Three phrases: Don’t doubt DaWoods. The world’s second V17 climber simply punched out a boulder drawback in Switzerland that appears as depraved because it does lovely.
Opinions about Daniel Woods rage within the climbing world about as laborious as he does on rock. He’s acquired a large neck tattoo of a human eye. He pronounces the phrase dude “dyewd,” and he says it so typically you’d suppose it was a survival requirement. He’s skinny; he’s brooding; he’s bizarre.
However there are two issues about Woods that exist past the realm of opinion: (1) He’s summarily dedicated to climbing, and (2) he’s excellent at it.
He’s gained 9 American Bouldering Sequence nationwide championships. He authored one of many two V17 boulder issues in existence after a large and, at occasions, existential effort. And his checklist of sends on the V15 threshold and more durable is 40-plus traces lengthy.
Tack on one other one. The 33-year-old reported he put down Dave Graham’s “Foundations Edge” (V15/8C) in Fionnay, Switzerland, on Sept. 27. The rig doesn’t appear to be a cheapie. Skinny, superficial limestone plates lead out a steep roof so deep there can be three bolts on it if it had been a sport climb.
‘Surreal’ Holds, Actual Sends
Woods described the ship on Instagram together with his typical skater-kid lexicon and his typical grateful angle.
“Stoked to be within the [V]alais for a pair extra weeks. The climbing right here is all time. ‘Fuck the system’ bloc, which hosts ‘Foundations Edge’ and ‘Scarred for Life’ (V14), is likely one of the extra spectacular roof blocs I’ve climbed on. Rock is insane, and the maintain choice is surreal,” Woods wrote.
I’ve sat in entrance of many rocks and stared at many holds, and I can’t fairly wrap my head round what makes an array of holds “surreal.” However that’s a part of the enjoyable of this factor. At a sure level, journey necessitates thriller.
For Woods, it’s one other day at work. He informed 8a.nu which ridiculously laborious boulder issues we are able to discover him on high of subsequent.
“Subsequent, I’ll attempt ‘Fuck the System’ (V16), and I additionally need to attempt the low begin challenge into ‘Everlasting Midnight’ (V12) or ‘Solitary Daze’ (V15),” he mentioned.
Go for it, unusual pebble warrior; we’re right here for it.
