Daniel Woods (14) of Longmont, Colorado recently became the youngest to boulder
the grade V13 (8B) by climbing "The Centaur" in Rocky Mountain National Park. It
took him just six tries on June 22nd. That was quite an accomplishment by itself.
Now, he has just returned from a week long trip to Rifle, Colorado with yet another
stellar performance - this time on the sharp end of a rope.
Over a span of five days in late June at Rifle, Colorado, Daniel managed the equivalent of a Straight Flush in poker
terms. His attempt to onsight "Fringe Dweller" (5.13a) was unsuccessful, but he did manage to
redpoint it next go - the red 10. Continuing in the redpoint suit, Daniel went on
playing an impressive hand consisting of the Jack, "Dry Doctor" (5.13b); the
Queen, "Skeletor" (5.13c); the King, "Bride
of Frankenstein" (5.13d); and the Ace, "Lung Fish" (5.14a) - without the no-hands rest!
"Lung Fish felt harder than 7 PM Show. I could not get the stem for the
no-hands rest after the first crux, so I punched through both cruxes with no rest.
It was hard."
