An honest journey projecting one of Australia's hardest climbs
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- This route and the years and process on it has meant the world to me. It was the centre point of my climbing for nearly a third of my climbing life. A wild concept really. Putting the pieces together and trying to solve the problem was a wild journey. One which I wondered if it would ever end. Where was the finish line? How much further?
I am so incredibly psyched for the time I got to spend on the route and at this cliff. Sharing many hours with many people. I'll hold on to those years for forever.
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One of the best videos i have seen about a very long term project and the mental battle. My favourite part was when you showed the voices in your head. I have never seen this in any video before and it was really eyeopening. Crazy how much our brain can stop us from concentrating on what really matters. I have the same doubts and voices when trying to send something hard and I am close. The biggest power a climber can have is to be able to switch off and just exicute. Congratulation on this epic journey, well deserved victory.
The mind can be our biggest asset or a huge liability haha. It’s incredibly hard when it runs away from you. But that’s the endless journey of climbing and life 😀. Very fulfilling. I’m psyched to hear you liked it. Thank you
Totally agree I absolutely love d that part. One of the best representations I've seen of everything flying through your brain when you're fully consumed by a project
Thanks mate. Psyched to hear that ✌️
LIGHTWEIGHT BBY
Always
BRISTOW YOURE AT THE TOP !
I love your authenticity, honesty, humor and YOUR knowledge and wisdom. So good to see that you were ultimately successful in your process - Congratulations on all the experiences and completing a long-term goal!
Thanks mate. I really appreciate that. It was a wild time but so happy to see it to the end
@@TomOHalloranAus I completely believe you, your body and your eyes also told a story 😉🤪 All the best when processing it, it feels like a bigger success than it looks! 👏💪
Congrats on the send! So so so good. Love your channel and how genuine it is. Makes me reminisce about my time climbing in Australia. I've never even posted a comment on RUclips but wanted to express my support! 🎉
Wow, thank you so much. That’s very kind. An honor to be your first comment haha. Thanks for being here on the journey 😀✌️. Keen to keep sharing the climbing down under
“What a pile of jugs” haha! Good as gold mate. That was sick, dude.
Total jugs haha. glad you enjoyed :)
That last shot looked so relaxed it was like a different route. Congratulations Tom.
It felt nice. Still nervous and worried, but relaxed and happy. A nice space to be 😀
Congrats Tom, absolutely incredible send. The rawness and authenticity that you give us around your experiences, the highs and lows, the tides of stoke going in and out is really something special. Thanks for sharing, and I can't wait to see what you get up to next!
Thanks mate. I really appreciate that and psyched to hear it resonated with you. I can’t wait for the next as well 😀
I will admit, I strive to have that growth in my climbing where I can go from screaming and angry at myself to happy that I am doing what I am doing. My project at what feels like my physical limit is playing mind games with me as well. Here is to an never ending battle of the mind where joy and peace is the real victory. Wonderful climb, even better insight and growth! Thanks Tom!
The head games are so difficult to deal with. They can feel impossible. Good luck on the journey on the this proj and all the future ones 😀✌️
Ahh, I am so happy for you Tom, that happy child energy that you put in climbing is truly amazing, it is a reminder to not bang your head against the wall so much and just get out there and have fun and get freacking stoked one move at a time. I teared up a little haha
Ahh thank you. I really appreciate that. Had a few folks message about tears, you’re not alone. I’m psyched the journey connected with you 😀. Thank you
I dont know you Tom, but every time i listen to you, i think that you're a beautiful human being and you inspire me to be strong and also kind and open. Thank you:)
Ahh that's super kind, thank you. Just sharing the love and psyche for climbing :)
"I tied in with a big ol' grin on my face" :)
An exceptional tale into the psychology behind it all. Thanks for taking the effort to tell this inspiational story Tom.
Thanks mate 😀🙏
one of your best video yet Tom! will be added to my climbing motivation playlist for sure!
Thanks Chad. Glad you enjoyed it mate. Hope it’s one which gives you some psyche for a while to come 😀✌️
Watched the last 2 minutes 3 times over..
So much (high quality) climbing media just drifts past your eyes.. but this one's going to really stay with me.
Absolute legend!
Ahhh awesome thanks mate. Really psyched to hear this one connected with you. Keen to make more in the future 😀✌️
YEW saved this to watch on my night shift to psyche me up and got so much more out of it. Thanks for sharing the mental battles that come with an insane project like this. EPIC!!!
