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  • Опубликовано: 12 апр 2024
  • Matilda is back, and we have another flash-fight! First one to do 3 boulders that the other one doesn't wins the game.
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    FIlmed by Cordelia MJ
    Edited by Emil Abrahamsson

Комментарии • 175

  • @EmilAbrahamsson
    @EmilAbrahamsson  2 месяца назад +238

    Hey all, firstly I'm just gonna clarify something: I used the word "Flash" a bit incorrectly here, I'm referring to a concept called "day-flashing", which is when you do the boulder on the first go of the day. Flash is technically doing a climb on the first attempt, which maybe half of these boulders were. The other half we had tried on previous sessions! For the sake of the competition we couldn't do proper flashes, since we had either tried or climbed many of the boulders in the gym already.
    Also, production speed has been a bit lower lately as I've been editing a monster of a video (film from Lofoten last summer with Matilda), and on Monday I'm off to Tokyo for 2 weeks for a bunch of fun film stuff, so expect May to be packed with content!

    • @richtercl98
      @richtercl98 Месяц назад

      we all gonna be psyched for may! 🔥

    • @maxfern5701
      @maxfern5701 Месяц назад +5

      Off to Japan uh? Filming with some other youtuber maybe? 😏

  • @JKimPersonal
    @JKimPersonal 2 месяца назад +329

    Trick question. We all know from Magnus it’s hidden option number 3. Taking your shirt off.

  • @chasingfelix3609
    @chasingfelix3609 2 месяца назад +228

    As a climber whose strength let him advance quickly without gaining as much technique, this is the perfect video to help me improve!

    • @idaveje383
      @idaveje383 2 месяца назад +9

      I wish i were you.

    • @chasingfelix3609
      @chasingfelix3609 2 месяца назад +28

      @@idaveje383 sorry if it came off bragging. It was not intended that way. What I’m saying is that I got through a few grades fast but my technique is awful because of it. So to actually be a good climber, I need to develop that technique.

    • @idaveje383
      @idaveje383 2 месяца назад +27

      @@chasingfelix3609 No,no I did not mean it like you were rude or anything. It's just that im the opposite of you. I have good technique but hard to build strength so I wish I had easy to build strength thats all. It was a joke lol. Sorry if It came off as rude, mb

    • @chasingfelix3609
      @chasingfelix3609 2 месяца назад +20

      @@idaveje383 you’re good! Hopefully we can gain more of what we are missing and keep getting better.

    • @CalsaJM
      @CalsaJM 2 месяца назад +73

      Nicest internet interaction I’ve seen and faith in people restored aha

  • @m1dnightcrashb862
    @m1dnightcrashb862 Месяц назад +22

    17:42 "I've been lied to" 😂 my new favourite climbing quote

  • @theoklitosamvrosiadis1134
    @theoklitosamvrosiadis1134 2 месяца назад +98

    The stakes should be that whoever loses will be allowed to do only crack climbing for the next 6 months! Pete will be stoked 😉

    • @garronfish8227
      @garronfish8227 2 месяца назад +1

      I think make it that they need to complete some hard crack problem in that gym before they can do anything else

  • @nicolodalmonego2785
    @nicolodalmonego2785 Месяц назад +48

    I like how Emil watches Matilda climbing as if he's watching an exotic animal😂

  • @gingobingo1567
    @gingobingo1567 2 месяца назад +78

    Like the sturdy foundation beneath a soaring tower, strength and technique intertwine in the ascent of mastery. One without the other leaves the climber incomplete, for strength fuels ambition while technique guides the path. In the crucible of challenge, they are not adversaries, but allies, forging resilience and precision. Embrace both, for in their harmonious balance, we find the summit of possibility.

    • @valkata1997
      @valkata1997 2 месяца назад +5

      wow what a beautifully written comment

    • @EmilAbrahamsson
      @EmilAbrahamsson  2 месяца назад +26

      While I may have gone with a more bone-headed mentality in this video, I actually really appreciate this way of describing the two! Beautiful

    • @Radian-Absolute
      @Radian-Absolute 2 месяца назад

      Bot

    • @Robert-zt5zt
      @Robert-zt5zt 2 месяца назад

      Nice use of ChatGPT 👍🏼

    • @ayuminor
      @ayuminor 2 месяца назад +3

      Me no understand those words, me PULL!

