I Thought It Was Impossible to Climb Inga 8c+/9a | Adam Ondra

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  • Опубліковано 20 чер 2024
  • Inga is a rather mysterious route, and the name in the epicentre of French climbing was established by a Japanese legend, Dai Koyamada. ✊ It is a weird route as it is a sitstart into an 8c called 7PM JP Chaud, which is my the 2nd 8c I had ever done back when I was 12 years old. I have a great memory of that trip when I did this 8c route, especially as I was there with my good friend Martin Stranik. We climbed in different crags almost daily, wild camping and chasing the highest possible number of routes harder than 8a within 10 days. I think I ticked 19, Martin ticked 18. ✌
    This year in spring, having a couple of rainy days in Southern France, I made a visit on a particularly awful rainy day to this place, and I was able to climb these impossible moves and make an ascent of Inga, 8c+/9a. Moves felt much more doable this time, and I think that my progression in lead climbing has not been that significant over the years, but my progress in bouldering has been huge. But bouldering has been absolutely crucial for to really push these boundaries and make a step from 9a to 9b and then to 9c. The hardest routes in the world have very difficult boulder moves.
    Check the new video and watch the whole commented climb in my membership section here ⏩ / @adamondra .
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    Timecodes:
    00:00 - Intro
    00:21 - Gorges du Loup, Nice, France
    00:50 - Adam describes route Inga 8c+/9a
    02:41 - First tries
    03:42 - Watch commented climb in my membership section
    04:38 - Fall
    05:00 - 2nd try
    07:05 - 1 minute rest
    07.36 - 20sec rest
    07:50 - Crux
    08:20 - Top of Inga 8c+/9a
    08:25 - Adam describes the difficulty
    09:28 - Weather rules
    09:45 - Outro
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  • @AdamOndra
    @AdamOndra  17 днів тому +44

    Hi climbers, enjoy the new video and watch the whole ascent with my commentary in my membership section ⏩ua-cam.com/video/_sJLuf6tTK8/v-deo.html. See you there ✊

    • @Dr4cKs______
      @Dr4cKs______ 17 днів тому +15

      You are the BEST adam.... Good work man

  • @senorblondie
    @senorblondie 17 днів тому +515

    My 6 year old son came running across the room when he heard Adam working the boulder start since he thought his breathing was Darth Vader. Sadly he was a bit disappointed to see it was Adam Ondra. One day he'll realize Adam is way more powerful than Vader...

  • @Johnny-zs6vo
    @Johnny-zs6vo 17 днів тому +528

    0:35
    Adam - "Well, this waterfall is not supposed to be here."
    Meanwhile, saying that while sitting on a couch out there in the crag

    • @pbla4024
      @pbla4024 17 днів тому +12

      Two couches, but that's recent addition.

    • @CrispyCrimpsClimbing
      @CrispyCrimpsClimbing 17 днів тому +3

      Always gotta have a place to shower after climbing

    • @clarkkent5318
      @clarkkent5318 16 днів тому +2

      lmao bro fr

    • @althejazzman
      @althejazzman 13 днів тому +3

      Couches only appear in extreme weather situations.

  • @OAmus
    @OAmus 17 днів тому +161

    I love that there was no music during the climb. Just the sounds of the rain and Adam's effort. Really transports you to the place.

  • @Chase3141
    @Chase3141 16 днів тому +13

    doing an 8a boulder problem with no crash pads is a real Adam Ondra moment

  • @themeatpopsicle
    @themeatpopsicle 17 днів тому +105

    I love that Adam is talking about how style influences grade. It really illustrates how academic the grading discussion really is at the top end of the scale

  • @davidwhitford4286
    @davidwhitford4286 17 днів тому +74

    It's really cool that Adam is climbing Inga in the rain, the same conditions that forced Koyamada to establish the route in the first place, the shots of the waterfall are epic!! Really amazing video Adam!

  • @thenayancat8802
    @thenayancat8802 17 днів тому +150

    Good to know that blowing raspberries for power is an established technique and I'm not alone in it

    • @baa9223
      @baa9223 17 днів тому +9

      I believe it may be a technique to relax and conserve power for the future screams

    • @AdrianTangMusic
      @AdrianTangMusic 17 днів тому

      HAHAHAHAHAHA

    • @HoratioHoodoo
      @HoratioHoodoo 16 днів тому

      I'm gonna take it a step further and whinny. Will report back.

    • @kazo0ie
      @kazo0ie 8 днів тому

      Check out the OG raspberrie blower, Cedric Lachat.