Haha thanks Raph. Glad I could make nightshift a little better. Psyched to hear you enjoyed it :)
Such a good story. So universal for every climber psyched for (or obsessed with) a route. The processes, the doubt...the send.
Thanks mate. I appreciate it. Psyched to hear you found it relatable ✌️
Tom, the sheer amount of dedication you had to send this is incredible. This video tells the story immaculately and really demonstrates the push and pull of the journey. Thanks for the psych!
Thanks for being there to watch. Really psyched to hear you enjoyed it. It took a lot to finally make happen
Making some of the best PROPER climbing pysch on youtube here, Tom. Keep at it, lad. Legend
Thanks mate. Trying to keep it fun and real :)
Blood, sweat, tears, and FROTH! Yes TOM! Way to be so present in the moment and be a perpetual FROTHER!
Thanks mate. Psyched you enjoyed it ✌️😀
What a journey! thanks so much for sharing it Tom. The part where you edited in all the internal self talk was super relatable.
This vid deserves so many views.
Thanks mate. Would be awesome to have it break out to new audience. We’ll see how it goes. Psyched to hear it was a relatable journey for you. Tried to keep it real
Nice work Tom! Love the full commitment - "you're not coming back, and you're not!" Awesome climbing.
Thank you. Haha nope, not coming back :)
bloody oath!!!!! what a masterpiece, internet family is very proud!!!
Haha thank you. Very happy to finally share the journey with everyone. Feels really great
That hold at 5:21 is wild what a cool hand position
There’s some awesome holds all over this
Massive Congrats Tom!! :) so pure and raw, What a journey mate!! Thank you for sharing the mental process that a lot of us can relate too. Psyched!!
Thanks mate. I’m psyched to hear it resonated. I hoped to be as true as possible in it all
That was so good Tom. I loved your description and analysis of the mental process ❤ so real
The mental ups and downs and struggles makes climbing what it is. Both the most frustrating but most rewarding. Thanks for joining in mate :)
A proper engaging video, bud.
I think all of us who have been following your progress on this project were proper chuffed to hear it'd gone down, and now to have the struggles and the send codified here is a great final act to the story.
Thanks for sharing your *very relatable* journey with us :)
Thanks Paul, hope you're recovering well mate and back out on the cliffs soon.
So good Tom. Can only imagine how good that felt to put it all on the line for the send and then stick it. Well done and congrats!
Thanks mate. It did feel nice to finally get through it all. Surreal to be climbing those final easy moves to the top
Loved watching part of your journey on this one! Congratulations. Pretty rad to say you've climbed the hardest route in your COUNTRY haha!
Nice one, man.
Psyched to hear you enjoyed it. Thank you :)
Thanks for sharing the internal game. "Just keep showing up", important to hear on multi-year projects.
Yep, sometimes it’s all you can do. Find the positives and keep showing up 😀
@TomOHalloranAus the number of times ive dragged my tired old ass to the proj when i had no skin and felt week but miraculously reached a high point, surprises me every time haha
Haha can fully relate to that
wow, what a ride! had me tear up in a bunch of places! so happy for you, and also proud of you, that is some inspiring and otherwordly amount of dedication! thank you so much for sharing! there is something about your channel that makes everything so personal, and real, genuine and honest, and that is why we all watch you! thank you! and it also really goes to show how mental game is the most important thing in climbing, and if you are not true to yourself, and happy with what you do and what you want to do, it aint gonna happen! this was absolutely awesome to watch, and the end is perfect, bleeding fingers and staring into the camera with blood under your eye! haha tom you are awesome and thanks so much for sharing!
Wow, thanks so much, Thomas. Very kind words, mate. Psyched to hear it resonated with you and got something from it all. The head game is certainly a huge factor in climbing, especially when you're trying to push yourself. It was a wild journey and I learnt a lot from it all. Good luck on your climbing journey too
@@TomOHalloranAus thank you! and i am looking forward to your next videos!
Well done Tom, love that the send was in the moment and not in your head 🎉 yewww
Shred till tour dead!!!!!!
Thanks. Haha yeah. Shred it all 😀
sometime we forget why we do what we do. those battles makes us remember by the hardway, wich is pretty intense. great video, great history! it made me excite to arrive at australia in 2024 and keep having those fights
Haha yes sometimes we can find ourselves deep in the middle of it. But that struggle makes the end all the more sweeter. Psyched to hear you enjoyed it ✌️
What a brilliant video. Congratulations!!!