  • @thebooduck
    @thebooduck 2 месяца назад +38

    The dynamic between the two of you is so smooth, makes for a great watch!
    Gotta love the "Yeah Boi!" at 18:55 😂

  • @SpaceBotany
    @SpaceBotany 2 месяца назад +23

    Always love the collabs with Mathilda, such a good time.

  • @GauravBe
    @GauravBe Месяц назад +8

    "Fearless competition" and then proceed to encourage and support each other through each climb

  • @JPsk8core
    @JPsk8core Месяц назад +7

    I love her style, the change of beta of the first problem blown my mind :O

  • @tessaabedon8267
    @tessaabedon8267 Месяц назад +6

    i could not possibly be more excited for matilda to have her own channel

  • @just_johannes
    @just_johannes 2 месяца назад +12

    Love to see Matilda here, you both compliment each other so well. Y'all should do a summer trip with Pete and Tom again, that clip was extrodinary entertaining

  • @blindgeorged6386
    @blindgeorged6386 2 месяца назад +28

    I will 100% be subscribing to Matilda’s channel

  • @Javiertr86
    @Javiertr86 2 месяца назад +8

    Great video! Idea for another competition: pick a not too hard boulder V3-V5 you both have to climb and each time one of you gets to remove one intermediate hold, the first who can't climb it while the other still can loses

    • @madinge711
      @madinge711 Месяц назад +1

      That’s actually so fire

  • @Betweentwogames
    @Betweentwogames 2 месяца назад +6

    Just got done climbing. Stoked to watch.

  • @mayabrody2522
    @mayabrody2522 2 месяца назад +3

    Matilda's lock off strength is crazy! Thanks for another awesome video of two of my favorite climbers ❤

  • @carpet7664
    @carpet7664 2 месяца назад +15

    He broke that boulder so much without even meaning to that’s crazy

  • @WoMoLu
    @WoMoLu 2 месяца назад +7

    Just got back from a bad climbing session-but Emil has uploaded… Ill take that! Love your content

  • @Kaygu_
    @Kaygu_ 2 месяца назад

    yay I just watched the previous contest between you a few days ago. Perfect timing !

  • @daffydus
    @daffydus 2 месяца назад +3

    "Are we here climbing boulders or solving differential equations?" - Emil Abrahamsson 😂 8:12 That has to be the quote of this video

  • @adventure_shadows
    @adventure_shadows Месяц назад +2

    Mathilda is in a such controool 🤩 Static rules!

  • @DanDrag-un6qy
    @DanDrag-un6qy Месяц назад +2

    Indoor bouldering... It's somewhere between a v7 to v9
    Outdoor bouldering... It took me two years to go from v7 to v9

  • @havardbekkevold7255
    @havardbekkevold7255 2 месяца назад +3

    Always good vibes in your videos 🌞🖐

  • @alvaroc6326
    @alvaroc6326 2 месяца назад +2

    As a fellow power junky I'm happy you finally beat technique.

  • @dantelaw7759
    @dantelaw7759 Месяц назад +1

    Love the videos with Matilda! Any competition between the two of you needs to include some techy lead climbing though, otherwise it just won't be matched!

  • @AA-nx8zy
    @AA-nx8zy 2 месяца назад +3

    Whoever loses has to do an easy boulder for an insane amount of repetitions. Awesome video. Mathilda climbs with such impeccable grace, and the positions you can generate power from is equally as graceful in an aggressive way. Thank you for uploading.

    • @Radian-Absolute
      @Radian-Absolute 2 месяца назад

      Yeah! let’s get them tendonitis 😄. . . How bout no

    • @AA-nx8zy
      @AA-nx8zy 2 месяца назад

      @Radian-Absolute They've been climbing for a long time, I'm sure they're aware of when it becomes too much. Can understand your point of view though.

  • @colemiller6529
    @colemiller6529 2 месяца назад +3

    I also have the technique where I just try as hard as I can on every Boulder. Probably why I tore my bicep...

  • @3delweiss
    @3delweiss 2 месяца назад +1

    Great Video! You two work so great together as a pair
    I'm hyped to see the next one!
    Looser has to visit the cellar and try all the weird stuff Pete is doing down there?

  • @theoklitosamvrosiadis1134
    @theoklitosamvrosiadis1134 2 месяца назад +4

    Also, would be awesome to see a flash-off with Nikken! He's been looking very strong

  • @hydra66
    @hydra66 2 месяца назад +1

    When Emil has an incredible climbing day, the rest of us can only dream

  • @M0dElite
    @M0dElite 2 месяца назад +5

    In the spirit of the new combined olympics format, I think it would be interesting to see at least one route put into the mix. I have a hunch that your different styles become even more apparent in the lead wall 😉

  • @Idiomatick
    @Idiomatick 2 месяца назад +10

    Real title:
    Strength + Technique or Technique + Strength?

