American Climbing Coach Sends First V15
Palmer Larsen has climbed his hardest problem to date with The Nest
Palmer Larsen has climbed a famous boulder in Red Rocks called The Nest V15, located in Fish Creek Canyon. Larsen, who works as a climbing coach for Team Momentum, said the send is his ”proudest accomplishment to date.”
This is Larsen’s hardest climb to date, with runners up being Show Your Scars V14 and two dozen V13s. About his sends, Larsen said, “I let go of my expectations and feelings of deserving and wanting to send the climb and enjoyed the beauty of Red Rock, the intricacies of the moves, and those around me and that seemed to do the trick. On likely my last go of the last day of the season I was able to scramble to the top of The Nest! V15. My proudest accomplishment to date. Thanks to everyone that trekked out there with me and gave me support.”
The problem was first climbed by Daniel Woods, who in a story about the FA, said, “I climbed the remaining 10 feet of V1 and was on top of the raddest boulder I have ever climbed. I still felt in the zone and could not believe what just happened. The Nest was born and it had given me such a great experience. There was only one way I could’ve been happier: if Jimmy could climb it, too.”
The Nest is one of America’s most climbed V15s, with repeats by Jimmy Webb, Paul Robinson, Keenan Takahashi, Jon Glassberg and others. Watch Woods and Webb climb it below.
The Nest
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