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V10 Double Send for Allison Vest and Alex Johnson

See a list of all V10 climbs by Johnson and Vest, plus Vest tops another V13

Top climbers Allison Vest and Alex Johnson spent last weekend climbing together and both sent Syndicate V10 in Joe’s Valley, Utah.

It was Johnson’s 99th V10 to date Earlier this year, she repeated The Swarm V13/14 in the Buttermilks of Bishop, California. Johnson has ticked dozens of hard boulders over the past 15 years, including Clear Blue Skies V12, Book of Nightmares V12, Lethal Design V12 and Hungry Hungry Hippos V12/13. Johnson has won two world cup gold medals and been the U.S.A. national champion five times.

Vest, who grew up in the Bow Valley and has been a national lead and bouldering champion, moved back to the U.S.A. not too long ago. Earlier this year, she ticked her first 5.14a with Throwin’ the Houlihan and in 2019 she became the first Canadian woman to climb V13 with Terminator. This week, she climbed another V13 with Blackout in Utah.

Scroll down to watch sends of Syndicate by Vest and Johnson, plus all V10 problems both have climbed.

Johnson’s 99 V10s

Syndicate, Joe’s Valley (UT)
Blood and Fire, Ogden
White Child, Little Cottonwood Canyon (UT) /  White Pine
Inception, Little Cottonwood Canyon (UT) /  Snowbird boulders
Slow dance, Bishop (CA) /  Happy Boulders
Dentons remorse, Bishop (CA) /  Druid Stones
Family Feud, Red Rock (NV) /  Kraft Boulders
Hydropower (sit), Red Rock (NV) /  1st Pullout
Standing Ovation, Red Rock (NV) /  Gateway Canyon
Character Principal Talon Haut, Red Rock (NV) /  Gateway Canyon
Opening Act, Red Rock (NV) /  Gateway Canyon
Dream Racer, Ogden
Fluffy Logic, Red Rock (NV) /  Willow springs
Divergent Spectrum sit, Red Rock (NV) /  Mystery Canyon
Rex Arete Sit, Moe’s Valley (UT)
All Thumbs, Little Cottonwood Canyon (UT) /  Little Cottonwood
Euro Roof, Little Cottonwood Canyon (UT) /  Little Cottonwood
Morbidly Obese Grips, Little Cottonwood Canyon (UT) /  Little Cottonwood
Copperhead, Little Cottonwood Canyon (UT) /  Little Cottonwood
Ditchwitch, Little Cottonwood Canyon (UT) /  The Bog
Freak, Joe’s Valley (UT) /  Area 51
Provo Gluru, Joe’s Valley (UT)
Trent’s Mom, Joe’s Valley (UT) /  Left Fork
Shingles, Little Cottonwood Canyon (UT) /  Little Cottonwood
Spartan Law, Red Rock (NV) /  Pine Creek
Wasted Ape, Red Rock (NV) /  Oak Creek
Sergeant Hightower, Red Rock (NV) /  Kraft Boulders
Frailty, Red Rock (NV) /  Oak Creek
Limited Edition, Red Rock (NV)
The Giving Tree, Rock shop
ABCB, Red Rock (NV)
Atomic Wedgie, Red Rock (NV) /  Kraft Boulders
Monkey Trench, Red Rock (NV) /  Red Springs
Supersonic Bionic Robot Voodoo Power, Red Rock (NV)
Spiral Helix, Moe’s Valley (UT)
Dead Rabbit, Moe’s Valley (UT)
Plumbers Crack Traverse, Red Rock (NV)
Serenity Now, Red Rock (NV)
The Red Wave, Red Rock (NV) /  Red Springs
Bubba Gump, Bishop (CA) /  Buttermilks
Cocktail Sauce, Bishop (CA) /  Buttermilks
One Mule Wonder, Bishop (CA) /  Buttermilks
Purple Haze, Red Rock (NV) /  Red Springs
The Swoop, Red Rock (NV) /  First Pullout
Progressive Guy, Red Rock (NV) /  Kraft Boulders
Innocent Exile, Red Rock (NV) /  Gateway Canyon
Prune Tang, Red Rock (NV) /  Gateway
Seek and Destroy, Red Rock (NV) /  Gateway
La Grotte des Soupirs, Ticino /  Cresciano
Instinct Sit, Little Rock City (TN) /  Back Nine
Full Service, Hueco Tanks (TX)
606, Boulder/CO /  Eldorado Canyon
Free Willy, Hueco Tanks (TX)
Thong Cave, Yosemite (CA)
Zodiac, Yosemite (CA)
Tap Dance, Yosemite (CA)
Across The Tracks, Yosemite (CA)
Macho Man, RMNP (CO) /  Wild Basin
Bierstadt, Boulder/CO /  Mt Evans
Fingerhut, Joe’s Valley (UT)
Jitterbug Perfume, Joe’s Valley (UT)
Vigilante, Red Rock (NV)
Focus, Hueco Tanks (TX) /  East Spur
Acid Wash, Bishop (CA) /  Happy Boulders
Stake Your Claim, Red Rock (NV) /  Gateway Canyon
Americana Exotica, Red Rock (NV) /  Gateway Canyon
Scare Tactics, Red Rock (NV) /  Kraft Boulders
Cindy, Yosemite (CA)
Drive On, Yosemite (CA)
Golden Showers, Bishop (CA
Thriller, Yosemite (CA)
Diesel Power, Yosemite (CA)
Beyond Life, Joe’s Valley (UT)
Death Scream, Joe’s Valley (UT)
Center Route, Boulder/CO /  Morrison
Dark Horse, Guanella Pass
Clockwork Orange, Zillertal /  Zillergrund Wald
Moon Arete, Horsetooth
Aquatic Hitchhiker, Bishop (CA) /  Sad Boulders
Beefcake, Bishop (CA) /  Sad Boulders
Stained Glass, Bishop (CA) /  Buttermilks
River Face Arete, Bishop (CA) /  Rock Creek
Flesh Fest, Satellites
Power of Silence, Hueco Tanks (TX) /  North Mountain
The Vortex, Sasafras
Resident Evil, Joe’s Valley (UT) /  Area 51
Nerve Extension, Joe’s Valley (UT)
Prophet in a Ditch, Joe’s Valley (UT) /  Left Fork
Whispers of Wisdom, RMNP (CO) /  Emerald Lake
Kelley Traverse, Horsetooth
Evilution (to the lip), Bishop (CA) /  Buttermilks
Ice 9, Poudre Canyon (CO) /  Iceland
The White Face, Little Rock City (TN) /  The Sternum Area
Biggie Shorty, Little Rock City (TN) /  Back Nine
N.N., Mizugaki
Fly High, Nolan River
Twilight SDS, Poudre Canyon (CO)
Into the Wild, RMNP (CO)
The Marble, RMNP (CO)

Vest’s V10 Sends

Syndicate, Joe’s Valley (UT)
Crimping Matters, Guanella Pass
Superman, Joe’s Valley (UT) /  Halloween Town
Drop the Clutch, Ogden
Drop the Clutch, Ogden
Jitterbug perfume, Joe’s Valley (UT)
Blood and Fire, Ogden
Bruce Lee, Ibex
Show of hands, Moe’s Valley (UT)
Crusader for Justice, Moe’s Valley (UT) /  Teepee
All Thumbs, Little Cottonwood Canyon (UT)
Resident Evil, Joe’s Valley (UT) /  New Joe’s
Finger Hut, Joe’s Valley (UT)
Ditch Witch Sit, Little Cottonwood Canyon (UT) /  Little Cottonwood
White Lion Low, Squamish /  Cat Lake
The Seam, Squamish

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