These are the best climbing videos on youtube, and they just keep getting better every time. Awesome steep climbing, a proper adventure, beautiful scenery, and some cool history as well- what more could you want? Gets me so stoked to get out and have adventures of my own
Thanks so much for the amazing comment 🥰 Genuinely feels so good to know that my films are connecting with people and inspiring them to have adventures 🧗♀️ ⛵️
Different class this mate. Chills when I watched the intro, something about these islands have captivated me since I first heard about them one morning after a wake and bake many years ago.
This was epic and one of the coolest climbing videos I've seen. The back story made it so much more meaningful and interesting I really appreciate you sharing this. So cool and impressive all the way around sir.
Thanks so much for the lovely comment. You’re spot on, the story of the St kildans made it a lot more powerful. I felt very privileged to have the opportunity to share this story :)
So beautiful to see the exploration of history, culture and ancestry of place along with the adventure of climbing. Thanks for a great film Robbie and team!
About half way through and watching the rest tonight! Superb video. A lot of climbing videos seems to show other countries beauty, so brilliant to see Scotland, even this remote showing how special it is. Great work 🧗
Wow Robbie - what a film. This is so inspiring, and so well put together. Not only was your climb an incredible physical/logistical achievement, but also a wonderful way of spreading the history of the area and the people who lived there. As per usual for your longer form content, the filmmaking is a cut above the rest as well. Cheers for putting such a great film out for free on youtube, and for inspiring so much stoke in the new year!
Cheers mate! Appreciate the comment - it’s a trip of a lifetime and an amazing opportunity to tell an incredible story, I was really honoured to have such a chance 😊
What an adventure! Thank you for sharing this. Brilliant to watch the climbing, the laughter and the location. Without films like your’s most of us will never see these unique locations.
I thought just the combo of sailing to the cliff to climb was rad as it’s a dream of mine. The wild fa the history style and presentation are absolutely epic and first class. Well done men .
I've been following your videos since the beginning. They've always been fun and real but you've managed to improve the production values incomparably without losing any of the genuine feel. Great, well done!
Beautiful work Robbie. I really admire your passion and enduring commitment to bring these adventures to an audience whom will most likely never be able to accomplish such feats. Thank you for reconnecting us to our land through your expertise and hard work. Props to your crew and the skipper, what a legend. Keep showcasing Scotland for the absolute garden of earthly delights that it is!
Thanks so much for the lovely comment :) I am trying to keep the spirit of adventure in climbing alive through these videos. And of course I love sharing the magic of Scotland!
Your ground up onsight style is so refreshing. Free climb as much as possible and get to the top! I think you did an amazing job capturing the spirit of what drew me and many others to the sport. Cheers from Wisconsin USA!
That's funny you said that... I talk a bit about "Spirit" in my recent lectures. It's something which I think every "lifer" climber knows and understands at a really internal level. I call it the "Spirit of climbing", a combination of Challenge, Adventure, Creativity, Culture and History. I am still exploring more of this idea but would be interested to hear what you think?
Mate incredible video. I'm getting a little emotional at work watching it. It almost didn't look real with you climbing past the bird mess at 43:41. Keep up the great work
Having sailed my small yacht,Mwera, out to St Kildale in May this year, I can identify with how moved you were by the history of the people who lived there. It is a magical place to visit, and your captain was a lot braver with his inflatable than I would be, but that made your adventure possible. Great story and great filming in a challenging environment. Thanks
Bleddy awesome! Always wanted to visit St Kilda and this film has only stoked that desire more - that wall!!! An amazing effort from the whole team and reinforces that you don't need to travel to some far flung corner of the world for true adventure. So inspiring, thanks all :)
Thanks so much man for the comment! It's true, you don't need to jump on a plane - we have it here in the British isles! I can't wait until spring arrives, I just wanna go explore more of the incredible places we have here :D
@@RobbiePhillips so true and yes I'm psyched for Spring too! Climbing nowhere near your grade but if you're ever looking someone to explore stuff with/arty collab. down Cornwall way then let me know! ;)
Brave lads!! Climbers are crazy!! 😂 Also VERY cool to see Scott Johnston do his thing, not sure what was the hardest, manouvering that dinghy so close to the rocks or finding that weather window this summer.
