Adam Ondra flashes Lexicon, E11 7a
The ascent is the hardest trad flash of all time, and took place with no prior inspection of the holds.
To celebrate surpassing 1 million subscribers on YouTube, Magnus Midtbø has made a series of videos with Adam Ondra. In this final video, Magnus and Adam head to a climbing area local to Adam's hometown of Brno. In a wide-ranging interview whilst climbing, they talk about his recent experiences in the Olympics, his intense training, and some of his past first ascents. All whilst Adam attempts a 9a project and does a few laps on a Font 8B.
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My favourite takeaway through the entire series is that Ondra hates speed climbing.
And modern style bouldering by the sounds of it! (Or at least its too hard on his body to warrant the injury risk.)
Very interesting discussion I thought. Magnus does ask some good questions.
Ye very true, Interesting to hear how it effects his body. Can totally understand.
I think Magnus is 10 years ahead of Ondra in terms of comps so its great to hear the pair of them talking about different experiences.
Brno looks to be totally sandbagged :-)
Er…. did anyone notice Ondra’s dodgy belaying?! I wouldn’t let him hold my rope 😆