Daniel Woods Explained

Daniel Woods
Birth Date:1 August 1989
Birth Place:Richardson, Texas, U.S.
Occupation:Professional rock climber
Height:1.70 m
Weight:61 kg
Updated:August 3, 2022
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Daniel Woods (born August 1, 1989) is an American professional rock climber who specializes in bouldering, and who is considered one of the most important climbers in the history of bouldering. Woods has climbed over thirty boulder problems graded at or above .[1] He has also won several competition bouldering events, such as the U.S. National Bouldering Championship and some international events. In March 2021, Woods achieved the first ascent of a low start to Sleepwalker which he named Return of the Sleepwalker and proposed the grade, only the second-ever route in history at that grade.

Early life

Woods was born in Richardson, Texas, and was introduced to climbing through the cub scouts.[2] [3] In 1997, when he was 8 years old, his family moved to Longmont, Colorado. Woods then began competing and was part of a junior climbing team coached by Justin Sjong and Jimmie Redo.[3]

Climbing career

Rock climbing

In 2003, Woods climbed his first bouldering problem rated, Fuck You Finger. The following year, at the age of 15, he made the first ascent of Echale, grading it .

On June 19, 2007, while traveling in the Chaos Canyon area of Rocky Mountain National Park, Woods made the first ascent of Jade, formerly named The Green 45 Project, a project he had worked for several years with Dave Graham.[4] He graded it, making it his hardest ascent at that point. The consensus for the rating of Jade is now .

In early 2008, at the age of 18, Woods moved to Innsbruck, Austria, and spent part of his time training with Kilian Fischhuber and David Lama. In May 2008, he made the first ascent of In Search of Time Lost at Magic Wood in Switzerland and graded it .[5]

In November 2011, Woods began filming a climbing movie called Welcome to the Hood with Paul Robinson, Guntram Jörg, and Anthony Gullsten. The filming lasted five months, during which the group climbed at some of the most famous and difficult bouldering sites in the world. The first part of the film was set in Magic Wood, Switzerland, where Woods climbed Somewhere in Between .[6]

Competition climbing

Despite primarily focusing on hard outdoor bouldering, Daniel Woods is one of the most accomplished American male competition climbers. He won the ABS National Championship 9 times, the SCS National Championship,[7] and competed in many IFSC World Cup events, earning a gold medal in the Vail World Cup in 2010.[8] Woods also has the most open wins at the Hueco Tanks Rock Rodeo, his most recent having been in 2017.[9]

Woods won the American Bouldering Series national championship in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013[10] and the Teva Mountain Games in the bouldering category in 2006, 2007 and, 2010.

Notable ascents

Redpointed sport routes

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Beale . Alex . The Hardest Boulder Problems in the World (2018 update) . www.8a.nu . 8a.nu . 1 January 2021.
  2. Web site: . Daniel Woods, World's Most Accomplished Boulderer . Owen . Clarke . 9 March 2022 . 26 June 2022.
  3. Web site: About Daniel Woods . climbing.com . 15 February 2008 . 11 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101007210524/http://www.climbing.com/exclusive/problog/aboutdwoods/ . 7 October 2010 .
  4. Web site: Fine Jade: Woods Bags Rocky Mountain Super-Project . climbing.com . 21 June 2007 . 11 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090215083734/http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/jade07/ . 15 February 2009 .
  5. Web site: New 8C in Magicwood . b3bouldering.com . 9 May 2008 . 11 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160209033452/http://www.b3bouldering.com/2008/05/09/new-8c-in-magicwood/ . 9 February 2016 . dead .
  6. Web site: Latest news from Swiss . Björn Pohl . ukclimbing.com . 14 November 2011 . 11 May 2013.
  7. Web site: Collegiate Climbing Series . USA Climbing . 2015-02-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141219124153/http://usaclimbing.net/scs/ . 2014-12-19 . dead .
  8. Web site: Competitions .
  9. Web site: Home . huecorodeo.com.
  10. Web site: Woods, Puccio Reigning Champions at ABS 14. climbing.org. Amanda Fox. 22 February 2013. 22 May 2013.
  11. Web site: Sleepwalker: 8C+ for James Webb and Daniel Woods. 22 January 2019 . 23 January 2019.
  12. Web site: Daniel Woods: Climbers bio, competitions and hardest ascents . 29 November 2021 .

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