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I had listened to the newer podcasts first and now that I’m coming back to the older ones wow… Truly, Climbing Gold! The old podcasts are my favorites now! I love all the history, keep it coming, please ❤

I know it's almost unheard of in the US, but not everyone craves media attention and constant self-promotion (going to avoid the more vulgar terminology here). Others need her for clicks and views, not the other way around. The only time she really used her status was to shift focus to an issue that should matter to others >> REDS. Yet nothing really changed, so... Nothing left to prove to anyone.

Cheering for Jenya as Russian too. Still, find it very sad that also the Olympics are so politics dependent. Normal people in any country mustn't be punished for what the rich elite power of this world is doing... Very sad. Still cheering for all Russian speaking athletes!!

The comments about the combined event are spot on - Janja's been knocked off the #1 spot in a few individual events but the chances of Ai or Oriane winning a combined event are pretty slim - I feel like the only competitor who might give Janja a run for her money isn't Natalia............it's Brooke.

Had anyone ever beat Janja in a combined event?... obviously... it's sports... but she dominates BOTH events almost every time... for someone to beat her in a combined event, I don't see it happening

Jenya!

I don't think Alex in his 20s could've been in the elite level in the comps anyway. His hardest climb is 9a. That was his mid 30s though so i could be wrong. But the Olympic climbers are incredibly strong and athletic and Alex seems more mentally strong than a pure athlete to me.

Ai Mori could maybe beat Janja in lead but you forgot to mention the score for boulder and lead is combined. Sorry but Ai is not that good in boulder from what I've seen so the chances she takes gold in this combined event are very slim.

Ya, once you see pictures of the area, it’s so stunning 👍

Alex been really enjoying these podcasts over the last year hope you keep the channel going. That pic of Fitz over your shoulder is mega. Good that climbing is in the olympics and hope all the guys entering have fun, but i've gotta admit i'd be more psyched if they mixed it up and instead of the venue they build at Bouget went out to the mountains. I know it would be a break from typical competition settings but there is so many epic routes/boulders in france i think they have missed the boat think they could have done something really unique. Greetings from the Alps/UK.

What a cool, humble guy.

Useless is right. Its been great to see Jenya training at Malek's gym, The Boiler Room in Canada, but it would be much better if she never had to leave her country in the first place. I'm so glad she stuck with climbing, and now she can use her platform to talk about the war and to make sure we don't lose sight of what is happening and never stop supporting Ukraine. Slava Ukraini!!❤

Conversations like this is one of the reasons why the athletes at the apex experience burnout and anxiety... I get it's 'fun' to throw names and predictions, but keep in mind they're humans too.. Imagine people have comparative conversations about you, wouldn't feel too great.. Makes you wonder why Janja keeps such a low profile despite being one of the biggest names in competition climbing.

Barring injury, Garnbret's odds on for top podium spot easy. Maybe Mori can improve enough on the boulders so the rope wall gives her chance to upset but that a longshot. However, she might not even make finals if the boulder semi goes bad. A battle for silver & bronze imho & i'd say 5-6 or even 7-8 have a real chance for them. Looking forward to this for sure.

gossip only....

Go ai mori! Rooting for her to win

Maybe Janja just loves climbing and doesn't want to be famous. She's the best by a mile - just watch her win and enjoy the moment!

Oh please, guys… queston marks about Janja? Don’t you have any other ideas for content?

what an unexpected guess 😁 I think of all the other top women, Ai is most likely to be able to beat her

I didnt expect something so uncritical from Honnold. Totally in the system now...

dood is doing a podcast in an unfinished wc

Sure, outdoor bouldering is a lot of fun, I'd do it everyday in summer if only for the fact that I'd need to drive at least half a day one-way to get anywhere... So I don't really want indoor gyms to just be a training place for something I can do at most once a year. I'd rather have some fun and I'm not mad if people start to create new challenges that wouldn't be typically found outdoors because that's part of the unique strength of not being relient on only what nature produced

Where is this guy? In his closet covered by his living room rug? 😂 good content!

Why wouldn’t you just post the entire interview? Breaking up one interview into a bunch of videos is aggravating.

Go Brookie!! Got em crossed for the Olympics 🤞

Bro is broadcasting from a telephone booth

so glad Alex brought up Floatin' it's def top 3 mellow vids for me

Best of luck to Natalia and Jesse! And the rest of Team USA!

Who even wonders that?? 😂😂

He misrepresented the average ages of the top competitors quite a bit. Taking an average over a couple of years, Ondra and Schubert are by far the best male lead climbers and both in their 30s. Tomoa is probably still the top male boulderer and he's in his late 20s. Janja always wins boulder and usually wins lead, and she's 25. Until recently, the number 2 boulderer and number 2 lead climber in womens were also not super young. Yes, there is quite a bit of young talent coming through at the moment, but this isn't the first time this has happened (Janja has been winning since she was 16, and many other top climbers also went straight to the top as teenagers and then stayed there into their late 20s or early 30s). There's no reason to think the top comp climbers will keep getting younger.

More confused than ever about having kids or not

These days btw they (climbing community) organize big fest somewhere in Kaukasus, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. Big variety of climbs, multi-pitches, etc. Anytime welcome! ;))

Hahah))) Alex, what a surprise)) Siberian Stolbi have indeed nothing to do with Yosemite)) but the nature there is stunning on its own) Cliffs and valleys down the Yenisey river are smith!)) Hope U had a chance to see a bit around there ;)) Greets from Siberia! U rock! 💪

"the results take care of themselves" What matters is your internal satisfaction with how well you performed, I do believe climbing has a very healthy setup here, with athletes consistently cheering on each other.

Honestly, I would love to see a Janja vs Ondra challenge just for the fun of it. Do a little bit of inside and a little bit of outside.

no mention of ai nori??

toby for the gold !

no stefano in the olympics is really sad

wtf are these questions

Idk who the other host is but he's got bad questions lol "would you be good at speed climbing?"

Stefano will be missed! Arguably the 2nd best lead climber outdoors behind Ondra and we dont get to see him compete 😢

V15 in the Title, V16 in the Caption, catering to all opinions 😅

Simone Biles is 27. The average age of gymnasts winning competitions has been going up the last few cycles!

Love the podcast and the channel! The thumbnail branding is really good but you don't really need the logo in the thumbnail because I can see it in the channel profile pic below.

Why did he not come to the recent North Face event in London?

I'll go out on a limb & take a wild guess. Is it because he's not a comp climber & didn't even try to qualify? Am I close?

Great video - thanks :)

You're becoming a dinosaur 🦕 in this sport 💪😂😂

Alex, you are my favourite commentator, but I have a very petty complaint here... Speed climbing wall is not 100m tall, but 15m tall. So sprinting is still faster discipline than speed climbing, because how fast you are is determined by your speed, which is a ratio of the distance you pass and the time you do it in. So speed of Sam Watson would be 3.09 m/s (15m divided by 4.85 s) and Usain Bolt speed would be 10.44 m/s (100m/9.58s).

I've watched Alex climb free solo, I'm not a climber never have been but Alex brought me to watching people climb it's a awesome sport and sometimes life dedication, and I think people who risk their lives for a passion are special humans who keep the rest of us in awe, but also inspire other people in their every day lives, if they can do that I can do my bit in my life, I call it positive mental attitude so I applaud good positive people, anyone going through a tough time in their lives watch these people climb it's shows you with determination there is always a route to the summit