He was able to do it because he climbs a lot outdoors. Jamming is one of basic outdoor climbing skils and he is good at it as a great outdoor climber. He knew he will do it from the moment he saw it. Others spend too little time climbing outdoors
Just climbing outdoors doesn't mean you know how to jam. Not everyone crack climbs, so if all you do outside is boulder or sport climb, it's common to still not know how to jam.
@@miriamshv Nah, I bet there are people that climb V15 that don't know how to jam. You can't say those people aren't really good. Maybe not well rounded, but that's different.
Hand jams are better than jugs if the crack is the right size and you know what you’re doing.. the problem is comp climbers pull on plastic too often It’s near impossible to find a crag without a crack at it
Minor correction: you said hand jamming and then described a bunch of crack-climbing techniques. Hand jamming is one particular climbing technique that involves placing a hand into a crack. Using your arm would be an 'arm bar' or 'chicken wing', hand and fist would be a 'stack', using the feet is unsurprisingly a 'foot jam'. That said, the technique used by ondra on this climb was a hand jam.
Seeing crack techs at comp climbin events is really cool. I’d love to see more crack volumes with other jam sizes, especially fist+hand and larger. I’m just imaging how cool to would be to have an off width sized wideboys volume on a comp climb.
I'm from Czechia and I was at a climbing center and met him there. He almost fell on my head, then apologized. It was a funny encounter, cuz then I didn't even know who he was lol We both laughed it off and he was very chill
Wish my gym set more cracks like this. I don't know why a lot of climbers don't like cracks. They feel far more secure than a lot of other types of holds.
imo it is sad that professional climbers do not know basic techniques like jams. In competitions they especially wanna find the best overall climber by making slabs, coordinations, dynos, etc but crack climbing I can only think of this one on the international scene. If there will be another crack boulder or lead route this year, a lot of competitors would fail miserably. Even some of the great favorites... THIS would make a final more interesting&challenging
I mean this is fairly obvious. Other competition climbers, climb pretty much pure plastic and comp style. However Adam on the other hand is the greatest climber in the world currently. And is highly profficient in basciallt all techniques. To him this crack style of climbing is a walk in the park. Hence the confidence before he even finished. Where as the other climbers most likely have never even climbed crack before.
Other athletes probably couldn't send it, not because the move was difficult, but cuz.. it hurts. Easy indoor hand jams hurt like hell. Cant imagine hanging from one outside or inside
No mention of it but during the recce he was showing all the other competitors how to finger jam the lower section but everyone just laybacked it - what other sport would you find competitors helping each other like that. The reason Adam could do it is because he's the GOAT 😂😂
Ondrq did an entir2 segment on hand jamming and one finger/knuckle hangs on a doc i watched with him. You indoor competitor's shouldnt mix with the outdoor big boys ;)
He was able to do it because he climbs a lot outdoors. Jamming is one of basic outdoor climbing skils and he is good at it as a great outdoor climber. He knew he will do it from the moment he saw it. Others spend too little time climbing outdoors
Just climbing outdoors doesn't mean you know how to jam. Not everyone crack climbs, so if all you do outside is boulder or sport climb, it's common to still not know how to jam.
@@rennieputnam2662 not every outdoor climber jams, but every really good outdoor climber does.
@@miriamshv Nah, I bet there are people that climb V15 that don't know how to jam. You can't say those people aren't really good. Maybe not well rounded, but that's different.
@@rennieputnam2662yeah Shawn rabotou prob the best outdoor boulderer rn has a yt short of him basically being a beginner abt crack climbing
There is more and more crack climbing situation in gym climbing.
Of course he can top it, he's good at crack climbing
He's good at crack climbing, while I'm good at climbing with crack. We're not the same.
good is an understatement
Amazing how effortless he made that look.
Hand jams are better than jugs if the crack is the right size and you know what you’re doing.. the problem is comp climbers pull on plastic too often
It’s near impossible to find a crag without a crack at it
Handjams are good enough that you can genuinely pull a car with one, if you know how to do it
This was such an amazing moment at the world cup finals, Ondra just cruising this problem with everyone else not being able to top it.... Just Epic!
"Moment he touched the crack 😊"
Meahwhile me 💀
Minor correction: you said hand jamming and then described a bunch of crack-climbing techniques. Hand jamming is one particular climbing technique that involves placing a hand into a crack. Using your arm would be an 'arm bar' or 'chicken wing', hand and fist would be a 'stack', using the feet is unsurprisingly a 'foot jam'.
That said, the technique used by ondra on this climb was a hand jam.
