Hamish McArthur does No One Mourns The Wicked (9A)

Hamish McArthur, fresh off his recent ascent of Megatron (9A), has repeated Nathaniel Coleman's No One Mourns The Wicked (9A) at South Platte. The line adds an 8B sit start to Defying Gravity (8C). Impressively, the 23-year-old completed the climb in just one session—an unprecedented benchmark for a 9A boulder. (c) Quinn Mason

”I know that the metrics of ”climbing V17 [9A] in a single session” is what gets chosen for the headline, but I want to draw closer attention to the immeasurable preparation that gives this metric colour - most of which is a kind of letting go. I just want to keep surprising myself forever.”

Hamish’s Sunday session:
11:15 – started hiking
12:00 – arrived at boulder
12.30 – tried Defying Gravity
13:15 – stuck crux move
13:30 – sent Defying Gravity
13:45 - tried No One Mourns The Wicked
14:15 – stuck low crux
14:47 – sent No One Mourns The Wicked
15: 45 – started hiking