Alpine climbing has always had a rocky relationship with the question: “Why?”
Why climb up a mountain’s sheerest face when you can just hike up the other side? And in bouldering, this question becomes even more potent: There’s not even a mountain involved — just a big rock.
Brian Zarzuela explains the conundrum in the opening seconds of adidas Terrex’s new YouTube video, “The Pursuit of Pointless,” which brings together a star-studded cast of climbers for some bouldering in Ticino, Switzerland. They take turns answering the question.
But if you enjoy watching pro climbers work out minute sequences on minuscule holds — odds are you never needed an explanation in the first place.
Runtime: 10 minutes
