Shawn Raboutou V16 First Ascent: "Big Z" 

"Sick spot, J-Webb."

Shawn violated the laws of physics to climb this boulder, amazing!

amazing problem

V3 in my gym

omg, there goes Shawn Rabbitshoes again with his tricky bicycles.

2 filmers and a spotter with his hands in his pockets is the Mellow Way

Shawn: "Alright dudes, it's gonna be cold out there tomorrow. I'll bring the Buddy heater. Wear warm pants." Jimmy: "What are pants?"

When I was a boy Big Z came to my hometown of Shiverpool, Antarctica and picked me out of everyone to receive his shell necklace. I’ll never forget.

Those are some of the sickest moves I've ever seen on rock, holy shit

Love how Jimmy almost instinctively checks his fingers after one of Shawn's near sends.

Incredible climbing, killer music. Mellow is without a doubt the best channel putting out climbing videos

His style makes everything look so effortless even when he’s at his limit.

hows no one talking about the rock of death chillin under one of the hardest boulders ever sent

That BODY TENSION! Loved the minimal and clean edition on this one. Super mellow.

he certainly is the most stylish boulder climber I have ever seen in the modern era. Good job Mellow boys

What’s the brand of this highly effective crash pad sweater on the rock Jimmy leans against? Should be a nice pad when you need to travel light or don’t have room for a full size crash pad…

Tahoe mountain....a bunch of shitty sharp v2s and a amazing v16 now lol

The toe hook karate kick is so dope

imagine being so strong that you're that unenthusiastic about topping out a V16 😂

@mellow which Althea is this?! It's definitely not the 3-15-1990 Without a Net version that the description links to. I went digging through the grateful dead set databases and found no versions where Tennessee Jed was played before it (the guitar riff from 1:34 to 1:44) Though it's most likely that the guys were discussing which song to play next and Althea was picked instead of Tennessee Jed. So that was a red herring. Don't make me listen to all 272 versions to find this one.

Shawn drips steez from every fiber of his being. From the way he dresses to the way he climbs to the way he talks to the way he acts.

Shawn: "How many times can I yard on this right hand before it improves? Jimmy and Rock: "C'mon Shawn"

Putting a live dead jam on the climbing footage🔥🔥🔥🔥

That "slap" fall is exactly how I broke my arm; he's lucky he hit his palm and not his forearm.

Dope boulder…surfs up reference? And some good ole Grateful Dead…..thanks boys

😂 "sick spot"

Sick moves, I wonder if it would be possible to continue up on the face instead of going over the edge?

Amazing, and great to have some of the fall footage as well. Makes it 5% more relatable 😄 Well done Shawn!

not one single PPPPSSSSAAATTTT!

The dead on a Shawn vid… could do that all day

i gotta call out jimmy's spot tho, hands out of pocket plzzzzzzzzz

"sick spot j webb"

This video is 6:56 long and there ain't a single moment of him not smiling. This is climbing. Big sends, big fails, big fun.

Wow, just wow, that is a 6/5 star boulder, so cool

Jimmy with the classic southern spot

What the hell?! I was literally listing to a live Dead video right before and refreshed the vid because I thought RU-vid was playing the other video audio over this one! NFA!

That foot slip on top.

I hope this line is named after the great Zidrunas Savickas!

I can finally say like the americans: so sick!! that horizontal sequence, and the toe hooks..

6:00 wife got sus

Been waiting awhile to see Big Z footy 🙏🏼

AmaZing line, moves, and flow, nice one Shawn!

Mind blowing line, and skill. Congrats Shawn

Althea ❤ Sick climb!

Žydrūnas Savickas

Love love love this line, great job Shawn! Beautiful send.

Althea!!

The Raboutous are built diff

What an absurd line - impeccably climbed. Shawn's such a badass.

I dont care about climbing v16, but i wish i could climb this thing!!!! Incredible

Althea + Bouldering = Bliss

In the mom jeans

Althea!

I can't believe it. Mellow played the type of music I listen to while climbing?

Great edit on this one :D

what pants this guy wearing? please someone tell me, they are sooo fireee!!

Jimmy Webb, Spotter Extraordinaire

Holy shit what a unique boulder!

I kept waiting for the Notorious B.I.G. track to start.

Super sick climbing as always

this is dope

Amazing job of pretending to spot 😳

Althea!!! 💀⚡ Nice work!!

Should've called it the big toe hook! That was sick

Love it 😊 and Jimmy in the shorts! Boardies for life!

always satisfying to watch you

Absolute beast, all the tension in the world

Wow… EXCELLENT spotting going on here

Fudge man!!! Great spot!!! 😬😬😬 I. Glad he didn’t get hurt!!

Hahahah 😮😮😮😂😂

The song; "that my back might need some protection.", perfect.

alth3a!! lfg

how and why shawn never full crimp???

Bruh he barely celebrated sending a V16 I go insane when I send a project

Maxed out moves over and absolute back-breaker, you're fuckin nutty dude

Going straight up using those tiny cracks, that'd be the next step in bouldering...

yeah baby grateful dead - althea. I've always thought this would be great for a climbing vid

The body tension was CRAZY!!!!! 💪🏽😎🤙🏽

rock climbers are obsessed with looking at their hands after they fall

Fuckin sick, shout out to climbing gold for putting me onto this channel 🙏

I wondered why the Boulder was called big z then they showed the whole thing and I wasn’t confused anymore

That mighty mellow hoodie on the right rock must bounce like a organic pad.

Man watched Surf’s Up and got inspired

Sweat pouring from my hands... That was rad

Amazing boulder! That central hold is like the centre of the circle he has to climb around.

The only dislike is from Tank “The Shredder” Evans

Fast forwards a little. Hears Althea. Goes back.

I'm guessing Shawn had to borrow his sister's shoes

Nice edit. Are those seams big enough for an even harder straight up variation?

Can't wait for the climberisms voiceover lol

I like close up, photo quality and the process

Amazing climbing. Really nice moves.

j-webb took his hands out of his pockets for the next attempts

Has jimmy Webb sent this yet? Shawn makes it look so easy

The fact that Shawn Raboutou watched and liked surfs up might actually be the sickest thing about him. The v16 was also cool.

That foot slip at the top looked scary!

6:35.. biggest reaction ever from Shawn.

Shawn did some classes in cocalzinho

I just want 1% of his strength

sauced it in some blue jeans.