Wheelchair | 8C/9a+ Boulder problem at Hollow Mountain Area

Australia / Victoria
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See also The Wheel of Life.

Harder variation to The Wheel of Life (8B+)

'Wheelchair' (9a+/36) starts as for the WOL, but halfway through 'Sleepy Hollow' traverses into 'Stimulation' and climbs the whole of 'Stimulation' (with the exception of the first move) till its end, which is also the finish of 'Silverchair' – hence 'Wheelchair'. [1]

Megos made another link-up he called Stimulating Cartwheel (5.14d) that starts on Stuck South of the Border (V12) and climbs the rest of the Wheel of Life. [2]

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2013/08/megos_adds_australias_hardest_boulder_route-68298

[2] https://www.climbing.com/news/alex-megos-adds-to-wheel-of-life-making-harder-link-up/

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Ascents

1 successful ascent recorded.

Climber Style Ascent Date Suggested Grade
First ascent.

It's hard to give it a grade. I think it's not possible to give it a boulder grade, although it's more a boulder than 'The Wheel of Life' because it has no rest. Everyone calls 'The Wheel...' 9a and I think 'Wheelchair' is harder than 'The Wheel...', I would call it 9a+. But it would be nice to see someone repeating it to give his opinion on the grade. [2]

References

[1] https://www.onsight.com.au/2013/08/oz-gets-grade-35-9a/

[2] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2013/08/megos_adds_australias_hardest_boulder_route-68298