Lynn Hill Chris Sharma Conversation about Technique YouTube

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  • čas přidán 5. 06. 2024
  • Lynn interviews Chris about his ideas and approach with regard to climbing technique.
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  • @salzy1864
    @salzy1864 Před 5 lety +21

    People don't understand Sharma's type. He's someone who's immersed in being, not thinking. When he's thinking, he's thinking about being. Someone who understands this can see it whenever he's on camera. It can be super uncomfortable for someone who is of the heart to be around someone who is very attached to the mind, because they sense a deep disconnect. It's an alternate mode of intelligence which often produces the worlds most successful people. People who are very intelligent often end up working for those types of people.

    • @philipzahnd8430
      @philipzahnd8430 Před 2 měsíci

      As someone who was often accused of being high years before touching weed, I resonate with this.

  • @sonso45
    @sonso45 Před 10 lety +30

    He's like most climbers, the magic just works. A lot of intuition and muscle memory go into making you a good climber. As he said, "it's not like we're finding a cure for cancer" we are out having fun.

  • @anthonyfrattin1692
    @anthonyfrattin1692 Před 8 lety +68

    If all you get from this interview is that he's high or tired you're really missing out.
    A brilliant athlete opens his thoughts to us in a ten minute insightful interview. When you have a philosophical unscripted single take interview this is what you get if you are lucky. This is not a high budget edited perfectly filmed interview on ESPN that you're used to it's just two brilliant climbers creating a raw, uncut insightful Q and A to help aspiring climbers. Great interview. It has helped me a lot. Thanks for doing it guys!

    • @listrahtes
      @listrahtes Před rokem

      I ve seen some interviews with him and imo he is stoned in this video which is kind of disrespectful to Lynn. Its his choice and he was on a lot more stuff in other videos but its not really a bad thing to call him on that as it clearly reduced his intellectual abilty.

    • @1honeybun
      @1honeybun Před 12 dny

      tru, people focusing on the wrong things

  • @j.w.matney8390
    @j.w.matney8390 Před 8 lety +26

    Sharma is doing a good job of explaining his processes, both mental and physical. He's articulate but, soft spoken. Strange that people assume he's high just because he isn't being loud and bragging.

    • @orlyrabbit
      @orlyrabbit Před 8 lety +5

      +John Matney They're assuming he's high because it's well known he likes to smoke weed, not that there's anything wrong with that, if anything it probably helps his recovery and climbing creativity

  • @luthermclain2959
    @luthermclain2959 Před 3 lety +7

    Thanks Lynn. I met you briefly once back in the early 90's at the BFF. You showed up at the little climbing wall the ACC had put up in the Sally Borden Centre, with a Japanese film crew in tow. I was supposed to belay you, but then your interview went on a little longer than expected, and in that time, a ten year old girl walked up to the wall and wanted to climb it. I paused just for a second, as I was supposed to belay you, but then I thought, it'd be pretty cool if she got to climb next to Lynn Hill. She was stoked. I hope she is still climbing. I still am, after thirty years. And people like you are the reason I"m still at it.

    • @LynnHillClimbing
      @LynnHillClimbing  Před 3 lety +5

      Thanks Luther! I hope are still enjoying your adventures on the rock out there!

  • @freshseeker
    @freshseeker Před 10 lety +32

    Come on people you thing Lynn would post this video if he was stoned and out of it during the interview? Hes just a laid back dude and always has been. He also might have been a little nervous being interviewed by one of the most prolific climbers of all time. Its hard to articulate how you climb 5.15. I think people are just jealous.

    • @lightningsmokerXx
      @lightningsmokerXx Před 9 lety +7

      I think he's just not a big talker. And maybe a little uncomfortable with the camera on him + they are sitting sorta close at sorta of an odd angle. I think she did a good job asking questions.
      However....speaking of Lynn Hill ..can you believe she is 50+. He is 20 years younger than her to the year. And i bet when he was growing up she was one of those people he followed and as one of the few women in climbing prob thought wow she's hot. And as he's sitting beside her there...prob having the same thought. Not trying to be crass about it. But i call it how i see it. Nice looking woman.

    • @lightningsmokerXx
      @lightningsmokerXx Před 9 lety +1

      exactly
      (no wolf tickets)

    • @mazzelien5123
      @mazzelien5123 Před 7 lety +1

      Sorta, but its like he wants to end this interview and toke up.

    • @TheMisterKoala
      @TheMisterKoala Před 6 lety +1

      I don't see why she would refrain from posting the interview if he were high; why do you presume to know what she would do?

