Phwoar!!! Urban climbing at its best. Some people may argue that this isn’t proper climbing, but when you’re pulling down hard, on two metal ‘pebbles’ facing a dropped last move you might just thinking differently… 😅 I also started my climbing career on the sides of buildings (no access to rock) so I guess I’m quite biased! Berlin has delivered massively so far on this front 🙌🙌 Any got any good suggestions for urban projects/venues? A crack or three thrown in wouldn’t hurt 😋 Climber: @henry.routesetting
Despite my initial doubts when I was introduced to O-grades (O stands for Ondra) by @wide_boyz, the idea really stuck with me, and I started developing the subject a bit better 👌@petewhittaker01 and @tompaulrandall’s original proposition was that whatever I flash, it’s given O0. Whatever I climb in one session, then it gets O1. Whatever I climb in two sessions gets O2 👊 My main scepticism was that the grade O0 is simply too wide ☝️ The grading scale should give you good information about how hard a certain climb is. But O0 can get anything from the approach scrambles, my warm-up routes, limit onsights, or flashes. So my proposition is to include minus points too 💪 O-3 is a scramble. O-2 is an easy warm-up. O-1 is a regular warm-up. O0 is a climb where I have to be focused, O0 is a climb where I really have to fight “a muerte” on my first try. Furthermore, you can still add “minus” or “plus” to every route, depending on whether my ascent was a casual, or big fight 🔥 Following this logic, I give a few examples of how these routes should be graded: Il Domani 9a onsight, Super Crackinette 9a flash or Just do it 8c = O0 Silence 9c = O60 La Dura Dura = 042 Bon Voyage 9a = O3 DNA 7a (world’s most climbed 7a?) = O-2- Bourinator 8a = O-1 Marroncita 8b = O-0- Mind Control 8c = O0 Sensacion del Bloque 9a = O1 I suggest that all climbing gyms, including IFSC competitions, should use this grading system from now on 🤜🤛 @8a.nu website has already agreed to change their French grading system to O-grades as the guru Jens Larsen agrees that O-grades are much more accurate and less subjective than the French grading system. Their software engineers are working on this change, and I am eagerly waiting for @ifsclimbing’s response 🙏 Check out this landing page to find out more 👉 wideboyz.com/O-grades and enjoy our cool t-shirt with O-grades at 10% OFF 😎 Photos by @bernardo_gimenez, @pet.phot and @ivaondra #climbing @mammut_swiss1862 @lasportivagram @euroholds @mix.it @hudysport @rohlik.cz @sensfoods @211_zpmvcr @mercedesbenz_autojihlava @drwittczsk @sport_invest @veolia_cz @horosvaz Cardion
Despite my initial doubts when I was introduced to O-grades (O stands for Ondra) by @wide_boyz, the idea really stuck with me, and I started developing the subject a bit better 👌@petewhittaker01 and @tompaulrandall’s original proposition was that whatever I flash, it’s given O0. Whatever I climb in one session, then it gets O1. Whatever I climb in two sessions gets O2 👊 My main scepticism was that the grade O0 is simply too wide ☝️ The grading scale should give you good information about how hard a certain climb is. But O0 can get anything from the approach scrambles, my warm-up routes, limit onsights, or flashes. So my proposition is to include minus points too 💪 O-3 is a scramble. O-2 is an easy warm-up. O-1 is a regular warm-up. O0 is a climb where I have to be focused, O0 is a climb where I really have to fight “a muerte” on my first try. Furthermore, you can still add “minus” or “plus” to every route, depending on whether my ascent was a casual, or big fight 🔥 Following this logic, I give a few examples of how these routes should be graded: Il Domani 9a onsight, Super Crackinette 9a flash or Just do it 8c = O0 Silence 9c = O60 La Dura Dura = 042 Bon Voyage 9a = O3 DNA 7a (world’s most climbed 7a?) = O-2- Bourinator 8a = O-1 Marroncita 8b = O-0- Mind Control 8c = O0 Sensacion del Bloque 9a = O1 I suggest that all climbing gyms, including IFSC competitions, should use this grading system from now on 🤜🤛 @8a.nu website