There's a video of Chris Webb doing this problem, but in that video it's called Wheel of Fortune and rated V16.. Have they got it wrong, or is Kassay just being modest?
haha that was EPIC! ive been to this spot and can safley say that was freakin AWSOME i can get like 2 moves in that cave haha much respect mate keep up the good work.
Sleepy rave is a link-up of Sleepy Hollow, 8A+, Cave man, 7C, and Dead Cant Dance, 8A+... so at the very least the cotation should be 8B... 8C seems a very reasonnable grade.
The fact that it looks easy does not in any way means that it is: linking 3 8ish routes is insanely hard.
You people need to stop talking about grades (that you will never even get close to) and just appreciate the aesthetics of the problem as well as the skill and endurance of the climber. There is no way that you can even got a feel for how hard a climb is by watching a video, you can only determine that until you have felt the holds and tried the moves, so lets just keep the ignorant grade comments off here. It's a sick problem by the way, not a number.
@smokeweedinhell666 yes! something may look easy until it tears your fingers up, lets all appreciate beautiful movement. climb on, climb hard. climbers share the passion and support eachother. pretentious cunts shit on people anonymously on the internets.
@smokeweedinhell666 "There is no way that you can even got a feel for how hard a climb is by watching a video, you can only determine that until you have felt the holds and tried the moves" *bing bing bing* we have a winner. I am a total noob and already I have encountered climbs that "look" easy until I get on them and promptly get my ass kicked while other times climbs look hard and I beat them first go.
Why is everyone bitching about the rating so much? I've never attempted this climb but just by watching the amount of impeccable foot work necessary to complete this climb I would definitely have to rate it very high.
Also, he makes those hand holds look like jugs when at best they are horizontal crimps and most of the time not even that.
I doubt any of these people making comments have climbed a ceiling for that long with holds like that, so just try to learn something from this
@BulleyBros i found the difference wheel of life has an extra v8/9 start move then it is exactly the same. so apparently if you do 60 moves of v9 to v12 it becomes a v15 and if you add extra v8/9 move it becomes a v16? hmmmm i wonder if i do 100 v3 moves if it becomes a v16 as well?
It's definitely the same rock as wheel of life. Perhaps not as long? Maybe it's because he just climbed it faster than that other guy from the "Wheel of Life" video. It's still a V12 whatever name you want to give it.
you have ali hulk something similar which got a sport grade you have wheel of life which got a boulder grade you have land before time which gets a boulder grade. hey who cares? either way it is an awesome ascent. big ups to the climbers rad level of endurance and the mental focus it must have taken to have that many moves at that difficulty wired. And that guys is what is really important it is a big achievement either way so stop arguing and get your own rad sends. peace
@murf2414 so then u have climb it? i mean i dont know where the crux would be, i cant climb much harder than v6 v7 but then most of the climbs i do are one move wonders that are 7 feet tall.
@1gnoramus I just don't think doing a shitload of hard moves, probably V9-10-11, should warrant the grade v15, just because there's a lot of them. Bouldering's about power, and this is about endurance.
All you haters should go back to school. Dai Koyamada did the FA back in 2004, and the man knows what he's talking about. (And yes, he later crushed Action Directe)
All of these new ultra long "boulder" problems should be graded as routes. What classic boulder problems have such easy rests in them? Can you really tell me this problem is the same grade as something like The Island? Cool vid, great climbing, but this is not bouldering.
is that the first ascent? i don't believe it's a V15, the future will show that it's lower..
and i also think it should be graded as a route.9a would be logic. regarding the speed he's climbing at, it can't be 9a+, those grade inflation are really stupid, compare it with Action Direct!
i know of some cool stuff like this in alabama.. like the rock follows you up the whole time so you are never more than 8 feet off the ground.. but the problem is like 75 feet long
Fake and gay.
ehrehck 2 months ago
id just like to point out that he just chills while hanging half way through
i still dont know how this has anything to do with raves...
slivr3388 2 months ago
@slivr3388 the name of the climb is sleepy rave
orlyrabbit 3 weeks ago
Wow... I could not have gotten my body off the ground.
tgotham1 2 months ago
the sheer amount of endurance necessary to keep doing these sustained powerful and technical moves is incredible!
kilgour22 2 months ago
insanely technical roof... You can tell he has every move dialed in. He must have spend forever working this problem
3Camj 2 months ago
boulder problem? that's longer than most routes i climb!
lynelle713 3 months ago
There's a video of Chris Webb doing this problem, but in that video it's called Wheel of Fortune and rated V16.. Have they got it wrong, or is Kassay just being modest?
