World Class: The Story of Aidan Roberts' Bouldering Breakthrough | Climbing Film

[@OrrinColey]

Even having witnessed a fraction of what he did this summer it was hard to comprehend. But actually watching it all in one go is mind blowing. Another level.

[@WideBoyz]

watched this last night. Great work getting this out Lattice Team. Well done to Sam for putting it all together. and of course Aidan you fricking monster!! amazing to see the next generation turning their strength into consistent solid perfomances!

[@paultanner102]

Dan Varian is like a Sith Lord and Aiden is his super psyched apprentice ready to wreak havoc

[@LatticeTraining]

Haha! Well said!

[@DamnDstryr]

It's like a Christmas gift, thank you very much for this documentary!

[@LatticeTraining]

No worries! Glad it’s been appreciated 😊

[@garethjones3011]

Get Aidan on 'Burden of Dreams', it might suit him!

[@Hanuman_]

I mean yeah, but the point of the documentary was on how you don’t need to travel far from home to find great climbing.

[@Del1Dub]

@@Hanuman_ “i mean ye”, but that doesnt mean he shouldnt try it

[@elooouan]

he was on it but it’s bloody hard

[@Unikumhimself]

Think you underestimate burden of dreams.

[@begga9682]

Aidan is insane, so inspiring! Also his shoulders are ginormous :D

[@flipcritic]

Thank you Sam and Ollie for this. Not only is this a showcase and heralding of a tremendous young talent, but a love letter to the Lake District and to climbing at home.

[@MrNietzel]

A love letter to any place any of us may call home! Great video and sentiments! Love from Vermont!!

[@tiuclaudio]

"there is always an illusion that world class climbing lies in different countries or continents" - being an old climber who´ve chosen not to travel anymore but rather develop amazing climbs locally, I could not aggree more. It´s not everyday we see a strong boy with such a humble and well educated vision amidst this world of hypeness and virtual social validation. Very well done guys! 👏

[@jannemanderoon887]

Outdoor climbing in the Netherlands is pretty rad indeed!

[@Miles26545]

@@jannemanderoon887 there are some boulders

[@colehibbard2851]

There was a video of Louis Parkinson awhile back struggling on a crimpy problem and he said something like “Aidan would probably walk up this” and I was like who? Now everyone will know your name. Legend

[@DanTurnerbouldering]

Mega. Hopefully inspire generations to come.

[@rickyredlich9360]

One of the top climbing documentaries ever made. Super inspiring as a climber, the message couldn't resonate more, and very insightful for future filmmakers. I stumbled across this while having a peak experience on psilocybin and I my jaw was on the floor the whole time. When a line takes so much, a lifes work of training even, and it all comes together like this, its truly a work of art to witness. Aiden, Dan and Jack all seem like top blokes. 10 stars

[@jameshutton165]

Absolutely love the little rant around 31:23 about climbing in your own back yard in places that mean something to you without burning tonnes of CO2. Well said.

[@aidentoth9797]

dan talking about being content with climbing is so incredibly important. the community is just as, if not more important than sending hard and traveling to "world class destinations". climbing is such a social sport and even tho wherever you go the people are almost always warm and supportive, it can be so difficult to make real connections if you're just running around trying problems you feel like you need to try bc they're classics. i mean im not good enough to even know exactly what this feels like but spending time away from my climbing community makes me appreciate it that much more!!!!

[@saulsarry]

Been looking forward to this for months! Cheers Lattice (and Aidan)

[@LatticeTraining]

Yeah especially well done Aidan 💪💪

[@saulsarry]

@@LatticeTraining My decision to move to the Lakes feels all the more justified now. Wow.

[@onsight2822]

@@saulsarry you got an umbrella? 😂 stoked for you dude 🤘

[@saulsarry]

@@onsight2822 Not wrong. Gotta embrace it

[@the061PUNK]

The future of British bouldering is now ! This is it ! Keep going 💪

[@RoadtoV11]

Amazing film and really well produced! Aidan is such a humble character and it's really inspiring to see him climbing. Always tries hard but never shouts or seems to struggle...! So amazed at his style. I wish I could see more of his future climbing on KZbin!

[@nocapsmedia]

I met Aidan in Magic Wood once and I just regret not staying 2 days longer to watch him climb in person. amazing documentary.

[@partykrew666]

imagine how it must feel to have a breakthrough season like that. god that shit must feel amazing

[@ColumbusBean]

One of the best climbing documentaries out there. So inspiring. Can‘t wait to see more of aidan! Greetings from germany.

[@tobiasthiel5291]

Such a good story and very well told. I like how the video mirrors his modesty by putting his person in perspective of the people around him. I mean it was not a video about Aiden per se but about him as part of the British climbing scene. Dan's thoughts on climbing in your home area made me understand what 'home' means, generally.

[@PanzrKunst]

One of the best climbing films I've seen. So good. And what a beast Aidan is O_O

[@TimondeNood]

Indeed, for me as well, it’s all about the experience of the sport itself, truly amazing and honest vision here. Why go traveling if you can enjoy your life at home, it’s all relative in the end. The environment and future generations will only benefit from it!

