll be at 7:00 AM, so i'll watch a bit after the fact 😅

[@MrWhatev4r]

aw no sit start vid? i'm guessing it didn't change the grade too substantially? but rad video as always!

[@TomOHalloranAus]

Nah I just wanted a simple little morning and didn’t drag the camera out. I think it added about .5 grade. It was a hard first move to the RH pocket then a couple foot moves to get into the squat start in the vid. I might head back and film it sometime soon 😀

[@MrWhatev4r]

@@TomOHalloranAus please do! it's a cool line and seeing it in its entirety would be awesome!

[@jeffeyanderson]

Hey Tom ! Just moved back to aus after a period in vancouver and am dreading training/climbing in the heat. Any strategies that you've implemented to help with this? Honestly thinking of just making a small shed with air con and a training wall at this point...

[@bigdog5112]

Train early morning / night 85-90% of summer nights and mornings should be around 20-24 degrees celcuis combine that with ur shed and ur sorted, it’s not that bad

[@TomOHalloranAus]

Will definitely cover this in an upcoming video. Great to know people want to know 😀✌️

[@TomOHalloranAus]

Yes good tips @bigdog5112

[@jamrollz]

Move to Melbourne haha, it's technically summer now and I'm wearing a sweater midday

[@Peatry]

Yo Tom what kind of rock is that? Looks amazing!

[@TomOHalloranAus]

River washed sandstone. It’s very very nice 👌

[@samgruber7172]

Another Rothfuss Reference!!

[@TomOHalloranAus]

There's a heavy sprinkle everywhere :)

[@matthewfsadni6439]

Nowra V2 there

[@TomOHalloranAus]

If it were over graded maybe haha

[@kockarthur7976]

Hump of Trouble video?

[@TomOHalloranAus]

Coming…. Sorry it’s taken forever. It’s been a strange one to make

[@Ian_climbs]

Haha imagine sport climbing Have yet to sport climb, just been bouldering the past 4 years lol

[@TomOHalloranAus]

Haha sport climbing is the best 😀. You just get to do more climbing each time. Bouldering is pretty awesome though. You’ve not wasted your time👌

[@Ian_climbs]

@@TomOHalloranAusI’ll get into it eventually. My roomate multi pitches so I’ll def end up joining him one day. But for now my boulder siege continues!