A biography for Adam Ondrahasn’t been written yet.
“My mother and father met through climbing and it was totally natural that I would become a climber too.”
“I am full time athlete.”
“I shriek when I am climbing at my absolute limit, but never shriek in the warm-up or when trying the moves. No matter how terrible it might sound, it helps me.”
“I think climbing deserves to be an Olympic sport, as it is one of the few natural movements - like swimming or running, things that people have been doing for a thousand years.”
“Climbing is great, and I don't think I'll ever tire of it, because there are so many different disciplines.”
“Climbing in the Olympics would be my dream, but I'm not so optimistic that it will make it in 2020.”
“Even though Czech food is traditionally a bit heavy, especially for a climber, I can't resist some dishes: sveckova, for example, is beef in a creamy sauce with celery and dumplings. It's probably fortunate that I don't know how to cook it myself.”
“I came to Flatanger with a plan in my mind to bolt a really, really hard thing that would be beautiful and keep me motivated to try it for a long time, in some underdeveloped area.”
“Because grades in climbing are subjective, I am fan of making big gaps between climbing grades.”
“I remember when I started climbing more seriously. That was when I was six years old.”
“I think it wouldn't be wise to lose the best years of my sports career at university.”
“I think it's possible to climb the Dawn Wall in a single day. No matter what, it would be really, really hard.”
“The Nose is a beautiful route. The best thing is that, in one day, you get to climb so much. You climb and climb and climb the whole day.”
“I think speed climbing is kind of an artificial discipline. Climbers compete on the same holds and train on the same holds, which doesn't have much in common with the climbing philosophy in my opinion.”
“I didn't want to hike to the top of El Capitan and rappel down the route, and start fixing lines. For me it was really important to try to climb it from the ground up at first.”
“What I like about climbing that it's so broad. For certain periods I can focus on sport climbing and then I can shift my focus more on the bouldering or I can shift my focus on climbing in the mountains.”
“Normally, it's more efficient to climb fast.”
“There are way more powerful climbers compared to me but I think I can really take advantage of all my power due to my technique.”
“I've never had problems about passionate motivation to just keep climbing and keep training and pushing.”
“I have always wanted to compete in the Olympic Games.”