  • @mateherbay2289
    @mateherbay2289 17 днів тому +67

    'Conditions are... well, this waterfall isn't supposed to be here...' LOL

  • @richardegger7341
    @richardegger7341 17 днів тому +55

    when you clip the first quickdraw and already be pumped! 😅

  • @growproduct
    @growproduct 17 днів тому +28

    I loved the storytelling on this route from your teenage years

  • @nickkealiiclimbs
    @nickkealiiclimbs 17 днів тому +20

    Adam just running side quests now

  • @rolandkan3468
    @rolandkan3468 17 днів тому +19

    Loved this shorter video. Perfect length for its content. This channel has great details like the rest-times which are very informative.

  • @terraflow__bryanburdo4547
    @terraflow__bryanburdo4547 17 днів тому +30

    For Adam, climbing 9a "...makes for a pretty good day".😮

  • @terraflow__bryanburdo4547
    @terraflow__bryanburdo4547 17 днів тому +21

    Adam in heaven when a waterfall covers for his screams😊

    • @timothyramponi6921
      @timothyramponi6921 17 днів тому

      I turned my volume down because I didn't want my neighbor to hear lol

  • @scruffy1767
    @scruffy1767 17 днів тому +15

    Insane strength. can’t wait to become a better climber you inspire me👍🏼

  • @tuftofflowers
    @tuftofflowers 16 днів тому +7

    The energy, the cinematography, the weather, the color grading and Adam’s climb. Masterpiece 💖 thank you for the video.

    • @AdamOndra
      @AdamOndra  16 днів тому +4

      Glad you enjoyed it! AO Team

  • @Hospiiii
    @Hospiiii 17 днів тому +7

    Adam! Do you know what would also make a pretty good day? Checking out DNA of Seb Bouin! No need to climb it just yet, just have a look and show us the amazing route with your cinematography 😊

  • @user-cl2qr6hi9e
    @user-cl2qr6hi9e 17 днів тому +11

    I enjoyed watching this video, congratulation for finishing 8 c+ route

  • @lagiraferock
    @lagiraferock 17 днів тому +9

    Congrats ! That's a few minutes from my home, thrilled that you came here and send tour "project" :) i would have loved to meet you in person ! Cheers !

  • @climbjacksprat
    @climbjacksprat 17 днів тому +5

    Its interesting to see how quickly Adam plugs back in now after failing and letting out his yell. Honestly I think doing comps has helped him with that. You can actually see him reset almost immediately

  • @Deckageskate666
    @Deckageskate666 17 днів тому +2

    Being able to project and send a new route in a day is insane. We sometimes think “it’s only 8c+/9A” because it’s ondra. But 99% of climbers could project 8c+ their whole life and not send. My mind is blown by Adam.

  • @Kaiwala
    @Kaiwala 17 днів тому +3

    I just love watching your process when you climb routes like this. The setting with the rain was very lovely too - calming to my ears ☺

  • @conserve_climber
    @conserve_climber 17 днів тому +8

    I love hearing the Adam yelps!!

  • @tamaragrottker7677
    @tamaragrottker7677 17 днів тому +5

    Nice climbing area. I like the sofa!

  • @niconiconii4561
    @niconiconii4561 17 днів тому +4

    I've decided that I'm watching Adam Ondra videos until I sleep. Not before I do some hangboarding though

  • @markusagstner5413
    @markusagstner5413 17 днів тому +4

    Best thing about your videos are those emotional shouts! Gives you ghosepumps to hear and see it and you want to watch more videos!

  • @CrispyCrimpsClimbing
    @CrispyCrimpsClimbing 17 днів тому +1

    It feels so sureal to see someone climb 9a so easy. A mythical grade that is just a day project for Adam

  • @ayebig2243
    @ayebig2243 16 днів тому +2

    Cool to see Adam fighting on some rad old style climb

  • @iakobus
    @iakobus 17 днів тому +21

    Kneebar foothold broke at 6:41 😬

  • @jeffo4817
    @jeffo4817 17 днів тому +3

    Amazing as usual. Thanks Adam

  • @zivotvkrosne2132
    @zivotvkrosne2132 17 днів тому +7

    Beautiful crag!

  • @jankra
    @jankra 16 днів тому +2

    SUPER! Hlavně krásná skála a ta pohovka tam :D Ideální

  • @jd32k
    @jd32k 17 днів тому +5

    It’s like watching a praying mantis walking upside down

  • @timothyramponi6921
    @timothyramponi6921 17 днів тому +3

    Adams got an excellent production team!

    • @AdamOndra
      @AdamOndra  16 днів тому +2

      I couldn't agree more 🙂

  • @naturalimmunity3040
    @naturalimmunity3040 17 днів тому +3

    Damn Adam you are unstoppable. Good work.

