[tense music]
- Okay, come on. Hang tight!
- Come on, April.
[all cheering]
- Yeah! Come on!
- Now she's committed. - She looks good.
♪ ♪
- Come on, April! - Yeah, come on! Come on!
- She's looking like she's getting a bit tired.
Wow. [chuckles] - Oh!
- Come on, April. You got this.
- Come on, April! Come on!
all: Oh!
[applause]
- Nice job, April. [all cheering]
She did so well.
That was so fucking good.
- That was good. I thought she had it for a sec.
- I think something that I'd really like to take away
from April is, she's just very relaxed,
having fun with it, chilling.
It's just like, in the past,
I couldn't handle, like, the stress of it.
I really hope that, you know, I can find a way to relax.
- Now there definitely is a lot of pressure on Alice.
- A lot of pressure on Alice.
- You got this, Alice. Keep it tight, come on.
- Come on, Alice!
♪ ♪
- Definitely looking pretty solid right there.
- She's also kind of moving through this section
a lot quicker than April was.
- In general, she looks-- - More comfortable.
- More comfortable than the other days,
that's for sure.
- She's only a couple moves below
where April actually fell,
so she really needs to just do--
- She's having a little bit of trouble
adjusting her hands to make room.
- Come on.
- Come on, Alice. - Come on. Oh, come on!
♪ ♪
- So this next move is the move.
♪ ♪
Now just with that move,
that puts her in the position to have already passed April.
- Yeah, Alice! Whoo!
- She's got this. Come on.
- Come on, Alice.
- Come on!
When I saw Alice get to the pocket where I fell off,
I realized I was going home.
But everybody was going so crazy,
and I felt a part of that.
♪ ♪
- So now we have to see if she can take it to the top.
- Damn, girl!
Okay, okay. - Whoo!
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- [grunts]
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Yes, Alice!
[all cheering]
♪ ♪
- I feel, like, not only a different climber
but almost like a different person.
I don't know, you just...
you're, like, one with nature
and you're so calm and so relaxed,
it's just, like, a special moment.
It's hard to describe.
- Yes, Alice! [cheers and applause]
- She just executed perfectly.
- Really nicely done. - Right on, right on.
- She will be so freaking proud of herself.
- Whoo! Whoo!
[cheers and applause]
- That was seriously, like, one of the most amazing moments
that I've ever had climbing.
- Oh! - I'm serious.
I wasn't here.
I wasn't in this comp.
It was just me climbing.
- It was just climbing. - Just climbing.
- As it should be.
[all cheering]
[soft emotional music]
♪ ♪
- Bye, queen. - Bye, bye.
[chuckles]
- Oh, that's nice and warm.
- I am feeling so good.
I am so proud of myself.
I was so frightened of this water and falling off
and, um--and I did it.
It is never too late to get back and do what you love.
all: Bye, April!
- Love you so much.
- One of the most powerful things we do as climbers
is face our fears...
♪ ♪
To reach for that next hold,
even when it's terrifying.
When you push yourself to the limit,
you realize you're capable of much more
than you ever thought possible.
Those limits will be tested
in the next leg of this competition
on the limestone cliffs of Catalonia.
[soft music]
♪ ♪
Hermano, look at this place, huh?
It's fucking crazy.
Catalonia is like a climber's dream, you know?
- It's holy land.
Limestone, vertical, and overhanging cliffs
as far as I can see.
- When I came here, I knew this was gonna be the spot
where I could just, like, develop my vision for climbing.
There's just amazing features.
The way that I've always focused on my climbing
as far as, like, pushing difficulty
and trying to find extremely athletic climbs,
limestone is the type of rock. Like, that's the kind of climb.
- Well, it makes sense that we're here then.
- Yeah, I mean this is the spot.
Like, Catalonia is like the north shore for surfing.
You know, it's like, if you want to be a top climber,
you have to come to Catalonia.
This is, like, where all the hardest routes
in the world are.
I mean, kind of--
I had something to do with that, maybe.
- No big deal. - [chuckles]
You could go every single day of the year
to a new cliff and find new routes.
- This place is just the testing ground
of sport climbing.
[soft music]
- Sport climbing is climbing with a rope,
usually clipping into fixed anchors
that have been placed in the rock
for your safety protection.
[exclaims]
Using bolts for protection basically has given climbers
the opportunity to scale
these incredibly overhanging walls, right,
that normally you wouldn't be able to climb on.
And that's really kind of how our sport has evolved.
♪ ♪
It's really, like, the pinnacle
of athletic performance.
A more gymnastic type of climbing.
You know, it's really focused on
the movement and the difficulty.
I certainly think, after deep water soloing,
sport climbing is kind of, uh, the next step
along that journey to test them in--in new ways.
♪ ♪
Siurana is over there.
It's the first place I came to climb in Catalonia.
I mean, that feels like a logical spot
to take these guys as well. - 100%.
It's a special spot for both of us.
I mean, was it five years ago we came here?
I finished, uh, "Justice League"
and I brought the babies over here
and I hadn't seen you and I'd never been to your house
and then you brought me up here.
And then you said that I was gonna be, uh, el padrino.
- Yeah, dude.
