Chris Sharma Rock Climbing Nationals 08 (HUGE Fall)

[Darklord30047]

I love how the crowd goes from loud to silent

[conorsmale]

Hey guys come check out some rock climbing porn I made! More coming!

[JasonRushRochon]

WTF Boom

[SwiftXZ]

thumbs up if your here cause of swifty's video!!

[aldrichp]

As long as he's safe it's all good. You will always get another chance

[abcasd1]

shame

[weedimo90]

fuck that's insane

[theotherguy245689]

i love rock climbing i could do this

[Unit1iPoland]

@theotherguy245689 yeah right

[redtop91]

YEAHHHHHHHHH OHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[poeticmelodies]

55 people are too scared to go climbing!

[richardbau87]

crazy power!!

[888peanut888]

did it still count?

[dyshilton]

@888peanut888 no it's judged by the last hold to be controlled. His touching the last hold is not control thus does not count

[sarvelaj]

i bet that fall didn't feel so good

[sarvelaj]

pshhhh, i can do that with my hands tied behind my back D:

[Chisuz]

YEEEE

AAAAAH

*silence*

[suzannah1977]

On another note, anyone know what the song and artist is from start until 50secs in please? I've been searching for ages for the damn thing!

[Maglorel]

@suzannah1977 Golden Skans - Klaxons

[BenBlee14]

@suzannah1977 simian mobile disco

[BenBlee14]

@suzannah1977 The song is by Simian Mobile Disco

[surferdude2385]

feel free to skip from 2:25 to 4:05 unless you like to see him repetitively shake his arms out

[joker69390]

damn.. if i was stuck halfway there, my arms is killing me man.. he got great strengh

[vajcopukel]

Guys try to boulder and than say something about the length of his rest ... I mean not Chris but sometimes my fingers are on the first route useless after 2-3 mins it's really a hard thing :)

[sawyer9376]

I dont know if you know much about comps, i certainly have limited knowlege, but he did not skip any bolts. you see the white square next to each draw he clipped? it has a number on it, and they are required to clip those. everyother draw they make it so they cannot clip them even if they wanted to...so no skipping and also the belayers are required to give them a HUGE amount of slack, that way there is not any "technical dificulties" aka shorting going on. this way it is fair for everyone

[cogann]

lol

[cogann]

omg oO

[Evak103]

his belayer sucks ass

[Mplsgerb]

@Evak103 he skipped a lot of clips after halfway, and then got twisted as he lost his grip on the last hold. Wasn't really a belayer thing.

[Evak103]

@Mplsgerb why would he skip?

[kontekzt]

shit that was scary

[trainwreckmetal]

5:21 you're welcome.

[Katlunazul]

@trainwreckmetal THANKS!

[ClearSkyline]

I love the fact that he keeps resting his arms by trading off holding with the other arm....ITS A VICIOUS CYCLE!!

[ceebo100]

I think dave done amuch better climb on this route than chris did. Infact dave made chris look like a begginer almost.. but it goes to show, what is technique withought raw determination and strength?.

[robkal56]

You could see his arms and shoulders were smoked, but what can a guy do at that point? Guts almost took him to the top. Exemplary effort, man!

[randomtraveller]

@W00TTANG, it is even more important when climbing on natural protection, so you might not always see dynamic belaying in indoor gyms

[WarThug13]

that one shitty belayer let him fall like 30 feet

[orangegold1]

@WarThug13 Hahahahhaha you have no clue what you are talking about.... HAHAHAHHA It's lead climbing.. He fell to the last place where he clipped in... The belayer had nothing to do with it.

[b4igetu]

@WarThug13 This isn't top roping, it is lead climbing. He fall double the distance from the last place he clipped in. The Belayer had nothing to do with the fall. If the belayer simply didn't hold the rope he would have fallen farther. This just shows your lack of experience climbing.

[JTGravitt]

Chalk.... yes.... thats what I need, more chalk!

[000fireworkk000]

The hardest one I've evr gone on was a 5.8 this makes me look suckish.

[000fireworkk000]

they have a Chris Sharma poster at my rock climbing gym :)

[stupidx10]

@larie2 um if u were a rock climber u would know thats call resting

[joltzkrieg]

@larie2 thanks for coming onto a video you know nothing about and making a comment that shows everyone how much of a fucking dumbass you are.

[oktoberfritz1234]

@larie2 then you do the same route

[tolnub]

I can see why one would want to do mostly outdoor climbing at his level... that crowd is SO ANNOYING. They aren't helping at all.

[b4igetu]

@tolnub I think he does most of his indoor climbing for publicity for his sponsors. I hate climbing in gyms I would rather be outdoors.