This is the kind of climbing video I like to see. Very good quality. You guys did put a lot of work into this video. Some more Nature shots would have been great as this environment is so different to what I am used to. Also amazing to still se someone not use some clickbait in the title. With evereyone else it had to be something like: Climbing the hardest most remote Seastack in Europe
Haha well maybe complain to the camera guys, I used every nature shot I had :P To be honest with you, there was very little nature we could capture... we were climbing outside of the major bird nesting season (on purpose), so there were not many birds on the cliffs... just a few fulmars here and there. Gannets are on Boreray and Stac an Armin/Stac Lee, not where we were. There were no seals that we could see... I was on Pabbay this September and we got lots of seal footage, so you can look forward to that film in 2025 :) We did get some footage of the Soay sheep though, so that was cool. Re clickbait... well, it works! I don't have a problem with clickbait if it spells out whats in the film. I just don't like it when it's bending the truth, or just a plain lie. I try and make sure the title and thumbnail combined give a good illustration of what to expect, and ultimately I want as many people to see this film as possible, so if I have to use a wee bit clickbait, I will.
Super film Robbie! Credit to you and a strong team of comrades. Mind on meeting you on Hoy sometime last year and you were planning this great adventure inspired by the old St Kilda writings - happy to see that the ambitions and dreams have been more than realised!
Fantastic film. The story telling and narrative was spot on. Send it to BBC Scotland - they should give you a job. Well done to you and the whole team. Stunning effort.
Ace! What a place and what an amazing bit of history. Still thinking about those horsehair ropes 🤔 That wall looks amazing for climbing even if it is a bit chossy. It must feel so wild
HAHA! Thanks a lot man, high praise! A landing area...? WHat do you mean? There's a wee spot you can jump onto as seen in the film, but below the first climb is a sheer cliff
@@RobbiePhillipsunfortunately yt promotes sh..t content for people with 5 seconds attention span. 8 hope that advertisers will realize that people like you have much more, hmmm, gotta say it- influence, on climbers than people with million fake 'followers'. PS those StKildeans had balls of steel.
@@middle-agedclimber haha yeah the St Kildans were incredible! makes me wonder what amazing feats were achieved by humans all over the world long before us! Also yeah, RUclips pushes what it thinks makes money. Unfortunately I do think the more standard YT climbing vids seem to be what the youngsters enjoy. But I'll just keep doing my thing :P
I actually have! funnily enough, it was Scott our skipper in St kilda who was showing me recently as a suggestion for a future trip :) do you have much info on them?
@RobbiePhillips I think they would, but yeah.. I am sure it's a bunch of work and it is far from major airports. I can imagine it might not be worth it to travel there yourself, but at least getting the film in there would be worth it!
@RobbiePhillips however speaking of history, we have a crag in ophir with a lot of history. First ascents from Royal Robbins to Henry barber.. Lynn Hill got the FFA on Ophir broke, pretty classic 12c
Glad you enjoyed it Haha! Well yeah, I think the main takeaway I got from this is that the Victorian era was not the birth of technical rock climbing... far from it!
Abso-bloody-lutely! I have two big ideas in my head of things I wanna do on St Kilda... one is of course to go back to Soay to the Great Wall!!! But I have another magical idea... I'll leave that one in my head for now :P
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Im a big fan of the style of doc where it's as much about the exploration as it is the sport
These are the best climbing videos on youtube, and they just keep getting better every time. Awesome steep climbing, a proper adventure, beautiful scenery, and some cool history as well- what more could you want? Gets me so stoked to get out and have adventures of my own
Thanks so much for the amazing comment 🥰 Genuinely feels so good to know that my films are connecting with people and inspiring them to have adventures 🧗♀️ ⛵️
Different class this mate. Chills when I watched the intro, something about these islands have captivated me since I first heard about them one morning after a wake and bake many years ago.
