Daniel Woods

Competition climbing Despite primarily focusing on hard outdoor bouldering, Daniel Woods is one of the most accomplished American male competition climbers. He won the ABS National Championship 9 times, the SCS National Championship, and competed in many IFSC World Cup events, earning a gold medal in the Vail World Cup in 2010. Woods also has the most open wins at the Hueco Tanks Rock Rodeo, his most recent having been in 2017.

Woods won the American Bouldering Series national championship in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013 and the Teva Mountain Games in the bouldering category in 2006, 2007 and, 2010.

Notable ascents

Boulder problems Return of the Sleepwalker - Black Velvet Canyon (Red Rocks, USA) - 30 March 2021 - First Ascent Grand Illusion - Little Cottonwood Canyon (Utah) - June 2021 - Third ascent. Off the Wagon Low - Val Bavona (Switzerland) - March 2020 - Third ascent. Sleepwalker - Black Velvet Canyon (Red Rocks, USA) - 16 January 2019 - Second ascent Box Therapy - Rocky Mountain National Park (USA) - 31 October 2018 - First ascent Creature from the Black Lagoon - Rocky Mountain National Park (USA) - 27 September 2016 - First ascent The Process - Bishop (USA) - 17 January 2015 - First ascent Hypnotized Minds - Rocky Mountain National Park (USA) - 21 October 2010 - First ascent Insomniac - Lincoln Lake (USA) - 15 September 2022 - Second ascent Adrenaline - Colorado (USA) - February 2024 - First Ascent Direct Hit - Ubatuba (BRA) - 13 December 2019 - First Ascent Finnish Line - Rocklands (South Africa) - 30 June 2018 - Fifth Ascent Topaz - Wild Basin (USA) - 12 October 2016 - Second ascent Spray of Light - Rocklands (South Africa) - July 2015 - First ascent Noise Vs Beauty - Rocklands (South Africa) - 14 June 2015 - First ascent, V14/V15 Lucid Dreaming - Bishop (USA) - 28 January 2014 - Second ascent of Paul Robinson's boulder (2010), downgraded from 8C+(V16) El Diablo - Peñoles (MEX) - 19 January 2014 - First ascent The Nest - Red Rock (USA) - 18 December 2013 - First ascent Defying Gravity - South Platte (USA) - 16 November 2013 - First ascent The Ice Knife SDS - Guanella Pass (USA) - 2 November 2013 - First ascent Delirium - Mt. Blue Sky (USA) - 18 September 2013 - Second ascent The Wheel of Wolvo - Mt. Blue Sky (USA) - 9 September 2013 - Second ascent The Wheel of Life - Grampians (AUS) - 23 July 2013 - 9th ascent of Dai Koyamada's boulder (2004), downgraded from 8C+(V16) Hydrangea - Shiobara (JPN) - 14 February 2013 - Second ascent of Dai Koyamada's boulder (2005), downgraded from 8C+(V16) Witness The Fitness - Ozark Mountains (USA) - 5 January 2013 - Third ascent White Noise - Wild Basin (USA) - 18 September 2012 - First ascent Monkey Wedding - Rocklands (South Africa) - 13 August 2012 - Fourth ascent Paint it Black - Rocky Mountain National Park (USA) - 29 February 2012 - First ascent Big Paw - Chironico (SUI) - 24 November 2011 - Second ascent La Force Tranquille - Magic Wood (SUI) - 15 October 2011 - First ascent Ill Trill - Magic Wood (SUI) - 19 April 2011 - Third ascent Practice of the Wild - Magic Wood (SUI) - 16 April 2011 - Third ascent Warrior Up - Mt. Blue Sky (USA) - 4 September 2010 - Second ascent Desperanza - Hueco Tanks (USA) - 27 February 2010 - First ascent The Game - Boulder Canyon (USA) - 10 February 2010 - First ascent Terremer - Hueco Tanks (USA) - 30 January 2010 - Third ascent In Search of Time Lost - Magic Wood (SUI) - 9 September 2008 - First ascent

Redpointed sport routes Thor's Hammer in the Hanshelleren Caves, Flatanger Municipality, Norway in 2019. Repeat