Adam Ondra: The success of climbing starts in the head

In today's edition of the Road to Tokyo video series, Adam Ondra talks about the psyche's impact on climbing success.

Adam Ondra on the "Mental Game"

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We met Adam Ondra in Munich at the beginning of June and talked to him about his Olympic strategy, hard training and injuries. The interview is in the following post.

Complete video series "Road to Tokyo" by Adam Ondra

You can find all videos of the series "Road to Tokyo" here in the overview.

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