8 Climbing Tips Taught by Magnus Midtbø

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[magmidt]

Great to finally meet you and I'm really glad I could convince you to start using chalk!!

[grantnorman]

I'm impressed by your resilience on this. Flashing a V6 and failing a V4 multiple times can hurt your ego (especially when you're climbing with an idol like Magnus). So I'm most impressed that you stuck with it and kept confidence in your feet after them slipping many times! That's hard to do, and not everyone will know that it can be a big mental challenge!

[rockentry]

What a great collab! that v4 does look hard! great job Geek Climber and great coaching Magnus.

[AntonFomenko]

Great video! That v4 is a different breed!🤘😅
Good job making it!
Coach Magnus did his job well too💪😅

[ts]

I love how Magnus makes it look SO easy.

[xaznxchaosxboix]

This taught me many things. The most important I feel but is difficult to mentally do is “ trust your feet”

[IrocZIV]

Its so easy to think a route is easy when watching Magnus, its nice to see what a more normal climber goes through on the same wall.

[DeafeningZap]

Came from Magnus' channel. You doing the V6 boulder on his channel was sick. I was very impressed. Not to mention the slab on this video, it was really cool to watch you progress.

[andremorning]

Watching how effortlessly Magnus just places his feet at the edge of the holds and easily finds his center of gravity is awesome 4:55

[marcellocirino]

"Be creative" - this is probably the best advice you could give new climbers - its too easy to fall into the trap of trying to make someone elses beta work for you and your body type. While general climbing tips are useful, its important to remember that your body is different, you have to find what works best for you - dont be afraid to try random things, even if it looks silly compared to what others are doing :)

[davehughes]

(Apologies if you've already worked this out, but putting this out there for both you and anyone else interested since I think you have quite a few followers who are learning to climb better)
3:10 is a really good example of why video can be useful - compare your left leg with Magnus from about a minute before. You're collapsing and letting your hips out, while Magnus twists through to keep his hips in. That makes a huge difference to keeping the weight on your feet and staying control. Compare this time stamp with the way you set up for a similar move at 5:28, and then again at 7:23. Being able to compare attempts can be useful to work out why one attempt feels super solid and the next is hopeless.
The other trick which can be really hard to commit to is to "preload" your ankle. Turn your heel in the direction you're barn dooring off and it can push you back in a bit. You actually do this a bit comparing 7:29 with 7:50, but I'm not sure you were aware of it. The second time your heel is further down and right, so your body doesn't want to come around on it as much. You had to find a compromise for your final ascent.
I really love that Magnus and you took the time to point out that there often isn't "a" beta, but a whole bunch that work for different people. Nice effort, and hope your fingers heal up.

[Curlyq]

Always heartbreaking seeing your favorite climbers at your gym, knowing you missed them

[KingLimeIX]

I love how this collab showed differences in body proportions and approaches to climbing any route. Each body has its own strengths and weaknesses, but Magnus' experience was able to bridge that gap by showing multiple styles/approaches to this problem. Goes to show multiple ways to approach too with a little creativity and a variety of experiences.

[warandv]

It’s mind blowing how magnus makes it look so easy. Reality strikes when geekclimber tried the same, it definitely seems much harder

[Mikeyboy]

Loving this so much. The fact that Magnus is so calm and patient with Jason is just so heartwarming. Keep up the good work Jason, you’re awesome!!! Hope you continue to use chalk from now on 😂

[kvasko]

Flashed a V6, and struggled hard on a V4. The fun of different climbing styles.

[ajaxanon]

This is the same V4 that Anton Fomenko struggled with before crushing a V8! I ordered some of your bars...can't wait to try them!

[yro]

Your pure JOY at completing it was CONTAGIOUS! Was awesome to see the perseverance pay off.

[MiguelClimbs]

Loved it! Good job trusting that right foot man! I don't know if I've ever seen the butt beta on any of Magnus' vids before haha. Pretty awesome having him as a coach! Really appreciated Magnus' audio in this vid too.

[syindrome]

So happy GeekClimber reached the top YT climber in order to get the best advice: use chalk!