[@thespedwards]

This got me so fucking psyched to try hard, not just physically but mentally! Let's get out minds right bois. It's project season.

[@legendinop]

This documentary was amazing. It highlighted the climber crushing and picked his humble yet hungry mind. Can't wait to see what Aidan does next!

[@gekquad116]

I haven’t watched the video but this seems SICK. Love the work Tom, Ollie, and the rest of the crew that made this possible. If Lattice keeps up with the banger lock up content and starts producing heaters like this, I think we’ll have a new climbing media production empire on our hands. What’s next? You’re going to start making crack climbing holds or something 🤣

[@LatticeTraining]

Hey, we’ll keep trying to make the stuff that keeps us all fuelled 🔥🔥. Thanks for the positive feedback. Will pass on to the team 😊

[@OliveTheGolden]

Really really good film. Love how they go in depth into different climbs and into his weaknesses/strengths and experiences. With that said, I welcome y'all to try and boulder in Israel and not want to run away to some world class areas half way around the globe... :D

[@fishtailparkas]

It blows my mind just how strong Aidan is. The world is literally his oyster.

[@matthewdavies1415]

Britain definitely has some of the hardest bouldering, awesome video to showcase would be cool if some of the international wads came over to experience it.

[@LatticeTraining]

Tricky because the conditions are so hard too 😂🙈

[@matthewdavies1415]

@@LatticeTraining exactly! I'm from the south east and would love to spend more time on british rock but is always a gamble with conditions where as abroad is generally more consistent

[@QuiteSomething]

11:30 the casual right arm lock off is quite something

[@juandiegogarcia4226]

Thank you lattice for this great documentary. It’s awesome to see displayed how climbing is always embedded in a philosophy. Very insightful to think on how the best climbing in the world may well be the one we have locally, more so if taken into account the value of our local community, of our friends and history, of the place that for the moment we consider home.

[@pdebra6542]

Such a joy to watch! Aidan is the bee's knees.

[@Mrperson662]

railway is one of the best boulder problems i’ve ever seen. so pure and simple

[@edwardoakley8659]

It gets better on the second watch. The filmmaking is in itself world class. How the music builds and softens towards the end is perfect accompaniment to the story of a practitioner meeting the resonance with their practice. Amazing! Gives me so much psyche.

[@edwardoakley8659]

I can say it gets better on the 15th+ watch too.

[@rbatsenko]

Such an amazing production guys, thank you! I would describe energy of this movie and Aidan as a "calm power" 💪

[@LatticeTraining]

Well put! 😁💪💪💪

[@TheQuicksilver115]

YES! It's so relaxing and completely mind blowing simultaneously. Simply serene hard as fuck climbing

[@TheQuicksilver115]

Oh my god, this is absolutely insane stuff. I literally can not even comprehend it right now.. Aidan is just so stupid good at this game what the heck man! And this video is a masterpiece as well!! You really did a great job capturing the spirit and essence of what makes this so special I think. My jaw was on the ground so many times during this, I can't even.. The sense of pure awe I have right now can not be expressed, and yet I think you know exactly how it feels too. Wow, just... wow

[@shmalts1]

Fav climbing film of the year. It is such a palate cleanser to everything else (especially social media drama with pros traveling) and just such a lovely time to remember the inspiration around home climbing

[@LatticeTraining]

Yeah we thought it was a little bit of a different story...

[@mikaheilig1887]

Inspire and motivate me as a young climber really much. Such a high quality Bouldering and Video editing

[@athmananthan694]

Please do more of these. Our community needs them.

[@MarkusSojakka]

I was searching for this 8C+ send for couple days. Finally!

[@ducko1988]

Absolutely brutal on small grips. good job on the film

[@NateMurphy]

Great video Aidan & crew!

[@paulmitchell5349]

So glad Dan made that comment on climbing more at home and burning less carbon. Aidan is climbing at the 'next level' and so the mega project, the (Stanage )Wuthering roof direct awaits. A must for the crimp fan.

[@onsight2822]

🤔 climb more at home 🤷‍♂️

[@swizzybouldering]

Loved every second of it.Thanks for putting this so beautifully together. Pure joy to see Aidan mastering these impossible looking lines. And what an amazing landscape. And here we go with the trade-off; i will have to travel... but sometimes you just have to ;)

[@noahjeffery5670]

Nice video such a inspiration to watch. 33:59 for some boulder shoulders 😉

[@LatticeTraining]

Yup, total shoulder beast. He does train hard so totally deserves it.

[@simonhibbeler5396]

Aidan is such an inspiring athlete!

[@vendrad]

Amazing content gents. Well documented, personable and inspiring. The only bad part is it finishing. I know the effort that goes into making just 40 minutes of output and we're all very grateful!

[@jamesferguson8199]

I love that watching this makes me think "Oh wow he's so humble" about aggressive sandbagging instead of... Well, I'm sure you know what.

[@tobybutler9353]

The British bouldering film of 2020. Very inspiring. Really want to be up in Cumbria right now :)

[@alonsoperez9987]

Seems like Aidan just cares about climbing first, and that helps him focus on climbing and getting stronger more than your average grade chaser. Super sick and motivating.