Glad you enjoyed it! Its a wild place... if you ever get a chance to visit, jump on it :)
This was epic and one of the coolest climbing videos I've seen. The back story made it so much more meaningful and interesting I really appreciate you sharing this. So cool and impressive all the way around sir.
Thanks so much for the lovely comment. You’re spot on, the story of the St kildans made it a lot more powerful. I felt very privileged to have the opportunity to share this story :)
Absolute class. What a cliff. Adventures don't come much better than that. Production was brilliant. Memories to last a lifetime. ❤
Wow! Thanks for the words :)
Robbie Phillips releases a new video - today was a good day.
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So beautiful to see the exploration of history, culture and ancestry of place along with the adventure of climbing. Thanks for a great film Robbie and team!
Thanks Emily :D
You are making yourself pretty scarce, Mr. Phillips...Always happy to see new bold climbing stuff.
Yeah, these sorts of films take a lot longer to pull together. I think they are worth the wait ;)
Are we different?
100% most genuine, spectacular and entertaining climbing video (and channel) on YT!
Wow, thank you! High praise :)
About half way through and watching the rest tonight! Superb video. A lot of climbing videos seems to show other countries beauty, so brilliant to see Scotland, even this remote showing how special it is. Great work 🧗
Thanks :D
Excited for this. Thanks for coming down to Above Adventure the other week
Haha! You saw it at the wall - gonna watch again :D
Wow Robbie - what a film. This is so inspiring, and so well put together. Not only was your climb an incredible physical/logistical achievement, but also a wonderful way of spreading the history of the area and the people who lived there. As per usual for your longer form content, the filmmaking is a cut above the rest as well. Cheers for putting such a great film out for free on youtube, and for inspiring so much stoke in the new year!
Cheers mate! Appreciate the comment - it’s a trip of a lifetime and an amazing opportunity to tell an incredible story, I was really honoured to have such a chance 😊
I love your commitment to the adventure of going to these more remote places
Thanks Matty! I think for me going to the places that are harder to get to is even more fulfilling
Wholesome video. Thanks Robbie and all the people involved. Gives me adventure jitters x
Thanks so much! Everyone pulled together to tell an amazing story :)
What an adventure! Thank you for sharing this. Brilliant to watch the climbing, the laughter and the location. Without films like your’s most of us will never see these unique locations.
Thanks so much Jen :)
Robbie’s videos are always worth the wait, so impressed with the story feeling in these movies, another classic mate.
Cheers Kev :D
I thought just the combo of sailing to the cliff to climb was rad as it’s a dream of mine. The wild fa the history style and presentation are absolutely epic and first class. Well done men .
Thanks a lot man! It was an incredible combo. Got some more sailing/climbing plans for summer 2025 :) Find yourself a friend with a boat! :P
I've been following your videos since the beginning. They've always been fun and real but you've managed to improve the production values incomparably without losing any of the genuine feel. Great, well done!
Thanks so much! That’s awesome to hear you say that - more on the way too :)
What a superb film. Thank you Robbie and Will. Chapeau too to the film crew that captured this adventure. Thank you!
Thanks man! Ryan and Hugo smashed it with the cameras :D I should really make a "making of" film for this one, it;s one hell of a job!
@@RobbiePhillips You're welcome. Great idea.
Such a well made film Robbie. You capture the essence of a good honest climbing adventure like no one else!
awww thanks :)
These videos are in a league of their own, the care and attention really shines through!
Thanks a lot freddy!
Beautiful work Robbie. I really admire your passion and enduring commitment to bring these adventures to an audience whom will most likely never be able to accomplish such feats. Thank you for reconnecting us to our land through your expertise and hard work. Props to your crew and the skipper, what a legend. Keep showcasing Scotland for the absolute garden of earthly delights that it is!
