“He Can Get Very Strong”: Only 13, Prodigy Climber Gets Race Reviews From YouTube Sensation
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Rock climbing is no child’s play, or is it? 13-year-old Theo Blass thinks so. Recently, a YouTuber shared the story of Blass who successfully completed 9a at the age of 12 and broke the existing record. Theo Blass, is very resilient and wants to become more powerful to achieve the toughest problems in climbing.
At the age of playing and monkeying around, Theo chose his passion and dedicated himself to the sport. Evidently, it came naturally to him. Magnus Midtbø, a Norwegian rock climber and a youtube sensation, visited Theo Blass to delve deeper into his passion.
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Though a teenager, Theo possesses great strength. As his father said, “He’s naturally powerful and he’s very competitive, he likes competing mostly pushing himself to do better than last time and give the best of himself”. While Theo has his talent and family support, “But the most important thing there’s a lot of hard work and perseverance.”
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According to his father, Blass has a hunger for achieving more, starting from a very young age. Also, the prodigy has ample opportunities ahead. “If everything goes to plan, I think given where he is now if he stays on the same trajectory I think he can get very very strong probably stronger than the strongest climbers at the moment”, his father implied. As the video goes further, it became clearer that Theo is stubborn and can’t wait to reach his goal.
Midtbø compared him with Adam Ondra and Sean Raboutou who also started touching the pinnacle of success at a very young age. Blass, too, like them has an affinity for outdoor climbing and covered the 8c at the age of 10. With his technicality and strong core, he aspires to complete further targets like 9a plus, 9c, and more. He is the youngest person in the world to reach the 9a.
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The only primary goal for Theo is to climb up and fall down constantly until he has mastered every niche of the rock. The teenage talent’s determination is bound to bring him absolute victory as he has more to go. Share your thoughts in the comments.
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