Convincing a Stranger to go Climbing with Me (PARIS EDITION)

How easy is it going to be to get a stranger to come climbing with me today in a foreign country? My name's Adam Ondra, best climber in the world. My name's Magnus Mitbeuf, allez Anglais. No problem. Little did I know this would be one of the craziest and best experiences of my life. We're in Paris. First off though, I need to look like a local. Bonjour, une baguette, s'il vous plait. This video is sponsored by Squarespace. I'm scared, Louis. God damn it, why did I want to do this video? I'm doing this video again because all of you said this is a great idea, it was so nice, we really enjoyed it, which I'm very grateful for. But it does mean that I have to then talk to strangers again, which makes me feel very uncomfortable. Excusez-moi, vous parlez anglais? Non? Okay, non, ça va, merci. No, I speak English. Bonjour, vous parlez anglais? Oui. We're trying to find a stranger to come climb, I'm a YouTuber, we're trying to find a stranger to come climbing with us today. Okay, I have a meeting now. No problem, okay, thank you very much. Vous parlez anglais? We're trying to find strangers to come climbing with us today or tomorrow. That sounds so much fun, but we don't have many days. Oh, no worries. We're packing and everything. Rejection two, this is gonna be a long day. Vous parlez anglais? Non. This is definitely much harder than last time because I don't speak French and we are in France. Also, Paris... Shut the **** up, we're filming a video. This time, last time we filmed this video, we had already found somebody. No. No? Okay, God, okay, I'm not gonna be good, but that's all right. Nice, let's go. I can't believe how easy that was. I've only asked, like, you're the third person I've asked. Okay, I'm gonna message the girl I've matched with on Hinge. She doesn't speak English, I don't speak French. I've got a Snapchat. That's right, we move fast in Paris. What do I do? I've never got a Snapchat from a girl. Right, so this is what I'm gonna say. As well as being your future boyfriend, I'm also a YouTuber and we are looking for a stranger to come climbing with us for a video. Would you be down? Love you, Josh, sent. Right, well, we'll update you on that if she replies. There's one flaw with our plan, is that we were, starting at the Eiffel Tower is good for views, physical views, but we're 40 minutes from a climbing gym. So asking then someone to travel 40 minutes with us to a climbing gym is tricky. So we're gonna get the train and go closer to a climbing gym. This is gonna be the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. I'm thinking the next trick I'm gonna try is to say I am Adam Ondra, or Magnus Mitbo. If I'm one of the best climbers in the world, they're not gonna turn me down. And if they're not climbers, they won't know that I'm not one of the best climbers in the world. I know what you're thinking. That doesn't make sense, but it doesn't matter. I have my baguette. Excusez-moi, vous ne parlez pas anglais? Oui. I'm a YouTuber and a professional climber. My name's Adam Ondra, and I'm trying to find someone to come climbing with me today, a stranger. Really sorry, but I have an appointment. The Adam Ondra trick didn't work. Ah. Camera on, camera on. It's on, it's on, it's on. I have a reply from one of the hinge person people. Louis, what does it say? Quel beau parleur, what a sweet talker. That's not useful. Yes, I am a sweet talker, but that doesn't help. Like, what does that mean? She's not typing. How do I follow up with that? What I should have done is I should have changed it for everybody, like men, women, friends, whatever. However, I ran out of likes. I'm trying to film a video where we get a stranger to come climbing with us. I'm a professional climber. My name is Magnus Mitbo. Ah, you're a professional climber? Yeah, I'm a climber, yeah, yeah. And would you want to come climbing with us today or tomorrow? No, I can't. No? Okay. I have so much meeting now. No worries. Even the Magnus Mitbo thing didn't work. I'm never going to find anybody. My name's Adam Ondra, best climber in the world. Would you guys like to come climbing today or tomorrow? We have to get to class. Okay, no worries. After a bunch more rejections, I started to lose hope and wondered if we'd ever find anybody. No worries. Answer the question. No, no, no. Sorry, I just, I don't have really time to study. The girl gave me a Snapchat. I just replied. I haven't opened it yet. I'm nervous. Oh, I'm not messy. I don't know why I thought that that might work. Louis, as someone who's seen me be rejected more than pretty much anyone, how would you say it's going? Fantastic. My confidence was 30% at the beginning of the day. Now it's like 56.3. It's gone up? Yeah. After all the rejections? Yeah. Would you like to come climbing? Sorry, I'm not a bit of it. At least we're on a roll of asking and rejections. Hey, look, let's turn this into a positive. 