i discovered climbing a few weeks ago , and am a middle aged man and it has bitten me big style. theres something about the feeling of it, hard to place, i love disciplines where its you against yourself and its almost like an art form.i got my first pair of climbing shoes today and am going to try them out tomorrow. i love what jai said about climbing being for everyone. i love how nothing matters on the wall, no race, no gender no anything just skills.love it love it love it
I loved this video, as a tall climber myself I found it very interesting as to how his training and climbing is so relatable to me. Even though hes only two years older than me hes such an inspiration and Im determined to get strong like him.
Siege no, in fact “goal” is perfectly acceptable basketball terminology. Don’t take my word for it, look it up. Where do you think terms like “goal tending” come from?
2:31, 2:55 Is that a Drop-knee bar??? Kai is Legendary, and always a pleasure watching him crush the routes at CRG. Keep it up Kai! Super inspirational!
Free soloing is a different kind of climbing. Most people don't free solo. and a climbers skills has nothing to do with the size of his "balls" Adam climbed the dawn wall with about a month of prep, Alex will not even try the Dawn wall because it is "too hard"
@@allantaylor6046 Neither of which have changed the result of the previous ones. You win a world championship, and that makes you a world champion. Just like how when you win Olympic gold you are forever an Olympic gold medalist.
The title of "best climber in the world" is a ridiculous one. Within climbing there are many different types of categories. One may argue Ondra is the strongest sport climber and his quick repeat of the Dawn Wall is a amazing accomplishment. Alex Megos nearly flashed Realization, he has next level ability. The difficult climbing that David Lama has done in the Alpine realm separates him in that category. Obviously Honnold is the greatest free solo climber. There are a handful of great V16/17 climbers, so who knows who the best boulderer is. And Tommy Caldwell is great at about every type of climbing, from speed ascents in Patagonia, to 5.15 sport climbing, to extremely hard bouldering and big wall climbing. But always remember the best climber is the one having the most fun!
It doesn’t say best climber in the world. It says COULD BECOME best climber in the world. So please read the title carefully before calling it a ridiculous title.
@@sashazykova4122 bruh climbing is every thing Morgan n said they are just climbing sub variants and saying best climber in the world would be a title for being the best at all of those things Head a*s
i am a climber and ive only been climbing for 7 months but i am so strong now and so involved. i train everyday but lately i am lacking in training but i train at home when i cant go to the gym. climbing involves tough love, pain, blood, tears, and sweat. all of which i have expirienced in just one session. it truly is a hard and dangerous sport but it makes you so strong yet gentle. it makes you so much more balanced and makes you mentally tough
Youth world championships, yes. He's never been to an adult world championship. This whole series is about kids/teens. The title doesn't specify that, totally agree.
Yep. This video is like the one made about ashima. American propaganda to its people about having the best of anything. When in actuality, there others out there who are better. There's a lot of salty people saying "whats the big deal" about giving this kid the spotlight. But no way is publishing false info considered okay. Saying this kid is the world's best climber is an insult to those who have achieved more.
I feel like he might might benefit from some barbell lifts as well to build explosivness and overall core strength. I feel like traditional strength training is often undervalued in the climbing community. Complex barbell movements are an absolute top tier way to build explosiveness and raw strength. You don't need to do it like a powerlifter and build shitloads of muscle but instead do speed reps and work on that fast twitch.
To all the people saying this is click bait you are slow it doesn't say that he is the best rock climber, it says he could become the best, because how good of a rock climber he is.
Go Kai Go! Stoked to see you on the speed wall. I know you are a talented boulderer and lead climber, it will come down to speed in 2020 for most climbers.
Daniel woods, nallie hukatival, megos, ondra, Jimmy Webb, vadmin_timonov, tomoa narisaki, Chon won chong, ondra, janja garnbret. And many many more are better so odd title.. but mad respect for his dedication
I’ve done 10,000 metres before it’s an inside support team for climber under 12 I’m 9 I was freaking out it had no harness I’ve been training since I was three when I started to climb up a 9ft cupboards. I had a tense time of 2, tense time means how long you get tensed and if you get to -5 you continue to the finals I’ve been in the finals for a total of 23 times. I have a tense time total of -20,000,000 I’ve had a few people that wanna get taught but they never new what a climbing support team meant and how to get it, my support team let’s me get a good stretch for the back bend twisters. If you wanna know where to train in Queensland for starters go to climb centres they usually have pre support teams my support team is very technical. I hope you enjoy climbing!
