Why Magnus Midtbø QUIT Competition Climbing
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- Magnus Midtbø is one of the biggest names in climbing right now; he's staked up over 2 million UA-cam subscribers, runs a gym empire, and launched his own clothing brand Rungne. But before all that, Magnus was a pro climber, spending over 15 years battling it out at the highest level of comp climbing. This is the full rundown of Magnus' competition career.
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FUN FACT: Magnus was part of the team that first began bolting Flatanger Cave, now home to 2 out of the 3 hardest routes in the world (Silence & B.I.G.)
Also, if you've not done it already, make sure to check out Magnus' channel its pretty epic: www.youtube.com/@magmidt
He also startes bolting Nordic Marathon, which was the line that goes from inside the cave to the top. This is being finished by Seb Bouin, and will be at least 9c. There are also possible variations using this line that could be guaranteed 9c+ and possibly 10a.
Wow, this is very well made!
Your climbing journey is truly inspiring. Keep it up with your amazing vids!
Thanks man, glad you like it 🤟
Almost as well made as your torso (:
Now thats a chime in.
Beers & Cheers from Oz.
best part is that tomoa said magnus is still so good, he could still compete. (hopefully alongside jakob!!!)
I like how the thumbnail implies Adam Ondra and Jakob Shubert bullied him out of competitions by screaming at him
He lost to the best in history. If you want to get bullied, Ondra and Schubert can do it with honor.
Magnus literally so modest another youtuber has to make a video about his amazing career
I picked up rock climbing pretty much because of Magnus. I think he has popularized the sport in a very approachable way
Finally a video on Magnus! There's not much out there on his comp climbing days so thank you for putting this together. Not many people know about this side of him. I hope Magnus finds this video 🙏
Can't imagine being so unlucky to have so many legendary athletes compete against you during your prime. Still showed a ton of class though!
the tough part of being elite but not the best at a solo sport
Then you crearly don't understand an athlete's mind.
@@Caramelo23606 where anyone mentioned something about athlete's mind? I just said it was unlucky xD
Like the girls that must compete against Janja Garnbret 😅
love how jakob, Sean & Adam are still going strong in competitions.
Damn I legit teared up a little bit.
I love Magnus he is a tremendous human being so it made me very happy that you made a video about him.
Great stuff as always, keep it up!
I think Magnus has done more for climbing's popularity than anyone in modern times. I have never climbed. I am a martial artist who is heavy so I think I never will. But am I now interested in climbing. Hell yeah, why? Because I am subscribe to Magnus and I love to watch it as a spectator because of him.
Another awesome vid, hope this channel blows up🏅
Even a story I don’t care anything about you make it great. The video and audio are flawless. I don’t normally turn on the bell but your channel is that good. Keep up the great content
Yo, thanks man, super appreciate your good vibes. We'll keep at it
this made me realise how insane it is that schubert is still competing
I agree, Schuberts comp climbing pedigree is insane... add a v17 boulder and a 9c/5.15d ascent on top of that, and he's up there as one of the climbing GOATs for sure
"In his Ford S-Max" *shows a Peugeot* :D
An incredible story that few know about, but which exists there: behind the podiums, and sometimes on them, of these world competitions. A great video if ever there was one, thank you
im still completely blown away by that video of him keeping up with brian shaw in the weight room
You mean eddie hall?
Your videos are so good, you deserve so much more. I didn't realize how good Magnus was or even that Jason Lee had a skate career before his acting debut. You could tell any persons story and I'd listen.
Super stoked you're enjoying the channel mate, thanks for the great vibes 🤜🤛
Magus is my climbing goat. His UA-cam channel really got me into climbing. Climbing is turning into one of my biggest passions now .
Magnus is such a class act.
Good stuff like always!! Would love to see a video on Wolfgang Gullich
Good shout! I'll definitely add him to my list
He is now a top UA-camrs climber
From Australia Keep up the great work mate
Thanks man, glad you enjoyed it 🙏
Really good video, gotta say I love the dude, he was the one who inspired me to start climbing, after he retired, i found his videos and enjoyed both his personality and his ability to break the sport down for casuals
What a fantastic channel.
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
So what was the reason that he quit? They didn't say or am I just smooth??
Legend.
Stop calling EVERYONE a legend, seriously.
@@NineteenEighty8 LEGEND!!
Essentially he ended up being on the lead podium anyway for UA-cam climbing.
