Daniel Woods - Bridge of Ashes 8C second ascent

It was a cold blustery day in the depths of our wintery 'Spring' here in Colorado. The crew motivated to venture out to Elkland once again, the psyche was high fresh off of Dave's recent FA of his prow project he had been throwing himself at whenever he got the chance since we discovered this hillside full of boulders. We met Daniel's dad, Steve, in town and rolled up to the prow 5 minutes off the road. Daniel worked the boulder with Dave telling him the nuances of the delicate footwork involved and giving him spots. After an hour or so before Dave got the itch and headed up the hill to try another totally sweet project. Steve and I accompanied Daniel in the 30-degree temps after he figured out the stand-start crux (higher perch foot) and set to work on the bottom.

All day Daniel had a look in his eye like he knew he might do it, but just kept telling me "I'm going to try really hard today" and smiled while rubbing his hands together. He just got back from Bishop having tried unsuccessfully on Lucid Dreaming and was hungry for a send. I knew that after working out how to solve the bottom of the prow every attempt from the start could be the one. Before long Daniel was on top, screaming with the wind blowing - he just sent Bridge of Ashes V15 in a day.