KVFearlessLeader 4 months ago
@KVFearlessLeader lol, I mean "Wheel of Life" :P
KVFearlessLeader 4 months ago
@KVFearlessLeader
ok, so it turns out that Wheel of Life is just Sleep Rave with a V9 tacked onto the front of it.. Nice.
KVFearlessLeader 4 months ago
what the fuck
that was so fast!
TommyTheRapper 4 months ago
The way this guy moves he has got this down! That's amazing!
kjdiephouse 5 months ago
Amazing dude... that is one hard problem.
marcuswaterman1 5 months ago
sick. so smooth. must have worked that one for a while....
marsvolta7r 5 months ago
fucking insane
LabradorChris 5 months ago
that is a longggggg boulder problem
mifflinlax10 5 months ago
WHAT A BOSS
Altered6Chicken 5 months ago
wheey .. what tune is it in the background?? Someone who knows?
tachalainen 6 months ago
thats a very long boulder problem
SnipetoSurvive 6 months ago
holy shit. this guy is luck that gravity forgot to exist
robertgreen88 6 months ago
this problem should be called "horizontal marathon"
metsoforte 8 months ago
fuck me i have enough trouble with V4+
CubicSpartan 8 months ago
haha that was EPIC! ive been to this spot and can safley say that was freakin AWSOME i can get like 2 moves in that cave haha much respect mate keep up the good work.
rockclimbingrules 9 months ago
Sleepy rave is a link-up of Sleepy Hollow, 8A+, Cave man, 7C, and Dead Cant Dance, 8A+... so at the very least the cotation should be 8B... 8C seems a very reasonnable grade.
The fact that it looks easy does not in any way means that it is: linking 3 8ish routes is insanely hard.
TristanTheSaint 9 months ago
james is a beast.
gaggyfish 10 months ago
OH.....MY.....GOD!! God, let me have the finger endurance this man has, Amen!
MrLukeOlson 10 months ago
savage.
cstorms85 11 months ago
AWESOME climb.
neomikel 1 year ago
You people need to stop talking about grades (that you will never even get close to) and just appreciate the aesthetics of the problem as well as the skill and endurance of the climber. There is no way that you can even got a feel for how hard a climb is by watching a video, you can only determine that until you have felt the holds and tried the moves, so lets just keep the ignorant grade comments off here. It's a sick problem by the way, not a number.
smokeweedinhell666 1 year ago 34
@smokeweedinhell666
What do you mean, you people?
Mofolamarmotte 7 months ago 4
@smokeweedinhell666 what you say is true; however, it may be hard to ignore the grade of the problem in this video since it is in the title!
pavehawkdown 6 months ago
@smokeweedinhell666 yes! something may look easy until it tears your fingers up, lets all appreciate beautiful movement. climb on, climb hard. climbers share the passion and support eachother. pretentious cunts shit on people anonymously on the internets.
effinmike1 6 months ago
@smokeweedinhell666 "There is no way that you can even got a feel for how hard a climb is by watching a video, you can only determine that until you have felt the holds and tried the moves" *bing bing bing* we have a winner. I am a total noob and already I have encountered climbs that "look" easy until I get on them and promptly get my ass kicked while other times climbs look hard and I beat them first go.
alteregoash 4 months ago
fuck spiderman i want to be this guy!!!
NatureGnome 1 year ago 10
Why is everyone bitching about the rating so much? I've never attempted this climb but just by watching the amount of impeccable foot work necessary to complete this climb I would definitely have to rate it very high.
Also, he makes those hand holds look like jugs when at best they are horizontal crimps and most of the time not even that.
I doubt any of these people making comments have climbed a ceiling for that long with holds like that, so just try to learn something from this
AcousticFingerStyle1 1 year ago
so long how can he hold on..... im amazed
thewoody65 1 year ago
What song is this?
noeltupas 1 year ago
jesus, he's making everything look like a jug.
Cliiifffff 1 year ago
That was great! And a super long run too. Great Job man!
Chappy262 1 year ago
@BulleyBros i found the difference wheel of life has an extra v8/9 start move then it is exactly the same. so apparently if you do 60 moves of v9 to v12 it becomes a v15 and if you add extra v8/9 move it becomes a v16? hmmmm i wonder if i do 100 v3 moves if it becomes a v16 as well?
raybeeze 1 year ago
@raybeeze Depends on how pumped you get!
noeltupas 1 year ago
@raybeeze exactly! ratings are bullshit, so quit worrying about them and climb.
EdMajinLee199999 11 months ago
is this still a boulder problem???? i don't think so...
parbat8126 1 year ago
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@parbat8126 "is this still a boulder problem???? i don't think so..."