Thanks so much for the lovely comment :) I am trying to keep the spirit of adventure in climbing alive through these videos. And of course I love sharing the magic of Scotland!
This was stunningly good. Congratulations to everyone involved in making it as this is something of special value
Thanks so much :)
Your ground up onsight style is so refreshing. Free climb as much as possible and get to the top!
I think you did an amazing job capturing the spirit of what drew me and many others to the sport. Cheers from Wisconsin USA!
That's funny you said that... I talk a bit about "Spirit" in my recent lectures. It's something which I think every "lifer" climber knows and understands at a really internal level. I call it the "Spirit of climbing", a combination of Challenge, Adventure, Creativity, Culture and History. I am still exploring more of this idea but would be interested to hear what you think?
Unreal loved every minute, the history entwined with the climbing, so sick!
Thanks Nathan - glad you enjoyed it :)
Mate incredible video. I'm getting a little emotional at work watching it. It almost didn't look real with you climbing past the bird mess at 43:41. Keep up the great work
Thanks man! It was emotional being there haha Such a magical place
What a great adventure!!!! Amazing content as always, Robbie, one of your best!
Thanks so much :) I do think it's the best story I've had to tell... once in a lifetime!
Great stuff Robbie, and the rest of the team. I thoroughly enjoyed that. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it
Fabulous adventure, vlog, story and passion. Thanks for this Robbie, a climbing video with spirit, history and reverence. Amazing.
Having sailed my small yacht,Mwera, out to St Kildale in May this year, I can identify with how moved you were by the history of the people who lived there. It is a magical place to visit, and your captain was a lot braver with his inflatable than I would be, but that made your adventure possible. Great story and great filming in a challenging environment. Thanks
It sure is an amazing place. Scott was incredible!!! You need someone like that to get you in there :)
23:45 never thought I would use the term "multi-pitch spray wall" but here we are. Looks amazing. Terrifying, but amazing.
HAHA! It is isn't it - so much potential :D Can't wit to go back!
What a wild and yet romantic ride! Bravo, gentlemen and thank U👊🤘❤
Thanks so much :D
Fabulous adventure, vlog, setting and story. Thanks Robbie, a climbing video infused with history and passion and reverence. Superb work.
Thanks so much! I love the history of climbing - this story I fell into felt too amazing to not tell
@RobbiePhillips it's a story 'lived-in' and it feels it.
Absolutely excellent film. Wonderful stuff!
Thanks so much 😊
What a lovely film!
Thanks :)
This was a bit more than a RUclips video, this was a film. I hope people get the chance to see this on a big screen. Amazing.
Thanks Drew! Appreciate the comment :) it’s really special in the big screen. Hopefully gonna do a couple more screenings early next year
Bleddy awesome! Always wanted to visit St Kilda and this film has only stoked that desire more - that wall!!! An amazing effort from the whole team and reinforces that you don't need to travel to some far flung corner of the world for true adventure. So inspiring, thanks all :)
Thanks so much man for the comment! It's true, you don't need to jump on a plane - we have it here in the British isles! I can't wait until spring arrives, I just wanna go explore more of the incredible places we have here :D
@@RobbiePhillips so true and yes I'm psyched for Spring too! Climbing nowhere near your grade but if you're ever looking someone to explore stuff with/arty collab. down Cornwall way then let me know! ;)
Wow, what an adventure! Great piece of filmmaking too.
Thanks so much 😄
Superb as always, great stuff! Epic AF!
Thanks Robbie, that was beautiful
Thank you 🙏🥰
Fantastic film and fantastic storytelling! Awesome stuff Robbie!
Thanks George!
best climbing documentaries on youtube :)
Thanks so much :)
Exceptional video as ever, bravo Robbie!
Cheers mate :D
Brave lads!!
