I tried the hardest competition climbs in the world
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
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Today I have a go at the legends only boulders, which are climbs set for some of the world's best climbers. These climbers have a full session to work on these climbs before they actually compete, so the level is much higher than that of the average world cup final boulder.
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Seeing Emil, who is such a strong climber, try these in comparison to the other climbers really blows your mind to how insanely strong they are
Will casually comparing the yellow boulder to Dreamtime has me giggling. It's crazy how far climbers have come (or maybe it's just the Will Bosi is LITERALLY him).
Haha yeah it's pretty crazy. The idea of almost flashing dreamtime is bizarre, and his flash of The Dagger (8B/+ around the corner of it) is an absolutely insane achievement
Hi I have to say really enjoyed all of this 24 minute video that’s was posted 3 minutes ago
hahah love it
Madlad watching at 8x speed
this may be the first time I heard Emil say that a sloper was really hard 😱
My identity is compromised, I must find a way to redeem myself
Doing soudain seoul will do :) . To become the sloper daddy again
I was like, how are we humans even supposed to use those holds?
Nice to see you back on the cracks Emil 😉💪
i love crack
Honestly, the commentators of this year's Legends Only were extremely good!
Haha cheers
The comp was so great, loved seeing the athletes on these. Your commentary was fantastic, really fun to get to see you on them too!
Thanks a ton Max! I'm glad you liked the show
20:56 perfectly capturing the feeling of climbing slab
Just hold the holds 😂😂
Actively LOL'd at the "I don't know which way my hands were, but I want them to be the other way" ... it's so relatable!
I loved this comp! I love the new school World Cup moves, but I really really enjoyed seeing these crazy hard more old school boulders. Boulders 2 and 3 were some of the coolest I’ve seen in a while. Unfortunately the video broadcast quality was kinda awful
I completely agree, so sick to watch the climbers on them
Quality was great for me, must've been a regional thing or something for you
Loved the beastmaker boulder. Tough and original. And beautifully presented
Would not have found the VOD of the Legends only comp if it weren't for this video. Watched the whole thing. Great commentary Emil, you should definitely do that more often!
Good effort man! I watched the comp live and it was amazing. Very nice to see you try hard on those problems. Gives a bit more perspective to how hard they actually are. Also a testament of the insane strength of Hannes! Good stuff!
This was really interesting to watch after having seen the livestream. You know the boulders are hard because they have to be for that level of competition, but seeing Emil get worked on them puts the level of these competitors into perspective. Much respect for doing quite well, Emil.
Loved this video! Such a cool event and you were a great commentator!
Thanks a ton!
This is the most psyched for climbing I've ever gotten from a video! It was so much fun watching the amazing competition and then realizing just how incredibly talented the competitors are by comparison to Emil, who's also an insanely strong climber. I would love to see some of the competitors' training process for the different boulders, especially considering how hard they are. I think it would be really interesting to compare the different approaches each climber took when projecting these boulders for the comp.
Amazing to watch the comp and then see you on these crazy boulders!
I watched the live stream first. Didn't really appreciate how difficult the climbs were until I watched this after! Wow!
Realised I still had the comp on watch later queue so checked that and came back. Such a good perspective as you Emil aren't bad climber either!
I really appreciate you doing this. I know the pros are way out of my level but this helped me understand a little bit better how insane their skill and strength is.
very nice, my favorite kind of video: good climber climbing hard on even harder climbs. Very nice!
Also great job commentating to you and sofia during the event!
Haha cheers mate, I appreciate it
Love the vid, i'm enjoying seeing you struggle on these so much, since i know how good you are at projecting and i know your prefered style. It is ludacris how hard 8C actually is, i'm "not far" from 8a (working moves up to 7c atm) which is my lifetime goal, but what the heck is going on here. Nothing is down to a "trick" it's just, for a set of distinct styles, the hardest elements the routesetters thought is possible in the format. And that level is astonishingly high, it seems noticably higher than 5-6 years ago.
The only experience I have with rock climbing was going to mountain warfare school in the USMC, but we had lines and pitons set by master climbers first. True, we were in camoflauge utitlity uniforms and wearing combat boots so that made it harder. I still find your videos very interesting to watch.
Watched the second half of this live. I don't remember the name (sorry) but someone made that slab look so easy when looking at the holds it looks completely impossible
Hannes Van Duysen, his slab skills are out of this world
Was during that time in the same gym and just occasionally heard you screaming 😂 was waiting for the video!
I need the Spotify playlist... vids are always a vibe with the music choices!
Why is this so fun to watch haha! you are doing such a good job
Emil, now you know how us v7/8 climbers feel when we see you do some of the things you do and think, I wonder if he knows how it feels to be a mere mortal. Seeing you as a V15 climber struggle on literally every single boulder must have made you feel like a mere mortal compared to some of those athletes.
It is crazy to see the different levels that climbers and what the human body/mind in general can get to.
I might not always leave a comment Emil, but you know I always watch and love your content
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its crazy to see how hard those actually were, great video
Is this Frederic on the camera for this video? Loved the banter between you guys. Felt like a fun session with the homies.
