Uncut: Daniel Woods Makes the Second Ascent of Sleepwalker (V16)

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Back in January, Daniel Woods made the second ascent of Sleepwalker on the wet dream boulder in Red Rock’s Black Velvet Canyon.  At V16, it is among one of the world’s hardest boulder problems. Jimmy Webb made the first ascent of the line, which was discovered by Nalle Hukkataival, in December 2018 after 11 days of effort.

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