[RIOTPIR4TE]

my hands are sweating just watching this

[signevent]

This guy is pretty good! but the ending fall was intense! was that on purpose? lol

[rturnervw]

Man could he shake his arms out for just a bit longer?

[ZorgonTheAwesome]

@rturnervw Lol go try that shit and not shake your arms.. Then come and say that lol

[BatmanProject777]

@ZorgonTheAwesome Indeed, the "put up or shut up" is a fair crutch to reach for......but a crutch indeed. Didn't ya notice, his comment of "....just a bit longer?" seemingly was a sarcastic way to say, "this guy is shaking his arms for the entire 5.37 minutes....ok, almost" Isn't it fair to wonder, to find it strange, that an athlete as capable as Mr Sharma, was just absolutely wasted !...after that little climb !

[kylhul81]

@BatmanProject777 Ur a dumbass

[whaaaaateverful]

@rturnervw I don't understand. Is that a criticism? Resting on a route like this is necessary. Please explain to us what your comment means. Apparently you have no idea what happens to arms on overhanging grades like the first half of the route?

[Wazoodles]

@rturnervw you clearly havent climbed a hard route before. He had time, he wanted rest, he shook is all out. He wanted to send the route.

[RYDERkN]

@rturnervw when you have a hold like that where its no effort to hold on, make it so its like the beginning of the route, though it is a tad long i agree

[DCurt2287]

@rturnervw he can shake his arms out as long as he likes...he is up there being pro and we are down here working to get up there!!

[srfrr]

@rturnervw well hes chris freakin sharma... hes doin something right.

[hakachukai]

man, what is up with the belayer???

He let him fall like 2 or 3 times further then he had to!

Am I the only one that learned to lead belay by stopping the climber from falling as much as possible (according to situation ofcourse)?

[gleader]

@austincs28 of course there's a belayer in lead climbing, have you ever climbed in your life?

[austincs28]

@gleader

calm down, I worded it wrong.

[gleader]

@austincs28 quit crying, you were a moron and you got stuffed. get over it.

[austincs28]

@gleader Just like I stuffed your mom last night?

[gleader]

@austincs28 wait, you're a boy? LOL

[gleader]

@austincs28 you're the one that's still butt hurt. sounds like you're the one who got stuffed (again) last night.

[randomtraveller]

@hakachukai Actually, once the climber is high enough you usually want to make the fall as smooth as possible (Dynamic belaying) to avoid a hard stop... it's not falling that hurts, it's when you stop falling ;)

[W00TTANG]

@randomtraveller Now that is a helpful answer. :)

[b4igetu]

@hakachukai You obviously paid to much attention learning how to belay a top rope you forgot to pay attention to what the difference between top roping and lead climbing is.

[conceptium1]

storm said i want to climb like you.

[boldtinator]

lol ive done that never dyno near the end of a climb... also was he just free climbing or was he following a route? and what was the rating for that climb?

[Massi88]

yyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah :)....OOOOOAAAH :O

[CarniverousBubblegum]

haha he rested forever on that one hold! XP

[UncorkedToast]

@CarniverousBubblegum haha ih thought the video was replaying and someone was fucking with me

[thtsritesun1212]

i bet i couldve climbed better than him

[tolnub]

i've only been climbing for about a month, i can only do a couple of 5.8's, and i can EASILY tell that he is lead climbing using bolted quickdraws. and those saying "omg he fell" don't understand that he just needs to touch the last hold and he is done. why hold on longer when you are finished with the climb and exhausted? and he wasn't holding onto that one rock for awhile because he couldn't get the next one, it is because he is RESTING, wow what a concept.

[RainyRaver]

@tolnub Pretty sure you have to hold onto the hold for at least three seconds before it counts. That being said, he really did slip off and fall. How can you tell? The fall that he took off of that lead was terrible. I.E. he went spinning out of control. It looks like his hand slipped as he was trying to match on the hold.

[kamikazeclimberr]

@tolnub You have to match on the finish hold and show control for it to count as finishing and also clip the last bolts. He fell

[theBIGGESTmidgetz]

@tolnub . you have to hold on the last hold for a couple seconds . you can't just tap it and slip right off immediatley otherwise it doesn't count and he didn't put his slack in the last quickdraw.. thats why it sucks he fell.

[ixGeminixi]

@tolnub You have to match, hold the last hold for 3 seconds and then clip the lower off. The fact you've been climbing for about a month shows in your lack of knowledge.

[TheLonelyHappyMeal]

did that count?

[kkleskk]

@TheLonelyHappyMeal nope you need to put the rope on the last one for it to count

[Isarru69067]

@kkleskk I dont see a rope

[kkleskk]

@Isarru69067 well look again :p

[rdmiles69]

Want to climb like Sharma? HELL NO... HE FELL!!! LMAO!!!