    • @bullydungeon9631
      @bullydungeon9631 2 месяца назад +1

      It feels like logically the winner is strength + technique, can't maximize your strength on the wall with good technique unless you have strength to maximize

  • @MrJarastamon
    @MrJarastamon 2 месяца назад +4

    Good technique comes with strength, it's hard to exercise proper techinue when you can barely hold a position or hold. Conversely strength comes with good technique. Good technique and positioning can make a strong move easier.

    • @billking8843
      @billking8843 Месяц назад

      If you watch raw beginners, many of them (especially those whose pronouns are he/ him) often use their impressive strength to avoid learning to climb efficiently. Women often learn efficient climbing quickly then add strength quite naturally, then start crushing it and leaving their boyfriend behind. Leads to quite a few breakups when the guy gets jealous.

  • @jonnes__4657
    @jonnes__4657 2 месяца назад +1

    🗽 Love to see Matilda again... 💖
    .

  • @cycubus7643
    @cycubus7643 Месяц назад +1

    We need a new Cordi video!!

  • @flyingmobias
    @flyingmobias 2 месяца назад +6

    Seems dynamic climbers might commit more and flash more. Might rely more on luck (and have more opportunities from more strength). Flashing isn't everything of course. We all know power and technique are key. Rock climbers are elitely technical n precise already compared to nearly every other sport.. static climbers may be more analytic which is fine. #thoughts

  • @matejhajek4675
    @matejhajek4675 2 месяца назад

    Amazing video!

  • @ameliajones4641
    @ameliajones4641 Месяц назад +1

    I wish they tried each other’s beta, would’ve been really interesting!

  • @joshuadonovan3812
    @joshuadonovan3812 2 месяца назад +1

    Emil at 6:53
    So happy to score two points. 😂

  • @emterroso
    @emterroso Месяц назад +2

    It's like watching a Shaolin master vs. a barbarian.

  • @dsmeier6270
    @dsmeier6270 Месяц назад +1

    Dang she is so good.

  • @franlep3811
    @franlep3811 2 месяца назад +4

    So there is a land where everybody is handsome and practice bouldering …
    Where is it ?

  • @sebastianp4665
    @sebastianp4665 Месяц назад +1

    Would love to see you in Japan at B-pump, really interesting to see how you do on those grades. Bring Nikken, have him set with them and exchange setting culture. And bring Magnus, because he's always adding an extra flare :D

  • @denlolsauce5140
    @denlolsauce5140 2 месяца назад +4

    Matildas ape index looksmcrazy

  • @maxfern5701
    @maxfern5701 Месяц назад +1

    8:50 completely destroyed the beta 😂

  • @ST-vt4nu
    @ST-vt4nu Месяц назад

    I would say technique is more important than strength, cause once you've got good technique the needed strength will naturally build and if you lack strength, like I did when I started (and I also couldn't 'just reach' on easy boulders, since I'm 5'2), it forces you to learn more technique early on, meaning you won't hit a plateau the same way a strong person with 0 technique likely will. I would also like to add a 3rd element to this tho, which is bravery. You can't progress if you're too scared to do certain things. (But there is a difference between being brave, and being reckless and dynoing to crimps a month into your climbing. that's how you injure yourself)

  • @mitchell8182
    @mitchell8182 2 месяца назад +3

    sick🤙

  • @user-cx4ll4rj1t
    @user-cx4ll4rj1t Месяц назад +1

    silly question - with no strength you can't climb anything. this is why even novices who are strong do better than the average climber who has been climbing for years. now I will watch the video.....back now, brilliant video, great entertainment, loved it.

  • @KunalKishanMehta
    @KunalKishanMehta Месяц назад

    Emil makes everything look like a v2, it is not fair

  • @MeriadocMyr
    @MeriadocMyr 2 месяца назад +1

    I will patiently await demon Matilda

  • @Olixer109
    @Olixer109 Месяц назад

    You need a good combination of both to be really good. Me and my friend climb the same level and he's twice as strong as me but not as technical.

