BD athlete Adam Ondra on first ascent of L'étrange Ivresse des Lenteurs (9a+), Ceüse, France

Black Diamond athlete Adam Ondra is unquestionably one of the world's top rock climbers. But what makes this Czech teenager so unstoppable, what drives him? We sent ace photographer/videographer Bernardo Gimenez (who also put together the Nico Favresse video profile) to meet up with Ondra at the French mega-crag of Ceüse to get the answers... which he did—as well as some sweet footage of Ondra making the first ascent of L'étrange Ivresse des Lenteurs (9a+).

A tasteful blend of climbing footage and interview footage, we feel this video profile does as good a job as anything we've seen in showcasing the personality and determination of Adam Ondra.

To see a great collection of photos Gimenez took of Ondra in Ceüse, go to: blackdiamondequipment.com/​en-us/​journal/​climb/​athletes/​video-profile-bd-athlete-adam-ondra-climbing-9a-in-ce%C3%BCse

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[bobbrosenbaum]

thank you for the great videos...always consistently the highest quality

[Wazoodles]

@SnipedaWhoOp Thank you sir!

[anewillss]

when i go climbing i try to make 1 move with holds that small... I still can't do it.... Ondra is absolutely insane

[DJRedsocks]

best video about Adam so far!

[gnrrrrrrrr]

The master of the Universe

[SnipedaWhoOp]

@Wazoodles Yes sir I do. Sorry I didn't reply sooner! The song is called "Free-Kah" by Arze Kareem. You can find the song on youtube. Excellent artist!

[Wazoodles]

@SnipedaWhoOp do you know the first song playing in the background?

[fackinjacksack]

@CouldItBeHate Flashing is doing it after you know at least some of the beta. So maybe you watched someone do it before you, or a video of someone doing it, order maybe someone just told you the beta. Either way, first try with beta is a flash.

Redpointing is just completing the route after more than one attempt.

[w4n1c3k]

@CouldItBeHate Practicing the route basicaly, puting up quickdraws, stoppers and so. For max performance, you do pipnkpoints, having the quickdraws preclibed before, just clipping the rope. But usually, the term redpoint is used for both RP and PP styles nowadays just to make the difference between OS/Flash and the route being practiced. You should also put quickdraws on OS and Flash but again, on the "pro" level it sometimes is tolerated to have them precliped.

[jimbofizzive]

@theultimateshoe almost universally, mums and dads name their daughters before they've been climbed for the first time. nobody's questioning that. bit queer to scrog a dame with no name, methinks... point is, once you've climbed her the first time, nobody quite gives a shit who climbs her next, just that it gets easier and easier.