[@alexenders6839]

Just wow...the quality of this video was also world class! Thank you for sharing this with us for free!

[@LatticeTraining]

More planned for 2021!

[@felipetorodiz4007]

Absolutely love this kind of videos, so motivational and inspiring.

[@moritzjonathan836]

watched it like 3-4x now and still loving it. one of the best inspirational and motivational bouldering videos out there. no crazy psych movie with lots of screaming. just very mellow and much more appealing to me

[@danielthompson5761]

His shoulder mobility is wild! I’m getting an impingement just looking at some of those moves

[@mattmarcroft8931]

Excellent film, and great to see the Lakes shown off this way - I had no idea! Refreshing to hear Dan particularly adding views on long haul flights and how fulfilling a trip to be had with a small environmental impact 👍

[@xxconorcregan]

One of the best climbing videos of 2020. Amazing climbing and video

[@beimberni6952]

Wow one of the best climbing movies this year! I really enjoyed it. =) Thanks for it

[@luciocardoso6306]

This is beautiful, super inspiring

[@SendSeries]

So amazing. I relate to never putting massive amounts of time into a project. I tend to work on things that are doable within a shortish period of time which is good bc I get tons of "hard" climbing volume but I also don't really know my limits

[@maximebarber3780]

A great film, inspiring! Thanks for sharing!

[@iannielsen626]

Fantastic film

[@ams6652]

Increible trabajo. Aidan está a otro nivel, da placer verlo escalar.

[@keiferrussell8543]

7:59 is all the motivation i need to work on back/lat strength

[@TheElhara]

WOW ! no words, thank you so much Aidan and the crew for the motivation !

[@09tclarke]

Can't wait for season 2 with Alphane in it

[@Wish4Fish]

Absolutely crushing it! 🔥

[@hansjonsson6176]

Interesting discussion about Mind and Body perspective

[@insertenamohere9593]

Amazing content and quality ! Loved every second!

[@jessicagrace5625]

Beautifully put together film!

[@silot15]

wow! such a great documentary! great work Aidan, Sam and ollie !

[@dominicmarjoram2925]

Brilliant: Climber, Routes, Production and Edit Muchos Respectos and Happy Christmas to all involved !

[@SendStory]

Solid film for sure. Great story + excellent climbing. Thanks for putting this together.

[@Bobbzorzen]

Incredible video!

[@MF-CLIMB]

This video reminded me of how lucky I am to live where I live. Yorkshire ❤️

[@DasUberCow]

Amazing doc with a great message.

[@RockRunTV]

Brilliant Video! Top work Aidan 💪

[@Supwiyaman]

Incredible

[@266dmartin]

British bouldering has something special . Thanx for this guys.. Its freakin' awesome

[@LatticeTraining]

Thanks!

[@quisarose]

So, so well done. Totally inspires me to keep climbing harder and check out more local boulders!

[@ianwhitehead3086]

This gives us so much,wonderful.

[@101deepak101]

Loved that, thanks guys. Aidan, what a monster, but so humble

[@saxongoold7832]

This is such a great watch. Great job!

[@beastofackworth]

Not just an awesome climber but seems like a real nice guy with great ethics. A credit to himself and the sport.

[@niallgrimes6432]

Really enjoyed that, thank you.

[@LatticeTraining]

Thanks Grimer.

[@randyalaga5949]

Quality video. Great story and footage. Inspiring .

[@darsmagars5970]

Sick climbs, sick movie

[@LatticeTraining]

Thanks!

[@jaydeeharps9876]

Great video, great climber and great message. Thanks for posting!

[@ejl74]

This is super inspiring! This is what dedication looks like to me.

[@luozheng2056]

nice documentary!

[@seervisual]

What an epic video!!! Also anyone know the song around 18:50 please?

[@OsirsVictorySkywell]

Great doc and super well put together, thank you (:

[@SamSchofield]

Good film Sam and Aidan. I enjoyed it.

[@TheMrMampel]

Loving this from Catalonia! Good content!

[@Nykinkanava]

Beautiful climbing! He's style is so enjoyable. Also great soundtrack.

[@cadymichael]

Really enjoyed the film and way to go Aiden!

[@BlocBusters]

amazing film, story and boulders 👍

[@nunavut9281]

Great film

[@drew3254]

sick vid guys thanks really enjoyed getting inspired to this on xmas eve. cheers!

[@edwardoakley8659]

29:23 “c’mon chill sauce!” I’m using that one at the crag next time. How did he not fall off laughing?! 😂

[@LatticeTraining]

We kinda thought the same 😂

[@tayoneumann9533]

"I don't think outdoor climbing is ready for Aidan Roberts" - we'll gonna see more 9c's poppin' up in the years to come

[@pade4610]

Nice film! Aidan's progression is really great. Overall travelling and trying boulders on your limits to compare with your local problems is a good thing and will improve your climbing and rating skills. Otherwise I really didn't enjoyed struggling on buttermilk V2s compared to harder FJ problems...