    • @skip1860
      @skip1860 Před 2 dny

      Lmfao 😂 if you don't think he's high, then you're either just as high or just dumb

  • @jcprenner6083
    @jcprenner6083 Před 9 lety +11

    Thanks, Lynn Hill and Chris Sharma a for sharing your insight

  • @paulmitchell5349
    @paulmitchell5349 Před rokem +1

    ''Finding that balance point.'' exactly. So few top climbers put that into words. That is the essence of climbing, along with looking at the rock properly.

  • @marcopervo
    @marcopervo Před 5 lety +10

    He's always been a powerful and intuitive climber who campused 5.14A's with strong fingers and arms, but the amazing technique he's developed allows him to beyond 5.14D. His precise movement, body tension, and footwork are evident on the 5.15's climbed recently in Spain. He's every bit the tactician as other top modern climbers, it's just that he's less aware of it. It all seems natural to him.

    • @walterlotte4215
      @walterlotte4215 Před rokem +1

      ...ok he's a legend but where and when did he campus a 5.14a, let alone multiple ones as you suggest..? Got a source?

  • @andisab
    @andisab Před 7 lety +6

    "It's a fine line between excitation and being too relaxed." Indeed it is, Lynn. :) Namaste!

  • @amaturearcadia
    @amaturearcadia Před 6 lety +5

    Chris is the man, keeping it raw. I like to hear his psychological perspective on climbing at high levels

  • @g.l.8319
    @g.l.8319 Před 3 lety +8

    Great video. I loved Chris and Lynn’s advice at the end about having fun and staying in it for the long run, and I think this applies to a lot more than climbing

  • @friedbergje
    @friedbergje Před 9 lety +6

    It is a gift to hear the best talk about what they do. Whether it is Hill and Sharma or other great artist of many different mediums discuss their practices we all need to step back and say 'thank you' to them for sharing.
    THANK YOU!

  • @betabandits2099
    @betabandits2099 Před 4 lety

    Thanks for posting, definitely gives a climber lots of questions to ask oneself while doing self assessment.

  • @mattrhodin7005
    @mattrhodin7005 Před 10 lety +25

    I feel like Chris was just responding in a real way. He speaking the way he normally speaks and was giving the answers that came to mind at the time. I thought he did fine. I definitely took some things away from this interview.

  • @climbscience4813
    @climbscience4813 Před 9 lety +36

    Don't know what all these comments are about. To me, Chris just looks like he's thinking about what he's saying before he says it. He really seems focussed on how to express the stuff he's doing intuitively. That's quite a hard thing considering that he probably doesn't think about those things a lot, but rather just does them. Also, who cares if he's stoned or not? Maybe he just climed some hard stuff and is exhausted. His answers still make a lot of sense, even though they come out a bit slower than usually.

    • @phuckmylife2151
      @phuckmylife2151 Před 9 lety +4

      Naaah. He's either high as fuck or haven't slept for 48 hours. Compare this to some of his other interviews and you'll see it.

    • @quogir1
      @quogir1 Před 9 lety +1

      PhuckMyLife you are right, no sleep

  • @sergiiglobal
    @sergiiglobal Před 9 lety +1

    you guys are good. I enjoyed listening to you and this was helpful.

  • @peppuig8530
    @peppuig8530 Před 10 lety +44

    talking about technique would have been better if Sharma had been the interviewer and Lynn Hill the guest. ;)

  • @fourstarsintheskye
    @fourstarsintheskye Před 10 lety +1

    Best interview of Chris Sharma out there.

  • @SalsaAdam
    @SalsaAdam Před 7 lety +8

    Fascinating. She is more articulate and analytic. He is very synthetic (intrinsic, natural). But they both have dealt with the other side. Climbing is not a words experience. It MUST be felt and it must be thought. Check out 10:25 - 11:25. Chris has much to say though its not a recipe or a textbook. they complement each other like musicians in a band.

  • @salzy1864
    @salzy1864 Před 9 lety +1

    I love his style. Trying to convey the state of Being in words. Often times the best can't do it. They got the vibe and just naturally go with it.

  • @chipper442
    @chipper442 Před 2 lety

    I saw Lynn on the Letterman Show back in the day, still as impressive as ever

  • @Snowpeanow
    @Snowpeanow Před 10 lety +1

    Awesome interview!

  • @kincheng
    @kincheng Před 8 lety +69

    Lynn Hill is too humble she got the interview backwards haha

    • @GnomicMaster
      @GnomicMaster Před 7 lety +1

      Hardly. 5.15d+ is beyond Lynn. Now add Alex to the conversation and everyone becomes humbled.