  • @atomiccocoanut2596
    @atomiccocoanut2596 23 дня назад

    matilda is so cool

  • @Niels4156
    @Niels4156 2 месяца назад

    Competition idea: outdoor sport climb, either os comp or day send comp

  • @vincent8273
    @vincent8273 Месяц назад

    I feel like the boulders at my gym, when it comes to these harder ones, never has as many holds - im only a v3 beginner myself but its just something ive noticed

  • @ayuminor
    @ayuminor 2 месяца назад +1

    MATILDAAAAA whoop whoop!

  • @Rockhug
    @Rockhug 2 месяца назад +1

    Static climbing doesn't mean its more technical, just meaning its different. Static climbing doesn't mean its more efficient. Sometime it is, sometime it isn't, it does depend on the problem and your body morphology for said problem.

  • @guilhermesoares7857
    @guilhermesoares7857 2 месяца назад

    Tips for begginers to increase the endurance so climbing sessions can take as long as yours? 😅I'm thinking sport climbing probably helps, but I don't know other methods

  • @matteobecchi1210
    @matteobecchi1210 2 месяца назад

    You could take a bunch of climbers of mixed levels, coach them a bit and then do a team competition.

  • @ReaperUnreal
    @ReaperUnreal 2 месяца назад +1

    Got it, I'll work on my one-armers and forget about technique. This was definitely the takeaway of this video. 👍
    As for a competition, maybe some sort of bouldery lead route competition, with a very cold dip into a river or lake as punishment.

  • @dizietz
    @dizietz 2 месяца назад

    I haven't seen technique till I climbed at bpump ogikuboro for 3 months straight and watched japanese world cup climbers climb!

    • @dizietz
      @dizietz 2 месяца назад

      (though to be honest they are also strong... but in a different way)

  • @Theaddekalk
    @Theaddekalk Месяц назад

    grat vid, you need both. but i seen alot of strong people not coming nowehere onn a climb, but if you train climbing style "strength" what ever that is you can come a longer then a short way, but you gonna need some techniuqe in the end. but with technuiqe you can come a long long way, and the thing hindering you in the en dis strenght. so you need both 100% but techniuqe is op XD

  • @chicken2433
    @chicken2433 2 месяца назад

    cant wait to see matildas crack climbing video

  • @nabilkabbadj7759
    @nabilkabbadj7759 2 месяца назад

    Here's an idea about the stakes : how about a championship belt ?

  • @unvexis
    @unvexis Месяц назад

    I’m pretty beat after just three hours of hard bouldering. I imagine being able to go hard for eight hours straight helped a lot with training for competitions.

  • @GrandeAdventure
    @GrandeAdventure Месяц назад

    The short answer to the question the video poses is "yes".

  • @hvanderwolk
    @hvanderwolk 2 месяца назад

    ....Dollar challenge: 4 slab boulders v9 to v11, 4 crimp style boulders v9 to v11, 4 dynamic boulders v9 to v11, 4 physical boulders v9 to v11. Good luck🎉

  • @jarrej7185
    @jarrej7185 2 месяца назад

    Strength pushes up your max grade, while good technique lets you send with less attempts? It's very boulder dependent tho

  • @polle314
    @polle314 Месяц назад

    Next in the series: What is more important for survival? The heart or the lungs?

  • @ModestG0ld
    @ModestG0ld Месяц назад

    this is random but I saw a TikTok saying Swedish accent sounds like stitch from lil and stitch and I can't stop hearing it now! anyone else?

  • @BlackdownBlocs
    @BlackdownBlocs 2 месяца назад

    Embrace the duality, strong-tekkers FTW

  • @introspection3884
    @introspection3884 2 месяца назад

    A competition with emil, matilda, nikken

  • @TheHujosh
    @TheHujosh Месяц назад

    "There is no such thing as too much strength" W.G.

  • @sarazzielh6518
    @sarazzielh6518 2 месяца назад

    For the Problem at about 9 minutes
    The route setter: uh some nice moves i planned there
    Emil: why are there so many holds?

  • @Dave_Ebert
    @Dave_Ebert 2 месяца назад

    Steaks as stakes?

  • @christophertolosa7142
    @christophertolosa7142 2 месяца назад +1

    Deep water soloing with Matilda. Loser falls in 😅

  • @Jim2point0
    @Jim2point0 2 месяца назад +1

    Video halfway over and we already see its strength I guess. But i dont think thats fair because its not like emil has bad technique 🤷‍♀️

  • @ayuminor
    @ayuminor 2 месяца назад +1

    If you're brave you can take reference from Anna Hazelnutt's challenge videos. Going up to a stranger and twerk at them, do a pistol squat on the gym's front desk and having the winner draw anything they want on you with a big ol' marker, just to name a few of their loser punishments. That ought to bring out the demon :P

  • @jonnes__4657
    @jonnes__4657 2 месяца назад

    🗽Technique, strength and flexibility is important! ☝
    .