- Being the godfather of your first child is, uh--
I mean it's-- it's pretty amazing.
And then just being able to show my kids
my passion for climbing and this is it, man.
- Dude, and, like, getting to, like, connect our families,
connecting our places, our roots,
and then also getting to share it with the world.
- You could spend a lifetime climbing here, it's amazing.
- By getting to share that with you
and then getting to share that with these climbers,
like, that's gonna freaking-- it's gonna blow their minds.
- Cheehoo! Yeah!
♪ ♪
[soft resonant music]
♪ ♪
- Oh! - Jeez Louise.
- It's just so beautiful.
Look at how old these rocks are.
It's amazing.
- This place is epic.
- We are in frickin' Siurana.
This is beautiful,
this is one of the most majestic,
if not the hardest sport climbing in the world.
I've watched thousands of videos of Chris Sharma
climbing this place.
And to be here is a blessing and it's a gift.
I am gonna be climbing in the place of my dreams.
- Must be paradise.
- You said this place was a prison?
- Yeah, after it was a castle.
- I feel like if I was a prisoner,
this would be, like,
a pretty good place to be a prisoner.
- Yeah, you could just climb. [laughs]
Yeah, Brad!
Careful Brad. Oh, gosh. - Oh, oh, oh!
Watch out for the box.
- Oh, God! Oh, my God. [laughs]
- That was actually kind of cool.
- Hey, welcome. - Hi.
- How's it going? - Hi, guys.
Welcome to Siurana. - Go grab a drink.
Wine, beer, water. Whatever you're into.
We're gonna watch some films.
We decided to have a movie night.
It gives the climbers a chance to review the footage
of their previous main climbs in Mallorca with me and Chris.
I am a big believer that seeing yourself on video
is super helpful.
I think the more prepared you can be
and focus on really analyzing your climbing abilities
and your weaknesses and strengths
to prepare yourself for kind of the unknown
can help in the long run.
- How's it going, guys? - Good, man, how are you?
- I'm pretty good. Stoked with a beer, yeah.
- You know, Deco, he--rather than,
you know, face the humiliation of falling,
in the midst of trying,
he chose to let go and not get to the top
and send the route in Mallorca.
And I think it's important to call him out on that.
- Yeah, we're gonna go one by one
and you guys will all get to see each other climb
from your first main climb in Mallorca
and have it fresh in your mind
going into your first climb here in Siurana.
- Yeah, I just wanted to say
it's really special that we're all here.
Of, like, what I've put into my life,
you know, it makes it all more meaningful.
- And with that,
we will kick off movie night with Mario.
Please come to the front and center stage.
Take us through your climb in your awesome Texas pants.
[laughter]
- Calm down, calm down. - We can't.
- To be bluntly honest, I actually was feeling
really, like, a whole lot of self-doubt
and I felt super uncomfortable.
And I honestly was, like, telling myself--
I was like, "Why the fuck am I even here?"
This--when I bumped here, I came off,
I felt like I was climbing fast
and I wasn't patient with myself.
And it's funny. The moment I hit the water,
I literally heard myself
say the same thing to the kids that I coach.
I'm like, "If you're not patient with yourself,
"you're not kind to yourself
"and if you're not kind yourself,
you'll never send."
My main gig is coaching kids.
That's what I love to do. It's my desire.
They help you grow and stretch.
And if you get lazy, if you get off your game,
they will call you on your bullshit.
And so to my kids that I coach,
I want to prove to them
that I am someone who does not back down
and does not give up 'cause I tell them the same thing.
I need to heed that own advice.
That was my deal.
But other than that, the climb was fuckin' badass.
[laughter] - Thank you for sharing.
[applause] - Speech!
- Thanks. - Thank you for coming.
- And now Maiza.
- Maiza! - Maiza!
- It's your turn.
Come on down. - Girl.
- Usually, when I climb in front of people,
I get really shaky and I was scared of that.
And I had never had an experience climbing
or in competition or anything.
I missed being in the bottom two last week.
And I was terrified of being, like,
the first person sent home.
So there is a little bit of relief,
but at the same time,
everything happens all over again,
so there is a lot of anxiety.
I was in a very hard space mentally.
I don't know if it's fear of failing in front of people
or just failing for myself.
But I'm like, "There's no room to struggle mentally here.
Like, you just gotta do your very, very best."
So I just kind of went for it, but I--
my body didn't feel like good positioning,
so obviously, I peeled off.
Came in like a wrecking ball, yep.
- [laughs] Wrecking ball.
- Nice, Maiza. - Yeah!
- All right. Deco.
- I had a completely different mindset than everybody here
'cause I've done a little bit of, like,
deep water soloing back home.
So I did kind of have a strategy.
If I feel uncomfortable and I--I'm past the point
that I'm not gonna be on the elimination climb,
I'm just gonna cliff jump, you know.
- But, dude, like,
obviously, you gave up right there, you know?
- Oh yeah, yeah, I'm not--
I'm not ashamed of it at all, you know? I was like--
- Not even a little bit? - Nah.
I mean, the first week was pretty intense.
You know, it was pretty stressful.
- The moment you had, like,
a little bit of uncertainty, you were just like,
"I'm out of here." - Yes.