    • @kincheng
      @kincheng Před 7 lety +18

      +Jeffrey Middlebrook there's more to climbing than just a grade number

    • @GnomicMaster
      @GnomicMaster Před 7 lety

      Exactly, which is why Dharma Sharma and Alex God Almighty are who they are.

    • @88feji
      @88feji Před 7 lety +33

      +Jeffrey Middlebrook
      I don't get your disrespect for Lynn Hill .. Lyn Hill freed The Nose which was the unreachable holy grail for more than a decade even for the best male climbers then.. She climbed The Nose twice and it was not climbed again for half a decade until the next guy (who took hundreds of days of attempts before succeeding). She was the best of her own generation .. whats more she's a woman which makes her achievements even more impressive considering she has to breach the male dominance in the sport ..
      You cannot compare different generations because dietary aids improves, shoe technology improves, training methods improves, more and more knowledge of climbing techniques gets accumulated as time goes on etc etc.
      Skills gets passed down by older greats to the benefit of younger ones which makes the starting point for younger generations easier. Its like you cannot say scientists nowadays are smarter than scientists a hundred years ago, its a stupid thing to say .. the knowledge base and starting points are different ..
      Obviously the newer generations are going to be better equipped to attempt harder climbs due to all those things but to say that the new generations are better than the older generation is just ignoring all the new knowledge and aids accumulated by the older generations ..
      I don't know if you understood the saying :
      "If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."
      I just wish you think a little more critically before you start being biased ..

    • @GnomicMaster
      @GnomicMaster Před 7 lety

      Chill, child, I'm not disrespecting Lynn, just saying that in my not-so-humble opinion free-soloists are the only true climbers, the rest of the legions of we mere mortals are pretenders to the throne. Now I cut Sharma slack because he's been pushing it towards maybe the first 5.16, and I'm sure if Sharma wanted to put it all on the line he'd be one amazing free-soloist. Back around 1969/70 (late-Cretaceous period in climbing) there was a cartoon in either Summit or maybe Ascent that showed a super hero climber wearing a cape and "RR" on the chest (Royal Robbins, no doubt) and two climbers watching the super hero on a blank over-hanging wall reaching back into his bag, and the caption said "Oh my god, he's reaching for the grease!" Very funny. Even funnier, the last time I talked to RR in 2012 he said he never saw the cartoon. Have you ever read John Long's essay from the early-1970s titled "The Only Blasphemy"? He wrote it after almost dying while following Bachar on an "El Capitan Day" of free-soloing route after route at JT. The conclusion of the article is that to deliberately jeopardize one's existence is the "only blasphemy", and of course fate caught up with Bachar in 2009. And yet Long said not too long ago that in his opinion Alex is the best climber in the world.

  • @renciapolous
    @renciapolous Před 2 lety

    Lovely, thanks!

  • @kless001
    @kless001 Před 5 lety +1

    I'd be so nervous to be interviewed by Lynn Hill. Legend!

    • @grimlund
      @grimlund Před 3 lety +1

      Lynn Hill must be the coolest gal in the world.

  • @magikalyoutubeman17
    @magikalyoutubeman17 Před 5 lety

    Thanks Lynn!

  • @paulhutton3366
    @paulhutton3366 Před 5 lety +1

    Assess the fall protection before setting off, climb like you're on a tread wall -- connect the moves as calmly as possible, clip the pro and forget about it, your best is good enough. And make sure your belayer is on board. You won't climb well if you're not ready to fall.

  • @bonerheadj
    @bonerheadj Před 10 lety +19

    I think the reason why Sharma comes off as not a great speaker about climbing is because he doesn't need to think about it like Hill may. Thats not to say Hill isn't a complete boss because she is, but Sharma is not a normal human, or human at all.

    • @morgantheron1
      @morgantheron1 Před 10 lety +3

      i think this is very true

    • @andrieslaya
      @andrieslaya Před 8 lety +1

      +Jay Gatton him and Ondra both are alien ;)

    • @brianhackit7900
      @brianhackit7900 Před 5 lety

      Yea, no offense but I don't think you really understand how legend Lyn Hill is. You want alien? I think Free Soloing the nose if El Capitan makes you more than alien.

    • @patrickthorpe8860
      @patrickthorpe8860 Před 4 lety +3

      @@brianhackit7900 Psst. Nobody free soloed the Nose. She free climbed the Nose.

