Tyler Thompson sends Life Of Villains (9a)

Tyler Thompson, who did his first 9a+ in February, has repeated Joe Kinder’s Life of Villains (9a) in Hurricave.

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!