1 January 2025

Noah Wheeler does Return of the Sleepwalker (9A)

Noah Wheeler has repeated Daniel Woodsโ€™ Return of the Sleepwalker (9A) in Black Velvet Canyon and the 22-year-old moves to #3 in the ranking game. โ€An athletic coming-of-age. Pulled on the last move of SW [Sleepwalker] freshman year as a ridiculous โ€œwhat if?!โ€ Sent the sit senior year.โ€

Jimmy Webb made the FA of Sleepwalker (8C+) in 2019 and then two years later Woods added a six moves 8B sit start establishing the second 9A in the world. Last year, Will Bosi made the first repeat. Comments from Noah to come.
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