Thank you. Appreciate it. Really happy to finally share it with the world
That moment when you clipped the chains… I felt that 🫀
Funny how the story of the climb became the story of your life, and the lessons learned along the way. Awesome achievement and addition to Aussie climbing 🤟
Ahh thank you. I can still feel it when I rewatch the clip. I don't want to loose that feeling. Psyched you enjoyed it :)
Such an amazing looking route! And loved the authenticity of the video, definitely makes me inspired to dig into a project.
It’s a very cool piece of climbing. Glad you enjoyed the video. Good luck digging into the next project. It’s a rewarding journey 😀
I just got back from my local climbing gym, and i can obviously tell you are much better than me!. Keep up the good work!
Haha thanks. Keen to keep on making :)
I am just speechless. Awesome movie, one of the best. Thank you
Wow thank you. Psyched to hear you enjoyed it. Thank you
This video is gold!!! I cannot say in words how I was psyched by watching this. This is a whole new level of hard-projecting type of video. I love that there are almost no route details, focusing instead on your mental transformation and self reflection. This inspired me so much. What a piece of art right here! I am currently on my first projecting exp on a 7b trad in my home crag. After watching this I am so excited to imagine what will happen to me for the climbing journey in the next decades. Walls along with time change us.
Thank you so much. Very kind words. I really appreciate it. Good luck on your new proj and all the fun adventures climbing will take you on in the future. It's an incredible thing :)
That was a beautiful watch bro. I don't rock climb at all but come across the vid by searching up hardest grade rock climbs Australia and had to say very good story
thanks mate, appreciate it. nice to hear it can connect with folk outside of the climbing space. thank you
Tears in my eyes. Congratulations. What a journey.
Wow thank you. I'm glad you connected with it so much. I'll have to admit I even teared up a dew times while rewatching edits haha. It gets me too
All the best for your send from germany... Be proud of yourself. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you :). Thanks for watching and enjoying
Thanks for being real... as you always are!
Thanks mate. Psyched you enjoyed it
Took ages to have the time to really sit down and watch this video. It needed its own moment, so glad I didn't rush it. Proper psyched for you Tom, amazing work, both the climbing and the video of the process. Loved it, proper!
Thanks mate. I really appreciate that. It was quite the process to climb then tell the story. Psyched you enjoyed it. Haha and I can totally relate to trying to find a quiet 25min to yourself 😂. Especially this time of your
love seeing an Aussie send amazing route, well done
Thanks mate. Australia is a good place to be 😀
Fantastic. Absolutely fantastic.
Thank you, appreciate it. It’s was a pretty crazy little journey. Glad you enjoyed it 😀
Brilliant video Tom! The way you are not only able to depict the physical and mental fortitude required for this kind of ascents but also reflect on your journey with this climb through Amazing cinematography is unmatched!
Ahh wow thank you. I appreciate that. I tried to be as real and truthful about the journey as I could. I'm psyched to hear you enjoyed it
Congrats Tom! You’ve told a beautiful story there, you should be very proud
Thank you. I appreciate that. It took a while to make it all come together. Felt almost as hard to make the video as it was to climb haha. But both feel awesome to finally have done and shared with the world
On ya Tom. Such a brilliant video about your inner turmoil and the quest to endure and achieve. You are such a brutally honest storyteller and you really lay it all out there for us to see and hear on the floor beneath your woody.
Thanks mate. I appreciate that. I do my best to be as true as possible and share the real bits :)
Epic! What an amazing journey from bolting to sending, through highs, lows and tangents. Congrats on breaking the cycle!
Hah yes it certainly was a wild and winding journey through the years. Psyched to see it to the end
Really cool and honest video! Congrats on the send Tom! 💪🏼
Thank you ✌️😀
Thank you for sharing this story.
Thank you for watching and enjoying :)
Just awesome! Congrats for going through the huge physical and metal process. You deserved this FA. 🎉👏🍻
Thank you. It was a huge process for sure. Feels good to have seen it to the end
What a journey! Congrats on the send🎉! Thanks for sharing with all the ups and downs!
Thank you. Psyched to hear you enjoyed it. It was a crazy journey for sure
Beast mode! I find it pretty frustrating to keep falling off the last move of a boulder for a few weeks, but to get out to that many attempts and that amount of time must be something else...!