- That's the part where, like, man, we kind of, like,
lost a little bit of respect in that moment.
Like, this is a golden opportunity.
- I knew that I could and I bailed.
- I think Deco, by bailing on the climb,
he missed the point of competing.
Like, in competing, you don't bail.
That's not even something you fathom.
Like, it's just like, "You don't do that. You go.
You go until you can't go and then you fall."
- Some of us, we're trying so, so, so, so hard.
We wanted to see you push for that too.
- Deco, if I can-- I'll be quick,
but this is a competition
and if you have the ability to win,
and you obviously do, then you need to take it
because goddammit, if you can send the route,
you fucking send.
I don't want to see this shit no more
because like--like, I'm sorry. [all chattering]
No, because if I was you, I would have fucking sent.
And hold on. Now-- - Amen. Amen to that.
Yes, yes.
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- Movie night, it shook me, like, to the bone.
It was pretty hard to hear from, you know, your idol
that he lost a little bit of respect over me.
In the beginning, I was in defense mode,
I was in a position where I just didn't want to be in.
Having to deal with that sort of criticism,
that sort of vulnerability,
and I realized that that was pretty much
the exact same feeling that I was having in the rock,
you know, while climbing in Mallorca.
I was afraid of failing in front of everyone
and that vulnerability was just a little bit
too much for me to handle
and I think I reacted in a bad way,
and I don't want to be the guy that bails.
I just want to show people my best
because this is what I love doing.
♪ ♪
When I started climbing,
I don't know, something clicked for me right there,
and it just involved me in such a way that
I was just like, "Okay, that's what I want to do."
It was a life-changing knowledge because
I'm a geologist as well,
so it wasn't easy to get out of an academic family
and say, "Hey, guys, I'm not gonna be a geologist."
Like, all my grandparents were just like, "What is climbing?"
It was harsh in the beginning, but it's getting better.
I think all of them know what climbing is right now.
♪ ♪
My main goal and the main goal of my company
actually in Brazil is to make climbing available
for people in Brazil.
So this competition,
it's a great opportunity.
So I want to give it my best
and I just want to push harder, you know?
♪ ♪
[soft determined music]
♪ ♪
- Good. Come on. [tapping]
- [whispers] It's a battle. - Yeah, it is.
Come on. Come on.
Allez, good.
- Definitely lucky this week
in the sense that I've climbed in Siurana before.
- Yes, come on, come on.
- I know the rock a little bit,
I know how it feels, I'm a little more accustomed.
- Yes, good, come on.
- And just, like, sport climbing's, like, my thing.
I really like it, I feel comfortable in it.
It's my favorite thing in the world.
I think my parents still think
my whole climbing lifestyle's a little funny.
I never really had that many friends
who were climbers at home. - Right.
- Like, all of my high school friends stayed in the Midwest.
They all, like, live adult lives now
and have business jobs in finance and stuff.
And then I'm just out in Utah like,
"I coach kids rock climbing.
I spend my weekends camping in my car and rock climbing."
And everyone's like,
"Is that enjoyable? Do you like that?"
And I'm like, "Yeah, I love it. It makes me happy."
But I think it's just so different.
- Yeah, definitely.
- Growing up in Chicago was the greatest.
I liked the people and the busy city.
But, um, it wasn't great for rock climbing.
I loved climbing outside so much,
so when I was deciding where to go to college
I was, like, I wanted to go climbing so I went to Utah.
I love it. I could not have made a better choice.
I climb all the time. [chuckles]
- I was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania,
and then both my parents work in the oil industry
and so the industry kind of, like, shifted to Wyoming.
Story, like, what a weird place to end up.
- The tinniest little town in Wyoming.
- Yeah, yeah. Um, it's a cool place though.
- Oh, I love it there. I just was--
when I realized you were from there,
I was like, "There's no way." - Yeah, totally. Yeah.
- I have never met anyone from there.
- It's so--like, literally, the first day meeting you
and I was like, "Oh, I'm from Story."
And you're like, "Oh, I've climbed there,
and I spend, like, weeks there in the summer."
I was like, "What? How have I not met you?"
'Cause there's literally like-- - I know, it's so tiny.
- Yeah, it's ridiculous, so ridiculous.
- It's crazy.
- I'm from Story, Wyoming.
Population 820 or something like that.
Everybody knows each other from the town that I'm from.
You know, everyone caught on immediately
that I was, like, a climber. I posted on my Snapchat a lot.
And so people were like,
"Man, he's gonna kill himself doing that."
[ice shattering]
People don't climb where I'm from.
Basketball is, like, the biggest thing.
Yeah, they do their sports, they do school,
and then drive around. That's, like, what people did.
Nothing like--
nothing like climbing.
Oh, yeah! Whoo!
So it's really nice to be around people in my tribe.
- Brad's like, "No rest days for you, Rob."
- Yeah. [chuckles]
[soft dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[music swells]
♪ ♪
- Welcome to Siurana and to our main climb.
- Oh, my gosh.
- Yeah, check it out. - Ooh!
- Pretty rad, right? - Yes.
- It's quite a big step up
from our last climb in Mallorca.
