[soft music]
- The reason why there's so many
amazing places to climb around the world is because
people before us have come
and put up different routes, different first ascents.
That's what I want to do for our group of climbers, man.
Like, I want to give them that experience
and inspire them
to think out of the box and to dream.
And that's what doing first ascents is all about.
- Yeah. - Up until now,
it's like, we're gonna take them to all these spots,
like, local spots around here in Spain,
which is super cool.
These are like my personal-- - Yeah.
- Personal places that are super close to my heart.
But I also want to go somewhere cool
for myself. - Absolutely, absolutely.
- I want to go somewhere I've never been before.
So, like, that's what I want to do,
take them to a spot that's just gonna rock their world.
- Did you watch "Dune"?
- Of course, dude, it was very good.
- OK, OK, OK.
Have you ever been to Jordan? - No.
- Petra? - No.
- Bro.
There's this place called Wadi Rum.
Have you ever heard of it? - I've heard of it, yeah.
I don't know much about it--
- I don't think there's a place in the world
that has ever made me--
just out of everything we've just talked about,
that's anything that could beat this place.
Like, I saw a couple bolts.
And there's, like, cracks, there's tons of boulders.
- It just looks like crazy desert?
- It's just desert out in the middle of nowhere.
I mean, I would just go wander off and go shoot stuff.
And it looks like sandstone mountains
are just, like, melting everywhere.
- Oh, my gosh. - There's so much rock there.
- Dude, that sounds perfect, huh?
They could do some first ascents.
I could do some first ascents.
- There's, like, first ascent all over.
- I'll take your word for it, man.
- It's like Sharm-y Land.
- Let's go to Wadi Rum, man.
- Wadi Rum it is, man. - Salud.
[horn blowing]
♪ ♪
[mystical music]
♪ ♪
This is one of the most amazing places I've ever been,
without a doubt.
♪ ♪
It's just so vast.
- I don't think I've ever seen this much rock before.
It's crazy. [chuckles]
♪ ♪
- Being here in Wadi Rum,
it really is the most beautiful desert environment
I've ever been in,
you know, all of these amazing sand dunes
and just the most impressive rock formations.
So I'm really excited
to try to put up a climb for these guys.
There's a place nearby that I think might work for us.
♪ ♪
I'm trying to do a first ascent.
I feel like that's gonna be such a unique challenge
and such a cool opportunity and experience
that we're gonna, like, give them.
- Yeah. - It's really exciting.
- I mean, that's not an everyday experience,
finding first ascents.
- Most climbers will never do a first ascent
in their entire career of climbing.
A lot of people are more than happy just to follow
what other people have done.
- Any first ascent is something to be proud of and exciting.
It's the best way to leave your mark
in the climbing community.
So it's kind of a coveted thing.
- I want to go out and find something unique
for these guys, and I have a few ideas, you know?
I'd love to find, like, an arete feature,
just something that we haven't climbed yet
up until now. - Yeah.
- An arete is a 90-degree corner facing outwards,
like an open book or something like that,
where you have to kind of
position your hands and your feet
on either side and use pressure.
And it's also quite an insecure form of climbing
because oftentimes there's nothing
to actually hold on to.
♪ ♪
Super nice. I'm gonna go up.
I'm gonna kind of just check out the moves a little bit
and kind of get an idea of where I want the bolts.
- Mm-hmm. - And then when I'm ready,
I'll have you send me up the drill.
- OK, cool.
- It's an amazing experience
to establish a new climb.
It really does connect you
with the places where we climb.
And you're also leaving behind something
that others will get to enjoy.
The climbing community here in Jordan
and the climbers that will come here in the future
to Wadi Rum,
it's, like, what it's all about.
So I'm just kind of getting a sense
of where the climb is gonna go, where you're gonna clip from.
There's a nice hold right there.
- Oh, yeah, that's nice. Yeah.
- There's a nice one there, too.
Yeah, I just want to make sure
everything's nice and clean up here,
not gonna have any, like, surprise loose rock.
[solid tapping] This all sounds pretty good.
[hollow tapping] Ooh.
Ooh, that's super sketchy right there.
Ooh, that's a deadly hold right there.
- Bolting on sandstone's a little trickier
than bolting on other types of rock.
Because sandstone's a lot more fragile,
you really have to be diligent
in finding strong rock to bolt on.
- I'm gonna need to rip that off
because that's super hazardous.
