Climbing every hard boulder in the best new gym

Massive thank you to Element for hosting us, be sure to check out their new gym in Cologne!

This has got to be my best and most fun climbing session in a very long time. Trying hard on some very good boulders.

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FIlmed by Cordelia Mangia Jansson
Edited by Emil Abrahamsson

[theoneatyourdoor]

The aesthetics of the gym is top tier.

[vitaliizakharuk]

bro casually mentions that a new gym opened in my home town, thanks for the intel

[mikeytkins]

dude I'm literally suffering from a recurring pulley injury as well. it drains the fun out of trying hard so much

[sirlockoff]

if it makes you feel any better la joker is 7A and a good sandbag at that 💪

[hym]

Love those magical sessions where everything comes together and you feel like an absolute god the entire time. I also relate to the "I just want to try as hard as humanly possible" attitude. You've quickly become my favorite climber to watch and the recent videos have been so sick!

[greyemrednus]

Yo Emil you should do sort of a marathon, where you rush from gym to gym asking for and climbing their hardest boulder. Maybe as a race with someone else - finding who can get most tops in a set time. Thank me later

[MdnightCrashB]

That perfect balance between climbing hard, feeling strong and being psyched is why climbing is my #1 addiction. But to have good sessions there must inevitably be bad ones 😅

Love the emil energised sessions!

[LasseKircher]

It was lovely meeting you there, you cruised the blue 8 I set (as well as everything else), damn! Greetings from cologne, Lasse 🦋

[matteobecchi]

Nikken's boulders are always so sick. Strong session!

[alexvila]

This video style is very nice and interesting to watch! Keep em comming!

[severin]

i really enjoyed the genuine banter between you and cordi in the video ❤

[TrueOriginans]

I love this style of vid! Reminds me of old school Magnus videos.

[jobverkoelen]

Am i the only one loving the interaction with Cordi again?
She is so wholesome and a very nice addition to the dialogue ❤

[duskisfallingyt]

Shoutout to the editor — @ 21:16 the music slowdown to show more control was a nice touch

[TheBonboni]

so psyched on this video. I have already been there three times and its so cool to see you on boulders that I did as well.
On youtube its usually quite difficult to grasp grades but now i know exactly how the boulders felt. I did all the 8s pretty much but no 9 yet.

[kilianjobin]

21:16 The change in music speed as you climb in a more controlled manner is such a nice touch!

[druin]

This video is INCREDIBLE. The energy is truly outstanding. I am super happy for your recovery and excited for your climbing!!

[tronco]

This is awesome! Thank you for sharing the good times Emil and wishing you a lot more siiiick seshs!!

[kamilbaldyga]

Loved the video and your honesty at the end, it hits so close to home. Last year I had an amazing steady progress and every month I felt stronger and stronger. And then in March I went to Bleau and injured a pulley on my project. The recovery went quite good, but it never felt 100% good. Then yesterday I did my V7-gym project (second of this grade for me) and right after that another V6 project, it felt so amazing to be able to quickly send those grades. There's so much content on youtube with strong climbers, it's easy to forget that progress is not linear. And when we're not at our best it's not always easy to stay motivated. Thank you for sharing this video. (also by luck it seems like we were both in Font at the same time in 2023 and 2024, I hope one day I'll bump into you)

[tommeyer]

Trying a bunch of hard boulders just makes the best type of session and video. Also their hold selection, aesthetic and setting is so cool