[sharkboi758]

its funny how the crowd didnt start cheering until the announcer told them to

[ohwowsecretcow]

what was the grade on this one?

[123abcbobcat]

:) my friend/coach set this one crazy...

[WhatIsALieWODeceived]

My bro and I just started climbing a couple months ago, once or twice a week. Just curious what the grade of this climb might be [.youtube.com/watch?v=-XszHJgB­94k] (I know it's not that difficult). It's a little slabby, but most of the holds are sloped. May be hard to judge what grade, but any thoughts would be appreciate!!

[ThaPianoDude]

@WhatIsALieWODeceived If the best rock climber in the world can barely do it im sure it's pretty hard..

[WhatIsALieWODeceived]

@ThaPianoDude Yeah, thanks. It's, funny, no on seems to read my comment before they reply. I've gotten responses but have nothing to do with what I wrote.

[3000arbiter]

go to 5:22

[trungiee]

Can someone explain what happened? Did he win?

[JetJockey87]

@trungiee

yes he won the big annual trout fishing tournament, everyone had cakes and beer and there was even a dancing monkey!

[franchyspb]

That is amazing.

[8assassin8]

for most of this video he just shakes hims arm........BELLEND

[maureenOWW]

@8assassin8 Aye, you're right, he's just an arm-waving bellend of the highest order.

[knuckleupjonez]

chris is amazing.

i just started climbing yesterday....you don't get newer than me.

i now know how much skill a guy like dan or chris has!

[qwert371]

@knuckleupjonez how is your rock climbing going 2 months later?

[knuckleupjonez]

@qwert371 well..i hate to brag but I am a natural. I climbed a 5.11 at the badlands or corlitos ranch outside las cruces. I did a 5.10 at cabaillo lake..i'd be happy to send u pics..I absolutely love it buddy! but i will never ever be near a sharma. ever.

[qwert371]

@knuckleupjonez yea send me some pics i started 2 weeks ago and i am so into it

[ziomox]

OMG 5:26

[slickrick134]

i love how loud the people are after he dynos, then they all shut up when he falls. haha

[ramon97376]

que wpo

[OnEdgeAdventures]

Great climb. Makes me wanna climb now.

[drumsolo51792]

This video doesn't do a good job on showing how steep this climb is. Towards the top it's overhanging quite a bit

[piemagon]

lol at the end, YEAAAH WOOOH... OOOOOHHH

[wm63178]

Dan Osman, influential and better than me, yes. Better than Sharma, no.

[Iceprince4500]

im guessing thta was a failed dyno attempt.;..

[parkourkid4ever]

yeah too bad dan osman could rape that wall in two seconds!

[ClimbingChrispy]

@parkourkid4ever Dan Osman was an amazing climber but not extremely strong. I don't believe he ever climbed over a 5.13. But then again, 5.14's and especially 5.15's were a figment of climbers' imaginations then. Don't get me wrong though, Dan O is one of my favorite human beings and is one of the biggest influences in how to live my life... not die, but to you know live life to its fullest.

[twelvestringtex]

dan took about a year to project and send a 14a called slayer in 92. then a couple of french guys flashed it about a week later, and that's what sparked his soloing career. 14 was quite established at the time with gullich putting up 14a in 85, and 14d in 91. then about 10 years later sharma pulled 15a. i'm pretty sure gullich was envisioning it back then though, too bad he died young.

[Thomasikzelf]

@parkourkid4ever they are special in another way:O

[HosteDenis]

@parkourkid4ever No, actually he couldn't. These are the '08 US nationals finals, probably a F 8c climb, or US 5.14b, something like that. And he nearly onsighted it.

That vid of Dan Osman speed soloing up a multipitch route? Yes, very impressive. Because it's very fast, and very solo. But climbing a multipitch US 5.7, as Osman's climb was, is nowhere near nearly onsighting a 5.14b. In fact, I respect Osman more for free soloing the Gun Club, 5.12c, even though not many people know about that.

[123abcbobcat]

my friend/coach set this problem!

[martinmedeski]

at the end YEEEEAAAAARGH - uh?

[blaaarrrgghh]

Why didn't he clip that draw before the dyno? He had enough juice to chalk up, why not just go ahead and clip in? Maybe he wanted to take a victory whip? Even though it turned out to be an out-of-control, whoops-guess-I'm-not-as-cool-a­s-I-thought whipper.

[PeaSoup174]

@blaaarrrgghh

clipping is part of the point value of the route. he would not have taken a victory whip. also..if you hadn't noticed, there was no clip from where he fell to where the finish hold was (they're marked by the white squares).

and finally, the belayers are supposed to give a lot of slack for comps like this. so the huge fall is not as big a deal as everyone is making it out to be.

good climb sharma.

[blaaarrrgghh]

@PeaSoup

you're right, my bad. I thought I saw a white square that he passed, but it was just a chalked up hold.