has already agreed to change their French grading system to O-grades as the guru Jens Larsen agrees that O-grades are much more accurate and less subjective than the French grading system. Their software engineers are working on this change, and I am eagerly waiting for @ifsclimbing’s response 🙏 Check out this landing page to find out more 👉 wideboyz.com/O-grades and enjoy our cool t-shirt with O-grades at 10% OFF 😎 Photos by @bernardo_gimenez, @pet.phot and @ivaondra #climbing @mammut_swiss1862 @lasportivagram @euroholds @mix.it @hudysport @rohlik.cz @sensfoods @211_zpmvcr @mercedesbenz_autojihlava @drwittczsk @sport_invest @veolia_cz @horosvaz Cardion
Despite my initial doubts when I was introduced to O-grades (O stands for Ondra) by @wide_boyz, the idea really stuck with me, and I started developing the subject a bit better 👌@petewhittaker01 and @tompaulrandall’s original proposition was that whatever I flash, it’s given O0. Whatever I climb in one session, then it gets O1. Whatever I climb in two sessions gets O2 👊 My main scepticism was that the grade O0 is simply too wide ☝️ The grading scale should give you good information about how hard a certain climb is. But O0 can get anything from the approach scrambles, my warm-up routes, limit onsights, or flashes. So my proposition is to include minus points too 💪 O-3 is a scramble. O-2 is an easy warm-up. O-1 is a regular warm-up. O0 is a climb where I have to be focused, O0 is a climb where I really have to fight “a muerte” on my first try. Furthermore, you can still add “minus” or “plus” to every route, depending on whether my ascent was a casual, or big fight 🔥 Following this logic, I give a few examples of how these routes should be graded: Il Domani 9a onsight, Super Crackinette 9a flash or Just do it 8c = O0 Silence 9c = O60 La Dura Dura = 042 Bon Voyage 9a = O3 DNA 7a (world’s most climbed 7a?) = O-2- Bourinator 8a = O-1 Marroncita 8b = O-0- Mind Control 8c = O0 Sensacion del Bloque 9a = O1 I suggest that all climbing gyms, including IFSC competitions, should use this grading system from now on 🤜🤛 @8a.nu website has already agreed to change their French grading system to O-grades as the guru Jens Larsen agrees that O-grades are much more accurate and less subjective than the French grading system. Their software engineers are working on this change, and I am eagerly waiting for @ifsclimbing’s response 🙏 Check out this landing page to find out more 👉 wideboyz.com/O-grades and enjoy our cool t-shirt with O-grades at 10% OFF 😎 Photos by @bernardo_gimenez, @pet.phot and @ivaondra #climbing @mammut_swiss1862 @lasportivagram @euroholds @mix.it @hudysport @rohlik.cz @sensfoods @211_zpmvcr @mercedesbenz_autojihlava @drwittczsk @sport_invest @veolia_cz @horosvaz Cardion
Despite my initial doubts when I was introduced to O-grades (O stands for Ondra) by @wide_boyz, the idea really stuck with me, and I started developing the subject a bit better 👌@petewhittaker01 and @tompaulrandall’s original proposition was that whatever I flash, it’s given O0. Whatever I climb in one session, then it gets O1. Whatever I climb in two sessions gets O2 👊 My main scepticism was that the grade O0 is simply too wide ☝️ The grading scale should give you good information about how hard a certain climb is. But O0 can get anything from the approach scrambles, my warm-up routes, limit onsights, or flashes. So my proposition is to include minus points too 💪 O-3 is a scramble. O-2 is an easy warm-up. O-1 is a regular warm-up. O0 is a climb where I have to be focused, O0 is a climb where I really have to fight “a muerte” on my first try. Furthermore, you can still add “minus” or “plus” to every route, depending on whether my ascent was a casual, or big fight 🔥 Following this logic, I give a few examples of how these routes should be graded: Il Domani 9a onsight, Super Crackinette 9a flash or Just do it 8c = O0 Silence 9c = O60 La Dura Dura = 042 Bon Voyage 9a = O3 DNA 7a (world’s most climbed 7a?) = O-2- Bourinator 8a = O-1 Marroncita 8b = O-0- Mind Control 8c = O0 Sensacion del Bloque 9a = O1 I suggest that all climbing gyms, including IFSC competitions, should use this grading system from now on 🤜🤛 @8a.nu website has already agreed to change their French grading system to O-grades as the guru Jens Larsen agrees that O-grades are much more accurate and less subjective than the French grading system. Their software engineers are working on this change, and I am eagerly waiting for @ifsclimbing’s response 🙏 Check out this landing page to find out more 👉 wideboyz.com/O-grades and enjoy our cool t-shirt with O-grades at 10% OFF 😎 Photos by @bernardo_gimenez, @pet.phot and @ivaondra #climbing @mammut_swiss1862 @lasportivagram @euroholds @mix.it @hudysport @rohlik.cz @sensfoods @211_zpmvcr @mercedesbenz_autojihlava @drwittczsk @sport_invest @veolia_cz @horosvaz Cardion
Despite my initial doubts when I was introduced to O-grades (O stands for Ondra) by @wide_boyz, the idea really stuck with me, and I started developing the subject a bit better 👌@petewhittaker01 and @tompaulrandall’s original proposition was that whatever I flash, it’s given O0. Whatever I climb in one session, then it gets O1. Whatever I climb in two sessions gets O2 👊 My main scepticism was that the grade O0 is simply too wide ☝️ The grading scale should give you good information about how hard a certain climb is. But O0 can get anything from the approach scrambles, my warm-up routes, limit onsights, or flashes. So my proposition is to include minus points too 💪 O-3 is a scramble. O-2 is an easy warm-up. O-1 is a regular warm-up. O0 is a climb where I have to be focused, O0 is a climb where I really have to fight “a muerte” on my first try. Furthermore, you can still add “minus” or “plus” to every route, depending on whether my ascent was a casual, or big fight 🔥 Following this logic, I give a few examples of how these routes should be graded: Il Domani 9a onsight, Super Crackinette 9a flash or Just do it 8c = O0 Silence 9c = O60 La Dura Dura = 042 Bon Voyage 9a = O3 DNA 7a (world’s most climbed 7a?) = O-2- Bourinator 8a = O-1 Marroncita 8b = O-0- Mind Control 8c = O0 Sensacion del Bloque 9a = O1 I suggest that all climbing gyms, including IFSC competitions, should use this grading system from now on 🤜🤛 @8a.nu website has already agreed to change their French grading system to O-grades as the guru Jens Larsen agrees that O-grades are much more accurate and less subjective than the French grading system. Their software engineers are working on this change, and I am eagerly waiting for @ifsclimbing’s response 🙏 Check out this landing page to find out more 👉 wideboyz.com/O-grades and enjoy our cool t-shirt with O-grades at 10% OFF 😎 Photos by @bernardo_gimenez, @pet.phot and @ivaondra #climbing @mammut_swiss1862 @lasportivagram @euroholds @mix.it @hudysport @rohlik.cz @sensfoods @211_zpmvcr @mercedesbenz_autojihlava @drwittczsk @sport_invest @veolia_cz @horosvaz Cardion
Despite my initial doubts when I was introduced to O-grades (O stands for Ondra) by @wide_boyz, the idea really stuck with me, and I started developing the subject a bit better 👌@petewhittaker01 and @tompaulrandall’s original proposition was that whatever I flash, it’s given O0. Whatever I climb in one session, then it gets O1. Whatever I climb in two sessions gets O2 👊 My main scepticism was that the grade O0 is simply too wide ☝️ The grading scale should give you good information about how hard a certain climb is. But O0 can get anything from the approach scrambles, my warm-up routes, limit onsights, or flashes. So my proposition is to include minus points too 💪 O-3 is a scramble. O-2 is an easy warm-up. O-1 is a regular warm-up. O0 is a climb where I have to be focused, O0 is a climb where I really have to fight “a muerte” on my first try. Furthermore, you can still add “minus” or “plus” to every route, depending on whether my ascent was a casual, or big fight 🔥 Following this logic, I give a few examples of how these routes should be graded: Il Domani 9a onsight, Super Crackinette 9a flash or Just do it 8c = O0 