Silence | World's Hardest Route 9c | Adam Ondra

What it takes to climb the world’s first 9c? Let’s find out in Silence, a movie by Bernardo Giménez. It shows what preceded the afternoon of September 3, 2017 when Adam Ondra, a professional rock climber and currently one of the best climbers in the world, made a little piece of climbing history when he climbed his project in the spectacular Hanshelleren Cave in Norway. The route, later named Silence, received a new grade of 9c and became the hardest route in the world.

Directed by
BERNARDO GIMÉNEZ

Main Cameras
BERNARDO GIMÉNEZ
PAVEL KLEMENT

Second Camera
PAVEL BLAZEK

Camera Assistant
VOJTECH LICKO

Executive Producer
PAVEL BLAZEK

Executive Producer Assistant
KRISTYNA HERCIGOVA

Music
BROKE FOR FREE
CHRIS ZABRISKIE
KAI ENGEL
LA LIBERTE
SERGEY CHEREMISINOV

Aerial Footage
PETR JAN JURACKA
BERNARDO GIMÉNEZ

Edited by
PABLO BETANCOURT
BERNARDO GIMÉNEZ

Cast
ADAM ONDRA
PAVEL BLAZEK
KLAUS ISELE
IVA VEJMOLOVA

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[smlhkim]

I love the zoom out after he sends the route. The hardest climb man has ever accomplished and yet from 300m away, you can’t even see him against the backdrop of the magnificent rock. Beautiful.

[eliaselotmani]

6:13 the guy is climbing himself, he's getting so strong he soon won't need walls anymore

[Dionyzos]

I'm not a climber myself, not even athletic, but I was hooked recently binge watching lots of climbing videos on Youtube, primarily Magnus Midtbø's channel, being absolutely awestruck by what these athletes are capable of. What I didn't expect was that one of these videos would make me cry by the end. I'm at a point in my life trying to turn things around after years of depression and this was inspiring beyond belief. It shows that almost anything is possible if you just put your mind to it. You're probably not going to read this but thank you Adam, this could be the nudge I needed to change my life once and for all.

[joshthsu]

Big props to the camera man for flying in the air around the route for the shot! Truly the most impressive feat of camera work I’ve seen!

[OstrichDome]

Imagine hearing those screams if you were way out there hiking... Hearing those death screams would become legend to the locals.

[sydosys]

This is apparently how my parents got to school every day.

[homiesapien]

The zoom out at the end is absolute stunning. The mindblow i had was so beautiful. Goosebumps. On one side one can see happiness of an incredible human who just reached his (highest) goal and pushed the limits of humanity a centimeter forward, but if you look closely the whole rock represents the unreached, unexplored side of the world. The cave is what we humans have only achieved, explored, where we have put our limits for the time being.

[CelticGladiator]

What Adam does is a total madness to my mind. When I look at his crazy movements, twisted body hanging here and there, incredibly strong grips allowing him rest in such unusual positions and all that smooth flow, I am officially loosing perspective where up and down is. Seriously. Hats off.

[parkerfessenden]

The ending shot as it pulls away from his tiring and exhausting struggle to show how small he really is in the landscape of Norway is just humbling. Adam spent months of effort to finally complete the route only to show that there are hundreds if not thousands more routes in the world that could compare to Silence. The struggle is so personally immense but at the same time so small compared to the vastness of the world.

[madpingui]

Stefano is going to have a great challenge ahead of him, it is incredible to see how difficult each movement is after watching his video.

[WishMount]

9:24 I haven't seen Strength and Conditioning/injury prevention/training simulation being done like this... EVER. It's truly amazing, the lengths they are going to in order to complete this climb- the dedication and preparation simply beautiful. This is elite simulation, and impressive how depsite not being near the wall they have memorised the EXACT points of contact and muscular contractions needed to be trained- I'm so stunned I could go on forever.

[puzzLEGO]

at this point I think this man has the right to change it from 'silence' to after beating it

[therondoshow]

I LOVE that you kept in over a minute of him resting from 14:15 to 15:30. This really adds to the tension and I think adds to the entire experience. Fantastic editing on this video, thank you!

[gregjeter]

I haven’t climbed in years. I have been suffering from ME/CFS for a few years now and I find watching these amazing videos so inspirational! Someday I will be back on the rock pushing my body and mind. I get very emotional watching these inc athletes. There is nothing that compares to sending a climb that pushes you physically and mentally.
Thank you for the inspiration!

[Legio__X]

I’m not into the climbing scene and stumbled on this Video and I have to say. I had no idea a human being could do something like this. To climb up an almost vertical cave wall….upside down. So impressive. This guy is dedicated to his craft and it shows. A master at work 👏🏻

[ChillhopMusic]

Great to be able to see what goes into something like this, real dedication.
Also that ending shot is amazing!

[sFinest]

16:05. The zoom out gave me chills. This entire video is incredible.

[robi-wzmi]

climbing for around 7 years and i have never heard such primal yelps and screams. This mans work and dedication is amazing and he deserves all the fame he has accumulated from vids like these and comps

[TheMinarus]

The zoom out truly let's you appreciate the grandiose and important nature of the accomplishment as truly the hardest kind of climb done by a human being...That's madness

[TounInTheHole]

Silence? I think more appropriate title would be: "Aaaaarg, graaaagh"