NO STRAIGHT LINES | The North Face

This sport is you against yourself in many many things And I think for paraclimbers that's especially meaningful Definitely definitely I mean every climber knows that you get your own limitations and your fears It's about having a goal meeting that goal and following it Dedication to the process And all these skills are something that will help you a lot when life comes at you and you ask serious questions Life just doesn't move in straight lines You have to accept it as it comes and make the best of it Hello and welcome to Innsbruck Welcome to Briançon in France We are in Salt Lake City Utah The Paraclimbing World Cup is a fixed point on the international competition calendar I am very much looking forward to an exciting night at paraclimbing And another movement and then it goes up up What a performance The diversity is much greater among the Paracletterers That's what makes it interesting to see What people can get out of their bodies despite their limitations What a show today Climbing is a big family In Paralympic sports the family is simply a bit more colorful because there are so many more facets I think Angelino's role is becoming bigger and bigger step by step He was simply an incredible talent from the very beginning This exceptional talent is currently becoming an absolute leading figure in paraclimbing Not just for our category but generally for Paraclimbing Angelino our Paraclimben machine Angelino is the rocket Angelino stands out because he can only use his hands to pull himself up Angelino had an accident with his paraglider He moves very dynamically He has an incredible momentum in all his movements When I think back to the first applicants it was all uncharted territory I was quite excited I'm basically the type of person who prefers to watch things happen from the outside If one happens to achieve certain successes en one is somehow in the center He is now clearly showing especially in the last one and a half years how he is simply a general athlete and a driving force Eventually it simply matures for parasports and feels more and more comfortable in it So if you want to be at the front international competitions One must actually adjust one's entire life around it No one reaches the top of the world by chance But there is really a lot of work behind it Angelino is my greatest inspiration Angelino is a machine He outperforms all of us in bench pressing pulling and basically everything And this is very very important when training with a fitter person And that's really cool because you know Okay there's a level that can still be reached And of course people push each other I find that extremely important But as soon as the joke is on it's funny cool You can keep hacking away endlessly For me it's a really important factor that you just have fun while training Yes you can also press slower No Come on we need to get to the goal Dear father that's really tiring too I used to train a lot in sports before but not so specifically in terms of performance anymore But just because it was fun And targeted climbing training I only started doing that since I've been in a wheelchair and competitive sports Leading is now something completely different for me than before In paraclimbing we all climb using a top rope Falling is not so stressful in an extreme overhang But if it's only slightly overhanging I can' t absorb the impact with my feet and I actually hit the wall with full force Lead climbing gives me a lot because I can climb up on my own without being attached to the rope And it's simply a completely different kind of burden for the mind which also benefits me naturally Because it is a boundary that can be crossed again I am truly grateful that I can climb And there are just so many possibilities still open and I am incredibly grateful for that He is not only a good friend and climbing partner but also my trainer The most important thing when climbing is the center of gravity It must be as close as possible to the wall to relieve the hands as much as possible However with the Angelino it looks different Angelino actually uses his legs in the sense that he uses them as a pendulum To get a bit of momentum for the train movement Also if I am hanging on the wall and have the opportunity to pull my body towards the wall with my heel or the tips of my toes I can take a break and accordingly also pause The King Kong in the noble shafts is a classic and was the ideal first climbing tour for me Also up to the top you have to hold on tight If you go up to the right there's a better hole behind it But you just have to screw it on I think there's no other solution for that Because the one I had was a bit on the weak side I managed the tour already on the next climb But I've never tried that before The first few meters must be pulled up the rope because there is not enough overhang The Angelino must hang in a stable position and cannot stand in a stable position Then he only hangs by one arm and has to clip with the second hand I've often been scared when I clip that somehow my foot slips or something When you'really hanging on just one hand I find it pretty scary It's just pure horror The whole body is at its limit It looks like you have fewer problems Maybe I'll try it on you in the lead Can you believe it huh A few are quite hard to hold on to If you manage to get them But let's try maybe His name is Gusti right Yes Good Give it to her Come over to my place And push Good Alright come on Come on go already Close it It is lighter than before But the pest says anyway it's not going You're trying to go as far as possible And then you're hanging one hand and think **** actually I want to go further but the head says no it's not possible And then you just say yes And then you think why did I say yes I'm not Yes Great Gini Sometimes you get to the point where you just shut your brain off and go for it And then it goes from one to another and you think that wasn't really that hard At the end of the day I was able to climb much more relaxed and have also come much closer to my limits I'm already saying it I' ll keep making the sausage links and when I'm full it doesn't matter Cool The day was a huge success for me because I simply climbed the first route in the lead and then also made it all the way to the top It was all possible every clipper and it was just an extremely relaxed experience It's really fun to be outside It's something completely different again a different feeling than in the hall It was my first lead climb on the rock outside Yes that looked pretty cool Then next time collect and then we'll see what else there is That's how it is That was just an extremely relaxed experience and of course pushed me forward again