EP 263: Adam Ondra — A Conversation With the Best Climber in the World

The Nugget Climbing Podcast

Steven Dimmitt

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4.2 • 576 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2025

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Summary

Adam Ondra is the greatest climber of all time. We talked about his trip to Smith Rock in 2018, onsighting Just Do It, what he was like as a kid, his 9c projects, Soudain Seul 9A, the Imhotep project, how he trains for long boulders vs routes, the Olympics, The Dawn Wall, climbing ethics, the monster within, why he thinks he can push his level for 7 more years, and much more.

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0:00.0	Hello, friends, and welcome to the Nugget Climbing podcast.
0:04.0	This is Stephen Dimmit.
0:06.5	Adam Andra is on the show today.
0:08.5	Adam needs no introduction.
0:09.9	He's the best climber in the world.
0:12.2	He's my favorite climber, so this was a very fun episode for me, and I loved it.
0:17.5	And there you go.
0:18.2	Shortest intro ever.
0:19.5	Please enjoy Adam Andra. C Adam, so I would not expect
0:37.3	you to remember this, but we've actually met before. And it was
0:41.6	November 10th, 2018. The reason I know that date is because it was the day that you on-sided,
0:47.7	just do it. And I used to live in Oregon. I lived in Oregon for many years, and Smithrock
0:52.9	was my home crag for about seven years. And when you were in town. I lived in Oregon for many years, and Smith Rock was my home crag for about seven
0:54.5	years. And when you were in town, I was projecting badman, that route and the Agro Golly. And I
1:01.4	remember hearing that you were around. And I didn't want to go out there and like try to find you
1:05.8	because I was sure you were getting way too much attention already. And I just wanted to let you,
1:09.8	you know, like have a good time and enjoy Smith Rock. But it was a Saturday, so I was out climbing with my friend
1:15.5	Paul. We warmed up on the front side and went up into the agrogoly. And there you were. And you were so
1:22.5	friendly. You had just on-sided bad man as your warm upup, which I thought was totally amazing. We chatted
1:28.5	with you for a bit. And I remember you asked us if we knew if anyone was back at the monkey,
1:34.7	because you were going to go try just do it. And you asked us if we could come back to belay,
1:39.4	just in case you needed a belay. Of course, we couldn't say no to that. So we followed you back there, and Ian Caldwell was back there, like the sheriff of Smith Rock,
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