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KubaClimbsRocks
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Добавлен 16 авг 2017
Hey guys what's up? I'm Kuba, a guy with a passion for rock climbing and training for it...I also enjoy doing silly challenges! I climb wherever life takes me, it might be the trad routes in the UK, sport climbing in Iceland or back home in the Czech republic. Hope you enjoy my videos, see you in the next one! :)
Billy Whizz E2 5c, Lawrencefield
Ever since I saw the video of Endless Climbing I knew I wanted to get on it! And since we were there to climb Suspense, it was game on :) I didn't enjoy the route as much as I thought tho, the crack was fairly slippery...oh well, :)
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Direkt Tepu 7- Rabštejn
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Vertical & crimpy & managable - exactly what the doctor ordered as a break from projecting!:)
What I've been working on!
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A route that I've spent many sessions on (over the years!!), and still has been eluding me...oh well, I can finally say I have a project! :D
Finally using handstacks! (and it worked! :D )
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Roof Route at Burbage South
Fina Stanage HVS 5b
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I'm still coming across new videos from the year-old trip :) The last route on that day...had to put in a lot of effort for a HVS! :D
Easy cruisin' on the last day of the trip
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It's been a tough year, twisted both ankles, been sick quite a bit and most recently have had a finger injury...hopefully I can make a swift recovery and go back to being fit, healthy and focused. Sorry for having been quiet for a long time, I've felt like I haven't had much to share, so I didn't share anything. Hopefully that'll change as soon as my finger and my body are healthy :) Keep on cl...
Suspense E2 5c - Lawrencefield, UK
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Super proud! THIS was the most memorable route I've climbed in the UK. A bold, unprotected slab to the arete, then swinging around the arete above the pond to the exposed, technical face climbing. Superb! The gopro cuts off right when I leave to get on the face..luckily we had a second camera so I didn't loose the footage like with Great West Road :)
Embankment 3, E1 5b - Millstone Edge
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Probably my favourite of the Embankments at Millstone Edge! I mean come on, does it get better than being at Millstone, being a finger crack and being a sick line?
Great West Road E2 5b, Millstone Edge
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A very compelling line of pure laybacking...god damn it, Millstone's never-ending supply of perfect lines never disappoints :) Too bad gopro didn't film the whole thing :/
Karlík - Údolní spára VIIb, Adršpach
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"If I fall now, am I still good?!" Probably my favourite route on sandstone so far...a 40m long crack, what's not to like! That's to Ian for the nerve-racking 48 minutes long belay!
Jednoręki bandyta VI 3+ (7a+), Sczytnik, Poland
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Fun and secure slab climbing at the bottom and top with a commiting dynamic move through an overhang in the middle! Also my first of the grade on the 2nd go, yay! (Yes, the draw became backclipped if you haven't noticed :D )
Another brilliant HVS at Millstone Edge
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4th route of the day! Supra Direct, Time for Tea, Regent Street and this, first pitch of Picadilly Circus...felt pretty knackered by the end! :)
Embankment 4 (E1 5b), Millstone Edge
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The last of the Embankments I yet had to climb and it didn't disappoint!!
Medusa E1 5b, Stoney Middleton
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My second route on the trip, first day in the UK when the grit was wet! :) Surprisingly not as tricky as I thought it looked like.
I bailed from this route 5 years ago
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I bailed from this route 5 years ago
Back at my favourite crag - Millstone Edge
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Back at my favourite crag - Millstone Edge
Trad Gear Trust inspired by Dave Macleod
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Trad Gear Trust inspired by Dave Macleod
I trusted a KNOT to protect the crux (on a Sandstone Tower)
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I trusted a KNOT to protect the crux (on a Sandstone Tower)
My First 7c - Trad Climber goes Bouldering
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My First 7c - Trad Climber goes Bouldering
GoPro Max Climbing - Czech Sandstone
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GoPro Max Climbing - Czech Sandstone
Trad climbing in Italy - Exposed 3rd pitch
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Trad climbing in Italy - Exposed 3rd pitch
Crack climbing CLASSICS of Valle dell Orco POV #3 2022
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Crack climbing CLASSICS of Valle dell Orco POV #3 2022
Trad climbing CLASSICS of Valle dell Orco (POV) #2
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Trad climbing CLASSICS of Valle dell Orco (POV) #2
Dobře ty vypadá to fakt parádně. Co to je za cestu?
Dík, je to krásná cesta! Koukni do popisku videa, většinou u všech videí píšu názvy tam.