In my mostly uninformed opinion, it seems the US climbers don't have the right attitude to truly be the top of the top. There's a reason the Japanese climbers are the best overall and that's because they have a very balanced attitude about climbing and training and although they have a hard work ethic, they don't over train. They have a strong sense of camaraderie and a lightness the US teams don't seem to share. In every video I watch about the young US climbers, they all seem like they are being trained by a bunch of overly ambitious stage moms. It's a real turn off to be honest. Kai seems like a good guy though; he's just not being trained by the right people.
yeah man i seriously don't think that strength and conditioning training 3 days a week is effective. Basically all your training should be done on the wall with the exception of finger strength related stuff and core. There's a reason why kai quit competitive climbing. that's a rigorous schedule to have to put up with. if you're going to be a pro, you have to dedicate all of your time to training/recovery. You won't make it if you're starting college. I'm happy for the dude for looking into his future career but i can't help but think this training is part of why he was motivated to give it up.
@@danm1279 He's a sweetie. He let's them film him, but I don't think he's ever watched a finished video. He likes climbing, and let's me handle "business stuff".
"worlds best climber" WHOA DUDE, don't get me wrong he's absolutely amazing but you have Adam Oranda, Alex Honnold, Alex Megos, and Daniel woods to content with
@@sofifi03 Replace Alex Honnold with Tommy Caldwell, and add Chris Sharma, Jakob Schubert,Jimmy Webb and Nalle Hukkataival to your list and I would agree
COMMENT with the highest wall YOU think you could climb!
About 1cm
The one from the fairs
200ft
Depends on how hard the wall is. Anything 5.11 or under, probably very high
0.00000000000001 mm.
We get it, the title is clickbait. Kai is still a badass climber and at a young age still has the potential to do pretty big things.
The best climber from Indonesia you know ruclips.net/video/lBf2lp7OxnY/видео.html
@@muhammadrifadz11 speed climbing isn't really climbing, its its own category
At 1:29 it's that his bedroom? I want a room like that
Yep. That was his bedroom.
Cool right
No...3:43 is his bedroom 😂
i discovered climbing a few weeks ago , and am a middle aged man and it has bitten me big style. theres something about the feeling of it, hard to place, i love disciplines where its you against yourself and its almost like an art form.i got my first pair of climbing shoes today and am going to try them out tomorrow. i love what jai said about climbing being for everyone. i love how nothing matters on the wall, no race, no gender no anything just skills.love it love it love it
Yeah man, glad to have you on board! Keep holding on :D
In my experience climbers are very cool people in general.
kai the surfer
next video: kai the rock climber
yep ahah
thats me but both
Dude I legit just Kane fro Kia the surfer
yeh
Yea hahahahahahaha
I loved this video, as a tall climber myself I found it very interesting as to how his training and climbing is so relatable to me. Even though hes only two years older than me hes such an inspiration and Im determined to get strong like him.
"basketball goal" 😂😂
ikr
What's funny about that?
BlackHowl1 you don't call it a goal, it's a basketball hoop or rim
Siege no, in fact “goal” is perfectly acceptable basketball terminology. Don’t take my word for it, look it up. Where do you think terms like “goal tending” come from?
BlackHowl1 ...it’s hoop or rim
2:31, 2:55 Is that a Drop-knee bar??? Kai is Legendary, and always a pleasure watching him crush the routes at CRG. Keep it up Kai! Super inspirational!
yes it is :)))))))))))))))))))))))
Adam Ondra is the world's best climber.... and will be for a while
nah alex hannold smashes adam
no, I'm pretty sure even Alex agrees Adam is better.
Daniel Anderson yep. Alex always says he is not the best climber in anything. He is just a really good allarounder
@@danielanderson5409 nah he only says that cause of his humble character. adam doesn't even have the balls to free solo el cap.
