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Tyler Thompson sends Life Of Villains (9a)
Can you tell us more about the ascent?
I tried Life of Villains for a few days when I was here in January but we had a lot of rain and I couldn’t make it happen before I had to head back to school. I’d been planning to do a summer road trip as soon as my exams were done and I was psyched to try the route again. I got to St. George about 3 weeks ago and have spent most of my time trying the route. I felt really close after 3 or 4 days but I kept falling right at the end for nearly 2 weeks. The route is very resistant and just a few days ago I figured out different beta that helped me link the last crux section. What a fun route by joe!
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Tyler Thompson does Life of Villains (9a)
Tyler Thompson, who did his first 9a+ in February, did Joe Kinder’s Life Of Villains (9a) in Hurricave, two weeks ago. Here is the 8a news article. In the video, we can see him doing a crazy knee drop [6.03 min].
Kai Lightner completes Life of Villains (9a)
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Kai Lightner FA’s Death of Villains (9a+)
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Tyler Thompson does Life of Villains (9a)
Tyler Thompson, who did his first 9a+ in February, did Joe Kinder’s Life Of Villains (9a) in Hurricave, two weeks ago. Here is the 8a news article. In the video, we can see him doing a crazy knee drop [6.03 min].
Kai Lightner completes Life of Villains (9a)
Kai Lightner made his first headlines when he sent Southern Smoke (8c+) at age 13, in 2012. The next year, he won the Youth World Championship and completed Era…
Kai Lightner FA’s Death of Villains (9a+)
Kai Lightner has kept up his recent form and fitness by doing the FA of Death of Villains (9a+) at Hurricave. Kai first made headlines when he sent Southern Smo…
Katie Lamb makes history
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Schubert sends Project Big during his 6th Live attempt
"It was dramatic to the very end." On the 8a finish of Project Big in Flatanger, Jakob Schubert explains that a horn broke and he was close to falling. The last three minutes of the video show just how much this climb means to him."This horn could have ended my career... This was the biggest mental …
Will Bosi repeats Return of the Sleepwalker (9A)
William Bosi has made the second ascent of Daniel Woods’ Return of the Sleepwalker (9A) in Black Velvet Canyon, after projecting it for 12 sessions. This was th…