For the main climb, I wanted to choose something
that would really be an iconic route.
And I chose this route called "Boys Don't Cry."
It was one of actually the first routes
put up here in Siurana,
so it captures the essence of what this place is.
- That's massive.
- So seeing the climb for the first time,
the scale is huge. It's really huge.
It's really thrilling
and equally daunting. [chuckles]
♪ ♪
- This main climb, it's about 70 feet long,
and there's a series of overhangs.
The first overhang right off the ground,
there's a sequence right at the lip of that
where it's really easy to fall,
then you get to some good moderate climbing
to reach the second roof,
and then you have two distinct overhangs,
one right after the other.
Specifically, the third overhang
is where the hardest move is
and you have a really long reach
to reach this pocket hole on the wall.
Then it's thin edges and pockets
for the next 20 feet to the top anchor.
♪ ♪
Yeah, what do you guys think?
- Let's do it. - Yeah?
- So you will need a belayer for this route.
When you're sport climbing, you need a belayer,
someone to pull up all the slack in the rope.
That's what's gonna catch you if you fall.
So be really mindful of who you're gonna choose
because obviously, it's important
to have someone you trust
so that you can focus on just trying hard
and not focus on whether or not you feel safe.
Robyn, you're going first, so you can choose first.
Who are you gonna have belay you?
- Uh, Alice, will you belay me? - Yes.
[laughter]
- Belay partners, you kind of just want
to have someone you really trust
and want to know that they're doing a good job
and that they care about you and are trying to support you.
- Dominique, if you will, please?
- Absolutely. - Thank you.
- You and your partner are literally
holding each other's lives in your hands.
- Maiza? - Of course.
- So it takes a certain amount of trust and faith.
- All right, let's climb.
[all cheering] - Yeah, get psyched.
- Even though I'm nervous to go first
and I won't get to watch everyone else climb,
I did competitive, like, climbing till I was 18
and I think through comp climbing,
I've, like, trained myself.
Comp climbing makes you try harder.
You just have that one try.
And it's like, "Well, you better put it all out there.
Like, you get one go and then you're done."
- All right. Ready, set, go.
- You got this, Robyn! - Let's go, Robyn!
- Whoo! - Let's go, girl.
- [cheering] - Yeah, Robyn!
- Interesting to see how she does on this first roof.
Each one has kind of a unique challenge.
- Mm-hmm. - But certainly, the first one
is kind of-- sets the tone for the climb.
[tense music]
- I think, for sport climbing, one of the biggest obstacles
is that people are sometimes afraid of falling.
- [breathing heavily]
- The main climb has these roofs.
The danger is, if it's a big fall,
you can, like, slam back into the wall.
People can break their ankles that way.
- Nice, Robyn. - Nice, Robyn, come on.
- She looks great right now
and she's made it past that first crux.
- You know, sport climbing,
there's a lot of strategy... - Totally.
- As far as, you know,
finding these resting positions,
taking advantage of those,
trying to bring your heart rate down...
- [exhales heavily]
- And then, you know, flip that switch
when the hard sections do come.
- You got this, Robyn.
♪ ♪
- Here she's going into the overhang.
- Yes. Good, Robyn.
- Awesome. - Good stuff, good stuff.
- Nice.
She's already climbed out of two overhangs,
and now she's going into the third one,
which is the hardest one. - The hardest one, yeah.
- Come on, girl. - Allez, come on.
- Nice, Robyn.
- Come on.
- Yeah, yeah. - Come on, find it.
- You got this. You got this!
[tense music]
- She's looking motivated. - Definitely looks motivated.
Needs to really punch it here.
Come on. - Come on, Robyn!
- [grunts] - Oh, no!
- Nice job, Robyn.
- Great effort. - Thanks, guys.
- Good effort. She was psyched.
- I mean, that is right before the crux.
If you stick that next hold-- - That is--that is the crux.
- That move is hard.
- That move on the third overhang to reach that hole,
it's quite a large move,
it's quite powerful for your upper body.
But it's also on the psychological level,
you know, the mental side,
it really is gonna separate people.
- So right now, she's just about
three holds below where Robyn got to.
- This is where it definitely gets real right here.
- She really has to commit here too.
- There's no going halfway here.
There's no going back.
- [screams]
[gasping]
♪ ♪
- Gonna use the high foot.
♪ ♪
- There you go, Alice. Come on.
- [screams, groans]
- Almost had it.
- Just didn't have enough power in that moment
to stick that pocket.
- That really is like a "flip the switch" kind of move.
You know, like, right there,
you really have to just drop the clutch
and just gas it right there. - Mm-hmm.
- Allez!
- Come on, Cat. - Really good.
Come on. - Come on, Cat.
- The first two routes,
you don't really need your feet so much.
But for that crux move,
that's where you really need to have your feet
in the right position.
- Turn it on.
- Yes, Cat. - Turn it on!
- Yes! - Let's go!
- Super solid. - That was awesome.
Look, another big move here.
- [shouts] - Oh, nice.
- Yeah! [laughter]
- He's ahead of Robyn now,
so now he has the high point on the route.
- He made it past the crux. - Made it past the crux.
- That's awesome!
He made it past the hardest section by far.
