The North Face Presents: "Return of the Sleepwalker" (9A/v17) (First Ascent)

[Music] hmm [Music] yes sleepwalker in itself is a power resistance climb every move is roughly the same difficulties the moves just add up going from lower it's just going to be a whole nother game the low start ads then seven moves of around v13 a very powerful style straight into another power resistance pulse problem with no red making this full thing a power resistant beast i've been working sleepwalker now for about a month and mostly just trying to figure out the bottom moves and focusing on dialing the sleepwalker itself hit it move my feet position and then flip it and then go [Music] come on [ __ ] why are you falling there just wet that was the best [Music] so [Music] why the [ __ ] are you falling on that move every [ __ ] time crooks this thing [Music] [ __ ] connie [Music] i see friction is horrible right now [Music] this thing's gonna drive me insane [Music] ugh [Music] [Music] come on come on [Music] come on [ __ ] fire come on [Music] night [Applause] [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] now [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] did that twice today and even just falling on that move is like that's really hard 18. just even falling moved to the smoker yeah so you did that four times stuck twice she basically climbed like four ac's and two eights buses that day pretty stupid but in reality i climbed enough didn't do a god dang thing [Music] [Applause] aah [Music] no [Music] mankind conceived [Music] now [Music] the hardest thing that i've dealt with trying this at the moment is believing that i can do it i know that i've done the stand i know that i've done the sit moves into the stand but when you have to link those two sections together it turns into this whole other beast and going back into this canyon now for the last two months i haven't tried anything else since i've been here and seeing how much brutal force you can put your body through how much mental like brutality you can handle and try to keep your [ __ ] together to be able to do it [Music] yes [Music] yes [Music] oh [Music] is [Music] now [Music] uh so now [Music] [Laughter] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] it doesn't matter how strong you are and how mentally prepared you are if your condition's not good you're not going to do it and then when the condition gets good and your head's not in it you're not going to do it so it's like lining that [ __ ] up hoping that your mind body from point can you capture that like send condition and then just do it do speech [Music] uh [Music] oh whoa oh my god yeah can i uh could one of you guys run down and throw me on my chalk bag it's just right there cruised it how'd it feel getting the foot up [Music] um holy [ __ ] holy [ __ ] yes ah wow yes wow it's done it's [ __ ] gone dude [ __ ] christ dude wow i was so goddamn nervous bro [ __ ] sick thank you that is proud ass [ __ ] right there we should have stuck around [Music] [Applause] [Music] you

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Id: IoEeHwd5GTs

Length: 18min 58sec (1138 seconds)

Published: Mon Jun 21 2021

Reddit Comments

[u/PoorLittleLamb]

I am glad there are 15 minutes of failure before the actual FA. Helps us get a minutia of the disappointment and agony he must have felt giving up all his vices and going to the desert for 52 days trying to send.

[u/Groghnash]

His progress in the last 10 days was insane.

[u/nipplesweaters]

This is, to me, basically a perfect modern bouldering video. TBH I'm basically over the Reel Rock style videos where people pontificate on climbing and talk about how high balls take them "to a primal level where I feel truly alive" or some other dumb shit. I just want to see people go hard as fuck.

[u/poorboychevelle]

Finally a video with a soundtrack that doesn't suck. The frantic editing reminds me of skate videos and holy hell I have missed that so much in climbing media.

[u/PAS-thong]

I actually went there the day he sent to try to get the FA of ROTSW but Daniel was playing music from his speaker and refused to turn it off. When I said he was being unethical and rude he went up to the top of the boulder and told me if I got up there he'd push me off the slab and stop me sending. When I told him I would report him to the police he started throwing gang signs, closed his eyes and pointed to the tattoo on his neck saying "I'm always watching". I have held onto this story for too long but I think it's time to come forward and tell everyone what happened that day.

[u/quasi-psuedo]

The thumb catch is unreal… to do that over and over. Can’t even imagine.

[u/JapaneseJohnnyVegas]

Looks pretty hard

[u/bigtingless]

Finally!!!!

[u/[deleted]]

We need more of these posts and not indoor boulders lol