Updated|Daniel Woods Climbs Mega Project, Confirms V16 Grade

Gripped Magazine January 29, 2015

Daniel Woods has climbed a bouldering problem on the Grandpa Peabody boulder in Bishop called the Mega Project.

UPDATED on Jan. 29, 2015: Woods wrote a blog confirming the V16 grade of The Process. “The Process is the hardest physical/mental challenge within my style of climbing that I have experienced thus far. I know there is harder out there then this because I have seen it. This line allowed me to break into a new realm within my climbing and open my eyes to what is possible. The only other line that I can compare this to in my style is Hypnotized Minds. I feel this line to be just on the cusp of that next level. The thing it just does not have is the mental factor and that is what separates The Process from the rest. I feel confident after all these years of climbing, that I have reached a v16 level within my style, and that is all that matters to me.”

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Woods on The Process Photo David Clifford Photography

UK Climbing reports that in the upcoming film title Exposure II, Woods climbs the problem to the lip, but does not top out. Woods named the route The Process.

The details of the send are not known, but he grade is speculate to be V16. UK Climbing reports, “Regarding the difficulty, this problem, linking Blood Meridian, V12, straight into a V13 followed by a scary V10 top out, has been speculated to be V16.”