Silence 9c = O60 La Dura Dura = 042 Bon Voyage 9a = O3 DNA 7a (world’s most climbed 7a?) = O-2- Bourinator 8a = O-1 Marroncita 8b = O-0- Mind Control 8c = O0 Sensacion del Bloque 9a = O1 I suggest that all climbing gyms, including IFSC competitions, should use this grading system from now on 🤜🤛 @8a.nu website has already agreed to change their French grading system to O-grades as the guru Jens Larsen agrees that O-grades are much more accurate and less subjective than the French grading system. Their software engineers are working on this change, and I am eagerly waiting for @ifsclimbing’s response 🙏 Check out this landing page to find out more 👉 wideboyz.com/O-grades and enjoy our cool t-shirt with O-grades at 10% OFF 😎 Photos by @bernardo_gimenez, @pet.phot and @ivaondra #climbing @mammut_swiss1862 @lasportivagram @euroholds @mix.it @hudysport @rohlik.cz @sensfoods @211_zpmvcr @mercedesbenz_autojihlava @drwittczsk @sport_invest @veolia_cz @horosvaz Cardion
It’s story time!! Two punters in Thailand, two lines of bolts put into the same piece of lovely pink rock… who will “win” 🤔 (Yes, you know it already 😂) Well, the definitive answer is in the latest episode on the @annahazelnutt YouTube channel and needless to say this is every bit of our normal, slightly chaotic fun!! If you enjoy this story-time style of video editing let us know as we enjoyed the banter 😅 Importantly, this video is part of a larger project where we’re working on a sustainable eco-tourism project with the help of our trip sponsors (@rab.equipment) and @kkclimbingclub & @o_way_of_life which will be out as a feature film in due course! Film link is in our stories! 🎥🎥🎥
It’s story time!! Two punters in Thailand, two lines of bolts put into the same piece of lovely pink rock… who will “win” 🤔 (Yes, you know it already 😂) Well, the definitive answer is in the latest episode on the @annahazelnutt YouTube channel and needless to say this is every bit of our normal, slightly chaotic fun!! If you enjoy this story-time style of video editing let us know as we enjoyed the banter 😅 Importantly, this video is part of a larger project where we’re working on a sustainable eco-tourism project with the help of our trip sponsors (@rab.equipment) and @kkclimbingclub & @o_way_of_life which will be out as a feature film in due course! Film link is in our stories! 🎥🎥🎥
It’s story time!! Two punters in Thailand, two lines of bolts put into the same piece of lovely pink rock… who will “win” 🤔 (Yes, you know it already 😂) Well, the definitive answer is in the latest episode on the @annahazelnutt YouTube channel and needless to say this is every bit of our normal, slightly chaotic fun!! If you enjoy this story-time style of video editing let us know as we enjoyed the banter 😅 Importantly, this video is part of a larger project where we’re working on a sustainable eco-tourism project with the help of our trip sponsors (@rab.equipment) and @kkclimbingclub & @o_way_of_life which will be out as a feature film in due course! Film link is in our stories! 🎥🎥🎥
It’s story time!! Two punters in Thailand, two lines of bolts put into the same piece of lovely pink rock… who will “win” 🤔 (Yes, you know it already 😂) Well, the definitive answer is in the latest episode on the @annahazelnutt YouTube channel and needless to say this is every bit of our normal, slightly chaotic fun!! If you enjoy this story-time style of video editing let us know as we enjoyed the banter 😅 Importantly, this video is part of a larger project where we’re working on a sustainable eco-tourism project with the help of our trip sponsors (@rab.equipment) and @kkclimbingclub & @o_way_of_life which will be out as a feature film in due course! Film link is in our stories! 🎥🎥🎥