Climbers are crazy!! 😂
Also VERY cool to see Scott Johnston do his thing, not sure what was the hardest, manouvering that dinghy so close to the rocks or finding that weather window this summer.
Tbf, I chose the dates :P so maybe it's me whose the oracle of good weather haha
Great film, thanks for making it.
It was a pleasure :D
Amazing story and video. Thanks a bunch and well done.
Thanks a lot! 😁
This is the kind of climbing video I like to see. Very good quality. You guys did put a lot of work into this video. Some more Nature shots would have been great as this environment is so different to what I am used to. Also amazing to still se someone not use some clickbait in the title. With evereyone else it had to be something like: Climbing the hardest most remote Seastack in Europe
Haha well maybe complain to the camera guys, I used every nature shot I had :P To be honest with you, there was very little nature we could capture... we were climbing outside of the major bird nesting season (on purpose), so there were not many birds on the cliffs... just a few fulmars here and there. Gannets are on Boreray and Stac an Armin/Stac Lee, not where we were. There were no seals that we could see... I was on Pabbay this September and we got lots of seal footage, so you can look forward to that film in 2025 :) We did get some footage of the Soay sheep though, so that was cool.
Re clickbait... well, it works! I don't have a problem with clickbait if it spells out whats in the film. I just don't like it when it's bending the truth, or just a plain lie. I try and make sure the title and thumbnail combined give a good illustration of what to expect, and ultimately I want as many people to see this film as possible, so if I have to use a wee bit clickbait, I will.
The story as important as the climb - thank you :)
And one hell of an important story to tell I think :)
Beautiful film - thank you
Thanks man!
Great film of a great adventure, I loved it!
Cheers Marcus :D See you at ratho!
Awesome adventure! Great production quality and story telling too.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow.... just wow! Thanks for sharing your memoryl
Wonderful adventure. Shout out to the camera crew !
Absolutely! Couldn’t have done it without those legends 🎥
What an adventure! Great storytelling :)
Cheers Tim :)
Chapeau! That was was quality. Couldn't make it to above adventure - hope you have cause for another visit in the future
Thanks dude! Loved Above adventure - will defo be back :)
Super film Robbie! Credit to you and a strong team of comrades. Mind on meeting you on Hoy sometime last year and you were planning this great adventure inspired by the old St Kilda writings - happy to see that the ambitions and dreams have been more than realised!
Haha Gavin! That’s right - we met in the car park didn’t we? Hope you’re keeping well :) glad you enjoyed the film
15:40 best accidental gollum impression ever
HAHA! I was wondering when someone would notice that :P My gf said I looked like a monkey haha
This deserves a lot of views!
Thanks :D RUclips isn't pushing this one for some reason though :/ If you enjoyed it, give it a wee share :D Always helps!
Thank you Robbie, this is so inspiring! Salute from Holland 😊
Cheers mate! 🏴 💪
Fantastic film. The story telling and narrative was spot on. Send it to BBC Scotland - they should give you a job. Well done to you and the whole team. Stunning effort.
Thanks a lot Duncan. That’s some high praise :)
Yeah one of the best climbing videos. 👌
WooP! Thanks man :D
great, as always!
Breathtaking scenes
Ace! What a place and what an amazing bit of history. Still thinking about those horsehair ropes 🤔 That wall looks amazing for climbing even if it is a bit chossy. It must feel so wild
Cheers Angus and Hazel!
this, This, THIS is adventure climbing.
WOW
It sure is!
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The quality of this is awesome
-- it's better than an episode of the BBC thing "The Great Climb".
You should all be proud !
Haha wow! That's a brilliant compliment :D Well I am excited to say I've got more on the way ;) so stay tuned!
Best climbing film of 2024
haha I'll take it! :D
Your best vid by far, what a great adventure! I recon there’s a landing area there on that first climb 😊 Next time, haul a rig up 😊
HAHA! Thanks a lot man, high praise! A landing area...? WHat do you mean? There's a wee spot you can jump onto as seen in the film, but below the first climb is a sheer cliff
I love this!