What would you call it then? Sport? No... Trad? Definitely no. Just because it is long doesn't make it not a boulder problem
AlSwearengen15 10 months ago
It's definitely the same rock as wheel of life. Perhaps not as long? Maybe it's because he just climbed it faster than that other guy from the "Wheel of Life" video. It's still a V12 whatever name you want to give it.
perennialphil 1 year ago
whats the difference between this and wheel of life? they look like the same problem.
raybeeze 1 year ago
hahaha how could this ever get a boulder grade.
fackinjacksack 1 year ago
You make it look so easy... incredible strength and endurance.
kilgour22 1 year ago
lol did his leg cramp half way?
liluxiaorealnew 1 year ago
@liluxiaorealnew No, he's obviously getting chalk from his chalkbag.
DreamsInDisguise 1 year ago
you have ali hulk something similar which got a sport grade you have wheel of life which got a boulder grade you have land before time which gets a boulder grade. hey who cares? either way it is an awesome ascent. big ups to the climbers rad level of endurance and the mental focus it must have taken to have that many moves at that difficulty wired. And that guys is what is really important it is a big achievement either way so stop arguing and get your own rad sends. peace
hnw1991 1 year ago
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latinohr 1 year ago
im new to rock climbing but james insane!!!!!! wat does v15 mean is the level it ? wats the hardest?
latinohr 1 year ago
after further testing...it has been found that James Kassay has an extra organ in his body that produces and ungodly amount of testosterone
co1urzz 1 year ago
that is a total route.
Project360Films 1 year ago
FML
BBKWrithe 1 year ago
wow...its Incredible!!!:)
kassayanna 1 year ago
Thats fucking crazy!
cwdellar 1 year ago
Climbed it so fast! Amazing technique. In time to the music too ;)
revilorellim86 1 year ago
Incredible!!
kiragut 1 year ago
You are mistaken, this is the longest streak short of The Wheel of Life... Koyamada's V16.
xakor 1 year ago
i mean, its a route. There was maybe one hard bouldery move in it, and definitely not a v15 move.
murf2414 1 year ago
@murf2414 so then u have climb it? i mean i dont know where the crux would be, i cant climb much harder than v6 v7 but then most of the climbs i do are one move wonders that are 7 feet tall.
1gnoramus 1 year ago
@1gnoramus I just don't think doing a shitload of hard moves, probably V9-10-11, should warrant the grade v15, just because there's a lot of them. Bouldering's about power, and this is about endurance.
murf2414 1 year ago
Dude what's the name of the song? rad beats~
noeltupas 1 year ago
Amazing! It would be cool to see an ascent like this without any shakes - just one long dance.
Good job!
jimthornburg2 2 years ago
i think they should make a new name for super long boulders.......something like "sport bouldering"...hehe..Cool vid nice climbing !!!
grshindig 2 years ago 2
I like that idea. Then there'd be no arguing about ratings..
leelid1 2 years ago
NAILED IT, He had that totally wired. Sick
eddiesniper 2 years ago
v 15 ? i can't believe
vorobyevvlad 2 years ago
All you haters should go back to school. Dai Koyamada did the FA back in 2004, and the man knows what he's talking about. (And yes, he later crushed Action Directe)
respect and props to james
mmmyellowcake 2 years ago
All of these new ultra long "boulder" problems should be graded as routes. What classic boulder problems have such easy rests in them? Can you really tell me this problem is the same grade as something like The Island? Cool vid, great climbing, but this is not bouldering.
ovomusic 2 years ago
This is bouldering, man. It doesn't require a rope and it doesn't go higher than 15 feet.
tiny4901 2 years ago
whatever it is or not - his stlye and climbing abilities just rock! well done :D
floush1337 2 years ago
is that the first ascent? i don't believe it's a V15, the future will show that it's lower..
and i also think it should be graded as a route.9a would be logic. regarding the speed he's climbing at, it can't be 9a+, those grade inflation are really stupid, compare it with Action Direct!
SirMarcGermani 2 years ago
Speed Climb!!!
alfonz1986 2 years ago
this should be given a route grade
tdock14 2 years ago
@tdock14 agreed
602keta 2 years ago
i know of some cool stuff like this in alabama.. like the rock follows you up the whole time so you are never more than 8 feet off the ground.. but the problem is like 75 feet long
tdock14 2 years ago
@tdock14 I love long problems like this and would be stoked to hear about places in Alabama that are similair to this.
iweartshirtsoften 2 years ago
Hot problem and hot guy too. Excellent!
Terabithia 2 years ago
fuck yeah, tell me the truth.. ur chalk bag was in really full ofcrazy glue eh...i knew it
wulfgaran 2 years ago
Awsome James, well done.
sidetrackdd 2 years ago
Sooooo sick!!! That sequence was dialed!!
ConvexConcaveA7 2 years ago
awesome send the crux looked quality!
dandelandan 2 years ago
Awesome good job!!!
ogi011 2 years ago