It’s story time!! Two punters in Thailand, two lines of bolts put into the same piece of lovely pink rock… who will “win” 🤔 (Yes, you know it already 😂) Well, the definitive answer is in the latest episode on the @annahazelnutt YouTube channel and needless to say this is every bit of our normal, slightly chaotic fun!! If you enjoy this story-time style of video editing let us know as we enjoyed the banter 😅 Importantly, this video is part of a larger project where we’re working on a sustainable eco-tourism project with the help of our trip sponsors (@rab.equipment) and @kkclimbingclub & @o_way_of_life which will be out as a feature film in due course! Film link is in our stories! 🎥🎥🎥
Another successful Wide Boyz, Masters Edge birthday outing 👌🎂 Tom – When Pete and I started doing the Masters Edge fancy dress days for our joint birthday “climbe-bration” over a decade ago we always had the back of our minds that a true partnership ascent could be possible. One where no longer is the bond just the material link between rope, belay plate and harness. It had to be a true connection of human partnership in a joined body. Yesterday, that dream was achieved. No horses were (that) hurt. Pete – The idea of a joint costume for our Masters Edge birthday celebration had been floating around for a few years, but I got inspired again after seeing some of our old skits by @gui_takesphotos @cameraman_pete and @darkskymedia Well into its second decade of doing this climb each year…yesterday The Pantomime Horse arrived. Absolute comedy day trotting around in this thing yesterday trying to get up stuff. Thanks @cameraman_pete for capturing the madness. This footage/video is bound to become a modern classic… #horse #horselife
What a treat to experience this little-known crack training venue in the heart of Berlin 🖤 Big appreciation to @henry.routesetting for hosting a session in what is definitely the best crack cellar (it’s actually an attic!) I’ve experienced anywhere. I’ll be based from this part of the world for the Spring-Summer so looking forward to converting this place into a few crack projects including a verrrrry tricky new one just found 👀 @rab.equipment @unparallelup @wildcountry_official @mytendon @rhinoskinsolutions @wide_boyz
Urban cracks 🖤 ~ Berlin A few pics from the reel I posted the other day. 20m splitter hands, thin hands and a bit of ringlock. I’d guess it’s about 5.12a if it was in The Creek? Which it’s most definitely not 😂😂 @wildcountry_official @rab.equipment @mytendon @unparallelup
All those years ago smashing out the laps down in the cellar with @petewhittaker01 for Century Crack and it seemed like there was just the one big offwidth to aim for… Well, it turns out I was wrong! The Berlin proj surprised me last week as I’ve checked out so many bridges over the last years and never could I find a hard offwidth one. They’d always be possible to stick your feet through the top, or inaccessible from the start/finish or have a big pillar or break in the climbing every 25m. Finding a pure, single rope length, Irish Mega Pitch splitter feels lucky and that’s very motivating! At the moment, 50-60ft of horizontal @wildcountry_official No.5s feels total max once you factor in gear etc, so the full 200ft is gonna require some cellar time…. Bring it on 😈
Some lines are just long 🥵🥵 SIZE: Hand-fist / Friend No.5s LENGTH: 60m STYLE: Splitter all the way… TECHNIQUE: Wide pony LOCATION: Berlin Looking forward to a training block to get this one done. Not tried a proper monster offwidth this hard, since Century Crack which was over a decade ago 😅 Photo: @henry.routesetting @wildcountry_official @rab.equipment @mytendon @unparallelup @rhinoskinsolutions
Technical moves, bullet hard limestone and unlimited new route exploration. Northern Thailand delivered! Myself and @annahazelnutt traveled to the northern regions to help the local climbing club and developers from Khon Kaen @khonkaenclimbing to really start to put this part of the world on the ‘climbing map’ where it deserves to be 🙌🙌 Limestone pockets, flutes, tufas, grooves and roofs stretch for 100s of kilometres and likely less than 1% of the walls have been explored. Whaaat??! 😳 A full feature film supported by @rab.equipment and filmed in collaboration with @kcphotographyhk & @tonyclimber will be released via Anna’s YouTube channel soon enough!
