Boulderer Climbs Burden of Dreams V17 Wet

Earlier this year, Japanese climber Makoto Yamauchi made the sixth ascent of Nalle Hukkataival’s Burden of Dreams V17 in Lappnor, Finland, earning his first climb at the grade. Yamauchi just dropped a new video of his send, which shows just how wet the problem was – watch below. After initially working the moves on a replica, Yamauchi traveled to Finland last October and came agonizingly close to the send. He and Ritsu Kayotani livestreamed their attempts on YouTube, while Yamauchi shared updates on Instagram, noting that the real boulder was “nothing like the replica.” Numbed-out feet ultimately thwarted his final...