Daniel just sent "Nothin But Sunshine" yesterday, and has decided to go with Dave Graham's revised grade of V13 (8B), which I think is admirable of Daniel especially being so young. He is more concerned with be honest with himself than with taking the higher grade.

Daniel on "Nothin But Sunshine" (V13/14). On the first photo Vasya Vorotnikov is spotting Daniel

Daniel has had a good season in RMNP this summer, even though he only started bouldering there this month. He has already, since turning 16, sent 11 problems V10 (7C+) or harder, including "Freshly Squeezed" (V13) and "Nothin But Sunshine" (V13). He is currently working on the second ascent of "Freaks of the Industry" (V14), a James Litz problem in RMNP, and hopes to get that very soon.

One climb that Daniel did not put on his 8a.nu score card was "The Centaur" (V13). Daniel recently found out from talking with Dave Graham that the actual line went straight up instead of exiting out left. So what people are thinking is "The Centaur" is actually a problem called "The Marble (SDS)" (V11/12). On August 20th, Daniel did the actual line that Dave Graham did which is a lot taller and scarier on slightly worse holds.

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