Daniel Woods

Daniel Woods competing in Boulder, Colorado in 2010

Personal information

Nationality

American

Born

1 August 1989 (age 27)
Richardson, Texas

Occupation

Professional rock climber

Height

5 feet 7 inches (1.70 m)

Weight

134 pounds (61 kg)

Website

www.island.io/danielwoods

Climbing career

Type of climber

Boulderer, sport climbing

Highest grade

Redpoint: 9a+ (5.15a)
Bouldering: 8C+, V16

First ascents

The Process V16

Medal record

Climbing World Cup
	2010 Vail	Bouldering

Updated on 11 May 2013.

Daniel Woods (born August 1, 1989 in Richardson, Texas) is an American professional climber who specializes in bouldering. He has also established many bouldering problems in areas such as Magic Wood in Switzerland, Rocklands in South Africa, and in Rocky Mountain National Park in the United States.

Woods has climbed more than twenty bouldering problems graded 8C (V15). He also won many competitions such as the U.S. National Bouldering Championship (American Bouldering Series), the Teva Mountain Games, and some international competitions.

Woods began climbing at the age of 5 in Dallas, Texas and immediately became fascinated by the sport. In 1997, when he was 8 years old, his family moved to Longmont, Colorado. Woods then began competing and was part of a junior climbing team coached by Justin Sjong and Jimmie Redo.

In 2003, he climbed his first bouldering problem rated 8A (V11), Fuck You Finger. Then in 2004 he made the first ascent of Echale, grading it 8B+ (V14) when he was 15. He 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.

On 19 June 2007, when he was traveling in the Rocky Mountain National Park in the area of Chaos Canyon, he made the first ascent of Jade, formerly named Green Project 45, a project he worked for several years with Dave Graham. He graded it 8C (V15), making it his hardest problem until then. However, it was later reassessed, and its grade lowered to 8B+ (V14).

In early 2008 at the age of 18, Woods moved to Innsbruck, Austria and spent part of his time training with Kilian Fischhuber and David Lama. In May 2008, he made the first ascent of In Search of Lost Time at Magic Wood in Switzerland and evaluated it 8C (V15).

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