Adam Ondra Quotes

Adam Ondra is a Czech professional rock climber. He is widely regarded as one of the best climbers in the world and has achieved numerous first ascents and records in sport climbing. Ondra's extraordinary climbing abilities and achievements have made him a legendary figure in the sport of rock climbing.

It's really difficult to climb effortlessly.... -Adam Ondra

It's really difficult to climb effortlessly.

Bouldering on real rock, which I'm more used to climbing on, is a lot more static and requires mostly finger power, whereas competition-style boulder problems are about coordination.

I am full time athlete.... -Adam Ondra

I am full time athlete.

I've never had problems about passionate motivation to just keep climbing and keep training and pushing.

There are way more powerful climbers compared to me but I think I can really take advantage of all my power due to my technique.

The Nose is a beautiful route. The best thing is that, in one day, you get to climb so much. You climb and climb and climb the whole day.

Even though Czech food is traditionally a bit heavy, especially for a climber, I can't resist some dishes: sveckova, for example, is beef in a creamy sauce with celery and dumplings. It's probably fortunate that I don't know how to cook it myself.

I didn't want to hike to the top of El Capitan and rappel down the route, and start fixing lines. For me it was really important to try to climb it from the ground up at first.

I shriek when I am climbing at my absolute limit, but never shriek in the warm-up or when trying the moves. No matter how terrible it might sound, it helps me.

Climbing in the Olympics would be my dream, but I'... -Adam Ondra

Climbing in the Olympics would be my dream, but I'm not so optimistic that it will make it in 2020.

I have always wanted to compete in the Olympic Gam... -Adam Ondra

I have always wanted to compete in the Olympic Games.

I came to Flatanger with a plan in my mind to bolt a really, really hard thing that would be beautiful and keep me motivated to try it for a long time, in some underdeveloped area.

Every December I take two or three weeks off. After an entire season of training and climbing, my body needs the break.

I finished my degree so I'm definitely hoping I ha... -Adam Ondra

I finished my degree so I'm definitely hoping I have some more time to climb.

I felt the strongest impulse to climb when I enter... -Adam Ondra

I felt the strongest impulse to climb when I entered my first competitions.

My diet is mostly composed of whole-grain cereals, legumes, beans, lentils. Lots of cooked, baked, or steamed vegetables. Lots of spices like curcumin or cumin that help aid digestion. Some superfoods.

I was born into a climbing family.... -Adam Ondra

I was born into a climbing family.

I remember when I started climbing more seriously.... -Adam Ondra

I remember when I started climbing more seriously. That was when I was six years old.

What I like about climbing that it's so broad. For certain periods I can focus on sport climbing and then I can shift my focus more on the bouldering or I can shift my focus on climbing in the mountains.

What really motivates me to climb harder and harder is not necessarily that I want to push my limits or show who's best, but climbing harder and harder routes makes it more fun.

Climbing is great, and I don't think I'll ever tire of it, because there are so many different disciplines.

Normally, it's more efficient to climb fast.... -Adam Ondra

Normally, it's more efficient to climb fast.

I do not climb really dangerous stuff.... -Adam Ondra

I do not climb really dangerous stuff.

My mother and father met through climbing and it was totally natural that I would become a climber too.

I think climbing deserves to be an Olympic sport, as it is one of the few natural movements - like swimming or running, things that people have been doing for a thousand years.

For the Olympics, I'm mostly training in the gym, ... -Adam Ondra

For the Olympics, I'm mostly training in the gym, so I'm running laps on the standard speed wall.

Czech people are quite hard to get to know, in my ... -Adam Ondra

Czech people are quite hard to get to know, in my opinion.

I think in general the American scene is much more focused on bouldering, where in Europe they're more focused on sport climbing.

I thought I knew how to jug, but when you only jug 30 meters to the top of a sport climb, you don't need good technique. But jugging 400 meters, that's a big deal.

The Dawn Wall is so obviously the hardest big-wall... -Adam Ondra

The Dawn Wall is so obviously the hardest big-wall climb in the world, so that was the challenge.

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