The Singularity

FA Grade:

8B+

First Ascent:
Tim Clifford - May 21, 2007
Area:
Squamish
Style:
Boulder Problem
Repeated By:
Nalle Hukkataival - September 21, 2017
Notes:
11 moves. Nalle Hukkataival started a bit lower than Tim, both hands on the rail

Ascent 1 of The Singularity by Tim Clifford

Date of Ascent:

May 21, 2007

Suggested Grade:

8B+

Notes:

Link:

Tim Clifford's 8a.nu profile (boulders).

Link:

The Singularity finally repeated by Nalle Hukkataival
Really extra tough to comment on the difficulty. The fact that it's fended off the efforts of a list of V15 climbers for over a decade must mean something. Does that suggest V15? Or make it a V14 that's just really hard to do? Is there a difference between those two?

Link:

Tim Clifford: Escaping the Quantum Hole
Clifford sent the Room Project, which he named The Singularity (V14) on May 21, eight days before his 40th birthday. I’m not sure if it helped me turn 40, but I suppose it’s nice to be climbing as well as ever. I definitely still feel I can climb harder than this.

Date of Ascent:

September 21, 2017

Suggested Grade:

8C

Notes:

8B+/8C. 11 Nalle started a bit lower than Tim, both hands on the rail

Link:

The Singularity finally repeated by Nalle Hukkataival
Really extra tough to comment on the difficulty. The fact that it's fended off the efforts of a list of V15 climbers for over a decade must mean something. Does that suggest V15? Or make it a V14 that's just really hard to do? Is there a difference between those two?

Media:

Link:

VIDEO: Nalle Hukkataival sending The Singularity.
BD Athlete Nalle Hukkataival recently touched down in Squamish, B.C. to sample the goods. As usual, he left a slew of cutting-edge ascents in his wake... Video: Keith Allen Peters