-[Geek Climber] Welcome to the third IFYC bouldering tournament.
So today, we have Liam from vertical.thougts
joining us for a Tension Board competition.
And we'll be competing under
the IFSC bouldering world cup rules.
-[Liam] Today we've hand selected four
boulder problems for each other.
For Geek Climber, I've selected a three,
two fours, and a V5.
And for myself, he has selected a V4, two V5s and a V6.
These are the ranges that we feel comfortable
pushing ourselves with today.
-[Geek Climber] Perfect. Let's do it.
-[Liam] Let's get it done.
-[Geek Climber] This competition is sponsored by nobody.
-[Liam] First climb, warming up V3,
a three-star boulder problem.
There you go.
Oh!
God, that's glorious.
Yes.
-[Geek Climber] Oh my god.
-[Liam] Believe.
Nice, dude.
Oh.
It looks good.
All right. Come on, man.
Nice.
Yeah, come on, dude.
Oh, so close.
-[Geek Climber] I couldn't believe how miserably I failed
on a V3 that is supposed to be a warm-up.
The first climb I've picked for Liam
is a V4 called Big Pinch Pinchin'.
Wow, strong.
Oh!
Oh, what happened?
-[Liam] I'm just bad at climbing, I guess.
-[Geek Climber] Time to take off the jacket?
-[Liam] Yeah, yeah.
-[Geek Climber] Nice.
Oh.
Can't believe we're all struggling on the first climb.
Come on.
Oh.
Right, one last go.
Nice.
Come on.
(buzzer sounds)
Oh, touch it. Touch it.
-[Liam] Sorry, Team U.S.A, Brooke Raboutou, Drew, Ron. I'm sorry, guys.
-[Geek Climber] For some reason, neither of us
climbed well on our first climb,
so hopefully I can turn things around on the next V4,
called Captain Progression.
-[Liam] Come on, dude.
Come on, dude.
Come on.
That's a small one, huh?
Come on, dude. Get it.
Yeah.
Oh no.
You also have to believe. Don't forget that part.
Come on, dude. Get it.
Yeah, nice.
Come on. Keep it tight, dude.
Nice, dude. There you go.
-[Geek Climber] Okay, okay.
-[Liam] He's got it.
He's figured it out, ladies and gentlemen.
Yeah, nice.
Nice, stay low.
Sick, come on.
Finish it. Let's go, dude. Come on.
Yeah.
All right, dude. Finish it up. Let's go.
Yeah!
-[Geek Climber] Yes!
-[Liam] He's done it.
The Geek Climber.
Crushing as always.
-[Geek Climber] Yes!
Man, that felt good. That felt good.
-[Liam] Good job.
-[Geek Climber] I was so happy to send
my first V4 on the Tension Board.
So next is Liam's turn to climb a V5 called Legion.
This actually looks kind of far.
Nice!
Nice.
Nice, going to flash it.
Come on.
Oho, the last move.
-[Liam] What's that, like 5.12d or something?
-[Geek Climber] Come on.
Nice.
Oh.
-[Liam] In the IFSC, there are people that do this for you.
-[Geek Climber] Oh, yeah, but at IFYC,
we're the poor man's IFSC.
We have to brush it ourselves.
Oh.
Nice, come on. Keep the tension.
Roll it out.
Come on, Liam.
Nice.
(buzzer)
Oh.
-[Liam] Man, that move definitely is hard.
-[Geek Climber] That was a great effort by Liam.
Next up.
-[Liam] Punch Pinch, V4 plus plus plus.
Nice.
Yeah, dude.
Come on.
Oh, don't do it to me.
-[Geek Climber] Oh, this one or this one?
-[Liam] Yeah, yeah.
Finish it up, dude. Come on.
Oh no.
(bell dings)
Making it easy.
-[Geek Climber] This V4 is surprisingly easy for me.
Next, it's Liam's turn to climb a V5 called Whiplash.
Oh, nice. I like that beta.
Oh!
Come on, yeah.
Yeah!
Nice.
There it go, man. There it go.
Oh, what happened?
That's a jug. How can you fall on a jug?
-[Liam] Don't look at it. That's a big sloper.
(laughter)
-[Geek Climber] Nice, come on. Hold onto it.
Hold onto it, man.
Come on.
Oh!
(laughter)
I like that.
Come on, Liam.
(buzzer sounds)
Man, definitely a tough one.
Looks like Liam isn't climbing at his best today.
-[Liam] This problem is called Cody 19,
set by Team U.S.A Climbing. Thanks, guys.
That hold specifically. That's why I chose this problem.
All right, come on, dude.
Come on.
Hard, yeah.
I'm so stoked.
You got it. Come on.
To the left.
Out left.
Yeah, dude.
Keep it tight, lots of power.
Yes.
Go big, come on.
That's a big move.
I'm more stoked for you sending,
than I am for me, by far.
-[Geek Climber] One move by one move, man.
-[Liam] Oh, making it look soft.
Get up in there. Come on, dude.
Let's go.
Power, nice.
Go get it. Come on.
Dig into that. Come on. Get big on it.
Come on, Geek Climber. Let's get it, dude.
Nice, come on.
Come on, dude.
(grunts)
Good effort.
-[Geek Climber] Too bad, I couldn't
reach the zone hold for this one.
Next, it's Liam's turn to climb a V6 called Distress Beacon.
Nice.
Oh.
Man, that looks like the crux to me.
Oh.
-[Liam] My hamstring's mad at me.
-[Geek Climber] Oh!
Almost.
Okay, last one.
Nice.
Come on.
(buzzer sounds)
Oh.
(upbeat music)
-[Geek Climber] Yeah!
It was super fun competing with Liam today.
-[Liam] Yeah, I had a great time. I mean
thanks so much to Geek Climber for having me
on today's episode of this.
-[Geek Climber] Just in case you don't know yet,
Liam has a podcast called Vertical Thoughts,
and be sure to check it out at Spotify, iTunes, and YouTube.
Thanks for watching. See you in the next video.