15 rejections in a row. Yes, get in. Come on, let's get 20 rejections. I want to be the most rejected man in Paris. Nay, nay, I want to be the most rejected man in Europe. That is my singular mission now, and that makes me feel good. As you can tell here, I may have started to lose my mind. We're looking for people to come climbing with us today or tomorrow. No worries, okay. Merci, au revoir. I'm looking for a stranger. A couple. No, no problem. Thank you. 16 rejections. Let's f***ing go. Vous voulez parler anglais? No problem. Yes, another rejection. Let's f***ing go. Oh, and there's these. It's very cool. Okay. No worries. That's a double rejection. You don't get them very often. I was wondering if you'd like to come bouldering today or tomorrow with us. I'm leaving this day tomorrow, so I have to pack things up. No worries. Thank you very much. This video is sponsored by Squarespace. 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No. The good news in asking two people at a time and getting rejected twice is that it gets me closer to being the most rejected man in Paris. And just when I thought all was lost, a glimmer of hope appeared. So, pardon-moi. Francaisez. Pardon. Merci. I'm looking for a stranger to come climbing with me today. What is climbing? Climbing, bouldering. Escalade. Wow. Yeah, I can tell you're tempted. I can tell you. It'd be free entry. A personal coach. As myself. Tomorrow, we might go. Do you want to, can I get your number and then I'll text you? Perfect, I'll text you and hopefully see you tomorrow. Okay, cool. Okay, thank you, bye. Oh my God, that might be it. So now, the question is, do we keep asking or do we just text them and hope that they say yes? Text them and hope they say yes. It would be so good if we pulled this off, wouldn't it? Like, I'll be so happy if this works. It seems so unlikely to start with. Oh God, the entire video relies on this. The whole thing, everything. This entire trip. Are you nervous, Louis? No. Do you think she's going to say yes? Yeah. You do? 100%. If we pull this off, it'll be the greatest video achievement yet, for sure. Excusez-moi. We're trying to find someone to come, a stranger to come climbing with us. Would you want to join us? Either today or tomorrow. Why not, but I'm stinted. No, not necessarily. I didn't know what you said, but. Do you want to ask for a number? Yes. What was your name? Neel. Neel? Neel. Nelly. Yes. Okay, cool. Thank you very much. I'll work on it when we go climbing together. Okay. Okay, nice to meet you. Also, I know what all of you are thinking in the comments below. I know you're all thinking I'm just doing this to find a girlfriend in another land, and no comment. Sorry, do you speak English? Yes. Yes, we're trying to find strangers to come climbing with us today or tomorrow. Would you want to do that? Like, like what do you mean? Bouldering. What if you've never bouldered before? I'll teach you. You'll teach me bouldering? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Can I get a contact? And you're not trying to like scam me. No, no, look, I'll show you, I'll show you we've done it, we've done it before. So this is me. This is my climbing channel. Honestly, I'm keen, man. If we now? Maybe. Yeah, let's ******* go bouldering. Yeah? You sure? Yeah, I'm keen. I'm gonna go climb with people. Right now? We'll go right now? Yeah, yeah, yeah, let's go. Yeah, let's go. Okay, cool. Yeah, let's go. All right. Didn't expect this to happen. What was your name? Daniel. Daniel, Josh. Josh. We did it again. Have you ever climbed before? Okay, I think I confused bouldering with like proper climbing. Okay. I went climbing once. Okay, nice. I was falling off a lot of shit. Okay. I wanna learn. Yeah, I'll do my best to teach you and to make sure you're safe. Okay. I don't mind breaking a few bones. Okay, we'll try our best to make sure that doesn't happen. Where the kidnapping starts. Why did you say yes to coming with two strangers with no baguette? Well, the no baguette wasn't very good, but... You were disappointed there was no baguette? I was disappointed. No