You are correct, thanks for pointing that out!
so endearing to see him be so happy with his achievement, too :)
It's crazy that realistically this crack was prolly less than V6
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED???
Love that you showed the Wide Boyz.
Seeing crack techs at comp climbin events is really cool. I’d love to see more crack volumes with other jam sizes, especially fist+hand and larger. I’m just imaging how cool to would be to have an off width sized wideboys volume on a comp climb.
I'm from Czechia and I was at a climbing center and met him there. He almost fell on my head, then apologized. It was a funny encounter, cuz then I didn't even know who he was lol We both laughed it off and he was very chill
hard to believe you can be in czechia, climbing no less, and not know ondra, thats like playing basketball and not knowing jordan
Wish my gym set more cracks like this. I don't know why a lot of climbers don't like cracks. They feel far more secure than a lot of other types of holds.
Adam is one of the most incredibly versatile and talented climbers to ever live. An absolute animal.
Jak rozvášnil to publikum🎉
How do i find the video of the guy doing the kneebar upside down
I guess we could say he's *cracked* at climbing... 😉
hand jam so easy
but it is a trick to be learned over a year or more
any sauce for the clips at the start? those look absolutely insane too, would love to watch the full vids.
I thought this would be an instructional video and instead it's just Ondra flexing on everyone 😂
Those jams look super solid.
imo it is sad that professional climbers do not know basic techniques like jams. In competitions they especially wanna find the best overall climber by making slabs, coordinations, dynos, etc but crack climbing I can only think of this one on the international scene. If there will be another crack boulder or lead route this year, a lot of competitors would fail miserably. Even some of the great favorites... THIS would make a final more interesting&challenging
Czechs are experts in jamming. Czechia has many sandstone crack climbing
He's been hanging out in the wide boys' cellar!
ofcourse he can do it he's adam ondra
Bro violated the others
Yes, “hang jamming” includes the process of creating outward pressure with your “foot” lmao
"hand jamming is when climbers use their foot"
How does a hand jam generate outward pressure with anything but your hands? That's why it's called a >HAND< jam.
You're right xD
I should've said "jamming is a technique..."
Honestly criminal how the wide boyz were left out of the crack climbing compilation.
What's criminal is name dropping like this, after having missed Tom Randall.
I met the best crack climbing pete witicha
After he found out, that no other person toped it, he explained Crack climbing to his opponents 😅
And he flexes on the others by holding it with one hand to hype up the crowd haha
Yeah, i remember that one!
pete whitaker could do that one with ease too 😂
Now I know why he's considered the best boulderer
hes not
I mean this is fairly obvious. Other competition climbers, climb pretty much pure plastic and comp style. However Adam on the other hand is the greatest climber in the world currently. And is highly profficient in basciallt all techniques. To him this crack style of climbing is a walk in the park. Hence the confidence before he even finished. Where as the other climbers most likely have never even climbed crack before.
Other athletes probably couldn't send it, not because the move was difficult, but cuz.. it hurts. Easy indoor hand jams hurt like hell. Cant imagine hanging from one outside or inside
Jams (especially "easy" jams) don't hurt if you know how to jam.
Don’t know if I would call crack climbing an unpopular skill.
Why dont they train more handjams?? I understand not liking it but comon, youre a professional athlete. Its not that bad
it’s not an unpopular skill lol
No mention of it but during the recce he was showing all the other competitors how to finger jam the lower section but everyone just laybacked it - what other sport would you find competitors helping each other like that. The reason Adam could do it is because he's the GOAT 😂😂
He’s done belly full of bad berries of course he can jam
how is handjam an unpopular move ?
I'd rather say "uncommon" (in gyms) as proved by the other athletes
Ondrq did an entir2 segment on hand jamming and one finger/knuckle hangs on a doc i watched with him. You indoor competitor's shouldnt mix with the outdoor big boys ;)
Weird how world class climbers cannot perform basic climbing technique
Love to hand jam with my feet
“Hand jam is a technique where the climber uses outward pressure using their hands, arms, feet, fists” bruh read your script before posting.
Adam Ondra ❤❤❤❤
Don't even bother measuring Adams body fat.
What is a relative technique
There are techniques needed for different situations. In this case, the relative technique is the crack climbing technique!
@@climb_able_ gotcha, it was just kinda weird phrasing and it caught me up lol. The video was Neat as hell though, that guy made it look easy
Was this written with help from chatGPT or similar?
Nope. There might be some errors because of that ;)
Pretty sure if you use your foot it's not a hand jam.
So it was rigged for him. Ok