    • @jonnes__4657
      @jonnes__4657 Месяц назад

      @JonaasK Okay, mobility is the better word. 🤨

  • @ryoma4904
    @ryoma4904 Месяц назад

    i am looking forward to the demonic episode!

  • @brekkoh
    @brekkoh 2 месяца назад

    Wait, on the first boulder emil said they both tried it before, but he said he flashed it? Does that mean it can be still be considered a flash if you have previous attempts? have i misunderstood that terminology this whole time

    • @stonehouse1
      @stonehouse1 2 месяца назад

      Nope, you’ve understood right. Flash is first go, what this actually is is a ‘retro-flash challenge’ 😊

    • @jp-wo6cq
      @jp-wo6cq 2 месяца назад

      also a lot of people will call it a "day flash" if they have already tried and but do it first try of the day

  • @santiagogc427
    @santiagogc427 2 месяца назад

    Saw a video where it said that swedish girls speaking english sound like Sticht and… I’m sorry Matilda but I can’t unhear it now

  • @bullydungeon9631
    @bullydungeon9631 2 месяца назад

    Im always scared to mention weight but which one of you is stronger by body weight % ?

  • @tribesnr42
    @tribesnr42 2 месяца назад

    2 min into the video. Thats not just technique, but insane flexibility imo.

  • @JaysenTC
    @JaysenTC 2 месяца назад +8

    Doesn't flash mean never done the boulder before?

    • @Cqat1
      @Cqat1 2 месяца назад +3

      Flash means doing the boulder on your very first try, with the knowledge of how it is supposed to be climbed or after at least having looked at someone climb the route beforehand. Onsight means flashing a route, but without any knowledge of how it is supposed to be climbed, essentially doing it "blind".

    • @SelcraigClimbs
      @SelcraigClimbs 2 месяца назад +3

      @@Cqat1 I think their point was that Emil and Matilda had done some of the boulders already before this video thus not being a true flash challenge. I guess you could count them as day-flashes so it still works 🤷‍♂️

    • @JaysenTC
      @JaysenTC 2 месяца назад +1

      @@Cqat1 ah thanks. I thought onsight meant you tried it another day but failed, yours is a much better definition!

  • @IWkris
    @IWkris Месяц назад

    Hong kong mentioned raaaahhhhh

  • @FoxxyCZ
    @FoxxyCZ 2 месяца назад

    Feels like they are not counting finger strength as a strength? In my opinion climbing is 80% finger strength, 10% body strength and 10% technique. But what do i know? I'm just a beginner who struggle to dead hang for 10 seconds and see finger strength as the major obstacle.

  • @kristofferjeppesen2865
    @kristofferjeppesen2865 2 месяца назад +2

    dang im third

  • @nickaborr
    @nickaborr 13 дней назад

    did matilda delete her video or just never posted it?

  • @PhantomWowfull
    @PhantomWowfull 27 дней назад

    She has very long arms damn!

  • @Romaing7
    @Romaing7 2 месяца назад

    Me watching this video after a lock off and fingers training 😅😂

  • @EloiGarrido
    @EloiGarrido 2 месяца назад +2

    dang im second

  • @jonathandurocher7843
    @jonathandurocher7843 2 месяца назад +2

    Dang I’m fourth

  • @h3nn09
    @h3nn09 2 месяца назад +1

    I can höra the svengelska

  • @RomanGuro
    @RomanGuro 13 дней назад

    4:26 doesn't count)) step on the yellow hold 😅

  • @qSfhsj
    @qSfhsj 2 месяца назад +3

    The female swedish accent is like Stitch 😂

  • @ishatonyou29
    @ishatonyou29 Месяц назад

    Technique will only get you so far: hit the weights!
    Strength will only get you so far: Always hold yourself accountable for your weaknesses, and chase improvement/progression!

  • @phkit420
    @phkit420 2 месяца назад

    Dang I’m late

  • @gd1037
    @gd1037 2 месяца назад

    9:00 I guess it's not cheating if you add a note saying it's not what it looks like during editing 😅 Mathilda is too kind to you Emile!

  • @yercules
    @yercules 2 месяца назад

    Power can save you from bad technique. And technique can save you from a lack of power.