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Paul Robinson on The new wood grain grippin', 8B+, HCR, Arkansas
Björn Pohl - UKC, Jan 2013
© Paul Robinson

The goal of the trip was to try and repeat Chris Sharma's ~12m roof boulder Witness the fitness, ~8C. The problem, which was featured in Dosage III, had only seen one repeat, from Fred Nicole, and as he broke several holds in the process, and several more had broken since, the question was if it was at all possible at its present state...

First though, Paul had found a new project, Child's play, which they all did rather quickly, giving it ~8B.

Then, Paul made the first ascent of The new wood grain grippin' after a significant break at the crux. Now, the problem, which used to be ~8B+ is... still ~8B+, but hard for the grade.

Last but not least, on the third day, Daniel Woods managed to make the coveted 3rd ascent of Witness the fitness for which he used a different sequence to the one that Sharma found for his first ascent.

Check out the video of Chris Sharma on his very famous Witness The Fitness:

Paul Robinson is sponsored by: La Sportiva, prAna and Asana

Daniel Woods is sponsored by: Sanuk, The North Face, La Sportiva, Petzl, Organic, Native, Nicros and Life Sport

James Webb is sponsored by: prAna, Sterling Rope, Tennessee Bouldering Authority, Five Ten, Organic and Metolius.

Forums ( Read More... | 9 comments, 08 Jan 2013 ) The wording in the article is confusing, but 'wood grain grippin' is a different problem entirely where they also broke holds. 'Wood grain grippin' was originally 8B+ and remains so (just a bit more nails than it used... Styx - 08 Jan 2013 Where does that say the name changed? He made the first ascent of the problem after a hold had broken. The "first post-holdbreak ascent" if you will. It's still got the same name, it's just now got a revised... AJM - 08 Jan 2013

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