[P3313]

@blaaarrrgghh I didn't see a clip, is there one?

[sonjaxfactor]

this man is amazing and cute.

[Rockclimber712]

is that all u care about is how cute the guy is?

[sonjaxfactor]

@Rockclimber712 No. I'm just stating the obvious.

[darrensurrey]

In fairness, Chris Sharma does clip damned quickly. I have seen him traversing a horizontal sloped ledge on an overhang on some new DVD and he clips in so quickly it's amazing. I can take anything between 1 second and 15 seconds to clip in which is draining and a tad scary. :o)

[climbinginzen]

You should probably sit and practice clipping a lot more. It shouldn't even take a second. Every second it takes burns more energy to hang on. Practice, practice, practice.

[darrensurrey]

Thanks. I know too well it's burning energy. I have a quickdraw hanging up to practice clipping now! :D

[guhmoose]

well good thing the belayer stopped him, that would give you serious whiplash

[noelsoong777]

lol can't belief people mistake bouldering for lead climbing

[Nanobotter]

its called lead climbing people.

[vanNiekerkLisa]

Yip_ lead climbing!!

Errrr I'm soo scared to lead climb... Would rather Boulder

BUT I LOVE TOP ROPE!! <3

[ferretfeller]

he is lead climbing not bouldering....

[martinmedeski]

haha last few seconds YEEEAAARGH-oh.....

[kuikai100]

a++++++++++++++

[simon2133]

he decided not to clip into the last draw - youtube "Chris Sharma's Evolv Optimus" and its the same clip from different angle

[BermudaAF7]

He's not bouldering. He is using a rope. What do you think he's clipping into the quick draws placed up the wall?

[BermudaAF7]

He clips at 0:30, 0:58, 1:25, and so on. If you watch him close, you will see his hand move up and clip and not grab a hold.

[wertbew1]

Is he BOULDERING? GEEZ i would never boulder that high.

[Revan1992x]

They are using a net. So the fall is not a lot bigger than a usual boulder fall

[benkettle]

He's tied onto a rope. No nets involved sadly,nice idea though.

[SweetObserverMan]

If u look really closely, u can see he is using a rope, so hes not boldering

at least thats what i saw. Bad image quality on my slow pc

[wertbew1]

Yeah i noticed when he fell he swung a little so yeah... same here my computer had bad quality on alot of things

[PegadoAlRisco]

Perfect Men!! Ouuuu Yeeeesss This Men Is God for Climbiing!! Crhis Sharma For Live!

[jarhead445]

whats that song in the background at the start?

[MWC0]

this is kinda wierd if you look at the top holds on another video of the same climb you have a gased on crimp with your right and a slopy small side pull for left and the last hold is an absoloute bucket he should have easily held it.

[intj123]

those people need to shut up, it doesn't help.

[Lonnie12345]

So is that red box at the end asking me if I want to fall off a cliff???

[nimvind8underhill]

HAHA.

[jaekn]

Love the creepy ass shadow at 0:11

[comikknerd]

i love how people stated talking about falling ane totally forgot that the dude was climbing and was cought by a rope

[sweetasteofyoux3]

I am going to do this...it seems so freeing

[GreaterMoron]

ah besides the amount of time on that jug hes pretty good, he shouldnt need to take that long of a break if hes pro, i couldnt see how hard the rap was but he might have just been checking for a good path to take..dunno

[DieMoehreAusmKeller]

there is no diffrence between falling down from 300 meters oder 3000 meters because the earth just speeds you up to 200 km/h ...

[imScamperNZ]

he carries on from that same bloody rock, finally at 4:15 so skip to there. awesome ending

[ADKYS5555]

he spends like a year on this one rock,but other than that its pretty cool

[SadieWantsToPlay]

so did he get credit for the finish? Couldn't see if he got both hands on...

[PureRockenEuzo]

she was tied on...it doesn't count

[stonedstoner111]

i would say "He don't hang about.." but you know

[thorblai]

Holy crap that was sweet

[dianaisahorse]

pussy

[bordn21]

Vid should read "GOOD" FALL, as the smart people commented here, the belayer gave enough slack for the dyno, plus gave a dynamic catch, if he didn't he woulda swung into the wall and be in a world of hurt. Cool route too.

[surfkid2595]

nones belaying him...

[bordn21]

Of course there is someone belaying him... It's a LEAD comp.

[duckpk10]

i would of just shat my self

[climber456]

falling while leading is fun

[arsenalfoxio]

is that at momentum in utah?

[mrjeymuse]

yea.

[climbergarcon]

Good belaying, the belayer allowed enough slack to avoid Chris slamming into the arete he had just climbed up and around. If he'd had him tight, he would most likely have been hurt.