- There's just a little more work involved
and a lot more precision.
- [grunts]
[rock crashes]
Now's coming the fun part.
[drill whirring]
♪ ♪
It's an amazing experience
to, you know, establish a new climb.
You can see these brown cliffs all over the place
that have been here
for thousands or millions of years.
But then when we decipher a pathway up it...
♪ ♪
It becomes much more than that.
It becomes a rock climb. It becomes a route.
♪ ♪
[bright uplifting music]
♪ ♪
- This looks crazy. - Oh, there's the camels.
There's the camels, hi.
- I feel like I'm in an Indiana Jones movie.
- Yeah.
- Oh, my God!
- Have you seen the rock, guys? Come on!
- I literally brought all of my shoes,
'cause I was like, I don't know what I need.
- Fuck, yes, guys.
- Wow. - Look at the rock, man.
Like, look at the texture. - I wanna go touch the rock.
- Oh, man. I'm just so stoked.
We're in fucking Jordan, brother, you know?
Who would have known? I wouldn't, you know?
That never crossed my wildest dreams, you know?
It's just, we're here, and it's amazing.
[chuckles]
♪ ♪
- Brad would love it here.
I think we're, like, definitely missing his energy.
And as more and more people leave,
I feel like it's more noticeable.
[camels grunting]
- Oh, look at these things.
- Hi!
- I've never seen a camel in person.
- You guys can get some love, too.
- Oh, my God. - Oh, what?
This one's-- [camel grunts]
Oh! - [laughs]
- It's really cool to be still in this competition.
I want to go touch the rock.
- Should we take the camel? [laughter]
- It's really awesome
to have the possibility of winning 100 grand
and a year sponsorship from prAna.
Wow.
With 100 grand, now you can travel to climb
and experience other amazing places like Jordan.
- Oh, my God, they're so cute. [chuckles]
This is cool.
- These are pretty cool. - They're super cool.
- 11...
- Oh, wow.
- Ah, Tiff, where are you?
- En route to Jordan,
Tiffany tested positive for COVID
and is currently in quarantine.
We're very close because we're climbing partners.
You're putting your life into their hands,
and they're putting their life into your hands.
So it's hard not having her here
and not knowing if she's gonna be able to come back.
This is a climbing competition.
And if you are out of the competition
for something other than climbing,
it's very frustrating, and it sucks.
- Oh, man.
- Cat, we're neighbors.
♪ ♪
- Look at this place.
What do you think, man? - It's gorgeous.
- This place is incredible, right?
- Wow, look at that block up there.
- Wow. - I love it.
It looks like a beach bouldering place...
- I know, right?
- But it's, like, in the middle of the fucking desert.
- With, like, no water actually around.
I've been thinking the same thing.
It's so cool. [laughs]
- Welcome to Wadi Rum, huh?
You know, I've already been bolting
a really amazing climb for you guys.
- What? - Yeah.
- You guys are gonna have the chance to do the FA,
to do the first ascent of this climb.
- Oh, that's-- - Really?
- That's cool. That's really cool.
- It's gonna be awesome. - Really cool, right?
- Yeah. - It's a dream to be able
to climb a Sharma route,
but to do the first ascent of one, that's--
- I didn't say you're gonna do the first send.
I said you're gonna try to do it.
[laughter, indistinct chatter]
- Not only will you get a chance to do the first ascent,
but you'll also get to name it.
- Oh!
- That name is gonna live on in guide books forever
as your legacy.
- Dude.
Sh--that's ridiculous.
I would love to get the first ascent.
There's not too many people who make a first ascent
that look like me.
Yeah, I'm excited to see what happens.
- Because the stakes are so high,
we're gonna have a competition.
The person who wins will actually decide
the running order for everyone on the main climb.
- Oh!
[laughter]
- If you're trying to make a first ascent,
climbing order is key
because you don't want to go too late in the running order,
'cause if someone else sends before you,
then you just lost your shot at the first ascent.
- This route that I put up is very technical.
And it's really gonna challenge your footwork.
So we're gonna give you a no-hands boulder problem.
- Where those goalposts are,
that's where you need to get to.
If you fall short of that top,
I'll be scoring your highest controlled foothold.
- Stoked to be here with y'all.
Yeah, it's gonna be a good time.
- Whoo! - Psyched.
- Yeah. - Whoo!
- All right. Robyn, you're up first.
- A no-hands bolder problem is climbing a slab with no hands.
