-[Geek Climber] There is no dispute how difficult the muscle-up is,
but when it comes to climbing, it seems amateur climbers
like me tend to underestimate the difficulty of a climb
when we see other people do it.
So I decided to play a game to guess the V-grades
of five climbs with three climbers:
V15 pro climber Paul Robinson,
V8 climber Ron,V
and V3/V4 climber Leland.
Let's get right into it.
-[Leland] First one.
-[Ron] Looks like a really big move, big span out,
pretty good pocket.
Little hugging action going,
and maybe a little bit of a weird top out.
-[Paul] Okay.
V3.
-[Ron] I'll say V4.
-[Leland] That looks like a fairly easy one.
I'm guessing maybe like a V1-2.
-[Geek Climber] You gotta pick on, V1 or V2?
-[Leland] 2
-[Paul] Slab climbs generally look a lot harder
than they are graded.
-[Ron] It's a big span move on a sloper.
So I think just based on that, I'd say it's maybe like a V4.
-[Leland] It looks like the holds are pretty good.
The footing looks pretty good. The slopers look pretty good,
so it's something I would definitely wanna try.
-[Paul] Okay.
-[Ron] Much more technical.
Heel hook.
Peter just makes it look easy.
(laughing)
-[Geek Climber] He makes everything look easy.
-[Leland] This one looks really cool.
-[Peter's friend] Come on; come on!
Oh, nice!
-[Peter's friend] Cool!
-[Leland] Wow!
-[Paul] Okay, V8.
-[Ron] I'm gonna go with a 5.
-[Leland] That one definitely looks like a 4, like a V4.
-[Paul] It's a much steeper climb,V8.
It requires a lot more strength, a lot more technique.
It's a decent amount of of moves, the last move
looked like a tough last move.
So, V8, maybe V9.
-[Ron] I think the technicality makes a big difference.
The holds look pretty okay from this view.
Obviously like the screen is different from
going around the boulder and like taking a look,
feeling it out a little bit,
seeing how slick it is, seeing how much friction you have.
So I'd probably pick it around a 5-6 range.
-[Leland] That would be something I would like to try.
I don't think I could flash that. It would definitely
take me a while to get that.
So, yeah, that would be a project
that I would be working on, so that would be
right up my alley.
-[Paul] Okay.
-[Leland] Okay, next one.
That looks fun.
Nice.
-[Paul] That one looks really cool.
-[Leland] That looks like a lot of fun.
That's beautiful.
Wow!
Long route.
Nice.
That's beautiful.
-[Paul] Cool.
I'm gonna say V~
6.
-[Ron] I kinda think this is like a 3.
-[Leland] I'm gonna say that's a V3.
-[Paul] I think that it looked easy at the beginning,
and then a bit of a hard sequence
as he kind of traversed around the corner.
However, having watched him on the last climb,
this climb definitely looked a little bit easier,
and it looked like there were a lot of good feet,
and the hand holds.
-[Ron] The holds look really good, but there might be
one or two moves that seem a little bit tougher.
And again, it's hard to see, or hard to know,
without getting a closer view, but just from the video
itself, looks like a 3 to me.
-[Leland] What makes it a V3 was that last mantling
that he had to do with that ledge.
Everything else looks like a V2.
-[Ron] Video 4.
Roof section.
Heel hook. Keep the tension.
Match.
High heel hook.
-[Leland] Whoa.
Come on.
Nice.
-[Ron] Kind of a desperate right hand throw.
This already to me seems like the upper range for sure.
-[Leland] Nice, wow, good job.
-[Paul] Okay.
A lot harder on this one, I think.
I'm gonna say V11.
-[Ron] It's a little unfair because I know how strong Peter is,
so seeing him struggle a little bit just gives me
an indication. You know?
I'll say 9.
-[Leland] That's definitely out of my league right there.
It's probably a 5-6?
-[Geek Climber] You gotta pick one, 5 or 6?
-[Leland] Let's go 6.
-[Paul] You could tell that the spotters were very attentive
for one, which means the climber had probably fallen
on this climb many times.
When he topped it out, he was very excited,
much more excited than the last climb.
The last climb he just kind of topped it out
with no excitement whatsoever.
It looked like he was trying quite hard.
I really have no idea how hard this guy could climb.
My guess would be that that's V11,
and with his excitement of sending it,
I'm gonna say his max is probably in the V12 range,
and that looked
not his "max" max,
but it looked difficult for him.
So, yeah, we'll stick with V11.
-[Ron] Like, you're barely hanging on and you have to put
a heel hook above your hands. That makes you horizontal.
That's a lot of pressure on your whole body
to maintain your body tension.
Again, it's kind of hard to judge the quality
of the holds, but just seeing how he's not
usually able to cruise through it, that would
make me peg it a little bit higher up for sure.
-[Leland] Those holds look pretty crimpy.
Wow! That was good. That was beautiful.
-[Paul] Okay, last one.
-[Ron] Yeah.
-[Peter's friend] Okay.
Yep.
-[Leland] Wow.
-[Ron] Looks like it's maybe like slightly overhung.
-[Leland] Come on. Come on. You got it.
Come on.
Go!
Wow!
That was really good.
-[Geek Climber] I like how you're cheering for him. That's awesome.
-[Leland] Well, yeah.
(laughing)
-[Paul] Okay.
V10.
-[Ron] I wanna say this one's like an 11.
-[Leland] I'd say probably 7?
-[Paul] The holds look pretty good, the crux didn't look
that terribly hard.
I'll stick with 9/10 for that one.
-[Ron] Compared to the last one, it seemed like the holds
potentially were smaller, even though
there's no overhung section.
It's one of those things like
if you're able to get a closer look, get a peek
on how shallow or how good the holds are.
I might be wrong, but I'm gonna stick to it.
I'm gonna say this is an 11, based on what I saw.
-[Leland] I know it's way above me. That would be something
I would not even attempt.
Way too crimpy for me.
-[Geek Climber] The first one is a V4.
-[Paul] Oh, I was so close.
-[Ron] Okay.
-[Leland] Oh, wow, V4?
-[Geek Climber] The second one is a V7.
-[Paul] Oh, man, I was close.
-[Leland] Oh, 7, wow!
-[Geek Climber] And then the third one is actually a 4.
-[Paul] Oh, I was a little off.
-[Ron] Okay.
-[Leland] It's close.
-[Geek Climber] So, the fourth one is V11.
-[Paul] Okay.
-[Ron] Oh.
-[Leland] Yeah, Oh.
-[Geek Climber] And then the fifth one is V10.
-[Paul] Oh, cool!
-[Ron] Overshot it.
-[Leland] Way above me (laughing).
-[Paul] That's so fun!
-[Ron] That's cool.
There're a lot of cool climbs that I've never seen before.
I'm glad I got at least one right.
-[Leland] Those are some beautiful climbs.
I loved 'em. That was so exciting.
-[Geek Climber] Thanks for watching.
Be sure to comment below with your guesses.
Special thanks to Peter, who agreed to let me
use his climbs for this video.
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