Kingdom of Cracks | Green Spit 8b+ Trad | Adam Ondra
"Kingdom of Cracks | Green Spit 8b+ Trad | Adam Ondra" is a rock climbing video (26 minutes) published by Adam Ondra on November 10, 2025 with 278K views. Available to watch free on CouchClimbs.
Adam Ondra travels to Valle dell'Orco in Piedmont, Italy — a granite paradise often called the European Yosemite — for his first-ever visit to one of Europe's premier crack climbing destinations. Guided by local legend Andrea Giorda, who helped establish many of the valley's classic lines in the '70s and '80s, Ondra sets his sights on Green Spit, a stunning 8b+ steep hand crack first ascended by Didier Berthod over two decades ago. With crack climbing specialist Pete Whittaker on hand to share technique and Marcello Bombardi dialing in the beta, Ondra lines up an ambitious flash attempt on one of Europe's hardest trad routes. What makes this film essential viewing is watching the world's best sport climber step outside his comfort zone and fully commit to the raw, physical demands of crack climbing — a discipline that rewards technique and pain tolerance as much as raw strength. The setting is breathtaking, the history runs deep, and the tension of a flash attempt on a route of this magnitude is palpable. Whether you're a trad devotee or a gym climber who has never placed a cam, Ondra's infectious enthusiasm for exploring new terrain and his honest reflection on the ascent make this a compelling watch from start to finish.
Adam Ondra · 26:00
Crack climbing is quite rare in Europe ✌ Yosemite or Utah is the true crack climbers' paradise. On the other hand, there is a valley in Europe that is nicknamed the European Yosemite ☝, and that is Valle dell'Orco in Piedmont, Italy. I had never been before and I could not wait to finally see it. I had a local legend, Andrea Giorda, show us around, who was putting up some of the crack test pieces in the '70s and '80s. But the main goal of the trip was clear: Greenspit. Amazing, STEEP hand crack first ascended by Didier Berthod more than 2 decades ago. I had Marcello Bombardi to show me the beta and I really wanted to give it a good flash go ✊ ENGLISH SUBTITLES AVAILABLE IN THE VIDEO SETTINGS ČESKÉ TITULKY JSOU DOSTUPNÉ V NASTAVENÍ VIDEA❗ Timecodes: 00:00 - Intro 00:30 - Valle dell`Orco 02:00 - Andrea Giorda (local climbing legend) 03:00 - Fessura Kosterlitz 6B 05:00 - Sitting Bull 7a 07:00 - About Green Spit 8b+ 08:00 - @Pete_Whittaker (crack climbing legend) 12:30 - What is in my bag for the crack trad climbing day? 15:52 - Flash of the Green Spit 8b+ trad 21:50 - Adam talks about the ascent 23:04 - La Pura Pura 8c 25:22 - Outro Taste some snacks by @MIXITCZ ⏩ https://www.mixit.cz/adam-ondra Enjoy themed T-shirts with my signature on my AO e-shop ⏩ https://eshop.adamondra.com/ with some discounts and my AO Photo Book, posters, photographs, cool signed brushes, chalk bags and more. Have you seen this video of mine ?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAUyrDLG5xM&t Thumbnail picture by: Petr Chodura SPECIAL THANKS TO ANDREA GIORDA MARCELLO BOMBARDI PETE WHITTAKER from @WideBoyz PARCO NAZIONALE GRAN PARADISO @MIXITCZ STORY BY ADAM ONDRA DIRECTED & EDITED BY LACO KORBEL CAMERA PAVEL KLEMENT LACO KORBEL 2ND CAMERA UNIT CRIMP FILMS ARCHIVE FOOTAGE & STILLS SENDER FILMS @SenderFilms @REELROCK1 ANDREA GIORDA ADAM ONDRA PRODUCTION JAN VERNER JAKUB PÍNA KATEŘINA KUŘÁTKOVÁ SUBTITLES BY JARKA MARČEKOVÁ © ADAM ONDRA 2025 Songlist Alejandro Del Pozo - Pizzicato Adventure Patrick Rundblad - Artificial Reality Elliot Middleton - Design in Motion #mixit #climbing #tradclimbing #rockclimbing