The only two things that can touch the wall are,
you know, your left and your right foot.
It's all about adapting to this soft sandstone
and learning how to climb gingerly.
- Yeah! - Nice!
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
- Come on. Good job. Good job.
- Very nice. - Come on, Robyn.
Come on. Come on.
- Very good. - Nice, nice.
- Nice, Robyn.
When you're bouldering with no hands,
balance really plays a large role.
So that means they're really gonna
have to rely on stabilizing themselves
when they're standing on footholds.
Oh, she just lost her balance a little.
- There it is. [laughter]
- For some people, it's really hard to do
because they have a hard time
trusting that their foot won't slip.
- Yeah, you got this. - Nice, man.
- Come on down. - Come on, come on.
- Ooh, nice.
- Motherfucker.
[laughter, chatter] I came in too hot.
- One of the biggest mistakes people make is
by not applying enough pressure.
- Here we go. Here we go. - Oh. shit!
- Nice, Alice. - This is like wakeboarding.
- They're afraid that if they apply
the pressure, they'll slip.
But in reality, the more pressure you apply,
the less likely you are to slip.
- Eek! Oh, God.
- Oh, man.
A little too far below the finish, but really good effort.
And at least she didn't come grating down.
- That was actually kind of a scary fall.
- Good effort.
- All right, Deco, you're up next.
- So, Deco...
in general, he's been taking himself
a lot more seriously since Mallorca,
but he still seems to struggle with focus sometimes.
He's a little chaotic sometimes.
And sometimes he just needs to like,
you know, calm that down.
- Vitamin D. Come.
- He has everything it takes to be an amazing climber.
I just want him to succeed.
- Begin climbing now.
- [exhales deeply]
- Nice, Deco.
♪ ♪
- [exhales deeply]
- Come on, Deco. Come on, dude!
- Come on. - Come on, come on, come on.
Come on. - OK.
♪ ♪
- High. - Come on.
- [grunts] - Yeah!
- Whoa!
- Whoo! - Whoo!
♪ ♪
- Good job. - Good job. [chuckles]
- All right, Cat, you're up next.
- OK.
- Come on, Cat.
- Nice, Cat.
- Come on, Cat. - Come on, Cat.
You got this.
all: Oh! - It fuckin' went.
- Wow. Good job.
- That was a good burn.
- I'm bummed. I wish I could've sent it.
I really wanted control of the climbing order
so that I could place myself at the front of the line
because then that would give me the best chance
of getting a first ascent.
- Awesome job.
That was super exciting to watch.
Deco, you got the only top,
which means you are the winner--congratulations.
- Good job. - Yeah, dog.
- So this means that you get the honor
of picking the order for the main climb.
- Like, I was thinking about it,
and I think Cat and Dom are just, like, actually, like,
like, really psyched on, like, getting the first ascent.
And I think the order that I would like to follow
would be, like, Cat going first
and then Dom going second
and then Alice going third.
I will be the fourth
and probably the last one, OK? Yeah?
- OK. - Yeah?
- Awesome. - All right.
- Wow, very-- - That was thoughtful.
- Really thoughtful of you, Deco.
- That's so freaking cool.
Deco caught on that Dom and I were just, like, really psyched
about being the person to claim the first ascent
and was kind enough to put us toward the front.
- Really awesome. - Yeah, good job, guys.
- Great to see you climb.
Well, we're excited to see you on the main climb.
- Hands and knees are on for the main climb, right?
- Correct. - OK, good.
- Yay.
- Have you done that one challenge where it's--
- Nice, dude.
- I wanna-- - Jesus!
- It's really hot.
I'm standing right in the sun.
Deco chose us to go first.
I think it's cool to have a first ascent,
but I'm more hyped on it of, like, what it could mean
for just, like, my community...
- For sure. - Than, like, myself.
- When I first started climbing,
there were no Black climbers.
You and I have the opportunity to put up a route
that not many people like us have, you know?
- Yeah. What's so important to me...
it's showing that...
you don't have to be white,
you don't have to be a cis person,
you don't have to be male to achieve greatness
or have, like, importance within the climbing community.
You can ask any climber,
and they usually have someone that they look up to
and someone that they're inspired by.
And for the trans community, we don't have many.
There's this conversation that for trans people,
you're either a cheater or less than.
And that's so not true.
I can be trans,
and I can also be really great at this thing that I do.
