Will Bosi repeats Spots of Time (9A)

William Bosi has made the first repeat of Aidan Roberts' Spots of Time (9A) in Hellvellyn. "Can't believe it! What a king line. Hopefully, this sees some more attention definitely deserves it." (c) Band of Birds

The British climber stopped competing in 2021 and started focusing on routes. During 2021 and 2022, he successfully climbed six routes graded 9a+ to 9b+. Since then, his attention has shifted to bouldering. At 25 years old, he has now completed four 9A boulders, giving him the most impressive bouldering tick list out there.

How many sessions were needed and are you doing the same beta as Aidan?
It took me 8 sessions and only one move we use the same beta. I do the first move off a heel then I skip the intermediate/move and go straight to the high left edge. Finally, for the last move I also skip the intermediate by doing a bigger more powerful move to the good lip hold.

Is it possible to say which 9A is the hardest and easiest?
Very hard to say as they are all quite different styles. Both BODs and SOT are very board style problems and I would say BODs was harder for me but I didn’t find the new beta people are using now, so that could change it. ROTSW and Alphane are so different it’s hard to compare but I think both felt easier than BODs. SOT felt more similar to those two but it’s perfectly my style. Currently, I think the jump between 8C-8C+ to 9A is maybe too small so the 4 9As I’ve done would be on the lower end of the grade. Keen to try more hard lines to help figure this out soon. Hope that makes some sense Very unsure at the moment.