Welcome to Behind The Wall, a weekly newsletter published every Saturday.
Each week, I highlight the favourite things I’ve watched, read and listened to from the world of indoor and competition climbing. I also keep track of what climbing competitions are coming up and where you can buy tickets. (If you are new here, you can read old editions on the Behind the Wall homepage.)
As I was off last week, we have a bumper edition.
We got several climbing vlogs, a video focusing on techniques used on V7 climbs and one on multi-pitch climbing on the tallest artificial wall. We also got an inside look at what competing at the highest level is like from Madison Richardson, Kyra Condie, and Natalia Grossman.
If you still want to get your competition fix, the Master of Fire bouldering competition final is tonight. The stream starts at 7:10pm CEST (UTC+1) and is being streamed live on Epic TV.
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Watch
- Vertical Pro Vlog | Beta Routesetting. Niki from Beta Routesetting gives us a tour of the Vertical Pro, the biggest trade show for climbing holds & gear in the world.
- Best climbing gym in London? | More Magnus. The Bouldering Bobats and Magnus climb at Hang and chat about how climbing YouTube has changed.
- Climbing…In A Team | Matt Groom. Matt Groom shares a behind-the-scenes look at the Team Boulder Arena competition at the climbing district.
- Breaking the Paddle Dyno World Record | Josh Rundle. Josh Rundle documents Colin Duffy breaking the paddle dyno world record.
- Climbing One of the World’s Highest Artificial Walls | Adam Ondra. Adam Ondra tries climbing on the highest artificial wall in Copenhagen, Denmark, in CopenHill in a 4-pitch multi-pitch.
- Bouldering Setting using holds which are rare in Japan | TAMY Climbing Channel. Amagasa Sohta, Narasaki Tomoa and Narasaki Meichi set some boulders using some Blue Pill and Squadra holds.
- The last climbing session with Emil | Eric Karlsson Bouldering. Emil and Eric have their last session together before Emil moves north to the mountains.
- Analysing essential V7 techniques | Richardsons Climbing. Zach Richardson climbings a bunch of V7s and analyses the techniques that are needed for V7.
Read
- Zero Judgement | Richardsons Climbing. Madison Richardson reflects on not competing at Canadian Nationals for the first time in 10 years.
Listen
- The Circle Up Podcast released a couple of great episodes over the past two weeks. In the first, Kyra chats with her parents while in Santiago, Chile, about how they have supported her over the years. In the second, Kyra and Allison answer your questions in a Q&A episode.
- Natalia Grossman — 4x WC Season Winner | Testpiece Climbing. Natalia Grossman talks with Josh about competing at the Olympics while still injured and how she manages the mental challenges of being the underdog and the favourite.
2024 International Climbing Competition Tickets
The 2024 season is almost over, with the first edition of the Les Grips competition in France still to go. Unfortunately, the competition won’t be streamed.
Les Grips (Montbéliard , France) December 14 – 15. A new competition in Montbéliard, France, with some of the best international athletes competing, including Toby Roberts, Mejdi Schalck, Tomoa Narasaki, Brooke Raboutou, Natalia Grossman and Camilla Moroni. Tickets are available.
That’s a Wrap
I hope you enjoyed this edition of Behind the Wall. Let me know what you think at behindthewall@insideclimbing.com or D.M. me on Instagram.
See you next week!
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