He's just gotta keep it together.
Keep breathing.
- I'm off. - [gasps]
- Good burn, Cat. Good burn.
- Beautiful!
- Slipping out of a ledge up there.
I think he just--he needed to rest a little bit longer.
Maybe he rushed it a little bit.
But I did not see that coming. - No.
- I would've assumed that
you get to that hole, and it's over.
- These hoes be cramping.
[grunts]
- The pressure is definitely on now
for someone to top this.
[soft dramatic music]
- It's okay that I'm nervous.
These are not hard moves.
[exhales] Okay, boom.
Style of the climb,
I'm not really that worried about it,
but you know, I come from a land of short routes.
And I mean, I'm afraid of just getting tired.
- Got this. - You got this.
- Hoo!
- Let's get it! - [growls]
What I need to do is just come here,
smash and grab, have a fun time on the wall,
perform at my absolute best
because I do perform at my absolute best
when I'm not concerned about anything else.
♪ ♪
- It seems like Mario maybe doesn't have the--
the power or fitness as some of the other climbers
but he certainly has the fire.
- But definitely has the fire.
- And I mean, that makes up for a lot.
- Come on. Allez, allez.
- Yeah. - Stay tight. Come on.
- You got this, man. - Nice.
- Good, Mario. - Nice, come on.
- Yes, yes.
- Oh! [all gasp]
- Oh, no!
- Ah, man.
- It is what it is.
Fuck!
It is what it is.
- That is devastating.
♪ ♪
- Yeah. Happens to the best of us.
Definitely upset, definitely annoyed,
a little pissed at myself.
I changed my plan up a little bit
and the plan just came to bite me in the butt.
It is a clear indication that I am not patient for myself.
Normal rock climbing, you just brush it off,
come down on the ground, shake it up,
and get back up on the wall.
This obviously is a comp so that's not an option.
♪ ♪
- My mindset is just perfectly positioned right now.
Second groove, lower with my right hand.
Just jump to it. Don't think about it.
So I'm just ready to perform
the way I wish I had performed in Mallorca
and not because I want to climb it into the anchors.
It's not the point, you know?
I just want to show people my best.
I don't want to be holding back in front of
the people that inspires me the most.
So I'm just ready for it, man. Just bring it on.
- Allez. - Come on.
- Lightweight. - So casual. So chill.
- He looks good. - Yeah.
Just has to come in here really strong.
Nice. - Awesome, dude.
- He has a lot to prove this time.
- He does.
You know, I mean, he kind of gave up in Mallorca.
I mean, he's certainly capable of so much more.
- Yeah.
♪ ♪
- Stay relaxed. You got this.
- [exhales deeply]
- So he's just a couple moves below where Robyn fell.
- Come on! Allez!
- So this next move is the move.
- Come on, Deco. All you, brother.
You got this. Come on. - Come on!
- Just needs to stick the pocket.
- Come on, Deco.
- Hit it. - Come on.
all: Yeah!
- Nice. Come on.
- [grunting loudly]
♪ ♪
- Fight it!
- Come on, Deco!
♪ ♪
- Come on!
- Good, good. Fight, fight, fight, fight.
Oh, no.
- [groans] - Damn.
- Good effort.
- [groans]
- He got that he was obviously uncomfortable
and he kind of rushed it maybe. - Yeah.
But he is in the second highest position right now.
- That was a solid try.
- And today was just, like, flowing, man.
I was just having fun, you know,
being a part of the rock, enjoying the view.
- Looked good. - Whoo!
And then once it got a little bit harder,
I could just give it, you know, all I got, you know?
A little improvement. - Improvement.
- It was really good to see Deco on the wall
rise back up and go for it and give a sincere effort.
And, you know, I think he-- he did redeem himself.
♪ ♪
- Yeah, Brad! - Come on, Brad!
- You got this brother. - Got it.
- He definitely has the height working with him
but, 'cause we haven't seen him on overhangs,
I am curious to know
if he does have the power in him.
- Come on, Brad.
- Yeah, yeah! - Nice, Brad.
- Come on. - More, more!
- Come on, Brad.
- [shouts]
- Come on, Brad! Come on, Brad! Come on, Brad!
- [shouts]
♪ ♪
- That was critical, actually, that he made it
past that section there. - 100%.
This is that real crux move.
- That's the one.
Yeah.
♪ ♪
- [shouts] - Oh!
- Keep going, man. - He had that.
- Keep it together here. - [shouts]
- Nice. Killing it. - [chuckles]
Oh, my gosh.
- I mean, he could be the one to send it at this point.
- Oh, my gosh. I can't believe that.
- Come on.
- Come on, Brad.
- Come on.
♪ ♪
- [exhales heavily]
Fuck.
♪ ♪
- Come on, Brad.
Finish it out.
Go, man, go!
Go, go, go. - Yes.
- Hell yeah! Hell yeah!
♪ ♪
- [whistling]
[all cheering]
- Yeah!
- Awesome!
- Whoo!
- Fuck yeah!
Whoo!
- And Brad is Boy Wonder, just on fire.
I mean, Wyoming came and brought its best.
- Oh, yes!
- Let's go! - Whoo!
