🎙️A Flash 9: Los Pros NO Son Humanos: Lo Que Vi en la Copa del Mundo

Subscribe to our channel 👉    / @aflashpodcast   Javier 👉   / hispaclimbing   Jose 👉   / climberlab   Is Sorato Anraku the climber of the future? In this episode, we talk about the Climbing World Cup in Madrid, why competitive climbers seem like another species, and how amazing it is to see people like Sorato Anraku, Oriane Bertone, Adam Ondra, Alberto Ginés, or the world's best bouldering specialists live. Competitive climbing has reached such a specialized level that it sometimes seems like a different sport altogether. In this climbing podcast, we talk about what you see from the outside, but also about what it feels like when you're a "normal" climber and you see these athletes moving through impossible volumes, technical slabs, slopers, dynamic holds, and boulders that many of us wouldn't even know how to start. We also discuss the real experience of watching a World Cup live: the level of the athletes, the atmosphere, the organization, the heat, the semifinals, the finals, the climbing walls with simulation boulders, and that feeling of thinking: "Normal human beings can do this." One of the main protagonists of the episode is Sorato Anraku. We talk about his climbing style, his ability to compete in bouldering and lead climbing, whether it's still possible to win in both disciplines with the current level of specialization, and a question that obsesses us: what would happen if Sorato Anraku were to try an extreme rock route like Café Colombia? We also opened up some other very geeky topics: projecting vs. onsighting, the true value of sending a hard route, whether it makes sense to persist with a project or go train instead, how mindset affects performance, why there are days when you climb terribly for no apparent reason, and how your understanding of climbing changes when you start comparing yourself to the elite. If you like sport climbing, bouldering, competition, debates about training, mindset, performance, and grade-related geekiness, this episode is for you. 💬 Leave us a comment: Do you think Sorato Anraku could transfer his competition level to extreme rock? Would you like to see him try Café Colombia? Is competitive climbing already a different sport? PODCAST EPISODES 02:09 Energy, fatigue, and how the body changes when climbing 24:46 What does it mean to push yourself to the limit? 32:07 Climbing World Cup in Madrid 42:21 Experience as a live spectacle 49:25 Sorato Anraku, Oriane Bertone, and the climbers who float 52:21 Is it worth going to see a World Cup? 58:32 Can you win in bouldering and lead climbing these days? 1:03:05 Is winning two World Cups more valuable than climbing 9C? 1:07:20 What would happen if Sorato tried Café Colombia? Subscribe to the channel for more climbing podcasts, discussions about training, competition, rock climbing, bouldering, sport climbing, and analysis of the world's best climbers. #climbing #soratoanraku #boulder #sportsclimbing #copadelmundoclimbing #ifsc #adamondra #albertogines #podcastescalada #climbing #sportclimbing #cafecolombia #9c #rockclimbing