  • @Nicoandthepage
    @Nicoandthepage 14 днів тому

    Beautiful content! I love watching Adam climb on rock

  • @manicantsettleonausername6789
    @manicantsettleonausername6789 15 днів тому

    Loved the story of you coming back to the area where you made such great memories as a teenager and finishing the climb! Well done

  • @nosymbolrequired
    @nosymbolrequired 17 днів тому +4

    First climbed when he was 12 - oh dear, I have never climbed an 8c - think i might be a bit too late to make it 🙂

  • @nathanelward
    @nathanelward 17 днів тому

    Yes Adam! Great climb buddy!

  • @Teirei
    @Teirei 11 днів тому

    Great video! Looks like a really fun climb

  • @dexterscott7017
    @dexterscott7017 17 днів тому +14

    “I thought this was impossible to climb” has a much different meaning in context than I was lead to believe by the title.

    • @AdamOndra
      @AdamOndra  16 днів тому +9

      I actually really thought so back then 🙂

  • @troysmith6929
    @troysmith6929 14 днів тому

    Well done man! Those bits look insanely tough!

  • @louiehennis8938
    @louiehennis8938 17 днів тому +1

    i love these kind of videos

  • @nico.perez025
    @nico.perez025 16 днів тому

    Masterpiece of a climb and video, always enjoy when a new video comes out!!

  • @petrhavrda7925
    @petrhavrda7925 16 днів тому

    Uzasny vykon a nadherna podivana Adame💪👍 V tom spodnim boulderu jsem tu rval za tebe😁 Tesim se na dalsi video😉

  • @Razarex
    @Razarex 8 днів тому

    Adam completed the main story and is now going back and completing old side quests

  • @Midnight_Lightning
    @Midnight_Lightning 17 днів тому +2

    I love Adam 💪❤️

  • @bokaj5000
    @bokaj5000 17 днів тому

    i really like the stories from young adam

  • @kevinlacayo822
    @kevinlacayo822 17 днів тому

    Incredible strong 💪🏼

  • @callumormond6266
    @callumormond6266 17 днів тому +1

    New haircut looking crazy fresh 💯

  • @NeetonDaviel
    @NeetonDaviel 17 днів тому

    INCREDIBLE 😀

  • @Yuwa-we2ep
    @Yuwa-we2ep 17 днів тому +2

    very cool

  • @TheKaryo
    @TheKaryo 17 днів тому +5

    looks like a cool boulder problem

  • @finesttroll7379
    @finesttroll7379 12 днів тому

    Probably the best climber I've seen . With a rope of course.

  • @EkoBiohazard
    @EkoBiohazard 11 днів тому

    Love that he channeled Chris Sharma by saying 'psaaat!' in the second try 😂

  • @MauriBrix
    @MauriBrix 16 днів тому

    Wow amazing climb🎉

  • @simonjenkins9296
    @simonjenkins9296 15 днів тому

    Talk about an awkward first clip!
    Beautiful music!

  • @denclimber
    @denclimber 17 днів тому +1

    I am relieved that the couch is still there 16 years later

  • @onetrackmind6969
    @onetrackmind6969 17 днів тому +1

    Legend

  • @RealSalica
    @RealSalica 17 днів тому

    The filming and editing of that video was amazing !

  • @aaroncaldwell9298
    @aaroncaldwell9298 17 днів тому +1

    always nice to take down a route that eludes you for so long. It seems that knee pad still didn't help much with a nasty looking cut, wonder if that was what half the power screams were about lol

  • @daphnisetchloe
    @daphnisetchloe 14 днів тому

    That shot at 7:20 is breathtaking

  • @fgarbl3992
    @fgarbl3992 17 днів тому +1

    Very impressive, extremelly hard at the bottom and still very demanding till the top, even for Adam. What about this new way of exhausting the air like a horse ? I watched a video of Cedric Lachat onsighting Chimpanzodrome (Saussois, France), he was breething the same way😂.

  • @SagemanYT
    @SagemanYT 17 днів тому

    hello, well done

  • @leoingson
    @leoingson 15 днів тому

    Very nice idea to skip the long rests, but display rest times!

  • @Po3try27
    @Po3try27 17 днів тому

    That looked so hard

  • @AlexeiDrummond
    @AlexeiDrummond 17 днів тому

    Very cool! Darth grader says 8A+ boulder -> good rest -> 8c route is 9a :) But he seemed to suggest that both the boulder problem and the route are easier with kneepads, thus hard 8c+ overall.

  • @HoratioHoodoo
    @HoratioHoodoo 16 днів тому

    I like the new horse noises

  • @gewinnste
    @gewinnste 13 днів тому

    I don't know man, seeing Adam fighting like that and needing two tries (plus the experience on the route from back then) makes me think of 9a/+ rather than 8c+.