- Brad just sent his second main climb,
the only person to send both of them so far.
♪ ♪
I think his mental game was super strong.
You sent in Mallorca, you sent here.
You're just on a roll.
- Yeah, I'm stoked. - You should be.
- We'll see if I can keep it up. [chuckles]
- I think you will. You're a try-hard.
- I think I got pretty lucky on that one.
- No. - I mean, without you--
- I would not--I would not call that luck at all.
- Thank you. - You seriously try so hard.
It's great. - Thanks. Yes.
- Come here.
- Thank you.
- I'm gonna throw up.
Blegh! [laughs] - You got this, Maiza.
♪ ♪
- I'm so frickin' nervous. It just gets to me every time.
A lot--a lot's going on through my mind.
I'm not really sure how to approach this climb mentally.
One of my biggest problems,
I don't like climbing in front of people.
- Yeah, you got this, Maiza! - Yee!
- She definitely, of the women,
seems to have the most, like, raw power.
So I think it'll be really interesting
to see how that translates to this route specifically.
- No doubt.
- I want all three.
- She's already really second guessing herself.
- Come on. - Come on, girl.
- Good. - Yes, Maiza.
- Maiza, I mean, she is a powerhouse.
Feel like it's gonna be a point of--
of strength for her with this climb.
- Nicely through that lower section.
- Yeah. Good, good.
- Fuck yeah.
- Come on, Maiza. - Keep breathing.
- It's all about her mind space.
Every step is an opportunity
to recalibrate, to reset,
to change the playing field.
If she can bring herself into that focus lane,
then there's no reason why she's not gonna top the climb.
- You got it.
- Come on, Maiza. - Come on!
- [gasps] - Wow.
- Good job, Maiza. Good job.
- [chuckles]
- Nice work, Maiza.
- I was very surprised when I fell.
It was a hard move,
but it was not anywhere near the hardest moves.
♪ ♪
I was overthinking so hard. So, so hard.
♪ ♪
It's very frustrating.
- One climber left: Dom. - We still have Dom.
- Now it's you, brother. Do you, man.
[exhilarating music]
♪ ♪
- Come on, dude. Do it.
- Allez! Come on! - Dom.
- This is where he needs to--
yeah, there you go, there you go. Come on.
- Come on.
- Dom, oh, my God.
Oh, no. - [shouts]
- Come on!
♪ ♪
- Come on, Dom.
- [grunts] - Yes!
Come on! Come on!
- Come on! - Come on!
- Right foot! - Come on.
- If he can get to this chug, I think he'll be okay.
- Come on! Get it! - Come on!
all: Yeah!
- Okay, now all he has to do is just keep it together.
- [exhales] Fuck.
- Come on.
You got it. - You got this, man, come on.
- He's almost there.
- Yeah!
- Yeah.
♪ ♪
- [exhales]
- Come on! - [breathing heavily]
- You got this!
- Come on! Come on!
- [grunts] - Yeah! There you go!
- Whoo!
- Yeah!
[cheers and applause]
- Fuck yeah!
- Right on.
- After not completing the route in Mallorca,
it felt good to bring home a fairly more difficult route.
[cheers and applause]
- So good!
- You earned every inch of that thing.
- So good.
- Thank you so much.
- How are your hands, dude? Those look nast.
- Yeah, just one flapper.
Ah.
- Oh, my God. - Oof!
- Yeah. - Fuck yeah, dude.
Such a good route.
- That was insane. - Such a good route.
- You never know how it's gonna go.
I'm really proud of all you guys.
- So there's two of you that did not climb
as high as everybody else did today
and the two of you that will be going
to the elimination climb are
Mario and Maiza.
So you have another chance.
- The possibility of going home this early definitely sucks.
It's not something that I wanted,
it's not something that I hoped for.
It is a reality that I just have to accept.
- Maiza, like, I don't know if you were nervous or--
- Yep.
- Because, like, you're so strong--
- Yes. It's not this, it's this.
- Yes.
[soft resonant music]
♪ ♪
- Fear of failure is what's scary.
It's hard to fail.
I am from Brazil.
Mom and I immigrated to the United States
when I was 17 years old.
We saw it as our only option to escape poverty
and, like, help our family back home.
All I did since I moved to the United States
was to clean houses.
Because I didn't have an education,
I couldn't go to school.
It didn't feel like there was, like,
a future or a door that would open.
And when I found climbing, it was like the first thing
that I felt passionate about.
I'm basically choosing climbing as a path.
Besides cleaning houses,
I'm also a rock climbing guide
and I'd love to be able to pursue that more.
But eventually, I need to provide for my mom
'cause she still cleans houses
and she's not getting any younger.
♪ ♪
The question is, am I gonna be successful
or do enough to provide for her?
Am I being selfish on choosing this path?
♪ ♪
That's the fear of failure that I have right now.
[chuckles tearfully]
♪ ♪
- Yeah. - Don't get too crazy.
- [inaudible].
- Yeah.
- No, no, no.
That's it.
- Oh, we get wine on the house.
- How's your flapper?
- Oh, it's good.
Put some balm on it.
Just let it recover and I'm gonna have to tape her up.
- One would be enough. - Oh, no.