So, for the first ascent,
there is a little part in my heart
that really hopes it's someone different
than who the climbing community usually uplifts.
- Truly and wholeheartedly,
I wish you the best of luck. - You too.
It's, like, so much fun to climb with you.
- Yeah, fuck, yeah. - And you kill it every time.
- We're gonna keep the ball rolling.
Gonna keep the ball rolling.
♪ ♪
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[car door opens]
♪ ♪
- Here it is.
- Whoa.
That is different.
[laughs] - Yeah. Yeah.
- Okay, cool. - All right.
Oh, it's so pretty.
- Beautiful piece of rock.
- I bolted this thing with you guys in mind.
So hopefully one of you guys
will be able to climb it, make the first ascent
and get to name it.
♪ ♪
The route I bolted for you guys
is an 85-foot-tall slabbed arete with 14 bolts.
The bottom section
features good but incredibly delicate handholds.
The middle of the route requires intricate footwork
on near-microscopic edges.
And the top combines it all in a complex balancing act
up the final three draws to the top anchor.
I can't wait for you guys to climb on it.
- For today's main climb, your result will be based
off the highest hold that you grab
or if you top the route today.
And, Cat, you are going to be going first.
- That's kind of part of the experience
of coming to a new place.
It's like getting out of your comfort zone
and trying new things and adapting your style, right?
That's what it's all about.
- Well, let's get you guys warmed up and--
- Get psyched.
- Can't wait to see you guys climbing that arete.
- I think a lot of our climbers
are really experienced in climbing in the gym,
where it's more physical.
It's more about how hard you can pull.
This climb, in particular,
because the rock is so fragile,
it's about how little can you pull.
I think it's gonna test them in a lot of new ways.
- All right, Cat, begin climbing now.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
Come on, Cat.
- Beautiful first ascent, Wadi Rum up for grabs.
Who's it gonna be?
Super psyched to see him on this.
- I know. Me too. - You can tell he's focused.
- Very. Also, like, he was really excited
by the potential to get the first ascent.
So, you know, he's, like, really focused,
trying to be as patient as possible.
♪ ♪
e's looking pretty solid so far.
He's just getting out of the bottom section
and into the middle part, which has almost no footholds.
- This being the very first try,
like, there's a lot of route reading.
- Mm.
- It's really important just to go slow and take your time.
It's the same thing.
It's all about smearing those feet.
- It looks a little funky, not as straightforward
as some of the other climbs. - No.
- Cat's doing a lot of smearing on the wall.
A smear, which is basically putting your foot on the wall
without a foothold,
is a little bit more slippery.
And since sandstone is slippery already,
it means you could pretty much fall at any point.
- [breathes heavily]
- He's clipped into the fifth quickdraw right now.
- Solid, brother, come on. - Yeah.
- So this is, like, kind of a tricky section, right?
- These next three moves right here is where...
- The main crux is. - It gets very real.
♪ ♪
- [groaning]
- Now his body position is kind of weird
on the right side of the arete.
♪ ♪
- [grunts]
- You don't want to be shaking.
You want to be just very relaxed there.
It's gonna be really key
for him to calm himself down right here.
♪ ♪
- There we go. That's better.
- Yeah! - Now he's on a good cra--
Oh, no.
- [panting]
He kind of lost his balance there,
basically halfway up.
- He went for it.
And then I think the hold wasn't as good as, like...
he thought it was gonna be.
- I was bummed for sure that I didn't send the route.
That was something that I really wanted to do.
You want to get to the top and celebrate
'cause it means you've done something.
I didn't technically send it,
but I can say I've been on two arete climbs in my life.
- [laughs] Oh, my God.
[dramatic music]
- Come on, Dom.
♪ ♪
- Watching Cat on the main climb,
seeing how long he actually had to pause
and figure things out let me know, like,
OK, this is flat out hard.
- He has an extremely strong upper body.
And, so, when you get on these super technical things--
- Where you can't just pull your way through,
it gets a little cruxy-- kind of hard to maneuver.
He's having a hard time figuring out
where he wants to put his feet
and finding his balance positions.
He's just not comfortable on this feet.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
That felt a little spicy.
- It makes me nervous watching. - I know.
'Cause he's, like, afraid to stand on his feet still.
♪ ♪
- Come on, Dom.
Come on. - Come on, Dom.
- Come on. - Stick with it.
- You can do this. - Stick with it.
- He's getting close to the crux.
