Matt Wilder has had an extraordinary trip so far, climbing Evilution Direct (v11) and The Swarm (v14), and following those up just yesterday with The Mandala Sit-start (v14) and Evilution (original version, v12). Matt climbed The Swarm, Mandala Sit, and Evilution in a two-day spell that he describes as, "My best two days ever." It feels all the more satisfying for Matt as he'd taken something of a break from hard bouldering over the last several months in favor of pursuing some trad ascents (e.g. FA of Viceroy, 5.14 in Boulder Canyon), and a bit of endurance training, getting back into the bouldering fairly recently. If that's not over-achieving enough, Matt just finished a Masters degree in computer science and is now moving on toward a PhD. How do these people do it?
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
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Apparently, Matt Finished up his trip with last day, warm-weather ascents of Buttermilker and Thunderbird. Matt had climbed his problem "The Ninth," high above the Pollen Grains that morning. Matt also cleaned a beatiful line on the back of the Drifter Boulder that will be another Stellar edition to the Buttermilks proper. He gave it a working name of "Occam's Razor." Great job, Matt! -- Noah.
It's much harder to work 9-to-5 and boulder ... just ask Noah! Well, actually, that's work 9-to-5am in his case ... he's a REAL Doctor :)
That is so cool. Good for Matt! What an amazing trip he had. Oh yeah, and thanks for cleaning that new line for me! Ha ha ha ...
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