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Will Bosi is Projecting Silence 5.15d and Making Big Links
Will Bosi is currently at Flatanger in Norway where he has been projecting Silence, the 45-metre 5.15d opened by Adam Ondra in 2017. As Bosi said on Instagram, he “managed to make great progress linking the top of the route, from the end of the first crux(in video) and I’m down to just 4 moves not done in the crux.”
Ondra once called the route’s V15 crux, a sequence of single-finger locks, upside-down moves, and an extreme drop-knee, “ridiculous.” After years of specialized training, including kneebar muscle work and mental visualization to navigate the disorienting overhang, he committed fully, calling it his “lifetime goal.”
In February, Bosi made the second ascent of Stefano Ghisolfi’s Excalibur 5.15c, his hardest sport line to day. In Winter 2021, he made first ascents of Furia de Jabali and King Capella in Siurana, suggesting 5.15b and 5.15c for the two routes respectively. They’ve since both been downgraded one step by multiple climbers. In 2020, he repeated La Capella 5.15b, but that route has since experienced a few downgrade suggestions, including from its first ascensionist Adam Ondra.
Bosi has five V17 ascents to his name. In October 2022, he climbed his first of the grade, making the third ascent of Shawn Raboutou’s Alphane. Less than six months later, he bagged his second V17 with his second ascent of Nalle Hukkataival’s Burden of Dreams. In February last year, he made the second ascent of Daniel Woods’ Return of the Sleepwalker in Red Rock, Nevada. In October, he surprised many with a rapid second ascent of Aidan Roberts’ Spots of Time. Earlier this month he made his first V17 FA, opening Realms of Tor’ment at Raven Tor, U.K.
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