  • @decheng6412
    @decheng6412 16 днів тому

    07:33 when he clips in that echo off the walls is insane

  • @brunogssouza1
    @brunogssouza1 17 днів тому +8

    8C at 12 is crazy

    • @pelfinho
      @pelfinho 17 днів тому +4

      8c

    • @whereistheline8964
      @whereistheline8964 17 днів тому +2

      So true. There might be some incredible talent and dedication involved 🤷‍♂️

  • @UrsantaHoHoHo
    @UrsantaHoHoHo 17 днів тому

    all your high heels are insane

  • @floodo1
    @floodo1 17 днів тому

    unreal

  • @tuuriewuur8150
    @tuuriewuur8150 17 днів тому +1

    8:00 HUAWHHHH 👹🤬👺🤬8:34 It was fun ☺👍

  • @jasondrury5623
    @jasondrury5623 7 днів тому

    8c at 12 years old is unfathomable

  • @user-vt8ff2me7j
    @user-vt8ff2me7j 17 днів тому

    ❤❤

  • @graemero5532
    @graemero5532 17 днів тому

    Thanks for not playing the music over his actual climbing 😉

  • @walkaboutwilliams
    @walkaboutwilliams 17 днів тому +1

    I think I heard a Psssaaat... thrown in there for good measure!

  • @DrewWithington
    @DrewWithington 17 днів тому

    Adam could teach power-screaming to expectant mothers.

  • @rainerheld5570
    @rainerheld5570 17 днів тому +2

    Darth grader gives 9a for the combination of a 8A+ boulder and a 8c route, even if there were a good rest in between. This rest doesn‘t look so good to me…

  • @gurito4374
    @gurito4374 17 днів тому +3

    O1/8c+/9a

  • @mattijohansen3471
    @mattijohansen3471 16 днів тому

    Me just trying to think if there is anything I could finish I started 16 years ago..
    Dedication.

  • @michaeldruce9930
    @michaeldruce9930 16 днів тому

    "Which is my SECOND 8C ever....When I was 12." LOL bruh

  • @tomh.6379
    @tomh.6379 17 днів тому

    4:14 the blbllblb is so real

  • @mangiari
    @mangiari 16 днів тому

    Delicate second bolt to skip 😮

  • @PatPush
    @PatPush 12 днів тому

    Hard to stay motivated if you're hanging on the first rest after 2 minutes of very hard climbing, without even clipping one quickdraw 😂

  • @Borko430
    @Borko430 17 днів тому +1

    Its very normal to climb your second 8c at 12 years old. Yeah

  • @tweston23
    @tweston23 17 днів тому

    I have so many questions about how and why there are couches there

  • @dehnsurgeon
    @dehnsurgeon 17 днів тому +8

    that sofa isn't supposed to be there either

    • @lol32scbw
      @lol32scbw 17 днів тому +1

      Why? Nice sofa.

  • @HourRomanticist
    @HourRomanticist 17 днів тому

    Are you trying DNA at all while you are/were in France?

  • @thebeastmode-3434
    @thebeastmode-3434 17 днів тому

    hallo adam!

  • @oleole96ole
    @oleole96ole 17 днів тому +1

    "my first 8 c when I was 12"..

  • @Nickkstrack
    @Nickkstrack 12 днів тому

    Where is that place? It’s amazing 🤯🇫🇷

    • @AdamOndra
      @AdamOndra  7 днів тому

      Gorges du Loup, Deverse sector. Not too far from Nice, South of France.

  • @deltalima6703
    @deltalima6703 17 днів тому

    Omg. What is this? O4?

  • @Olli999Olli999
    @Olli999Olli999 17 днів тому

    Looks like more bolts further up, im wondering what is it?

    • @AdamOndra
      @AdamOndra  7 днів тому +1

      This route doesn't have extension yet, but further right, there is PuntX 9a (or 9a+ now after some holds broke)

  • @benjam1n_sb580
    @benjam1n_sb580 12 днів тому

    When did you last use resoled shoes??

    • @AdamOndra
      @AdamOndra  7 днів тому

      Sometimes I do it, resoled shoes (once they are resoled early enough) could be better than new ones

  • @brownsugar4132
    @brownsugar4132 12 днів тому

    Te tittle should be : I though It was imposible to climb, when i was 15 xD

  • @maxuruur8530
    @maxuruur8530 14 днів тому

    Official O2?

  • @greghelm843
    @greghelm843 17 днів тому

    Does it depress anyone else he was climbing harder stuff than you'll ever look at when he was 12