Was literally screaming “come on!” at my screen 11:49
The swing out on "Dreamtime" had me gulping
I enjoyed the first minute before i decided to post a comment, good stuff, please go on with it
Haha thanks homie, appreciate it
Hi ! Just wanted to let you know that I really enjoy your content, tysm for the effort you put in it ! Keep it going mate 🙏 True inspiration 😁
Thanks mate, I really appreciate you taking the time to write this comment
Haha I love that you say „nej“ (idk how to spell it). I know it’s your language but at the same time it sounds so much more positive than no
Correct me if I’m wrong, but 11:39 I believe is illegal cause you are using an extension of the wall’s (volume) bolt hole. You can use hold bolt holes, but I don’t think it’s allowed to use the walls bolt holes according to IFSC. The IFSC official rule book of 2022 states on page 7, “Illegal Aid with the hands: any placements for "T-Nuts" on the Climbing Surface or any Structure;” which essentially says no using bolt holes on the climbing wall, and since volumes are considered an extension of the climbing wall, I believe that move would be deemed illegal
In IFSC comps it's actually just the bolt-holes they refer to, not the screw holes (that I'm using here)! So attachment points for boxes and volume holds are still fair play (for now) at comps
@@EmilAbrahamssonahhh very tricky Emil, that def seems like a loophole that would probably get patched if competitors started often using screw holds claiming they aren’t T-Nuts / Bolt Holes lol
@@Dylmania09 oh it does happen all the time, so the setters either fill in screw holes or set in a way that using them is impossible
@@Dylmania09 that's always been a thing, and is purposely intended by the rules so I highly doubt it would change. It's very well-known to all the athletes, setters, and judges, that it's only t-nuts that aren't allowed for hands. One of the main reasons is safety, if you got your finger in one of the bolt holes on a structure it'd be very easy to rip up your finger badly on the threading inside if you did a hard move or fell on it. Screw holes don't have that problem.
@@TheMagmaNinja ah that makes sense, thanks for the clarification!
Hey Emil, always good to see you try hard! Do you know if there will also be a women's Legends only format? Would really love to see Janja being challenged properly for once :)
Yes! Next year will be women, and then alternating every year
@@EmilAbrahamsson ah sweet! Good to hear, thank you so much for answering! Keep it up!!
Great video to show that there are levels to this game
I don’t know if you did it already but I would love to see you have a coaching session with Louis Parkinson, as you often say that your brain panicks and he is really great at keeping the mind calm
that floor looks like a comfy place to take a nap.
Actually hilarious seeing like a 5.11 hand crack lumped in with V15s
Yoo, we’ve been there to try the crack a day after the comp. I can finally say I’ve matched a v16 climber 😀 despite. It climbing anything near v10, or even v9. Crack climbing is a completely different discipline
On the pink boulder I was wondering if it was possible to left toe hook that bottom start hold and then reach up. Can' t really tell from the video how plausible it is but it looked like it would help pull the body towards the wall.
these top tier comp boulderers are insane. made these problems looked easy
incredible that you can climb 8C and then still have a team kid flash your project.
What was the pasat sound you made? First heard it in Alex Megos video 😂
Very convenient S placement on the thumbnail lol
I enjoyed watching this vid, thanks (really just commenting for support, I have nothing of substance to say)
glad im not the only person who get no friction on agripp holds 😅
Damn, I kept saying kom igen on your last attempt on the crack
jongwon chons reaction when they showed the holds XDD
20:52 Me everytime I look at a slab 😂
Hi!!
please can someone tell me what’s the song name that play between min 4:10 and 6:13
i searched by the lyricis but i dont match it
Found it!
Jim Swim- "Time to Go" (prod. by Blookah)
@ Omgg! You make my day :)
I like screw holds, it’s the first thing I look for
Curious why mantles are hard for you, considering your strength and training?
It’s a fair question, but I think it just boils down to weakness in the specific muscles used for mantling, as well as basic technique!
Just hold the holds and don't fall down, it's not rocket science bro
Is there a replay of the comp somewhere?
Emil I follow you videos and I sow you on 8C block but these "things" seems really really hard ..
The OG Eric Karlsson gym where it all started. Did you guys all leave stockholm or just move to a new gym?
Technically not the OG gym. The first gym was Telefon klattercentret, and this is the newer one from 2017 or 18.
I thought you only have a Zone when you have both hands on it or have passed it?
No, normally just when you control it with one hand.
No, I think that the official thing is that you need to "use" the zone hold. Holding it with one hand is not enough, you have to engage new movement (like upgrading body position, moving feet, initiating a match etc.)
So it needs to be caught and "used" in a quite weak sense
you need to spit on your hands if you're dry firing bro xD
Who are the route setters for these crazy routes 😳
new profile pic 17:02
If you climb 8C outside, I wonder, what Hannes and Chongwon could do, if they tried hard enough. 🤯
I’d be very keen to find out!
Although to be fair outdoors is quite different for many reasons, and I have it on good authority that a lot of the top climbers in comps have worked on stuff like the big island and other 8Cs and left empty-handed, despite a bit of work. I think some people just excel at one discipline more than the other!
is using the screwholes allowed in competition climbing?
Screw holes yes, bolt holes no :-)
Shit, jeg er tideligt på den. Hej Emil.
Och jag är glad att ha dig här! Hej :-)
this stuff always looks fun and i think my grip strength is good, but no way my fat ass gets up any of these
after 13 min in the video i cought myself that i sit there for at least 5min with an open mouth just shaking my head over and over again. wtf are those climbs
Hahah that’s great to hear. I felt the same way
Hi man
grounded.
Hello sloper daddy
Hello there!
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Really enjoy watching this channel, but since i watch with my kids often, too much cursing ...going to unsubscribe.
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Hey there!
@@EmilAbrahamsson Hi, the beast maker one was really creative! 🔥🔥🔥
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Respect the efforts though
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6 seconds late mate, but you're an early squad member so you have my undying love
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Damn crazy fast!
next time u comment the competition dont shout commit all the time plzz it was really ignoing
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Oh-hi-there!