Daniel Woods Instagram – I have been in Ticino for a month now and “Alphane” (9A) has consumed most of my time. Last year I tried “Alphane” for 3 weeks. I was able to link only a few moves in a row. At first I thought “Alphane” was going to be my style, but later learned that the top section did not fit my strengths. The subtleties of grabbing these flat/open hand holds along with understanding how to maintain body tension and move between these holds took me a while to learn. “Alphane” tests both powerful and technical aspects in climbing.
This trip I felt a lot more comfortable in the top section. Longer links were coming together. Psyche was high until I got hit with a death flu, which put me out for a bit. Once I recovered, I decided to try “Alphane” from the start and see how far I could climb. This ended up being more successful than expected. I made it to the last two hard/weird moves at the end a couple times. Confidence increased and the realization that “Alphane” is doable came into play.
There is still some fine tuning of my flow on the line that needs to be done, but overall I am stoked to continue leveling up on this line and see how things play out. Need Mother Nature to get on my side as well 😂.
Vids are some of the links that have gone down so far.
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