Return of the Sleepwalker 9A | Climbing History

Climber	Style	Ascent Date	Suggested Grade
Daniel Woods	Boulder \| worked	31st Mar 2021	9A
First ascent. 52 sessions. The final 16 days of my trip I put myself in complete isolation in the desert and camped. Every night I just watched video footage of myself on the line to stay psyched. I started talking to myself a lot as if someone was there with me haha. The final week the climb was starting to feel more stressful than fun. I’d wake up every morning with butterflies in my stomach, anxious to know if I could get one more move further or not. Waiting for the point where I was gonna see regression and then that was it for my motivation. But each day I told myself to go one move further... every day was just a training day to get fitter. 2 days before I sent I stuck the final move and fell kicking my toe hook up into the final end jug. I knew then that I had sent... but didn’t. I also knew I had one more good day left before conditions were too hot to do it. I put everything in on that final day and sent. Sent alone (got iPhone footy of the send). It was a powerful feeling doing it alone. My friend Jon Glassberg walked up as I was preparing for the final slab and filmed me topping out. Was a fuckin dope experience that I will take with me into the next projects. [1] From the video of his ascent [3]. Spotter: How'd it feel? Daniel: Hard. References [1] https://www.8a.nu/news/woods-explains-his-successful-9a-insanity-f7jh0 [2] https://www.instagram.com/p/CNK44j-jDtP/ [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoEeHwd5GTs
Will Bosi	Boulder \| worked	19th Feb 2024	9A (soft)
Second ascent. 12 sessions. 12 sessions in total, including 3 spent on the stand start Sleepwalker, completed during a single trip to try the boulder. In the last session before the send, everything just clicked. I was feeling confident, but as the weather forecast looked bleak with a storm closing in, I was only able to take one rest day before heading back out for another session. I still felt quite tired from the previous session so I was unsure about even trying it. However, after warming up, the moves were feeling great and I decided to give it a go. The first attempt went perfectly up to the sloper but then I really messed up the next move through to the slot and almost dropped it. Somehow, I recovered and hit the last hard move perfectly. Pulling onto the slab was incredible and I had to take a minute to get my breath back before heading up to the top. [1] References [1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2024/02/return_of_the_sleepwalker_9a_for_will_bosi-73602 [2] https://www.instagram.com/p/C3nLKdJrZCC/?img_index=1 [3] https://open.spotify.com/episode/3PwOTtkyJJ3IM0A8MxUemD? [4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8awesjyAGTg
Noah Wheeler	Boulder \| worked	30th Dec 2024	9A
Third ascent. An athletic coming-of-age. Pulled on the last move of SW freshman year as a ridiculous “what if?!” Sent the sit senior year. References [1] https://www.instagram.com/p/DESn7bfSCf9/?img_index=2 [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvQWPuR-Nls
Simon Lorenzi	Boulder \| worked	Between 9th Mar 2025 and 10th Mar 2025
Fourth ascent. References [1] https://www.instagram.com/p/DHAJfw3J5jq/?img_index=1 [2] https://www.instagram.com/p/DHG3Mh8o_Zr/ [3] https://www.instagram.com/p/DHL-6lLIu2z/ [4] https://www.instagram.com/p/DHwJPLFI30v/?img_index=1
Nathan Williams	Boulder \| did not finish
Over 100 sessions. References [1] https://open.spotify.com/episode/5X2C3gepIFoBzW7yJagqZ6?

Daniel Woods

Boulder | worked

31st Mar 2021

9A

First ascent. 52 sessions.

The final 16 days of my trip I put myself in complete isolation in the desert and camped. Every night I just watched video footage of myself on the line to stay psyched. I started talking to myself a lot as if someone was there with me haha. The final week the climb was starting to feel more stressful than fun. I’d wake up every morning with butterflies in my stomach, anxious to know if I could get one more move further or not. Waiting for the point where I was gonna see regression and then that was it for my motivation. But each day I told myself to go one move further... every day was just a training day to get fitter. 2 days before I sent I stuck the final move and fell kicking my toe hook up into the final end jug. I knew then that I had sent... but didn’t. I also knew I had one more good day left before conditions were too hot to do it. I put everything in on that final day and sent. Sent alone (got iPhone footy of the send). It was a powerful feeling doing it alone. My friend Jon Glassberg walked up as I was preparing for the final slab and filmed me topping out. Was a fuckin dope experience that I will take with me into the next projects. [1]

From the video of his ascent [3].

Spotter:

How'd it feel?

Daniel:

Hard.

References

[1] https://www.8a.nu/news/woods-explains-his-successful-9a-insanity-f7jh0

[2] https://www.instagram.com/p/CNK44j-jDtP/

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoEeHwd5GTs

Will Bosi

Boulder | worked

19th Feb 2024

9A (soft)

Second ascent. 12 sessions.

12 sessions in total, including 3 spent on the stand start Sleepwalker, completed during a single trip to try the boulder.

In the last session before the send, everything just clicked. I was feeling confident, but as the weather forecast looked bleak with a storm closing in, I was only able to take one rest day before heading back out for another session. I still felt quite tired from the previous session so I was unsure about even trying it.

However, after warming up, the moves were feeling great and I decided to give it a go. The first attempt went perfectly up to the sloper but then I really messed up the next move through to the slot and almost dropped it. Somehow, I recovered and hit the last hard move perfectly. Pulling onto the slab was incredible and I had to take a minute to get my breath back before heading up to the top. [1]