♪ ♪
He's still having trouble standing on his feet.
- Yeah, he's got--
- Come on, Dom!
- Ah!
Ay-yi-yi.
- So already we've had Cat,
who got about halfway up the route.
He clipped seven of the draws.
And Dom was a little bit below him.
He actually clipped the sixth one
and fell a little bit lower than him.
- I'll see someone in the elimination round.
Fuck.
[pensive music]
♪ ♪
- Locked and loaded, ready to roll?
- Oh, yeah.
- The idea of coming here and doing a first ascent,
it's like a gift from Chris.
Like, that's what it feels like.
- All right, Alice, are you ready?
- And it's like, we want to honor
that gift and that effort
by, like, doing our very best to send.
It's just, like, a special thing.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
[breathing heavily]
♪ ♪
- That's where the tricky sequence starts, right?
- Mm-hmm. - Yeah.
♪ ♪
- She's kind of panicking now. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
♪ ♪
- Aah!
[grunts]
- Come on.
Stick with it. - Yeah!
♪ ♪
- That was a really good move there,
just trying to get off her feet for a second.
Nice, Alice. - Nice.
- Good, Alice. - That was awesome.
- I believe she's actually past where Cat got now.
- She is. - I feel like she only has
about five more actual moves
that are gonna be difficult to do,
and then she'll be in a position
to actually top the route.
♪ ♪
- This is definitely, like, the heartbreaking crux.
♪ ♪
- Don't panic here.
- Keep it together, Alice. - Ah!
[grunts]
- Come on, Alice.
- Fuck, yeah!
♪ ♪
- [breathing heavily]
[shouts]
[sighs]
[laughing]
Yay!
[cheering] - Nice!
- Whoo!
- Nice job, Alice!
Whoo!
- Whoo!
Whoo-hoo!
I got it!
Yes!
What? [laughs]
That was epic.
Holy crap.
- You crushed it!
- Yee-ooh!
- Cool, well...
- First ascent. - Yeah.
- Oh, my God!
I just remembered it's the first ascent.
[laughing] - Nice!
- So good! - Whoo!
- Like, honestly, you think you know what you can do,
and then you realize you can do more.
It's really cool.
So that's a great moment for me.
I mean, I feel like I won the whole comp.
[laughing] You know, it's great.
- Fuck, yeah!
Alice doing the first ascent was just amazing.
Like, seriously, I don't even know if she knows, you know,
how big things she can actually do,
because she just crushes it, seriously.
- I'm so proud of you.
That was so good.
I'm so proud of Alice.
I was so excited for her to do that climb.
I just knew that if she could find her confidence,
I knew she would do it.
It was really inspiring to watch Alice.
- All right, Deco, you're up next.
- Watching Alice, kind of like, you know,
light up a little bit of the fire in me.
I was, like, pumped. Let's do this.
Hoo!
- Yeah! [laughs] - Mario's here.
- Let's go. - Let's fucking go!
Brad is here, too.
All right, thumbs-up. [both laugh]
- All right, begin climbing now.
- Fucking get it.
[exhales deeply]
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- I think Deco does a really good job
of getting into a good breathing rhythm
pretty early on. - Yeah.
♪ ♪
I feel like Deco has so much potential.
♪ ♪
- [exhales deeply]
- Get it, dude.
- He's-- - [grunts]
- Oh, fuck.
[grunts]
Yeah, I just broke a big hold right now.
- Oh. - Holy shit.
- Yeah. - Are you guys OK?
- Yeah.
- Holy fuck. - Yeah.
- Yeah, you gotta be delicate.
I think Deco watched Alice cruise up the route
and then fell into that trap of thinking,
oh, well, that looked pretty easy.
Some of the sections will feel easy,
but the rock here is super fragile,
and you have to be so delicate.
- Well, this sucks. [chuckles]
[soft dramatic music]
- It's unfortunate for Deco to have just broken a hold,
and that ended his try.
But, like, Robyn will have to adjust and adapt to it.
- You got it, Robs.
- Super unfortunate he broke a hold,
but I'm trying really hard to, like, stay positive about it
and focus on just the climbing.
- Obviously, in a normal competition setting,
if a hold were to spin or break,
you could call a technical.
But this is a competition on real rock,
and part of the challenge is adapting to the rock
that you're climbing on.
- All right, Robyn, are you ready?
- I'm ready.
- Begin climbing now.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Give it, Rob!
