What Happens When Two Ex-Pro Climbers Enter a Local Comp?

this week's episode is interesting longtime Rivals and ex-teammates Louie Parkinson and Orin Coley meet up at a local comp to finally settle the ultimate debate of who is a better climber but before all of that kicks off and oh it kicks off I said them down to get their thoughts on the competition I'm here for one thing and that is to show Louie who's boss I've known and competed with Louis since we were first on the GB bouldering team maybe in like 2004 14 or 13 kind of time we've we've known each other a really long time who's on you know the stronger can be gu oh [Music] in no no idea no no idea who this is if I beat him today that would mean more to me than any Podium any prize money the adoring fans they just need to know I'm better I'm Sor for the com though that' be nice yeah loads of nice people here fella sounds nice we met before he said you guys have known each other for a while ring a bell he's got a big business a big YouTube channel anyone who watches this channel You' have seen him fall off he he fell off a V5 I don't even warm up on V5 isn't that in the kids section you were saying he's feeling a bit jealous about like I got lots of attenti I'm much much better looking than he is um I don't know I don't know what he looks like but um I'm assuming um so yeah know it'll be it'll be good for him if he wins but not going to happen so but yeah nice for him to dream him rocking up with his his goof glasses and his silly laugh taking selfies with the kids right in front of me it's there like I'm right here and I'm the man not you Lou I'm going to get nasty I'm going to show him his boss you're going to see he said what all right I don't know who this orang guy is Sam just told me a bunch of the stuff he was saying not FSE is going on with this comp nothing has become more important to me than just me beating is it called blowing Orin Orin Floren I don't know what his name is anyway whatever this guy's name is I'm going to crush him nothing else matters I'm not focused on anyone else being here it's just me versus this Floren guy Bring It On Floren right let's go come on get out my face uh there are going to be 21 qualifying Boulders I'm feeling in pretty good shape so hope I made finals oh hey oh you want to do a photo oh is that that's that Aaron guy you were telling me about right right oh so Aaron's back nice to meet you man hey I'm Lou my name's not Aaron sorry how do you pronounce it what's your name we've known each other for 10 years Lou he says he keeps saying that tell me once more my name is Orin so Orin Coy yeah there we go or Orin Coy is here to um compete against me which is very brave two two things are going to happen today okay go on we're going to climb he's going to fall off I'm going to win that's it okay let's go come on man let's go let's go do this call this would be fun whilst we wait for the qualifications to start and inspired by a recent use of Brilliance learning platform I thought I'd challenge Lou to solve some climbing based math problems I discovered and climbed a border that was one vrade above the currently known hardest grade okay but then 2 weeks later Aiden Roberts climbed it and downgraded it by 13 VG grades what would Aiden's proposed grade be to yeah okay okay uh V5 uh well done thank you very much you went on a climbing trip to Joshua Tree and on your first day of the trip you climbed 5 v6s 3 V8s 1 V10 um and 1 v11 what difficulty in V points would your average Boulder be for that day can I calculator guess you can there's a big brain MK going on now yep okay did you say I did 3 v11 just just the one it's still a pretty good day though I think that's decent go on my I don't think I got it right my average vrade was 6.81 18181 8182 incorrect it's v7.5 okay clearly we have a lot to learn and if you do too brilliant could be the answer brilliant is where you learn by doing learning a little bit every day is one of the most important things you can do for both professional 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definitely used the green there definitely use the green yeah used the green absolutely come on man pick a foot let's go I almost fell off the first move I bet Lou really struggled here really struggled oh hello Pogo well show off really well done man well done you ready just going to cut to the top wow oh wow orangen that must have been like like less than 10 seconds do you remember when I was the British speed climbing champion no biggy three times by the way yeah it was don't trip look at him climbing slabs doesn't even know how to slab he doesn't know what a slab is he can't even pronounce it it's the mark of a very weak climber there tactics do it again for you [Music] [Music] no I'm pretty sure I just pooed myself man I I like when you made it look really hard for the camera that you're going to fall off it was all for the camera I know I know it it wasn't hard oh this looks like for me I mean I don't know how you'll find it anything that you find easy I find easier it's no big deal pretty hard huh fall off it I'm I'll try not to who didn't fall off you me I haven't even tried it yet and I've fall off okay I'm going off this one oh you about to push in oh sorry I trying to push in Mr Nice Guy sorry my bad I'll go behind you four women and he's just there I'll go I'm missed