This area has some proper little gems! 💎 We’ve been over in the Khon Kaen area, N Thailand exploring and developing the crags care of @o_way_of_life and his organisational magic a team of psyched local developers in conjunction with @kkclimbingclub. This route by @annahazelnutt “Pretty in Pink” was one of those that you wanted to go on forever… such good moves 😋😋 Thanks to @kcphotographyhk for the pics, work ethic and endless patience 🙏 As this trip has been very much a community project, Anna’s making a longer film all about the work that’s being done here by the local residents, climbers and developers… more to follow soon 🎥 Grateful for @rab.equipment really getting behind this one. It’s not always about ‘big’ numbers in climbing, it can be about ‘better’ numbers in sustainable impact.
This area has some proper little gems! 💎 We’ve been over in the Khon Kaen area, N Thailand exploring and developing the crags care of @o_way_of_life and his organisational magic a team of psyched local developers in conjunction with @kkclimbingclub. This route by @annahazelnutt “Pretty in Pink” was one of those that you wanted to go on forever… such good moves 😋😋 Thanks to @kcphotographyhk for the pics, work ethic and endless patience 🙏 As this trip has been very much a community project, Anna’s making a longer film all about the work that’s being done here by the local residents, climbers and developers… more to follow soon 🎥 Grateful for @rab.equipment really getting behind this one. It’s not always about ‘big’ numbers in climbing, it can be about ‘better’ numbers in sustainable impact.
Want to level up your climbing? Ahead of this weekend’s CWIF, Rab athlete and training expert @tompaulrandall shares his top three off-wall training tips for intermediate climbers to unlock their potential. Catch Tom’s talk on training methods for intermediate climbers both on and off the wall at CWIF this Sunday, 17th March at 4pm at @climbingworks in Sheffield. Only 30 tickets available for this talk. Link in bio 👉 #TheMountainPeople #WeAreRab
CRACKFEST 2024 👊 Today is the day we all get to appreciate the horrors of the @wide_boyz indoor vision of crack climbing. There will also be the crowning of the 2024 Crack Queen & King … will Ryan and Lucy retain their titles? Big shout out to @depotsheffield for the MASSIVE support on this event. It’s a big effort to close down the whole place for a load of crazy crackheads… we all really appreciate it! 💚🖤💚 Session 1: AM Session 2: PM Finals: 7pm As usual, YouTube will be filled with a load of CrackFest content coming your way soon 🎥 #CrackFest
Did YOU know this??? My world is like fully crumbling down right now I’m not kidding. 🎙️ Get the full hilarious story in the latest Coach Chat episode, out now, where @tompaulrandall, Founder and Coach @latticetraining, not only schools me on measurements, but also schools 5 climbers LIVE on air in our first ever Call-In episode. This one MEASURES up! (I had to, I’m sorry)
CWIF Weekend News 📰 We will be joined by Tom Randall to discuss Training Methods for Intermediate Climbers. Tom will be talking about on-the-wall as well as off-the-wall training. 30 people max for this event. First come first served. ✌️ 17th March, 4pm https://linktr.ee/climbingworks This year the CWIF is being supported by: @climbingworks @securitgroupltd @rab.equipment @scarpa_uk @beta_setting @rockcityclimbingholds @theoutdoorcity @ukclimbing @axisclimbingholds @lapisholds @bleaustoneholds @squadraholds @veziholds @xcultclimbing @wataaah_climbing @stax_volumes @expressionholds @entreprisesclimbing_uk @fluxholds #bouldering #sheffieldissuper #climbing
