Jonathan Siegrist climbs The Hunted (9a)

Jonathan Siegrist has made the first repeat of BJ Tilden’s The Hunted (9a) at Wolf Point. The 39-year-old has now logged 88 routes 9a to 9b and he is #3 in the annual ranking game. ”So much hard climbing on this thing. I fell in the top a number of times - Even in the end when I felt 99% at the final rest, the huge pulls in the last boulder still felt hard. 9a/+”

It seems you are having great time at Wolf Point having done six route 8c+ to 9a+ the last four weeks including The Hunted?
June has been so fun. I love the community and the vibes here around Lander - BJ is also one of the strongest climbers in the US and so there are always more hard routes from him to try. This season in particular there has been a lot of hard sends!

I finished ‘The Hunted’ a few days ago - it’s a long, slightly overhanging route with a very difficult opening boulder problem and another one guarding the end. Wolf Point is a great challenge for me because the moves are usually huge on the hard routes, with nothing in-between. It really forces me to be powerful.

What is next?
I have one more hard one I would love to finish before the season ends (too hot) next week. It’s called Show Your Teeth (9a) and for me the difficulty all comes down to one enormous accurate move to a pocket. I’ve tried it 3 days. Hoping I have the time and strength to finish!