The Wheel of Life
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The Wheel of Life is a famous boulder
problem in Hollow Mountain Cave in the Grampians of Australia
.
The problem which consists of over 60 moves was first completed by Dai Koyamada
in 2004, and it links up several V8 to V15 problems that were established by climbers such as Klem Loskot and Fred Nicole
. The second ascent was made by the Australian boulderer Chris Webb Parsons
in 2007. These ascents were then followed by a 3rd and 4th ascent by Ethan Pringle and James Kassay. On the 30th of October 2011, Australian climber Benjamin P. Cossey completed the fifth ascent of The Wheel of Life. Ben downgraded the climb from a V16 to a V14 (8B+).
Boulder
In geology, a boulder is a rock with grain size of usually no less than 256 mm diameter. While a boulder may be small enough to move or roll manually, others are extremely massive....
problem in Hollow Mountain Cave in the Grampians of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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The problem which consists of over 60 moves was first completed by Dai Koyamada
Dai Koyamada
Dai Koyamada is a Japanese rock climber. Not only is he one of the premier boulderers of his generation, he has also put up or repeated hard sport climbs.*He was born on 23 August 1976 in Kagoshima and has been climbing since 1993....
in 2004, and it links up several V8 to V15 problems that were established by climbers such as Klem Loskot and Fred Nicole
Fred Nicole
Fred Nicole is a Swiss rock climber, notable for his numerous cutting edge first ascents. Nicole was the first climber to open a problem with the bouldering grades 8B, 8B+ and 8C....
. The second ascent was made by the Australian boulderer Chris Webb Parsons
Chris Webb Parsons
Christopher Webb Parsons is an Australian professional rock climber known internationally for his bouldering ascents including the second ascent of Dai Koyamada's Wheel of Life, first ascents including Purring Puma and Catalyst , and as the only active member of the Australian World Cup...
in 2007. These ascents were then followed by a 3rd and 4th ascent by Ethan Pringle and James Kassay. On the 30th of October 2011, Australian climber Benjamin P. Cossey completed the fifth ascent of The Wheel of Life. Ben downgraded the climb from a V16 to a V14 (8B+).
See also
- The Wheel of Life video by Dai KoyamadaDai KoyamadaDai Koyamada is a Japanese rock climber. Not only is he one of the premier boulderers of his generation, he has also put up or repeated hard sport climbs.*He was born on 23 August 1976 in Kagoshima and has been climbing since 1993....
with several other boulders up to v14 range - The second ascent video, YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
- Article at Climbing.com about the first ascent