♪ ♪
- She is going to be missing a hold right here.
So we're gonna find out very soon how that goes.
- Hopefully it wasn't a vital hold
for her to get up into that next section.
There's, like, a foot over there
that's really important that she needs to find.
♪ ♪
- Come on, Robyn.
- Nice. Come on. - Awesome. Come on.
- Yeah, she's getting into that good foot.
There we go.
- Yes. - Nice!
There it is. - Fuck, yeah.
- There she goes.
- Looks like it's not deterring her in any way.
♪ ♪
She's just up at the fourth draw.
So she's a couple below where Dom fell.
So, if Robyn can get
a couple moves past where she is right now,
she will not be in the bottom two.
♪ ♪
- Nice, Robyn.
- [breathing heavily]
- Come on, Rob.
♪ ♪
- She's been looking better as she goes on this route.
♪ ♪
She's in a really good position right now--
- Oh, fuck! - Oh!
- Oh, damn.
Oh, that's sandy.
- Good effort, Robyn.
- That was really fun.
- Nice job. - Thanks.
- Good job, you guys. - Thanks.
- It was awesome to watch you on that route, huh?
- It was a great time.
- It was spicy, yeah. - It's great.
- You guys, you brought it to life.
It's so cool, you know?
That was just a random cliff out here,
and now it's a beautiful rock climb.
- I think Alice brought it to life.
- Good job, Alice. Yeah.
Yeah, you get to name it.
So, yeah. - Yep.
Well, we talked about the name as a group,
and we decided it's going to be Steely-Eyed Sandy Dance.
- Awesome. - Nice.
- You're like, what does that mean?
- What I would have named it is Steely-Eyed Missile Man,
which is the name given to someone in NASA
who is able to come up with an ingenious solution
or a problem solved in a very short, critical amount of time.
- And I wanted to add the sandy part
for Deco breaking the hold, and then...
- I like that, Sandy Dance.
- And it's like a dance up there, right?
- Mm-hmm.
- A nice, delicate, intricate dance.
[chuckles] - Yeah.
- That's awesome.
So you guys know the results of what happened today.
Alice, you were in first.
And then, Cat, you're in second.
Robyn, you're third.
Dom, you're fourth.
And, Deco, you're fifth.
- Being in the bottom two for the first time
is not a good feeling.
But it's like, all right, get your shit together.
You still have an opportunity to climb,
and just keep it going.
♪ ♪
- I'm in the bottom two.
And I'm frustrated. I'm pissed off.
But I'm just gonna throw it all into the rock, you know?
And hopefully it's not gonna break on my hands this time.
- It was unfortunate to see Deco pull that hold off.
I'm worried about him being able to be focused.
If you really want to improve and become a better climber,
you have to face your failures and work on those things.
I know he could have climbed much higher,
and maybe he could have even done the route.
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I don't know exactly what happened.
Like, it seemed like you--
maybe you were a little bit too psyched, you know?
And, like, that's the thing, on this rock, you know,
you have to be super delicate, you know?
I mean, I know you're a funny guy
and you like to make lots of jokes and stuff,
but maybe forgot for a moment, like, what's on the line
and how important this is for you.
And when things like this happen,
it is like a wake-up call to be like,
oh, shit, like,
maybe I should be a little more focused.
- You were channeling Mario and Brad.
And then the next thing you know, like, a hold breaks,
and you're off at the second draw.
I think that Deco's goofiness and messing around
has definitely played a role in certain scenarios
throughout this competition.
I think it's a coping mechanism,
because if you don't make it seem real,
then what did you lose?
- I totally own my part of it,
'cause, like, I wasn't thinking about the rock.
I was just a bit nervous.
And I had all these thoughts coming in my mind.
For some reason, I was just not very comfortable.
- You shouldn't not believe in yourself,
because you got what it takes, man.
- Thank you, man, like, seriously.
Thank you, man, for saying that.
It means a lot,
especially, like, coming, like, from you,
especially, like, after, like,
what happened in Mallorca kind of thing, you know?
'Cause I was totally, like, downplaying myself.
And that's the other good aspect of it, you know?
My climbing here is not done.
I have some more things to do.
I saw that I wasn't in the proper mindset
before the main climb.
I saw how much that actually got
in the way of my performance.
I think just pacing myself down would be a little bit
of a good strategy, for sure.
I just want to show people my potential
and show people that I really want to be here.
