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IrelandLondon's buildings become Mike Boyd's bouldering playground
Alexander Norden and Emil join him at the Barbican, where concrete walls replace the climbing gym.
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Buildering is my new favourite sport
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- 1:40Alexander introduces Chirality, a chimney-style problem between opposing concrete walls.
- 5:14Mike begins his attempts; his completed climb comes later in this sequence.
- 8:40Emil takes his turn on Chirality's awkward movements.
- 10:55A sponsored segment demonstrates a doorway hangboard setup.
- 12:56Alexander explains how he searches London's architecture for distinctive climbing features.
- 16:16The group reaches Defoe Place for the Defoe Dyno; the attempt and result follow.
Crash pads come along on the train and Tube as Mike Boyd heads for the Barbican. His destination isn't a gym: Alexander Norden has a chimney-style climb picked out between concrete walls, and the architecture supplies the holds.
There were no new uploads on Mike Boyd Climbs this week, but "Buildering is my new favourite sport" is the channel's busiest video for daily views right now. Posted just before the week began, it follows Mike and Emil around London with Norden, who explains how he scouts buildings for interesting climbing features rather than endless repetitions of the same move.
The first problem, "Chirality," asks for body tension against opposing walls. Mike breaks a small foothold during an early attempt, then eventually completes the climb. "That was one of the best boulders I've ever done," he says. Later, the group heads to Defoe Place for a dynamic leap to a ledge. The video also contains a sponsored doorway-hangboard segment.
The channel brought in about 107,000 views over the week, with its subscriber total unchanged. Daily viewing is a little below its usual level. Nearby in the climbing world, Toby Roberts is having a much busier-than-usual viewing day, while The Gravity Lab is close to its customary pace.
Mike's gym projects haven't disappeared beneath the concrete, either. "The pros said I need to try harder...", his attempt at a V7 following coaching advice, remains the next strongest daily draw, followed by his May session with Magnus Midtbø. The London outing gives that training-focused run a different question: what happens when the route wasn't built to be a route at all?
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