He introduced the general nonclimbing world to Adam Ondra and other climbers who were competitors, and now try and replicate his success in UA-cam.
Thanks for the upload
Sir excuse me where did you find the photos and videos im curious.
and im looking for the one arm push ups video in the begining🙏🙏🙏
If you know please let me know
Just really glad he found UA-cam, he seems genuinely happy having found his "true calling" 🤙
My man 🫶
Great video, well made and informative 👍
Just subscribe, keep them coming!
Thanks man, glad you enjoyed, we'll keep at it 💪
Magnus is a true viking
4:29 can i get translation
That's cool information. For me who only know the youtube channel, I though Magnus was similar to an elite chess player at like 2100 rating, but he is more like at a grandmaster level of climbing.
If comparing using chess, I would say he is in the 2700s in his prime. Close to the top, yet almost never seen on a podiu
So yeah, just binged all your videos and they are really nice, however can we get the metric system in here instead of the washing machine metrics?
Glad you're enjoying the channel man. Yeah sorry about the metrics, I'm working to include both for future stuff
I didn't even watch the video, but he didn't QUIT, (all caps...psh), he retired.
I bet UA-cam money is also one of the reasons.. he deserves it though!
Yeah, that's definitely a bonus, but the man's still a legend
@RealmOfRad Stop glazing
@@stellviahohenheim Ha lol
he made zero money from youtube when he stopped lol. his original vlogs were VERY different
when he left competing his UA-cam was not making him money like that lol it was a lot of vlogging from his apartment
I’m curious, what is the « rigorous dieting » that he was tired of ? Surely with the amount of calories spent on training and performing, a decent amount of fuel is necessary
With their training volume elite climbers probably would have a hard time to eat enough to get fat, but in a sport where dropping a kilo of body fat seems to be an advantage, they still watch their food intake closely. That is still rigourous dieting, even though they may eat a lot more than someone who just sits on the couch.
He's mentioned somewhere before that he struggled with disordered eating behaviour
for climbing it's not even only about fat. You even have to try to prevent getting muscles in the wrong places
@@Finnspin_unicycles sure, but from experience, I was in the gym a few weeks ago with some Olympians training for the games, the diet didn’t seem rigorous to me…
@@zedzed722 would be interested to find that
Could not understand any of what Magnus said there, I belive he spoke a language called Bergensk.
"hang up his vest"...
Any climber unlucky enough to be born in the Adam Ondra era is just that, unlucky lol😂 Magnus is a good/borderline great climber on occasion, but he just isn't an absolute GOAT.
Man made an incredibly successful UA-cam career out of it tho and is probably the wealthiest climber in the game soooooo winning is winning tbh.
Ondra has done what exactly in the last 3 years?
Magnus is a great climber what the hell are you talking about. I would consider someone who's like v9 level a good climber and he is well above that.
@@mx2000yeah he's too old to keep up with the young guys now
@@mx2000 Second ascent of the first E12 (bon voyage) , First person to flash an 8B gritstone boulder (the ace), First ascent of the hardest route in Arco (wonderland), 23 (probably more) routes above the grade of 9a all of these whist training for the Olympics. Oh and 9 medals in boulder or lead on the international circuit with consistent finals appearances.
"In the late nineties the Norwegian climbing scene was virtually non existent" Hmmm
Must be the sport climbing scene. Outdoor climbing and mountaineering have a long history in Norway.
The single arm muscle up, maybe two people on earth can do it.
🐉LEE AND MAGNUS
A lot more than 2, but it's still incredibly impressive
There is a guy from Serbia Zoran Pesterac that can do multiple in a row. I bet there are more than two.
A very very strong climber but also the confirmation that strength without technique is useless, a shame.
Norwegian climbin scene non-excistent in the late 90s? Really? No troll wall? No Lofoton?
so you're telling me my goat never won a single world cup 😭
Who cares, he's the no1 climbing UA-camr now! ✌
very nice gg
I'm sure i'm the 100000th person to point this out but he's so cocky it's hard to watch enjoyably.
probably because hes like 40 some years old dude...
He's 35 now. Retired at age 28
Well he got old that had to be a contributing factor
Jakob Schubert is still competing and in really great form. Magnus getting older definitely isn't the only reason
@@NotChaixOndra is also like 32-33 rn and an elite comp climber
@@spacevadr10 Ondra is 31. Schubert is 33. Magnus retired at 28
Magnus who?
Naaaaaaa just kidding.