Free soloing is a different kind of climbing. Most people don't free solo. and a climbers skills has nothing to do with the size of his "balls" Adam climbed the dawn wall with about a month of prep, Alex will not even try the Dawn wall because it is "too hard"
what do you mean, world champion.....I mean he's good an all, and won the pan america title, but still...facts still matter
He might be top in his age group but I think it's gonna get a lot harder, think of guys such as Jongwon Chung.
Didn't realize that Jernej Kruder was 19.
@@windriver2363 Theres been two world champs since 2014.....
@@allantaylor6046 Neither of which have changed the result of the previous ones. You win a world championship, and that makes you a world champion. Just like how when you win Olympic gold you are forever an Olympic gold medalist.
@@kennylau111 wut lol, he isnt 19
The title of "best climber in the world" is a ridiculous one. Within climbing there are many different types of categories. One may argue Ondra is the strongest sport climber and his quick repeat of the Dawn Wall is a amazing accomplishment. Alex Megos nearly flashed Realization, he has next level ability. The difficult climbing that David Lama has done in the Alpine realm separates him in that category. Obviously Honnold is the greatest free solo climber. There are a handful of great V16/17 climbers, so who knows who the best boulderer is. And Tommy Caldwell is great at about every type of climbing, from speed ascents in Patagonia, to 5.15 sport climbing, to extremely hard bouldering and big wall climbing. But always remember the best climber is the one having the most fun!
It doesn’t say best climber in the world. It says COULD BECOME best climber in the world. So please read the title carefully before calling it a ridiculous title.
@@sashazykova4122 bruh climbing is every thing Morgan n said they are just climbing sub variants and saying best climber in the world would be a title for being the best at all of those things Head a*s
@@sashazykova4122 I think you misunderstood what I was saying.
morgan n ok
I'd be curious to know who these "v17 climbers" are. Ondra has done two v16s. No one else duplicated.
Adam Ondra, Chris Sharma, Alex Honnold, and Magnus Mitbø have entered the chat
i am a climber and ive only been climbing for 7 months but i am so strong now and so involved. i train everyday but lately i am lacking in training but i train at home when i cant go to the gym. climbing involves tough love, pain, blood, tears, and sweat. all of which i have expirienced in just one session. it truly is a hard and dangerous sport but it makes you so strong yet gentle. it makes you so much more balanced and makes you mentally tough
What grade is he climbing outdoors?
Michael Derosier 9a I think
@@alexpellizzari638 highly doubt he climbs a 9a
Michael Derosier 8c+
Nick Toftmark he climbed a 9a in Spain, no small feat
We are rooting for you, Kai!
"Youth world champion 2014", winning a senior world championship is a LONG way to go.
I’m rooting for you dude!
I love kai, but he never won or close to a world champion title in his career?
Youth world championships, yes. He's never been to an adult world championship. This whole series is about kids/teens. The title doesn't specify that, totally agree.
@@TRCmom he also won the adult nationals when he was only 14
羅百尉 he’s only 19 smart one ☝️
*and there’s me afraid to climb the schools rock wall*
ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ your school had a rock wall? (College I’m assuming)
This video should have been about Kai harada, the actual world champion
Tommy Myles I mean... why ? I love kai h and all but I don’t get this comment at all
Sly well Kai Harada is an actual (not just youth) world champion and is currently 19
It would be a very apt video, with Harada only being 5 months older than Lightner!
Yep. This video is like the one made about ashima. American propaganda to its people about having the best of anything. When in actuality, there others out there who are better. There's a lot of salty people saying "whats the big deal" about giving this kid the spotlight. But no way is publishing false info considered okay. Saying this kid is the world's best climber is an insult to those who have achieved more.
This guy's coach has only been climbing 6-months longer than him? Good luck with that
Adam Ondra climbed La Dura Dura being 19yo just saying
Jondyt's Blitz Adam Ondra is Adam Ondra just saying
Alright
I think they meant best human climber Ondra doesn't even count any more
Kai is so awesome. I've been watching him progress for a while and I hope he gets the best success
"Top of the Basketball goal"
I’ve watched 3 “no days off” videos and they’re names have all been Kai 😂
“He needs more strength because he’s taller, he’s bigger, he’s THICCER”
amazing thing is before his growth spurt he was like 5'6" and still winning comps. he got tall and had to completely change his style.