the big shot it's actually quite hard yeah yeah Lou come on man you suck nice Lou that was Terri go on [Music] Floren put this big green hold in the way just Jam stupid Lou oh what's he grabbing there what's he grabbing there what is he grabbing on oh he's just pretending on fling I totally intended to do it like that totally intentional [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] all right so uh me and have finished doing the qualifiers excuse me what's up or Orin sorry his name's Orin um just met him like right so we've just finished qualif I hate you so yeah me and um Orin uh just finished the qualifiers uh we counted up our scores big day for for or we've we've tied um I fallen off something I'm sorry you can't do this inro anymore I'm really good he's okay he's had a good day and we've tied at 1 a. 181 I think we've tied for second place yeah I think we've tied for second place should we just have a fight in the car park going to finally settle this debate who is better and stronger and handsomer Louise or Aaron so uh I think we've agreed on a forfeit whoever loses will have to say in the outro Louie you're a better stronger handsomer climber than I am air quotes for Lou we'll see who's going to end up saying it uh and then I think they should do a little bow little bow and then that'll be the end of the video so let's go and smash the finals good luck you need it let's go nice let's go all right here we go for the first Bowers usually I don't feel that confident when it comes to pressing above my head I like I like pulling down on crimps and things like that so this style of Boulder never really was going to be my favorite one but actually surprised myself by it going quite well uh I didn't expect to even do the first move uh but I repeatedly uh did the first few moves and was rewarded by uh really hurting my lower back we checked with the root Setters afterwards and actually I'm pretty sure the method I'm going for here is the way uh it's just about v13 so I I wasn't about to do it yeah you can see me shrugging at the camera not being that sure what's supposed to be done on this uh and the more I tried it I I was starting to think oh maybe no one's going to do this in which case doesn't really matter that I'm not getting getting anywhere on it um and actually on my last go got kind of close to I mean I touched the Zone hold I didn't feel that close to actually sticking it cuz it's a really hard move got me absolutely zero points first Boulder done now I can just relax a bit before we come out for the next one okay on to Boulder two which actually I was pretty psyched about I used to dread climbing on a slab in competitions uh but I practiced a lot it's like sketchy footwork but if you as I'm funny here if you just do it confidently it actually doesn't feel that hard um so I work out a good sequence this move though where you have to drop down onto the other purple foothold uh unfortunately gets me a whole bunch of times um as you step down to land your foot on the uh panel of that purple hold facing you um the position itself isn't that bad but the angle that you're pressing ING with your left foot suddenly doesn't really work anymore um but yeah this move very very tricky uh so let's see if this attempts any better yeah nice little foot switch okay here we go get psyched do it confidently I'm in and I'm off starting to get a little bit frustrated with that foot hole I actually think this little section was my favorite moment of the competition oh I felt really really focused it felt exciting but ah there we go I finally stuck that left foot move so I just had to step it off onto the other panel as I did it and yeah now it's getting very exciting so I could tell I could do it I just need to keep concentrating not rush it I've got all the time in the world but this is my absolute last go I've got a hand on the Finish no and then I just I just tried to do too many things at once I I was thinking about getting the Finish hold I was thinking about getting on getting on the foot hold if I just did one or the other then it would have worked fine but here we are to the last border which I actually was feeling really confident about I I love a good paddle Dino and I could tell this was a paddle Dyno and then I quickly discovered that it was a much harder paddle Dino than I was expecting it to be didn't feel that stressed at this point so I was like I can I can tell I'm going to work out how to do this so it's not going to be too bad and the rest of it didn't look too hard at all I thought it would just be some powerful moves oh there we go okay I'm pretty close now so okay here we go lining up for the paddle dyo again we and I stick it that time right now this next move I was looking at it going right all my instincts are screaming that this is foot plant and catch the pinch and I hit it exactly where I wanted and was surprised that there is absolutely nothing there it it was so much worse of a hole than I was expecting it to be so worked out I was like okay so it's not not going to be a foot plant Dyno to the next hold so I stick the paddle dyo again and then I try to do smart things using my feet and moving slowly instead which is actually working quite well for me unfortunately although I feel like I could have done this Boulder I was near the end of my time and pretty cooked by this point