It totally got frustrating. It’s pretty hard sometime. But just gotta come back to the small wins. The silver linings and keep showing up
So much to like about this video. The raw genuine emotion, the well told story, the editing, and the send!
Keep up the great vids and epic climbs Tom 👍
Thanks mate. Appreciate it. It was a lot of fun to put the edit together and tell the story. Feels great to finally share it with the world :)
Really fantastic story and beautifully put together for all of us to enjoy. Bravo mate 🥂
Thanks Lee. Appreciate it mate. Thanks for a few of the catches and weather report in there as well haha
The most inspiring video I have seen in a very long time! Thank you so much for posting the unfiltered version and congrats!
Ahh thanks mate. Appreciate that. Psyched to hear you enjoyed it and it resonated. Thank you
After a wholehearted mental and physical journey you accomplished something great and came out wiser and stronger. Big up Tom! ❤
Thanks :). Haha yes, it was a pretty wild journey
Such great work. We first talked about this route what seems like a lifetime ago...and I get messages from people who are in agony when not sending after a week's effort!
I am sure you learned a lot, so much in fact that you wanted nothing more than for the lessons to stop coming! Way to keep the eyes on the prize.
Hope all is well with you, Audrey, and Amanda. Happy holidays!
SB
Haha yes, Steve, that was a long long long time ago. The lessons rolled in thick. I’ve always thought there’s a lesson to be learned on each route and got frustrated at how many lesson were being learnt here haha. ‘Ok, i understand, I’m read to send now!’ Crazy journey but very fulfilling.
We are great. Hope you and the fam are too.
I sow You in many nice bouldering video but I subscribe for this vid in particular, you share yourself and it is amazing.
Thank you. Psyched to have you here. Just doing my best to share the journey 😀
So rad! What a huge send, thanks for taking us along for the journey - such authenticity from the top level of Aussie climbing is really inspiring. The head-noise scene in particular was spot-on, I don't think I've seen a better representation of how performance anxiety manifests itself in route climbing. Love your work Tom, keep it up!
Ahh thank you. I appreciate that. Definitely wanted to be true to the experience. Awesome to hear it resonated with you 😀
This video is a masterpiece! Congratulations Tom!! :)
Ahh thank you mate. I really appreciate that. Psyched to hear you enjoyed it. It was all quite the journey
That was put together really well! Great storytelling and what a send 🎉
Thank you :). It took a long time to wrap my head around it all. Psyched to have finally shared it with the world
Mate huge congratulations!!! Thanks for being so vulnerable 🙏
Haha thank you for being here and watching and psyched you enjoyed :)
Thank you for sharing your journey with this amazing climb!
Thank you for being here and enjoying it :)
Wow Tom, thanks for your introspective journey. Over 6 years on a route, congratulations! Much respect.
Thanks for watching 😀. Glad you enjoyed it
Congrats dude! I love your storytelling. I edit videos and I've been watching for a while now. Your channel is very authentic and it fires me up to get back to work...both editing and training haha
Ahh that’s really cool man. Psyched to hear that, thank you. You’ll have to get the fingers fired back up 😀
Congrats! Thanks for sharing 😊
Thank you ✌️
Wow, what an absolutely beautiful video Tom. Frothin' at the end hey.
Thanks. Psyched to hear you enjoyed. Haha totally frothin
Brilliant video, very you. very inspiring really enjoyed the process. Love the last bit ' break the cycle, your not coming back.
Thanks Chris. Haha yep, not coming back now :)
Fantastic content
I really appreciate the honest description of the process .
Inspirational
Thank you. I appreciate that. Glad you got something from it
that was a treat to watch! thank you :)
Glad you enjoyed. Thank you
Thanks
Wow thanks mate. That’s really generous. Thank you. I appreciate it 🙏
@@TomOHalloranAus Didn't realize sending a "thanks" would just post the word thanks... Love your stuff dude, spreading froth to all! Keep up the good work, and congrats!
I’ll do my best to keep the froth frothin’ 😀✌️
Congratulations Tom! On top of it being such an amazing accomplishment, your videos are totally engaging to watch and your honesty throughout was awesome. You're the man!
Thanks Philip, I appreciate it. Tried to be as truthful to the process as I could and share it all. Psyched you enjoyed
Super nice story! Thanks for sharing!😊 Super inspiring!
Thanks, psyched you enjoyed it and got something from it :)
Man this was sooo inspiring. Can't really imagine how that mental battle was. Well deserved sick send. Big lessons to learn here.