The title of “conditioning coach” for Morgan Uceny is slightly offensive to describe a multi-time Olympian
2:53 I thought his shorts were split in the middle!!!
No they arent
oh man if he got bitten by a radioactive spider
Adam ondra: am i a joke to you?
"You could find me on the top of a basketball goal"
3:15 because he is thicker LOL
Jerry Shi thiccer*
Lol at Morgan Uceny 'Conditioning Coach' She's a multi-time Olympian herself!
7:57 i just saw his foot placement, how did it not break
all he did was a heel hook what’s wrong??
There’s already 19 year old climbers (and younger, especially in women’s divisions) who are the best in the world...
5:17 "Because he's thicker" haahah
Any of you hv heard of magnus mitbø???
hes retired though
He’s a beast
Love magnus
He’s the best Norwegian climber by far and my idol
@@obibellowme mine too
Goal: wants to go to the olympics in 2020
Corona Virus: Are you sure about that?
It says "could" and "become" the worlds best climbers you Adam Ondra fanboys blowing up the comments, lighten up the kid is amazing.
Fantastic stoke and a great guy, way to go Sir!
I feel like he might might benefit from some barbell lifts as well to build explosivness and overall core strength. I feel like traditional strength training is often undervalued in the climbing community. Complex barbell movements are an absolute top tier way to build explosiveness and raw strength. You don't need to do it like a powerlifter and build shitloads of muscle but instead do speed reps and work on that fast twitch.
When he said i want to go to the olympics in 2020 my heart dropped . I feel so sorry for him ,stupid coronavirus had to ruin everything 😭😭
3:07 was anyone else thinking of Uncharted 4
kai: i wanna go to the olympics in 2020.
Covid 19: well hello there...
Woah! The scaling of that wall at 3:05 (grips may be favorable but his movement is great!)
They act like he is so disadvantaged for being tall, but how many moves can he static that others have to dyno? Height certainly has its advantages!
You know he’s a climber when he calls a basketball hoop a basketball goal
To all the people saying this is click bait you are slow it doesn't say that he is the best rock climber, it says he could become the best, because how good of a rock climber he is.
And there is me taking off my glasses when reaching for my chips
Every kid on one of these videos is named Kai. They are good at everything. Imma name my kid Kai
Go Kai Go! Stoked to see you on the speed wall. I know you are a talented boulderer and lead climber, it will come down to speed in 2020 for most climbers.
I love your guys channel it is awesome to see all these sports.
I’m a competitive rock climbing and I watch him sometimes
0:48 did he just say climbing the sides of buildings? XD
Called a hoop a "basketball goal" lmao. Yup, he's a climber alright.
One can never be too tall for climbing. Some moves could be struggle, but for the style we are having right now, being tall has a great advantage.
That was very inspirational
Ahhh so stoked for this dude, hope he smashes it.
he quit
The one that's in my mind always trying to discourage me!!!
I think personally this is the greatest channel ever!
Thanks Harry!! 🧙♂️
"Harry, you are a wizard"
Harry Potter-😮
“On top of a basketball goal”
All legends have the name kai
Go Kai!
Daniel woods, nallie hukatival, megos, ondra, Jimmy Webb, vadmin_timonov, tomoa narisaki, Chon won chong, ondra, janja garnbret. And many many more are better so odd title.. but mad respect for his dedication
I know Magnus Midto has got to appreciate this young man's talent.
This is bouldering, Alex Hannold is Rock Climbing.
Om praying for Kai because of the undone olympics ❤️
I’ve done 10,000 metres before it’s an inside support team for climber under 12 I’m 9 I was freaking out it had no harness I’ve been training since I was three when I started to climb up a 9ft cupboards. I had a tense time of 2, tense time means how long you get tensed and if you get to -5 you continue to the finals I’ve been in the finals for a total of 23 times. I have a tense time total of -20,000,000 I’ve had a few people that wanna get taught but they never new what a climbing support team meant and how to get it, my support team let’s me get a good stretch for the back bend twisters. If you wanna know where to train in Queensland for starters go to climb centres they usually have pre support teams my support team is very technical.
