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Worlds Strongest Climbers, Insane 1 Minute Knockout...

Toby Roberts

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On the eve of the World Cup season beginning where all roads will lead to the Olympics in Paris, 12 of the worlds strongest climbers gathered in... Hull.

Rockcity and Serious Climbing Distribution kindly provided a training camp that included some of the Worlds best selection of climbings holds that were expertly set by B-Pump owner Katsu and renowned setter Tsukuru.

There were strong Japanese, German and GB climbers that included no less that 6 World Cup gold medallists.

Climbers included Sorato Anraku, Miho Nonaka, Yoshiyuki Ogata, Daiki Sano, Alex Megos, Yannick Flohe, Max Milne, Hamish McArthur, Jack MacDougall, Jim Pope, Erin McNiece and Toby Roberts.

When the training session was about to begin there was suddenly a surprise announcement...

An insane 1 minute knockout format with a full test of Balance, Coordination and Power.

With thanks to:

Rockcity Holds:
https://rockcityclimbingholds.com/GB/

Rockcity Climbing Wall:
https://rockcity.co.uk/climbing/

Serious Climbing Distribution:
https://seriousclimbing.com/

Setters:

Katsuaki Miyazawa of B-Pump Ogikubo:
Instagram: katsu_8611

Hori Tsukuru of B-Pump Ogikubo:
Instagram: tsukuru_8611

B-Pump Ogikubo:
Instagram: bpump_ogikubo

Follow the climbers on Instagram:

Sorato Anraku:
Instagram: anraku_sorato

Miho Nonaka:
Instagram: nonaka_miho

Yoshiyuki Ogata:
Instagram: ogata.yoshiyuki

Daiki Sano:
Instagram: daiki__sano

Yannick Flohe:
Instagram: yannick_flohe

Alex Megos:
Instagram: alexandermegos

Max Milne:
Instagram: maxthefuture

Hamish McArthur:
Instagram: hamish_mcarthur

Jim Pope:
Instagram: jimpopeonarope

Erin McNiece:
Instagram: erinmcbeast

Jack MacDougall:
Instagram: jack_climbing

Toby Roberts:
Instagram: toby_climbing

20 Comments

@arrrriba 2 years ago

Super nice to see men and women on the same boulders for once, great climbing from everybody involved

@BAdinkersGaming 2 years ago (edited)

The true skill ceiling of climbing may never be unlocked. Watching some of the best in the world get sat by a hard route is a good reminder of the potential that is still out there! Love it Toby!

@darcangelomauro 2 years ago

This has got to be the best climbing channel right now. Hard climbing, dry commentary, no bullshit, love it

@thingswelike 2 years ago

What a selection of climbers... In hull!

@anrizald 1 year ago

This video is like that one Haikyuu arc when different schools go to summer camp and train together. Love it lol

@Chicky-yy7nk 2 years ago

WHO IS HERE AFTER THE GOLD?!!!

@oderiest 2 years ago

Toby this is so good, such a privilege to peek behind the scenes of a training session with this crew! Would have loved to hear some of the original audio as well to hear more of the vibes and banter, but this is ace as it is!

@liangfamily 2 years ago

Dam, who's editing this video, its amazing... Great commentary too!

@ewanpakula2810 2 years ago

Sorato is such a joy to watch climb!

@arrrriba 2 years ago (edited)

So impressed by Max M and Erin, damn

@AStrangeHill 2 years ago

I was here on this day.. imagine the bewilderment you might feel walking into one of your local gym's and as you put your bags down, you look around and see some of the worlds top pro's sessioning boulders and bloc's... 🤯🤯 Epic

Great vid Toby! Really enjoyed this one, some reallly nice climbing on display there & that gold moment.... 😮🔥🤘🏼😁

@driesvanoosten4417 2 years ago

Wow, seeing your Brixen top again. What a legendary moment that was. Truly inspiring!

@marcosparra110 2 years ago

Best climbing video on YT rn

@nilsp9426 2 years ago

Subtle sidenote here: I love how all athletes trained - and competed - together. It wasn't split between men and women (although there were more men tbh). I strongly belief that some of the performance gap between men and women in many sports originates from women not training enough with the strongest men or not expecting to perform at a similar level in the first place. Climbing is such a complex sport beyond just raw power, so the often assumed difference might not exist on many boulders anyways. This is what I love about climbing: it has room for different strengths to show and it is a very inclusive community. In my view, especially the chess elite could learn a lot from this...

@user-go1vx6tl8n 2 years ago

toby's commentary makes these feel like video diaries. a nice change of pace compared to the typical vlogging style and super charming

@vacuumdude7964 2 years ago

I love this format! Really cool to see a room full of such different climbers in this way

@sean6387 2 years ago

Fantastic editing. Katsu is a legend. A few years back watching him testing the setting at Ogikubo was mind-blowing. His knowledge of movement possibilities is second to none.

@morgydee 2 years ago

Toby I hope you understand just how amazing this channel is for watching high level climbing

@ndmtzn 2 years ago

action-packed! thanks toby for sharing this all-stars mini-event.
btw, the back-to-back shots of the same moves were superbly edited. as mentioned by others, in general awesome editing throughout.

@HajongLee 2 years ago

This video was sick. All your videos on this channel have been amazing. The edit but also the commentary and your insight into everything! I just love your enthusiasm and transparency. Please please, never change.