Love your videos, your humbleness and your overall attitude.
Man, I just want to go straight onto my projects and work hard right now... :-) This was so stoke-inducing to watch.
Haha thanks mate. Appreciate that. Makes me psyched hearing others are getting psyched from it. Enjoy the projects 😀
Amazing mate. Congrats. Amazing that as many projects seem to go, you looked smooth as for the send!
Haha it only took 7 years to get there. Felt nice to just feel the rhythm of the climb in the end there
Thank you, Tom. I really felt what was in your heart as you climbed. Just like Matty Hong's Megatron, those vulnerabilities are what elevate a climbing video. You are a great storyteller and I look forward to many more yarns.
Thank you. I really appreciate that. Really psyched to hear it’s hit a little deeper for people. Really hoped to be as honest as possible with it. Looked forward to sharing more
Amazing! Awesome job man! That was an incredible journey. Thanks for taking us along. Can't wait to get on a couple of my projects.
Thank you. Psyched to hear you enjoyed it. Hope the projects go well for you :)
Awesome video! More video of the blue mountain!
100% keen to share more of the blue mountains
Great video really special
Thanks mate. Appreciate it ✌️
This was amazing tom, hope a lot of people get to see this. Such a pure documentation of the projecting journey
Thank you. Psyched to hear you can resonate with the journey. I think no matter where we are all at in climbing, the process is the same :)
great storytelling! thanks for making this hones video. What a journey! Well done!!! I always try to tell myself that by already being outdoors at the crag, everything is already great because I can enjoy my hobby and what an absolute gift it is to have found such a hobby/passion. Sending is just the icing on the cake then :) Keep on crushing!
Yes, you're very right there. It's just incredible to be outside and exploring the best hobby ever. I can lose sight of that sometimes
yeah me too! i try to tell that to myself everytime when I'm at the crag. keep on crushing!
Love the insight to your projecting methods
Glad to hear you enjoyed it :). Thanks
such a great film, i loved how uncensored and honest it was! congratualtions!
Thank you. Psyched to hear you enjoyed it. Wanted to be as true as possible
What a great story.Thanks for sharing and congrats on the send, Tom.
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it. Feels so good to finally share it with the world. It’s been a while coming 😀
Really well put together storytelling, so glad you were able to bring everything together to share with us!
Thank you. I’m so psyched to finally share the story with everyone. Feels awesome 😀
Great storytelling tom. Congrats on the send.
Thank you. Psyched to hear you enjoyed it :)
@@TomOHalloranAus as always ofcourse!
So sick man, makes a boulderbro like myself almost want to go sport climbing.
Haha sport climbing is pretty damn fun :)
Amazing send and great storytelling!
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it😀
Great journey, great video! Thank You for sharing! Congrats!
Thank you thank you. Psyched to finally share it with you :)
Thanks for sharing this process mate! It's important that pro climbers show up and make an honest window of what it takes to really climb(or anything else) hard and with all your heart. Congrats!
Thank you. I really appreciate that. I just wanted to be as truthful and honest as possible. This is the journey we all go through 😀. Really nice to hear it’s resonating with people
Congratulations and thanks for sharing the mental battle, a lot to learn from it.
Thank you. I’ve been wanting to put this together and share it for ages. Psyched to hear you got something out of it ✌️
Incredible! Love the commentary. Not familiar with the Aussie scene, but I would love to see someone else get on this thing. It looks amazing
There’s a few folk who are keen. We’ll see what the next few year hold in terms of repeats
Well done! Really happy for you! 💪💪💪
Thanks. Feels awesome to have it all done and shared with the world
well produced as usual. great send!
Thank you 😀✌️
Such a great video! Absolutely loved it! Thank you 🙏
Thank you! I'm psyched to hear you enjoyed it. Love putting it together and it's awesome to finally have it out in the world
Awesome Tom, congrats!! What a line. Thanks for sharing the process!
Thank you. It’s a beauty of a line for sure
So real and inspiring mate, it is a great insight into ptojecting. Congratulations
Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you
Sick video. What an epic story and an awesome send in the end. Congrats.
Should coax one of the european beasts down for a repeat.
Haha yes it was a wild ride to go through. Really wanted to capture that. Haha yeah we’ll see if this video is enough bait
Congrats Tom, well deserved. Thanks for the storytelling and insight behind the scenes.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you