This week's Friday Night Video follows top UK boulderer Aidan Roberts in his pursuit of mastery. In the film, Aidan repeats and establishes some of the hardest boulder problems in the world.
The 40-minute feature shows Aidan's dedication to the sport and the lengths he goes to — both physically and mentally — in order to reach the highest level. He also reveals how geting his dog, Herbert, has led to the discovery of hard projects off the beaten track...
Leopold Von Pooch 8C
First Ascent Truffles on Bicycles 8B+
First Ascent King of the Hill sit 7C+
Alphane 9A
Stairway to Heaven 8B
Child of Hell 8C
Hazel Grace 8B+
Vecchio Leone Sit 8C+ First Ascent
Isle's of Wonder Sit 8C+ First Ascent
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Aidan has repeated hard problems around the world and added a few of his own - Arrival of the Birds 9A, Spots of Time 9A, as well as Isles of Wonder Sit Start 8C+, Superpower 8C/+, Railway 8C in Rock...
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During late 2023 and early 2024, my approach to climbing was pretty serious. I wanted it to be that way. I'd found a series of projects which inspired me and pushed me to be better than I was, and I wanted to do what it took to climb th...
In this week's Friday Night Video, a strong team of boulderers from across the pond join up with the likes of Aidan Roberts and Dan Varian for a trip to Fairhead. For the Americans, Fairhead has always been fairly under-the-radar but they...
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Watched this already but it is a truly fantastic film. I love wedges videos and Aidan is such a modest and humble guy. The podcast he does with Sam called Careless Talk is worth a listen.