Elite Climbers With Completely Different Styles (Movement Comparison)

On the topic of efficiency, it seemed, to my rather horrific climber's eye, that Louis' climbing style focused on the efficiency of a single attempt whereas Mat's style focused on the efficiency of the number of attempts which is where I think most of the differences originated. Louis is very cognazinant that if he falls, he can easily just try again. While Mat climbs, seemingly, with the mind that he must succeed on the first attempt. Which is pretty much exactly in line with the mindsets that one would expect to grow in their respective climbing environments.

Theres something hilarious about two climbers picking rock first try 😂

One of the best climbing videos I’ve seen, really cool discussion of beta. Going to compare the straight on vs twist style with my friends at the gym

There was a climber at the world champs in the para category (I can't remember his name) but he basically had no movement in his legs and campused up the entire lead wall which was so impressive. It would be really cool to see a movement comparison with some of the para climbers too and also see if Louis could match their styles

Mat has such a calm and kind aura, I enjoy your videos with him a lot

I would've liked to see you trying each others beta. Since the climbs are clearly under your levels, you could probably do them differently. Fun to see how you often coach people to climb like Matt (twisty), but do everything square on yourself.

I climb twisty like Matt but dynamic like Louis and one big issue with the dynamic movement is it becomes a lot harder to execute perfectly on your first attempt specifically when you are onsighting and don’t know what the holds feel like. In a gym I’ve got a good idea of what a hold I’ve never touched will feel like just from looking but outdoors they are way more nuanced and going quickly into something adds a lot more unpredictability. Once you know everything though moving faster is almost always going to be more efficient

Having gone to raven's wall this week and trying that pink one, you can't imagine how each move looked impossible. It's so cool seeing you climb the routes that I keep wondering who is strong enough to do them

Love these comparison videos. The way you break down movement helps give insight when watching my own climbing videos, looking at inefficiencies and weaknesses.

Please continue to make these content, it's one of the most intresting in the climbing community !

What an excellent video! Please make more of this content. Really interesting to compare and analyse the little details👌🏼

Nice to see Matt doing the rounds on the British Climbing YouTubers, was great to see your breakdown of the moves. Great video as always!

A Louis video on Hannah's channel yesterday and now here today, what a treat!

Thanks for this episode guys, really interesting! I want to see this promised trad climbing episode with Louis and Matt!!!

Good fun! I appreciated the genuine interest both of you show in learning and exploring movement

Incredible video, thank you for posting.

This was a dope episode, cheers!

You two are awesome to watch And there is so much to learn with two extreme different styles

That was so good!!! More of this!

Your videos have helped me tremendously in my learning!! One tip that I CONSTANTLY forward and use all the time is that a hold that doesn't feel too good only needs to be good enough for one second - this enables me to trust a greater variety of holds/ steps and also makea me move more fluidly and dynamic, it's really a game changer for me!!!🤩