[line ringing]
- There she is. Hi.
- Hello. Hi.
- How are you doing?
- I'm continuing to test... - Mm-hmm.
- And trying to get a negative result.
- Yeah. - And...
- It's still coming back positive, though?
- Yeah. - You feel OK to climb?
Like, when you're ready?
- Yeah, I think, you know, whatever comes from here,
it's a mindful exercise
of patience.
I just want to have a shot. - Yeah.
- I want to have a go.
- It's really hard not having Tiffany here
because I know she wants to be here
and she's supposed to be here.
It's hard not having her here and not knowing
if she's gonna be able to come back.
We want you here.
We've been thinking about you every day.
I hope you know that.
- [sighs] Thank you for sharing that with me.
That means-- that means so much.
- We love and miss you.
Take care of yourself.
Love you. - You too.
Keep looking after you.
Mwah. - Bye.
- See you.
[sentimental music]
- [sighs]
[dramatic music]
- This place is beautiful.
Look at this rock.
- Oh, that looks fucking cool.
- It looks hard, guys.
- Check it out, huh?
- It's gorgeous.
- Welcome to this beautiful tufa climb.
- It's beautiful. - Really pretty, huh?
- Yeah.
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- Your final climb of this round of competition
is a 65-foot ribbed tufa formation,
formed by calcium deposits running down the wall.
The crux is just a few feet from the bottom,
where the holds are near impossible to locate.
The middle has you hugging the tufa from both sides.
And at the top, the holds almost run out completely.
So the key is being creative with how you stay on the wall.
- Each of you will have one attempt
to get as high as you can on the route.
If you both top the route,
then you'll climb again. - OK.
- Dom and Deco, you are in the bottom two this week.
But since Tiffany isn't here this week,
we're having to adapt the competition.
Normally, you'd be climbing to stay in the competition.
But today the top two from the main climb
will be going head-to-head,
and the winner...
will be safe from elimination
in the next round of competition.
- Oh. - Next week?
- Dom and Deco, you're off the hook.
And, Cat and Alice,
you gotta get ready to climb today.
- I did not expect this at all, of course.
I'm nervous.
- All right, brother, give me a hug here, man.
- Aw. - Oh!
I was like, OK, Deco, you got lucky, brother.
Yeah, a lot more climbing to do.
You sure you want to be relying on luck?
- So Alice, since she did the best on the main climb,
Cat, you're gonna go first.
- Ooh. - Let's get psyched.
- Of course I'm bummed that I didn't send the last route.
I want to send the climb.
I want to get to the top,
and I want to experience all the movement
that it has to give me.
- Yeah, Cat, get psyched.
- Cat, are you ready? - Yeah, I'm good.
- Begin climbing now.
- Come on, Cat.
- Get it, Cat. - Take your time.
- Come on, Cat, you got this.
- Come on, Cat. - Come on.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- [breathes heavily]
- Come on, Cat.
You got this.
- So this next section right here is the hardest part.
♪ ♪
- OK, then over there.
- Ooh, the intro looks cruxy.
- [breathes heavily]
- Come on, Cat. - Come on.
- Nice.
- You're OK.
- There it is. - Nice.
- That was the most difficult section of the route.
He's working almost up into that halfway point
on the route.
- Nice, Cat.
- He really wants it, you can tell.
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- He wanted it really bad on the main climb.
- He did. - And he kind of...
underperformed a little bit. - Mm-hmm.
- And so you can tell he's, like, taking it out on this.
- This is his redemption.
- He's like, I'm not letting go this time.
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- [breathing heavily]
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The whole upper part is much more
about endurance and stamina.
- Close. He's two draws from the anchors right now.
- The upper section right there,
it gets a little bit steeper.
- Mm-hmm. Oof.
- You see that hold's gonna run out right there.
- Yeah. Now he just has to figure out
how to get his body in the right position
to be able to clip that last anchor.
- [groans]
♪ ♪
- Oh, he's making me nervous.
- When I start getting really pumped,
I start doubting myself.
And it's very easy for me to quit.
- Come on, man.
- Sometimes it can just feel very, very hard.
- He's so close.
If he was a little taller,
he could just clip from there right now.
- You feel like, maybe I'm not supposed to be doing this.
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- If he falls right here,
this would be so devastating for him.
- I'm so stuck.
- He's gotta clip it. He's almost there.
- Aah!
Aah! [exhales sharply]
Aah!
[soft music]
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