If you liked Time for tea , try Traveller in time ( Ramshaw Rock) smear test and chalk storm ( the Roaches ) Roaches sly line . Wings of unreason . Not forgetting comes the dervish ( Welsh slate at its best ) it may have a ban on it. Don’t use cams for the full fat version of all these routes . Have fun out there .
Cheers for the suggestions man!
Pumpy .
Yep, gets pumpy fast!
na slunicku to vypada suchy, ale v te sparce muselo byt vylozene blato :) v kazde skvire kapradi :D skvela prace Drz se :)
Díky :)
Excellent, Kuba. Inspiring to see you giving it the beans. HNY 2025🎉
Thanks Jez, same to you too!
Nice man, this is on my ticklist for 2025! I may have just blown my onsight though 😅
Haha, I've blown my OS years before getting on the climb by watching the Endless Climbing video of Billy...well, didn't help me much did it :D Fingers crossed, let me know how you do!
Jeeeeezzzz I still feel that last hold slipping out of my hand on the on-site! I loved this one!
You were SO CLOSE on the onsight! :D
Got enough cams?!? Probs worth E3 with a big wall rack in tow ;) Might I recommend some falling practise onto your cam placements. A lot of fear induced faffing about going on. I'd also highly recommend you look up a book called 'The Rock Warrior's Way' by Arno Ilgner. It will help climbing become enjoyable again ;)
Thanks man! :) I've read the book years ago, I have implemented a little bit of it to my climbing :) I'd also say the faffing about comes from only trad climbing once a year hahaha. More of the book and more trad more often would definitely help!
capable of rigginging a redundantly anchored top rope? run down a semi static single line that is unquestionable & bommer... add a draw to an (eg) fig8 OTB, below the piece you are ( learning if you placed it well enough + ) whipping on. that way, if the placement blows, you are being caught by the draw in the "bakkup line" whaddyawrekkon?
Sounds very safe even if a little time-consuming!
@KubaClimbsRocks aye; extra trad faff!! (more 'lead' than being on a top rope) used this 1st to protect a very very chossy top out. think i went with clove hitches rather than figure of 8 On The Bight. glad i could walk to the top!!!! :-j
I was cackling all the while watching this. Are those knots and things supposed to hold a fall? looks ok for a "take" but !!! I used knots and chockstones back in the day but trying to imagine Supercrack of The Desert at Indian Creek Utah with those things. stout effort.
Thanks man :) Yeah, some of those pieces were less than inspiring :D I'll take a bomber cam over a knot any day, if only this was how the ethics roll around our sandstone :D
im a 12 year old projecting it and the crux move to the ledge is so hard for me couse i have to do it dynamicly
Stick with it man! As long as you're having fun it's all good :) Dynamic moves are pretty satysfying when you stick them :)
Can anybody place a wire these days. Everyone just seems to cram in cam after cam. It's like the art of placing wires is being lost.
I've heard there were some people like that, haven't met any recently though.
What route is this?
Hey Paul, it's the first pitch of Piccadilly Circus :)
Not sure why but messages seem not to work very well. Here are the pics of my original Time for Tea, first ascentn from November 1974. I did the first half and transferred to the route on the right. No beta and bottom up. The gear in those days was appalling. I think I put a coupe of pegs in on the lead. No soft rubber either! I called it that as I had to get back for a meal with my girlfiend! drive.google.com/drive/folders/1uDgWOLVFf_0QywjQz427NEavGIZoU5ns?usp=sharing
Wha wha what?? Kuba posted a video? Yes!😁
I ain't dead just yet, haha! :D
Dobře čov ěče! Keep pushing!
Díky Máro :)
Love your videos, but... as a climbing instructor I have to say you should spend more time learning how to place nuts. When you are standing on the ledge faffing with the cams, there are numerous bomber wire placements around you. First climbed this in the 70's before cams ;)
Thanks for the kind words man, I'm honored to hear you love my videos! You have a good point about the gear placements...I should probably climb on trad more often than once a year! :D
Such weird editing. More than half the video focused on a routine piece of gear placement. Then you cut to not show the crux move at all!
The gopro stopped recording after the routine piece of gear placement so I only have the other angle. I was taking a long time to commit to the crux and my mate had to adjust the camera just when I started moving again, hence the not-helpful cut. I mostly post uncut footage and this is what came out, sorry to hear you were not happy about it :) Editing is sometimes about doing the best with what you have, which sometimes isn't much :D It's still one of my favourite memories to this day :)
Thanks for taking the time to comment, Matthew!
Keep up the vids youth !
Thanks Mitch!:)
Enjoyed watching that Kuba, thanks for posting. Agree with the comments about placing wires. Remember that warm blanket feeling you got when you finally got the bomber wire in before the traverse! Can’t wait to watch the Time for Tea vid next 👍🏻
Thanks for the kind comment Dave, glad you enjoyed the video! Time for Tea is a route one of a kind!
good effort!