berets either. I met some people in the city a while ago and they were sort of telling me about like being more spontaneous in life. Not planning out everything you're gonna do. She said, you just gotta bite the bullet, you know? Just gotta just do shit. Stop talking about doing shit and just do it. And I thought, what's more spontaneous than being kidnapped? Ready, Daniel? Sure. Where are we going? The basement. Back to the basement, Daniel. I knew you were looking for it. I knew I'd end up in a basement. A lot of stimulating colours, I like it. Probably not the most typical thing to do in Paris, but it's at least not boring. How is that? Worst socks to wear today. Daniel was not expecting this today, were you? I really was not. I was looking at some ducks in a pond and then you guys rocked up. Pretty dry now, right? Yeah. Yeah, okay, cool. Let's start with this yellow here. So starting hands, starting feet. And yeah, then just go for it. Success. Starting hands here. Yeah, pretty much. Easy. Do you just have to touch the top? Yeah, so you gotta match the top. So yeah, two hands on the top and then that's it. That's it? That's it, and then you've done it. And then jump off or climb down. Oh, see, that was all right. Easy. We've gone natural. Once we've warmed up and stuff, I'm gonna set you some challenges. See what we can get you up. All right, let's do this other yellow. So what you wanna do when you're first starting climbing is you wanna focus on your technique a lot. Yes. So for example, when I'm climbing, I'm trying to be quiet with my feet and be precise. So don't use this bit of your foot. Okay. You can't move it. Like, oh, I need to move my foot the other way. I can't without it coming off. Yes, I see. But if I use my toe, I can pivot around it, like really easily. Okay. So that's basically what I'm doing. And then we'll work on the rest. And also, I think you're allowed to stand on this volume too. But to stand on the volume, you wanna keep your heel down, basically. Yeah. Like it is there. The boot? Yeah, yeah. Well, let's go up a grade. Okay. We'll do this orange here. Oh, those are tiny. That's like a little bit smaller for us. A lot smaller. Yeah. And a lot smaller handholds as well. You got a nice nipple to grab there. That's the way. Oh, wow. Nice. Go on, Daniel. Is it orange? That's it. Yeah, both hands. Boom, done. You are, yeah, I think you're gonna do quite well today. Sweet. So, in climbing, there's dynoing, which basically means jumping. Jumping, okay. But we wanted to use a different word. Is that the top one? Yeah, that's the top one. Done. We found the most natural beginner climber in the history of climbing. Daniel. Yes. You're too good, you're gonna make people think we just found you off the Olympic team or something. I can use this volume, eh? Yeah, yeah. Where's the rest of it? Hang on. Go on, Daniel. You look like some sick fool. Okay. Nice. I'll have a go and see if I can work out what was best. Yeah, man. Always. I can just stand on that. Come on, Daniel. Yeah, yeah, nice. Good work. Yeah, I think with that one, you want to grab that, but still keep the right- Hold that. Come on, Daniel. Go on, it's good, it's really good. Go for it. Yes! Nice one. We spent the entire day looking for someone to come with us. Then we found Adam Ondra's long-lost cousin, Daniel, from New Zealand, and he's just lost everything. Dude, well done. You don't seem, like, afraid at all, either. You seem to have, like, no fear. Do you feel any fear when you're on it? You don't seem- Reaching for it's a bit, like, it's a bit nervous, but this is quite soft. I was just looking at this grading, so we're on here. We're already halfway up. More than halfway up the grading system in three climbs. I think our goal today should be to get you up a blue. This blue one looks like quite a good challenge. What? We are in the climbing district in Bastide, and if you are in Paris, do come here. Amazing gym, very new, opened four months ago, and they were, yeah, very nice. Thank you very much for letting us climb here. Okay, you ready? So this one, very different than what we've been doing, much steeper. Indeed. So it's gonna be more of a physical challenge. Yes. All the holds are quite good, apart from the last one. Damn. Okay, see how you do, no pressure. Nice, that's it. Nice. Go for it. Well done. That was really good. That's difficult. It's actually quite fun. I think the first time I did this, I didn't know what the chalk was, and me and my friend were just, like, climbing and