    • @Yosef9438
      @Yosef9438 Před 4 lety +1

      @@brianhackit7900 You sound like you actually don't know anything about climbing. Nice try, though.

  • @FerrisKilpatrick
    @FerrisKilpatrick Před 10 lety +45

    Chris says "you know" 93 times. NINETY-THREE TIMES!

    • @amaturearcadia
      @amaturearcadia Před 6 lety

      Ferris Kilpatrick i know, i say it a lot to. Great way to relate that you're understanding, is, that the person to whom you are speaking is clearly understanding what you are stying to convey

    • @ianbrannan9608
      @ianbrannan9608 Před 6 lety +1

      u takin the nom census? u from the department of nom sayins or something?

    • @GnomicMaster
      @GnomicMaster Před 4 lety +1

      That's a mental illness of the Millennials. It's "like" do you like know what like I'm talking about, like huh? Dharma Sharma is from Santa Cruz, so like you know like what I mean, like you know? Hey, pass the bong over to me, like you know. Jesus H. Dolphin Christ, get an intelligent vocabulary, dude!!

  • @micorreoes4
    @micorreoes4 Před 10 lety +2

    es un bombon esta mujer!

  • @fixeeg
    @fixeeg Před 6 lety +2

    Chris is from a family of buddhists who spend a lot of time meditating and practicing calmness. He comes off as uninterested sometimes, but he's just a very mellow guy. If you want someone more articulate, listen to Tommy Caldwell or Alex Honnold talk about their climbing.

  • @hanneswastl6272
    @hanneswastl6272 Před 10 lety +19

    let him smoke, if he wants to. I really dont care about it, he is sill an amazing, inspiring climber. anyway better weed than heroin.

  • @caitlin.hardee
    @caitlin.hardee Před 2 lety

    Legends

  • @seanmcclain5800
    @seanmcclain5800 Před 9 lety +16

    No, Chris, I don't know. Please elaborate. I think Lynn made him nervous.

    • @josiahb5229
      @josiahb5229 Před 9 lety +10

      I thought Chris did pretty good at explaining some of those difficult questions.

  • @marlonmendez5176
    @marlonmendez5176 Před 7 lety +6

    Sharma always sounds so at peace with himself (or maybe just stoned lol).
    Even when he says "Yea I'm psyched!". :D

  • @hellogoodbye637
    @hellogoodbye637 Před 6 lety

    I LOVE LYN HILL SOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSO MUCH. I REALLY HOPE I MEET HER SOMEDAY

  • @dakiblabla
    @dakiblabla Před 11 měsíci +1

    Sharma doing his best to hide a massive crush here...

  • @MasterDavidAaronWarrington

    Notice the development around Chris Sharma's third eye (pineal gland) and Lynn Hill's muscle tendon attachments. These are advanced human beings. Imagine if they had a child together.

  • @salzy1864
    @salzy1864 Před 5 lety +1

    Another thing which actually most people can understand, is when you have enormous amounts of energy surging through your body, it is extremely difficult to vent that energy in a way that does not come out as erratic. Someone like Sharma has huge storehouses of energy, which is very hard to contain. The incredible Hulk is an allegory which generally applies here.

  • @fatskinnyfatboy
    @fatskinnyfatboy Před 9 lety

    14:30 and the ket starts to give things new momentum

  • @compellingpeople
    @compellingpeople Před 3 lety

    What's the name of the climb? Olianes?

  • @picasadeluxe
    @picasadeluxe Před 10 lety +3

    Try to explain someone how you played a difficult sonata from Bach on the piano ?
    What you anwer ? You used your 10 fingers, that´s it .
    Climb every day and you will succeed one day if you are a talent, otherwise not !, that´s so easy to understand :))

  • @ELFanatic
    @ELFanatic Před 3 lety

    Poor lynn. Can we get a Lynn - Honnold interview?

  • @fatskinnyfatboy
    @fatskinnyfatboy Před 9 lety +2

    At 13 minutes the weed kicks in again hard I reckon

    • @ultrajayme
      @ultrajayme Před 7 lety +1

      fatskinnyfatboy lamo..."um...like...uh..."
      Lynn-"don't worry about it..."
      chris-"like (laughs) when I use my foot!"

  • @picasadeluxe
    @picasadeluxe Před 10 lety +1

    How would you discribe someone how you played a difficult Bach Sonata,
    ...with your 10 fingers..., that´s it !
    If you climb every day and you are a talent, you will succeed one day, otherwise not, that´s so easy to understand :)

  • @gashy9023
    @gashy9023 Před 10 lety

    enormously funny Punch-and-Judy shtick

  • @domingo7652
    @domingo7652 Před 6 lety +2

    he is a master of stoned

  • @illduitmyself
    @illduitmyself Před 5 lety

    seems like a cool guy be hes frying himself with all that weed

  • @grimlund
    @grimlund Před 3 lety

    Lynn is 20 years older the Chris but looks like she could have been his sister.