so I call it there all right good luck to Orin let's see how he does let's go he sucks time start now the first Boulder was the one we all knew was going to be the hardest it looked incredibly physical and complex I actually really couldn't quite figure out how I was going to get to the Zone hold I just couldn't quite figure out the sequence and once I got into trying it I just got perplexed by different ways grabbing a side pull higher up and trying all manner of things with my feet nothing quite worked and in the end after spending four or so minutes getting clotheslined by the root Setters I ended up leaving empty-handed beaten up saw back and Confused dreading the next climb I have no idea what's happening coming up to the slab Boulder I had a bit of a better idea what to do it had a like coordination start that kind of got the heart pumping before you then have to get into very steady and controlled slab climbing after I'd done the coordination start I struggled to figure out what to actually do there and really doubted the sequence that seemed intended to me after a pretty poor first go going at it I got back on and went through it with a lot more confidence to try again often when I'm climbing these things I'm I'm pretty nervous and I don't actually always go on the slab Boulders with the confidence that I need to get through it but during the second go as I fell I kind of knew immediately that it just felt wrong to me I wasn't certain I had it in me to do it that way so I was pretty determined to try and find another way especially with time ticking on after a moment to clle myself I got back on went for it again with the idea of trying a new method the new way meant I didn't need to stand on the bad smear and I'd go for the Zone with my foot and try and rock over to the high side pull instead but because the side pull was past the leg it really made me bar or as I would go for it so after a bit of a hesitation before going I committed held it just about and then almost stepped back down to the volume with my other foot but time was basically over so I had to sprint on and barely had time to chalk up I got into the rest position after the coordination start and took a moment to collect myself and that was basically it this is my last go now I didn't think anybody had done it and I suspected Lou had gone close but it really was a kind of do or die moment and as I was setting up my heart was really racing I prec crimped my fingers pretending how to catch the hole just to help got it stepped down and then started to Bar door and reached for the The Zone down again with my hand and nearly held it to control it but it was just too much momentum and my body peeled off thankfully the last Boulder I had some confidence in my root reading with it I was fairly confident on the dino sequence at the start but then got a bit lowed into bit of a pogo I half committed to to get my handed up next but the second I went for it I backed out went for a heal and found a more static way through it while reading the climb I'd gotten convinced there was some sort of hand jam up at the end but as I got there I couldn't find any way to make it work after a lot of fiddling around trying to make it work I ended up putting a really high heel hook and trying to reach over for the finishing hold I think everyone got excited cuz it was going to be the first top of the of the com competition but as I got there I knew there was no way I was going to hold on I took quite a long rest and gave myself a chance to figure out what I was going to do next and then eventually set off with confidence through this flying through the first half straight up to the end sequence this time I had a much better idea of what it was I was going to do I got set up into a good position got into the finishing hold adjusted my feet and managed to match the final hold for the top the first top of the competition so far which got everyone pretty excited which was quite cool and I certainly felt a huge weight off my shoulders finally as it was the first top of the finals everyone was pretty excited especially the headsetter of the event who ran over in excitement to hug me because someone had finally got up one of his Boulders it's a really hard job for the Setters to get it right on these events on this occasion they basically clotheslined all the climbers the whole event but thankfully with the final Boulder we managed to get a couple tops split the field and it made for an exciting finish for everyone to watch it which was great right well that's the end of the video um there's nothing else to say we're going to edit it so it looks like I win um give me this come on let's go right okay so fine we agreed God damn it Orin this hurts this physically hurts Orin is a better and stronger and handsomer climber than me little bow for today I love you really that was a lot of fun I hope you enjoyed it folks um please leave some comments as what you thought of this possibly completely incoherent challenge video but I think it was fun uh uh subscribed and obviously show loads of love to Orin the big time winner um much better climber than I will ever be leave some comments to tell him well done on a day well for and we'll see you next time bye folks I'm the Champion get out of here h

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Published: Tue May 07 2024