- No?
- Those people are gonna think that we just drink,
which is accurate.
- Everyone, this is to us.
- Yes! - To us!
- Cheehoo! - Whoo-hoo!
- Ow! - [chuckles]
- Where do you feel like you're at right now?
- Right now? - Yeah.
- That I want to experience more and I want more.
And I don't want to go home.
Haven't had a chance yet to, like,
show how much I can climb.
And of course, that's upsetting, right?
And so I'm like, "Do I really get a chance now,
you know, to actually show like my skills or--
- I guess that's what the elimination does, right?
It just makes you check yourself
and be like, "What do I want? Do I want to stay here?"
- My mom always says like, "The mind controls the body,"
and I just have to keep thinking about that.
But you know sometimes you let everything else take over
and you completely forget what you are doing this for.
But at the end of the day,
I don't think I'm done here yet,
and I want to give it my best.
So...
- You know.
♪ ♪
[line ringing]
- Hello? - Hey, Robbie, how are ya?
- What's up, man? How are things with you?
- Uh, things are okay.
It was a rough day of climbing today.
Being out here,
just finally being able to talk to my older brother, Robbie,
it's like food for the soul.
And family is the one thing
that is unconditionally-- will be with you there forever.
If you remember when we were, like, running track and field,
that kind of basically stutter started
or the blocks weren't really set
and they kicked out from underneath you
and you know you're kind of like, "Oh, shit."
I haven't really had a hiccup like that
in climbing in quite a while.
And so it was a little rough.
- But, you know, remember, just like in track, man,
we would take those in and rely on our technique, man.
- I think about before I discovered rock climbing,
I was not going anywhere fast.
Didn't have a great job, but I didn't have a bad job.
I mean, money wasn't great, but money wasn't tight.
I honestly didn't even know I was depressed.
In the words of my father, he was like,
"Your best goal as a Black man in America is,
"don't go to jail, don't get caught with drugs,
and don't get anybody pregnant out of wedlock."
And so I had those three boxes checked
and so I was just kind of going through the motions of life.
I remember the day
that I actually walked into a rock climbing gym,
and I was like, "This is some white people shit,
and this is weird."
And then I actually got on the wall,
it reminded me of running track and field,
it reminded me of being in my own lane,
and it allowed me to honestly rage.
[grunts loudly]
I was slaying my own dragons and pushing forth barriers
and I was able to push myself in a new way.
And it wasn't until I really dove into climbing
that I realized there was a whole world out there
that you can actually explore.
- I never know where you're gonna pop up in the world
with all this climbing stuff, man.
- Uh, well, yeah, it kind of takes you
to the ends of the Earth.
It saved my life in a lot of ways
because I think if I would have stayed
in that realm of depression,
I would have eventually started making really shitty choices.
- I'm just in awe that you get to travel the world, man,
and live that dream.
- It's good to hear that from you.
I appreciate it a lot.
- You are loved and you are missed, man.
Be safe, have fun. - I will, I will.
Love you. - Love you.
- Bye.
[soft emotional music]
♪ ♪
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- Hey, here we are.
- All right, everybody, this is elimination climb.
♪ ♪
- Damn.
It looks fun. - Be jealous.
- Yep. [laughter]
♪ ♪
- This 60-foot elimination climb
is a lot more technical than the main climb.
It starts with a slightly overhanging boulder prop
that is actually the most difficult part of the route.
This section has really slick rock
and really small footholds,
so precision is key.
Then it's a sequence of very physical
upper body moves on better holds
that lead to the top.
- Just stay calm and stay present
like we were talking about.
You just have to always stay present.
- Yeah.
- One move at a time.
- Going into the elimination climb,
first of all, it's a beautiful route,
and I'm really excited to climb it.
Second of all, it's powerful,
but I'm powerful,
and just try really fucking hard.
[chuckles]
♪ ♪
- Mario, since you got higher on the route in the main climb,
Maiza, you're gonna be going first.
- Boom. [laughs]
- Okay? - It's okay. It's okay.
- Fuck it up. - Yeah? [chuckles]
- Maiza, you're up. You're up. - Get psyched.
You got this, you guys. - You got it.
- I believe in you. - Yeah.
- We all believe in you.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- As ready as I can be.
I think my biggest problem is, like,
knowing that one of the hardest parts of the route
is also the start again.
And that's really hard because if you blow that,
you don't get the chance to show your potential.
So it's again just like, you can't blow the bottom.
- Climber, are you ready? - Yes.
- I wish that, Maiza, she could actually see
what we see because she's a crusher.
But then, like, it's not about what we think of her,
it's about how her feel about herself.
- Come on, Maiza. - Come on, girl.
- You got this, Maiza. - Come on, Maiza.
- Yes, come on.
- I'm definitely a little worried about her
at the beginning of the route just because
she doesn't really like technical climbing so much.
- I--I don't think this route is above her limits.
But, you know, this whole element of competition
really goes to her head.
- You got this. - Trust yourself.
- Take your time. - Breathe and relax.
- There you go. - Smart.
- You got time to sort this out.
- [exhales]
- Good. - Come on, Maiza.
- Come on. - Yeah, Maiza, come on.