Up there in one of the top climbing films. Wish it was longer.
Haha thanks Neil! That’s mega praise.
Damn, that is proper adventure. Wonderful film. PS i had a notification for this film set on, but f.g yt still didn't show it to me...
Thanks :) Oh I have no idea why that would be? RUclips is kinda annoying these days...
@@RobbiePhillipsunfortunately yt promotes sh..t content for people with 5 seconds attention span. 8 hope that advertisers will realize that people like you have much more, hmmm, gotta say it- influence, on climbers than people with million fake 'followers'. PS those StKildeans had balls of steel.
@@middle-agedclimber haha yeah the St Kildans were incredible! makes me wonder what amazing feats were achieved by humans all over the world long before us!
Also yeah, RUclips pushes what it thinks makes money. Unfortunately I do think the more standard YT climbing vids seem to be what the youngsters enjoy. But I'll just keep doing my thing :P
I love everything about this
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Bravo!
Cracking video Guys epic Adventure
This looks epic Robbie, such cool climbing and history! Have you ever seen pictures of the sea cliffs in Newfoundland? I think you’d really dig them.
I actually have! funnily enough, it was Scott our skipper in St kilda who was showing me recently as a suggestion for a future trip :) do you have much info on them?
another classic!
Thanks!
Superb film.
Thanks Ben :)
Amazing work! Awe inspiring.
Is it possible that I already saw this film somewhere? Is it on Reel Rock?
No definitely not on ReelRock. Unless you came to one of my talks recently, you wouldn't have seen it
Awesomeness ❤
Thanks 🤗
epic!
Great film, thanks 👍
That was so good
Thanks so much!
Hope to see this film and yourself at Telluride Mountain Film this year
You think they'd be keen? I don't really bother with the festivals as it's a lot of extra work to enter haha
@RobbiePhillips I think they would, but yeah.. I am sure it's a bunch of work and it is far from major airports. I can imagine it might not be worth it to travel there yourself, but at least getting the film in there would be worth it!
@RobbiePhillips however speaking of history, we have a crag in ophir with a lot of history. First ascents from Royal Robbins to Henry barber.. Lynn Hill got the FFA on Ophir broke, pretty classic 12c
Sound amazing! I'll have a think - maybe I can just put the film in
Exceptional video of your superb adventure- what a place that is!!! So Napes Needle wasn’t the birthplace of British climbing 😉
Glad you enjoyed it Haha! Well yeah, I think the main takeaway I got from this is that the Victorian era was not the birth of technical rock climbing... far from it!
fantastic
some more awesome st kilda magic. I assume you're planning on returning?
Abso-bloody-lutely! I have two big ideas in my head of things I wanna do on St Kilda... one is of course to go back to Soay to the Great Wall!!! But I have another magical idea... I'll leave that one in my head for now :P
thats a real adventure
Is Landlock sailor from Utah? All I can say is fuck yeah captain! Beautiful debriefing.!!
What kind of rock is it? Awesome work!
Gabbro :) Thanks!
Awesome film and inspiring stuff. The audio levels were atrocious tho. One second it's nearly silent and the next it's blowing my speakers.
yeah sorry about that! I need to do some adjusting - they weren't noticeable on my headphones, but as soon as I had them on speakers I noticed it too
Excellent adventure. Enough for you to be Puffin' out your chests .
Love it! Shame we never saw any puffins haha apart from the one shot from the early 1900's I slid in there
47:06 climbing on the thumb-prints of history?
What are the gloves? I've only seen that type with padded palms.
WideBoyz gloves
@@RobbiePhillips Awsome. Cheers.
still dont understand why you're under 100k subs
Haha because I don’t share films every week. I think you really need to churn them out, but I jjst can’t make them that fast haha 😜
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