Adam Ondra climbs Open Air 9a+ / www.EuroClimbing.com

http://euroclimbing.com/ Adam Ondra has done Open Air 9a+ in Schleier Wasserfall. For more videos or climbing news visit please wwww.euroclimbing.com

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• Adam Ondra
• Open Air
• 9a
• 9a+
• Schleier Wasserfall
• Wasserfall
• Austria

[WWWeuroclimbingCOM]

Wau, it looks so easy for him!

[mutellamann]

he doesn't fight gravity - he ignores it Ô_ô

[eskimostrudels]

This talk of free soling is totally missing the point. A 5.15 sport climb is infinitely harder than a 5.12 free solo. Alain Roberts (the guy who soloed the sears tower) has said he gets mad when he is recognized for his 5.12 free solos but not his much more difficult ascents. As for Sharma and Andrada not soloing, let's see how you look on a 5.15 on the sharp end of a forty foot runout.

[kkuo326]

@TheShadowSilencer There are second ascents in soloing too. If you make it, you can always solo it again. But typically that's not done. For example, 3 people have soloed astroman (peter croft, dean potter, and alex honnold).

[TheShadowSilencer]

@kkuo326 Guys, don't compare the sport climbing and the soloing! In the sport climbing all climbers fall many times. In soloing climbing there is no second ascent!

[ArjayBlogs]

Maybe when I stop eating I will be able to do it (Y)

[kkuo326]

@eskimostrudels 40 foot runout on a 5.15 is not a big deal. At that level it's all inverted. If you fall you hit air. Sharma regularly took 100 ft falls on Clark Mt. and it was safe. No ledges or anything to worry about. When you solo you are looking at a 1000+ ft "runout" to the ground. So technically a 5.15 sport climb is harder than a 5.12 free solo, but I would say the 5.12 free solo is more mentally challenging. And yes climbing is about mental discipline as much as physical.

[EdMajinLee199999]

@eskimostrudels well, no average climbers can relate to a 5.15 climber skill-wise. But if he free solos a climb that a less-skilled climber could imagine doing (on a rope at least) they can imagine how they would feel on that climb without their protection, thus making a more emotional connection between the average climber and the 5.12 feat. The average climber can imagine putting themselves in his position, making a more emotional connection.

[burningyoutuve]

whats the name of the song/band

[whaaaaateverful]

I love watching him climb, but are those skinny jeans? Or Audrey Hepburn tights? And when did Gavin Rosdale join Dream Theater?

[mortal2k]

This acent is as hard as action direct and opened 15 years ago by Alexander Huber when he was 28 years old. He should be recognized more for being ahead of his time. Plus he has the opposite body type of Ondra. Heavy and short. And both have met,. that's pretty amazing!

[theminiman63]

How tall is he?

[ketchupecoca]

questo è il primo 9a+ della storia e lui se non sbaglio era quindicenne quando l'ha liberato..è senza dubbio un personaggio chiave per l'arrampicata sportiva..mitico.