just falling. The chalk helps a lot, right? A lot, yeah. Oh no. No, sadly not. You have to match the finish hold for, in competition, it's three seconds, or in control. Come on, Daniel. That was scary. Soon, soon, soon, soon. We just need that top one. I'm forcing the future best climber in the world, Daniel, to rest. And then, once he climbs the hardest boulders in the world, he will remember me as that guy who said, rest, Daniel. How would you feel if Daniel, in five years, is a V15 climber and climbs stronger than you? I'd be really happy, actually. Imagine that. Imagine, that'd be great. Sorry, see that Daniel guy? We found him on the streets of Paris after an entire day of searching and 50 rejections, and then, now he is the best climber in the world. Fuck yeah. If you do that, I'll die a happy man. If you don't, I'll be really upset, and I don't really want to talk to you after you don't. We'll do another, another wall. Good effort. Thank you. Good try. You can kind of tell that if you do take us up, you're definitely going to be a good climber because you try really hard, and you're always like, one more go. One more go. Nah, you're gonna say, like, converted me to this climbing cult. This climbing cult, yeah. Climbing cult. I feel very content with my life right now. I feel like a proud father. I am six years older than you, too, so I am basically your daddy. If you climb a blue, you are the best beginner climber I may have ever seen. Fuck yeah. I'm going for that. So, you were pretty good at dynos before, and this one seems like it's a dyno. Okay, that's hard. How's your coordination, Daniel? So, I had left foot, right foot, yeah, and then... And you sort of just... The opposite way. So, I had my left foot here, right foot here, and then I popped my left foot onto that one in a one swing. Okay. Hang on. Pull up the... Nice, nice, nice. That was good. So, the... Wait, I want to watch you again. Yeah, so, I've really thrown Daniel in at the deep end here. I've never climbed here before, so it's hard to know to what to suggest. Yeah. But this is like, this sort of movement is very dynamic and like a very comfy style. So, it's not necessarily physically hard. Yeah. However, it's just about, if you get your hips in the right place, it'll be okay. But if you don't, it will feel impossible. So, I put my left foot on, and it's like, I'm moving my hips this way, to then stand there. Okay. So, you can actually do it in a reasonably slow motion. What you're looking for... Yeah. Is to move your hips over my right foot, over the left, and then jumping up. Okay. All right. I at least have to get my hand on that one. Nice. If I can get more, I'm not sure, but... Yeah, that's good. That was good. But it's just gotta be faster, right? Yeah, faster, and then we just push with the left foot. Yeah, good. I'm going the wrong way. That's getting better. The whole motion is right. You're still holding on to these, basically, so you're not letting go. So, you wanna do the same thing. But let go. Okay. So, everything was good, just a bit more momentum, and a bit, yeah, a bit more momentum, and letting go. All right. We'll have one more go at this one. Couple quick goes. One more go in a couple quick. The famous last go. Something like that. Yeah. That was awesome. Come on. Dude, that was really good. That was your best go yet. Just push off that other foot a bit more, yeah. That was really good, though. I'm gonna get it, I'm gonna get it. Come on. Okay, so, that is amazing. Yes. The only thing that's stopping you now is the fact what you do is this. You're doing this, and then you're stopping here. Oh, shit. And then you're stopping there. But you wanna keep the movement going all the way. Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That was really good. Almost faced by the wall and died. Yes, yes, yes. No stopping, no stopping. Oh, I touched it. Fuck. Best go yet. That was awesome. No stopping. That was really good. Okay. One more. Or a couple more. I feel like I need to watch you one more time. Yeah? Give my best demonstration for you, Daniel. Okay. Seeing as we aren't our best friends. What's his name again? Yeah, I did it. I should get his name. Did you actually? I knew you had it. Josh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. You could also start with your, like this. And then all you've got is one move to do. Ah. That's better. There you go. That was super close. That's better. When I'm doing it, I'm going round and I'm throwing my hips in. So like, so I'm throwing