Sleepwalker (8C+/V16) First Ascent

Sleepwalker (8C+/V16) First Ascent drops you into the cold, focused grind of elite bouldering as Jimmy Webb, Daniel Woods, and Keenan Takahashi square up to one of the hardest remaining projects in the United States. Across 11 days of effort, the crew returns again and again to the same razor-thin sequence—testing skin, strength, and belief—until December 15, 2018, when Webb finally links it all for the first ascent and proposes 8C+/V16. What makes this one hit is the contrast between the simplicity of the goal and the brutality of the details: tiny adjustments, failed links, and the quiet pressure that builds as a line turns from “possible” to “must be done.” It’s a short, high-intensity watch that captures the addictive rhythm of projecting—shared sessions, mutual stoke, and the moment when everything clicks and an impossible problem becomes a piece of climbing history.

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Jimmy Webb, Daniel Woods, and Keenan Takahashi battle against one of the hardest undone projects in the United States. On December 15, 2018, after 11 days of effort, Jimmy Webb completed the first ascent of "Sleepwalker", suggesting a grade of 8C+(V16).