Wow, this was cool. I didn't realize you weren't pursuing career as a professional climber before that onsight. It's insane how these kind of random events can completely change one's path in life. Good luck also to your future adventures, Alex! 😁
I was at the camp when you made the ascent and you were quite humble, almost in shock; glad to say that you’re the same approachable, engaging person ten years on 👏🏻👏🏻
Already 10 years, wow! All the best for the coming 10 years, I like your relaxed and down to earth style mastering the steepest walls and mastering to handle the growing expectations that come with success
It's such an interesting contrast between your laid back approach to what resulted in onsighting 9a, versus Ondra, who obsessively pursued his flash of 9a+. Personally, your more natural (I'm avoiding saying pure) experience resonates much more with my own notions of what climbing is all about-but that's not to criticize Ondra for being so driven to accomplish goals and be "the best." 2 very distinct relationships with climbing with ultimately the same result, but one is much more results oriented. Great video anyway, thanks for uploading!
Nice Alex thanks! super interesting. 'Some Bullshit" haha. Love hearing this stuff and your outdoor send footage. Would be cool to hear you talk about your Red project and maybe see some clips. Maybe about other projects around that you have tried like in Margalef would be fascinating. Any plans to try DNA? I know you don't like kneebars but looks like an amazing line and we all know you can climb even harder!
Hey Alex, do you think that climbing is still enjoyable, when you're doing routes beyond 8a range? Like, casually onsighting them, without any pain. When does the pain start for you?
Very interesting. I did not understand what you said at playback time 6:57: _"also some old ??? potentially got better"_ The auto-generated subtitles do not make sense in this case ("old sprout" 🤦♂).
