Southern Madness | Taylor McNeill | Part 2
Southern Madness | Taylor McNeill | Part 2 follows Taylor McNeill back into the humid intensity of the American South-East, where one boulder problem has been living rent-free in his head for two years: Southern Drawl (V15). After moving away, the unfinished business only grew louder, pulling him back for a four-week mission built around a single line of brutally hard moves and the promise that this time he’d finally connect them. What makes this one hit is the razor-edge timing and the honesty of the process: fourteen days of effort across seasons, multiple sessions falling on the final move, and one last day with a flight looming. You’ll feel the shift from pressure and obsession to the strange calm of letting go—and then the precision it takes to make every move count when it matters most. It’s short, intense, and deeply relatable for anyone who’s ever given everything to a climb that refuses to yield.
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Southern Drawl V15 "Two years of obsession over a single boulder problem. Eight of the hardest moves I've ever tried. It's hard to fully describe my experience with Southern Drawl. When I moved away from the South-East last year this one was ingrained in my mind. I had to go back for it. I planned a four week trip to the South-East with the main objective of climbing this one boulder problem. There were other things on my list but this was by far the most important to me. After 14 days of effort over two years, my trip was coming to an end with only one day remaining. I had fallen on the last move twice in two different sessions and knew that it was possible. After 7 attempts that day, and only a few hours before I needed to leave to catch my flight I had accepted defeat. I was already plotting my return, looking at plane tickets on my phone while resting for my 8th attempt. I already hadn't done it and accepted that I'd be going home empty-handed. I knew I'd be back stronger and more prepared. Mentally, I had let it all go and I guess that's exactly what I needed. For the first time in 15 days when I sat down under the start holds there were no nervous feelings, no anxiety, no pressure. I felt okay with where I was and satisfied with the effort I had put in. I pulled on and executed every move perfectly, just as I had pictured in my head so many times. " – Taylor McNeill