Thanks man!:)
Poor technique... Jestli by místo marnýho nahazování kindráčů nestálo za to lízt víc hlavou v takhle jednoduchých spárách :-p
Dík za radu :) a ještě mi poradíš jak zlepšit tu poor techniku?
A právěže lezu hlavou - tam kam mě pustí. Taky mi občas hlava řekne: "hele tady založ" - tak založím :D On taky ten pojem lehká spára je relativní, viď? Pro mě kdo leze na písku jednou za rok určitě :D Ale ty máš asi nalezených spár hodně, tak poraď ve kterých se naučit lézt hlavou a nenahazovat marně kindráče :)
@@KubaClimbsRocks pro začátek stačí ctít pískovcovou etiku a víc podle ní lízt. Taky jsem v počátcích pár kopfů nahodil, ale když se rozlezeš, budeš si jistější a nebudeš se zbytečně vysilovat otloukáním skal 😀 V šestkových nebo VIIa spárách asi i nějakou tu jistotu získáš a pak si můžeš troufnout výš, ale neni to moc o číslech, třeba VIIb Sokolík na Kapucína tě vyčerpá víc než VIIIb/c Prásknutí bičem na Věž J.B. Papoušcí spára taky pěkná věc. Nebo Spára VII(b) na Paravan. Kolem Bašty v Teplicích je spár víc (Západní, Jižní, Smutná), ale nedá se říct, jestli jsou lehký, záleží, jak se v nich budeš cítit. Hlavní je technika nohou a schopnost zůstat v klidu, na což jsem narážel především. Máš na to lízt tak, že si popolezeš o kousek výš, prodýcháš a založíš, tak na to nezapomínej.
@@golubyavan5851 Chápu, dobré rady, díky ti za ně! :)
Nice one Kuba. Good to see you back on the rock
Thanks man, feels good to get out there!
I know this is 4 years old, but you did a great job of filming and editing.
Thanks Duncan! My brother did :) The trip is still fresh in my memory!
the first pitch is Via dei Camini?
I'm afraid I don't recall the name, sorry!
Hello man. Recently I moved to Hofn and I would like to climb in area. Could You please send me some info what gear I need to do this route? And some more detailed infos where exactly routes are. I would like to do some top solo.. so if theres any spots for that I would be more than grateful for share. btw. cool vids! :)
Hey man, the best way is to look up the route at klifur.is and google translate the info!
Thanks for posting your videos, I find them inspiring. Did a crack climbing course earlier this year on the embankment was awesome 😀 ps how do you find the totems in the Peak District? Just expanding my rack with a Blue DMM Dragonfly, but keep coming across Totems., am tempted to try them out. Thanks
Thanks man, glad to provide some inspiration for you! Embankments are awesome, no doubt! :D Totems work like a charm on every rock type I've encountered so far, definitely recommend them!
You need to get down to the lakes man 😂😊
Why is that? :D
@@KubaClimbsRocks don't even need to answer this just look at the routes!
Lawrencfield !!! one of the most lovely crags in the peak, have spent may a happy afternoon there climbing the easier vs's / hvs's but this takes me back to the weekend my friend and i camped out the weekend which ended up with me leading Suspense , Billy Whizz then an over night c bivvy in Lawrencfield with a nice warm fire a few beers abit of whiiskey and sevral fat joints to celebrate and the foloowing day going over the rd to millstone and leading Great North Rd and Regent St !!!!!! Respect to your lead just wish i had the technology to capture this kind of shit 30 years ago, but it is indeliby etched into mind !
Oh man, this warms up my heart that this brought you these memories! I too like to remember the routes I've done in the past, especially ones like Suspense, what a special route that is! Do you still climb?
Fantastic climb, my 1st HVS back in the late 80's. But taped hands?😂😂
Well done! Tape protects the skin, nothing complicated about it :) It allows me to climb more days in a row too.
Jesuss. Bouldering pad, crack gloves and a million cams! WOT NO SKYHOOKS?
Lovely comment :D Were you screaming at the screen or just forgot your caps lock was on? Pad - We were carrying the pad as a couch, why not use it? :) Gloves - I like my skin to stay intact, as well as I like climbing multiple days on :) Cams - I like cams, a lot! :D Hooks - I don't have any skyhooks :D
@@KubaClimbsRocks I was SCREEEEEAAA AMING AT THE SCREEEEEEEN!
@@KubaClimbsRocks I was disappointed, I was waiting for the big swing off the crux! I know the route, i did it back in 2002 or something.