them into the wall. Yeah. So you have lots more time to then grab that hold. What you're doing is more like this. You're tight in like this. And then throw. Like for me, it's also still really hard to get it. Drive that right foot. Yeah, yeah. Yes, yes. I see now. You're also not pushing the left foot at all. Not pushing the left. You're not. So what you're doing is you're doing this and you get that, which is good. Yeah. But you're not actually pushing off the left foot very much. Okay. You're kind of just doing this. Like tapping it on. I see, I see. But the more you press with your right foot, more you push with your right foot and throw up, easier it is to get higher on the left foot. So then you can drive better with that foot. Because if you're like this, it's much harder, isn't it, to put force through? Yes. So if you're like this, it's easier. I see. Does that make sense? I think so. Sure? Yes. Nice. Okay, it's this one. Very good. And again, you need to pivot around the feet. Sorry, I'm gonna take away. So you're still doing this. Yes. But if I'm doing it, I'm throwing this way. Yeah. So if the arms are straight, I don't actually need to bend my arms this far. And then, or barely. Okay. Also, if the audio's changed, it's because our mics keep running out of battery because we've been outside all day. So it will sound a bit different now. I'm sorry. Sorry about that. It's the hold now. It's the hold. You get no legs to hold, right? I'm not tall enough for that. No, basically. But then you can put your right foot on here. Okay. Yeah. But that was so close. Okay. That was amazing. Yeah. Just keep doing it. We'll get it, we'll get it. The movement's looking good now. We'll get it. It's exciting. I just wanna keep trying. But I should rest. Are you enjoying it? It's ******* awesome. I love it. I'm gonna continue this. Nice. Like, for real. This one's for New Zealand, bro. For New Zealand. Did you win? You lost the World Cup, right? This year? Can't say that. Yeah. Go on. Yes! That was sick. That was insane. Like, to come from being a beginner to climbing a coordination dyno that quickly. Chapeau, sir. Chapeau. Thank you, sir. That was amazing. It's because I told you that New Zealand lost, isn't it? I think so. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You got the rage going. Dude, that was amazing. Well done. Thank you. Well done. Oh, that was a good feeling. Finally getting both hands and it was solid. What do you think the best thing you've learned today is about climbing? Best thing you should learn today? You should subscribe. Subscribe to Josh's channel. Josh's channel? Did you forget my name again? Maybe. We've done a lot of steep, hard stuff. So now we're gonna do less steep, techie stuff. And then right foot on that little tip. That's it. Nice. Come on, keep standing up. And then just up to there. Yeah, yeah, exactly. Fuck. Go on, you got it. That's it. Both hands. That's it, just. Does that count? What the ****? How has he climbed one session? That's ridiculous. Dude, that was amazing. Your body awareness is literally a joke, isn't it? A joke isn't so good. I've never seen a beginner be able to like do an inside flag, holding a volume with no hold on it, on a scary foot on their first session, or second session. Sir, you are the best climber in the world. Congratulations. Thanks for saying yes. I don't know that title, but thank you. So to conclude, are you gonna carry on climbing? For sure. 100%. Nice. We all met four hours ago. And now we're gonna go camping in Fontainebleau, one of the most famous climbing destinations in the world. I don't think any of us saw our day ending like that. Grace. Louis said this tent was a three-person tent. It's not even a one-person tent. It gets bigger when you peck it out. This is what I love most about climbing. It creates an amazing community where complete strangers can become friends in an instant and bond over the same passion for adventure and love of life to create amazing memories. We're three people, two-man tent. We met not long ago. Couple hours ago. Louis hasn't even got a sleeping bag. We're gonna try and sleep, it's 3 a.m. Further to the right. There, there, there. In the crack. Oh yeah. Yeah, where your left hand, where your right hand is. Basically to where your right hand is if you can. Yeah. I think one more thing to pinch. Come on. Yeah. Come on. Easy. Nice. Okay, come on. Yeah, well done. That's it, keep going. Nice. First outdoor boulder ever. With the top here. Oh cool. Nice, that was good.