Jakob Schubert Climbing His Third V17

Jakob Schubert sent Shaolin V17 (9A) in Red Rock, Nevada in February this year. It was his third of the grade, and came just a couple of months after he climbed his second V17, Mount Doom, in Maltalal, Austria (in November 2025). A video of Schubert’s send of Shaolin has just been released on his YouTube channel – you can view the send footage below. Established by Sean Bailey in February 2024, Shaolin was the United States’ third V17 after Daniel Woods’ Return of the Sleepwalker and Shawn Raboutou’s Megatron. The sandstone problem is defined by two incredibly difficult moves…