@@pylonking Haha I'd be interested in seeing that fall too! :D
Keep calm and wiggle haha nice job who needs big gear anyway!
We actually had the big purple camalot at the crag but our friends left with it to another sector and we couldn't be bothered to go amd get it 😂climbing to walking ratio would have been jeopardized 😀
Nice climb. Got to love (and hate) a good old off-width.
I'd for sure love to get better at them! Nothing feels better than feeling comfortable where you once felt uncomfortable!
Impressive taping! Were you intending to do Bond Street? ;-)
Haha I think I followed a WideBoyz tutorial for the tape gloves :) And yeah we were gonna do Bond Street originally :) but that one had climbers on it so we did this one first :)
Nice climb Kuba. What is your sport grade (indoor/outdoor)?
Thanks Chris! I don't climb indoors much, outdoors the hardest I've climbed is 7c, but 7a+ or 7b has been the most consistent grade for me..
But I'm currently dealing with a finger injury so I'll probably be focusing on cracks this year if I can make it to sandstone often enough..thanks for the interest man 🙂
Second mantle looks heinous
It felt like it too 😂
Good effort 💪🏿
Cheers man! It's a good route💪
Byne's Crack?
Yeah! Never been to the crag before, only to the boulders and this route stood out in the guidebook 🙂
A lovely little route. Climbed it forty years ago this year and a few times subsequently, always with much pleasure. Thanks for the memory!
Glad to be of service! This channel will always be my source of memories too :)
Did you feel the crack gloves hindered or helped on this route Kuba?
They certainly helped, for sure!
1:24 When the GF comes home
Nice, man, I did that as my best trad lead years ago, before kids meant I had to do safer sports! Trip down memory lane for me. Well done! My fear seemed to far outweigh the actual climbing technicality for me on my lead, and placing the gear pumped me out. Maybe we should have soloed it and just got it done!
Glad it brought some nice memories :) I feel like I get less scared the longer I climb, probably thanks to being (hopefully) mor experienced), but I also tend to place more gear and being cautious, having kids does that to you :)
Great video! I really enjoy watching your trad journey on this channel. Could you tell me what Go Pro you use please?
Thanks man, glad you like it! I think it's Hero 7 Black, I've had it for a couple of years now!
Choose the placement and then the gear to fit the placement. You're looking at a placement, choosing a piece of gear and, when it doesn't fit as well as you'd like, trying to put that piece of gear in somewhere else. Once you have spotted a good placement, select the gear to fit. If the first piece isn't right, select another to fit. As others have said in this and other videos, you are relying a bit too much on cams. Routes such as Regent Street have lots of really obvious bomber wire placements.
Thanks for the advice man :)
Totally agree with this. Also, Kuba, you seem to have no idea what gear is in your harness and where. You keen looking at it trying to discover what wonder it holds. And you keep going for sizes too big. Every time you picked a purple WC or yellow Totem, you could have used the Blue Totem, which you constantly ignored, even though you looked at a few times. I understand not wanting to use it early on, as it is a great peace of gear, but then again nuts would have been a great option each time if you knew your rack. Also, when you finally placed the bomber purple totem below the top crack, you could have removed the blue totem and yellow, to bring them with you higher up (especially the blue). At least your rope work was spot on. Every cloud...
@@Mitzbergatc Thanks man, I climb trad so rarely that it's tough to stay organized when I do :) At least there is room for improvement! :D
Great video!
Thanks man!
No music for me - out in the countryside, climbing needs no extra audio - just voice, gear clanking etc, is what l prefer. Lovely video btw!
Thanks man!
Beautiful route. Well done.👍
It is, thanks :)
the traverse is delicate. The rest a romp. I smiled when you said "go down a grade until you are used to it". I go down a grade when I climb grit. Nice video
Thanks man :)
whats your bouldering grade, Kuba?
The hardest boulder I've done outdoors was V5 like 6 years ago :D I've been bouldering indoors consistently for the past two years, on a steep spray wall but since I mostly set the boulders I have no idea about the grades. Why do you ask? :)
@@KubaClimbsRocks just for some idea in the translation in your maximum technical skill to outdoor graded routes that you do.
I have a feeling the grades of routes will be much easier, at least on trad..I rarely have more than 2 goes, unlike on sport routes. But I also don't have so many opportunities to climb on trad..@@georgeefilms2625
Did this first time in 72/73 with great mentor George Frost while working at BBC Pebble Mill, in Brum. Split into two pitches, old style! No helmet, no harness, just tie 11mm twice around waist and , of course, no cams. Rated VS 4c back then as I recall.
The oldschool way :) Gotta love the vision you guys had back then!