  • @Icklejason
    @Icklejason Před 10 lety +3

    He can be much more articulate. Definitely a bad day. It's a bit naughty to get stoned before an important interview especially as he has referred to himself as an ambassador of the sport in the past which he obviously is.

  • @profearoum
    @profearoum Před 10 lety +3

    lots of awkward silence hahaha

    • @elidotson461
      @elidotson461 Před 3 lety

      firdaus bin abd muttalib
      10 years ago
      i hope that this could start a tipping point where the younger malaysians could have fun by doing the right thing. no fuss, no commitment, just record whatever you see that deserves the attention of every human being ( must be guided with what i mentioned above, with testimonies and evidences) and let see how big the snow ball rolls down hill. ;P
      HAVE FUN !

    • @elidotson461
      @elidotson461 Před 3 lety

      firdaus bin abd muttalib
      10 years ago
      i hope that this could start a tipping point where the younger malaysians could have fun by doing the right thing. no fuss, no commitment, just record whatever you see that deserves the attention of every human being ( must be guided with what i mentioned above, with testimonies and evidences) and let see how big the snow ball rolls down hill. ;P
      HAVE FUN !

  • @jakeweber7467
    @jakeweber7467 Před 6 lety +1

    he seems super baked lol

  • @charliebeaches4907
    @charliebeaches4907 Před 7 lety

    I just want to know what's your diet, por favor. nobody ever talks about that!! and that's the real issue.

  • @sternosterno9211
    @sternosterno9211 Před 7 lety +5

    He's pretty stoned (as usual XD)

  • @ianh6353
    @ianh6353 Před 10 lety

    maybe he was stoned

  • @Xanosect1
    @Xanosect1 Před 10 lety +2

    Chris comes across so poorly in this interview next to Lynn. I haven't seen enough interviews of him to know if this was just a bad day, but he is really poorly spoken and lynn's trying to lead him to say anything insightful and his response is always "you know".

    • @brettrichardson4285
      @brettrichardson4285 Před 10 lety +1

      He is known as a great climber not a great speaker, Beside the fact that he is answering questions not just asking them.

    • @jasonstevens7740
      @jasonstevens7740 Před 10 lety +2

      Maybe your expectations are too high. You are expecting his speaking to be on the same level as his climbing. He's no different than any other prodigy. Jimi Hendrix ALWAYS gave poor interviews. It isn't their wheel house, so chill the fuck out.

  • @samanthaj393
    @samanthaj393 Před 8 lety +2

    Such an awkward interview lol

    • @999a0s
      @999a0s Před 8 lety +4

      +Samantha J not at all. that's in your head.

  • @kristianbejb
    @kristianbejb Před 8 lety +1

    this sharma guy must be a millionaire. cant find any other reason to be on focus, all the time.

    • @rygarbensen3953
      @rygarbensen3953 Před 6 lety

      No. It's because he is the best climber in the world.

  • @noahroach4931
    @noahroach4931 Před 7 měsíci

    Is he a savant or something

  • @heretic.climbing
    @heretic.climbing Před 10 lety

    "I think we should wrap it up here"....that should have happened at 5:00. hahahaah

  • @isaiahmorales3419
    @isaiahmorales3419 Před 10 lety +4

    kinda awkward as fuck interview… :P

    • @EverythingZen14
      @EverythingZen14 Před 10 lety +13

      I didn't think so. I actually really relate to Sharma in the way he thinks about and responds to the questions. Sometimes, even most of the time, the answer is not at all unexpected or surprising or in depth - it just is. People often expect a grand response, but reality is seldom that.
      Sharma just seems super chill, to me - I think he's just being the same on camera as we would be off camera. It's sort of refreshing, for me.

    • @crux321
      @crux321 Před 10 lety +7

      just a couple of introverted climbing obsessed geniuses

    • @amaturearcadia
      @amaturearcadia Před 6 lety

      Kinda dont think i could have a good conversation with you then

  • @euadi4948
    @euadi4948 Před 9 lety +1

    hm, "you know"...."and you know", "and I mean you know".."is just like...you know.." and so and so...he is a good climber but better to let someone else to talk. Sometime also is useful to read some books not only to climb and climb...