I hope you enjoy climbing!
stfu your channel is basically roblox
Wow! He is fantastic 👏
Honey where’s my super suit
I can’t even get on the table to get my favorite bag of chips from the kitchen cabinet
3.05 I think we found the real spiderman 😭😭😒
More like I am going to climb and be the new Spiderman
So many Kai’s just like me
theres a kai that rock climbs, surfs and skis
why are kais always amazing at something
hes got some balls. if i did this i would go 10 feet up and think i was about to die
I can climb V7, and have made it to youth nationals. I also climb in USA climbing competitions
Dope. Totally true about height totally determining what kind of style you must adopt
Who’s watching this in 2020 and sayin rip after hearing him say he wants to compete in the 2020 olympics
My guy is Spider-Man lol
“No days off” should just be called rich kids with multiple private trainers and home gyms.
In my mostly uninformed opinion, it seems the US climbers don't have the right attitude to truly be the top of the top. There's a reason the Japanese climbers are the best overall and that's because they have a very balanced attitude about climbing and training and although they have a hard work ethic, they don't over train. They have a strong sense of camaraderie and a lightness the US teams don't seem to share. In every video I watch about the young US climbers, they all seem like they are being trained by a bunch of overly ambitious stage moms. It's a real turn off to be honest. Kai seems like a good guy though; he's just not being trained by the right people.
yeah man i seriously don't think that strength and conditioning training 3 days a week is effective. Basically all your training should be done on the wall with the exception of finger strength related stuff and core.
There's a reason why kai quit competitive climbing. that's a rigorous schedule to have to put up with. if you're going to be a pro, you have to dedicate all of your time to training/recovery. You won't make it if you're starting college.
I'm happy for the dude for looking into his future career but i can't help but think this training is part of why he was motivated to give it up.
@@AMM1998 interesting. Thanks for sharing that.
this video should be about alex megos, who still looks 19
The way they say basketball goal makes me laugh! Very nice video!
No need. It's clear his mom (me) is clueless about basketball. I mean, the goal is to get the ball in the hoop, right 😊?
@ConnieLightner love it! Made me giggle. Your son seems like a wonderful and kind human being. I wish him all the best!
Connie Lightner also his evolv shoes are my favorite climbing shoe I’ve ever used. Currently working through my second shaman in his color way.
@@danm1279 He's a sweetie. He let's them film him, but I don't think he's ever watched a finished video. He likes climbing, and let's me handle "business stuff".
I have a fear of heights, it's a no from me😂 he is VERY BRAVE!
"worlds best climber" WHOA DUDE, don't get me wrong he's absolutely amazing but you have Adam Oranda, Alex Honnold, Alex Megos, and Daniel woods to content with
Alex Honnold is not even in the top 15...
Samuel R he’s not ranked bc he doesn’t do competitions like that but he’s one of the beat big face free climbers in the world dude
@@sofifi03 Replace Alex Honnold with Tommy Caldwell, and add Chris Sharma, Jakob Schubert,Jimmy Webb and Nalle Hukkataival to your list and I would agree
Shout out to the people who know what exercise he is doing at 2:01
2020 is here know I hope I will see him
Some day I want to be like him
Nice to see my assassin's creed character climbing instead of killing
Kai: I climb the sides of buildings
Me:yeah and I climb slides so how about THAT
That wall is higher than the Grand Canyon
Little Lazarbeam no...
Oh yes!
@@sportsfanatic8374 no it's definitely not lmfao
Technically it is.
0:05 I thought you said 19 year old in the title
THIS WAS A CHAMPIONSHIP FROM WHEN HE WAS 17.
got that Diamond chalk bag, just in orange
He looks like a monster claiming he would be a spider man in a film or stuns double it would make the scenes look cooler
Not sure if the title was edited or if people just didn't read it carefully, COULD become the world best rock climber. Fanboys
wow this guy is really amazing at this
id love to see him climb a real wall that would be sick
Who are the kids on the left and right of Kai
I’ve literally watched liked 3 videos and all the peoples names are kai