Climbing World Cup Chamonix 2009

[Enforcer2811]

man i know ondra is basically the best climber in the world (as he is a teenager and climbs so F hard) but yet and at least for me Patxi Usobiaga deserves to be the best, i dont know if any of u has watched progression but the way he trains, he makess spartans look like girls...

[gerardsollie]

Nice clip. Pefect tune.

[psychotrn]

While such a compilation is interesting to a certain extent, complete and uncut videos of individual climbers' performances would be even nicer.

[ilean4beans]

adam's forearm is bigger than his bicep lol 3:00

[breedingpitmetal]

@ilean4beans i'm pretty sure he is half spider, so that's not that big a surprise

[leozilla]

WTF!?!? flashing a F9x route.

why do u post this comment if u have no clue what ur taking about so ridicolous

[lopside0]

Paxti is featured in the new Big Up Productions film "Progression..." he's sorta the main character of the second part. Anyone who wants to get a sense of his character (for better or worse) can watch that.

[irishmonkey640]

what would that climb be rated?

[bootesrocks]

i wouldnt be surprised if its rated above 8B+

[lopside0]

I'd be a little surprised if it was quite that hard... I didn't think there were more than a couple people in the world who had ever flashed 8c. And they have more than that one climb to do.

[articarrows]

U know the tall bow with curly hair, he's only 16 and he did a 9b or something like that (definatly 9 something)

[articarrows]

its rated over 9. the czech guy did 9b+ first try

[lopside0]

Sorry if I seem like a dick, but noone has ever flashed 9b+. This is absolutely incontrovertible fact. Noone credible has established a climb of 9b+ (5.15c) at all. Noone in the world has ever flashed 9b. There is no evidence, anywhere, to support the idea that anyone has ever flashed any problem even remotely close to that hard. I believe the hardest flash in the world is currently 5.14c.

[lopside0]

I did a little research. The hardest flash (first try) climb in the world, ever, is indeed 8c+ (5.14c), climbed by none other than Patxi Usobiaga. The climb was Bizi Euskara, and it was done in December 2007. Patxi has since flashed 8c, a fact that made climbing press worldwide, and to the best of my knowledge, noone else anywhere has ever repeated his feat of flashing 8c+.

[lopside0]

Furthermore, only a few people claim to have achieved a flash of 8c at all. The FIRST person to make such a claim was Yuji Hirayama in 2004, after onsighting White Zombie 8c, 5.14b/c.

[lopside0]

So, in conclusion, I stand by my initial skepticism that the climb depicted in this video is 8c.

[Maritoviews]

wow at 3:14

[petzl81]

Yea, whats that comment based on?

[SpaceandJoy]

And a pretty good climber

[LordByron4]

paxti seems pretty immature

 and goofy

[rozimanv5]

immature and goofy? why do you say that? i am just curious about your comment..