- You got it, Maiza.
- So the first move is actually
a little bit trickier than it looks.
You know, reaching right up into that undercling,
it's not a very bad hold but the feet aren't very good.
You really have to be pretty precise
where you put your feet.
- There it is. - [exhales]
- You got it. - [grunts]
- Come on, come on. Yes!
Come on, Maiza. - Come on!
- Come on.
- Come on, Maiza. - Come on!
- Go, Maiza. - Come on, come on.
- Stand hard. - Come on, Maiza.
- You got this. - Come on. Good.
- Yes. - Yeah!
- Good, Maiza. Come on, fight!
- Do it. Do it. Do it. - Yeah, come on.
- Trust it.
- [grunts]
- She looks like she's having a hard time.
- She just won't stop moving her feet.
They're way too wide.
- Come on, Maiza.
- Come on!
- Come on, Maiza.
- Come on.
- Goddammit!
- Good job. - Good job, Maiza.
- That was awful.
This is so disappointing. - Good effort, Maiza.
- What the fuck? - That was a good fight.
- Why can't I just get off the ground on anything?
- [whispering] I love you. - Love you too.
- Okay. - Go crush it.
- Okay.
- I knew I was gonna be tricked out by that start,
as soon as I saw it. - No, you tried so hard.
You tried so hard.
- [groans] - Let me take your arm?
- Dude, like, this is my biggest fear
is, like, not getting off the ground.
- [exhales deeply]
I've gotta focus on what's in front of me.
Take a moment, take a deep breath,
slow my heart rate down
'cause it's not our emotions what's gonna
get us up this wall, it's our abilities.
And we can't do that
if we allow our emotions to get in the way.
It's painful sometimes, but at the same time,
we are in a comp.
[exhales deeply] Hoo!
- Let's go, man. Come on.
- [growls] - Go, Mario. You got this.
- Fucking crush it, Mario. Fucking crush it.
- Strong. - You deserve it. Come on.
[dramatic music]
- I think he does have a shot
of climbing this route.
The bottom section, I think he should
be able to power through.
He's definitely gonna have that advantage
of being a bit taller than Maiza
to get past that second hold.
- I mean, at this point, it feels kinda like
anything's possible.
♪ ♪
- Good.
- That's the foot I didn't see right there.
Yeah.
- Come on, Mario. - Come on.
- Nice. - Oh, wow.
- Come on.
- If he just makes this next move, like,
he'd be ahead of where Maiza got to.
- Come on! - Come on!
- Come on. - [breathing heavily]
[all shouting]
- Yes, Mario! Yes!
Keep fighting, Mario.
This is just the beginning. Keep fighting.
- Come on.
- Just that one move and he's beat Maiza.
- As soon as he pulled that crux,
like, I knew right away.
And honestly, I was not upset at that moment at all
because you want your friend to just do his best.
You know, at the end of the day,
it's a battle against the rock itself.
Go to the top, Mario.
- Come on, Mario. - Come on.
- Take your time, Mario. Take your time.
- Only as much grip as necessary.
- Milk it, scope that sequence out.
Let it flow.
♪ ♪
- He powered through that so nicely,
now getting into that next crux section.
- Oof. Oh, that's nice.
♪ ♪
- Come on, Mario. - That's it.
- Beautiful.
- Yeah, there you go. - Okay, Mario.
Come on. - [grunts]
- Come on, you got it.
- Come on! - Figure it out.
- [groans] Goddammit!
- Good effort.
Nice climbing. - Nice work, Mario.
- [panting] [applause]
Knowing that I am in the clear this week
is a great feeling,
but I need to keep training,
I need to keep exercising,
I need to keep running because at the end of the day,
it's like I'm here to play the game
as much as everybody else is,
and I'm here to keep up and hopefully surpass.
- Yes. - Come on.
- Rise up, queen.
- Yes. - Head high.
[soft emotional music]
♪ ♪
- You beautiful, beautiful soul. [chuckles]
- [sniffles] I just ate it.
Sometimes, we all want to send,
we all want to do it, but it was just hard.
I appreciate you. - [chuckles] Me too.
- [sighs]
- Maiza, we're gonna miss you. - Thank you.
I wanted it, I tried it.
Unfortunately, that wasn't enough.
Oh, no, I don't want to do this.
- We'll see you soon. Take care.
- Thank you, babe.
I need to believe more, like,
and, like, understand how strong I am
because I doubt that and it shows on the rock.
Obviously, I have a lot to work on with my mental.
- Climbing is an exercise in enduring pain
and pushing your limits.
No matter where you're from
or how good you are,
it's all about that struggle.
And that struggle is what keeps us
coming back to the rock time and time again.
[dramatic music]
This will be put to the test
in the next leg of this competition.
Welcome to Albarracín...
As the climbers take on
Spain's most challenging boulders.
Bouldering is the essence of climbing.
- Whoo!
This is my favorite style of climbing.
♪ ♪
- The crux is at the very top.
- Oh! - Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck!
- It'll be up to them to find out
how far they're willing to push themselves.
- Nice.
- And rise up to the climb.
- Yeah! - Come on!
♪ ♪
[soft dramatic music]
♪ ♪