{"id":10185,"date":"2022-11-16T14:29:46","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T14:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/16\/a-good-month-for-drew-ruana-7-v14-v15-sends-including-first-ascents\/"},"modified":"2022-11-16T14:29:46","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T14:29:46","slug":"a-good-month-for-drew-ruana-7-v14-v15-sends-including-first-ascents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/16\/a-good-month-for-drew-ruana-7-v14-v15-sends-including-first-ascents\/","title":{"rendered":"A \u2018Good Month\u2019 for Drew Ruana: 7 V14 &#038; V15 Sends, Including First Ascents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-172048\">\n<header class=\"article-header\">\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/11\/good-month-300x200.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"73f0vj0TUnQ\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A good month\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/73f0vj0TUnQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline-wrapper grid-x\">\n<p class=\"byline\">November 15, 2022<span class=\"pipe\">\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>By <a href=\"https:\/\/gearjunkie.com\/author\/andrewmac\" title=\"Posts by Andrew McLemore\" rel=\"author noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew McLemore<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"gjan\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<div>Support us! GearJunkie might earn a small fee from affiliate hyperlinks on this article. <a href=\"https:\/\/gearjunkie.com\/privacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn extra<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p class=\"lead-in\">With this iPhone edit, Drew Ruana reveals his expertise for understatement. The climber truly despatched seven boulders V14 and above in lower than a month.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In early October, Ruana pulled off the first-ever repeat of a Daniel Woods V16 boulder drawback.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ice Knife\u201d stood unrepeated for practically a decade earlier than Ruana <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gearjunkie.com\/climbing\/drew-ruana-v16-v15-v14-rampage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pulled himself to the highest<\/a><\/strong> on Oct. 5.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the longest time it\u2019s taken me to send a boulder, and after 35ish days I was incredibly stoked to stand on top of by far my hardest yet,\u201d Ruana wrote on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CkLkD07LQRl\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>For most climbers, that\u2019s information sufficient. Yet the most recent vid from Ruana consists of footage of his six different completed initiatives in October, which embrace 5 V14s and a V15.<\/p>\n<p>Watch him ship a few of the world\u2019s gnarliest boulders on this recap of \u201cA Good Month.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Runtime:<\/strong> 10.5 minutes<\/p>\n<div class=\"related-in-article grid-x grid-margin-x\">\n<div class=\"thumb-image cell small-4 first\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gearjunkie.com\/climbing\/bouldering-in-wales-video?sce=post-related-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-14-at-10.15.30-AM-200x133.jpg?ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-14-at-10.15.30-AM-200x133.jpg?ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-14-at-10.15.30-AM-200x133.jpg?ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-14-at-10.15.30-AM-200x133.jpg?ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-14-at-10.15.30-AM-200x133.jpg?ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-14-at-10.15.30-AM-200x133.jpg?ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-14-at-10.15.30-AM-200x133.jpg?ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-14-at-10.15.30-AM-200x133.jpg?ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-14-at-10.15.30-AM-200x133.jpg?ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-14-at-10.15.30-AM-200x133.jpg?ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-14-at-10.15.30-AM-200x133.jpg?ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" class=\"lazy wp-post-image\" decoding=\"async\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-14-at-10.15.30-AM-200x133.jpg?ssl=1\" src-retina=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-14-at-10.15.30-AM-400x266.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" alt=\"wales bouldering\" title=\"Bouldering in Wales. 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Wales, apparently. <a href=\"https:\/\/gearjunkie.com\/climbing\/bouldering-in-wales-video?sce=post-related-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read extra\u2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<footer class=\"article-footer\">\n<div class=\"author-bio callout\">\n<div class=\"grid-x\">\n<div class=\"author-pic medium-3\">\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" class=\"attachment-author-2x size-author-2x\" alt=\"Andrew McLemore\" title=\"Andrew McLemore\" data-pin-nopin=\"nopin\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andrew-720x720.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andrew-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andrew-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andrew-200x200.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andrew-360x360.jpeg 360w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andrew-720x720.jpeg\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andrew-720x720.jpeg?ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andrew-720x720.jpeg?ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andrew-720x720.jpeg?ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andrew-720x720.jpeg?ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andrew-720x720.jpeg?ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andrew-720x720.jpeg?ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andrew-720x720.jpeg?ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andrew-720x720.jpeg?ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andrew-720x720.jpeg?ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andrew-720x720.jpeg?ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andrew-720x720.jpeg?ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" decoding=\"async\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andrew-720x720.jpeg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-author-2x size-author-2x\" alt=\"Andrew McLemore\" title=\"Andrew McLemore\" data-pin-nopin=\"nopin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andrew-720x720.jpeg?ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andrew-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andrew-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andrew-200x200.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andrew-360x360.jpeg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\"\/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-info medium-9\">\n<h5 class=\"author-title\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/gearjunkie.com\/author\/andrewmac\" title=\"Posts by Andrew McLemore\" rel=\"author noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew McLemore<\/a><\/h5>\n<div class=\"author-description\">\n<p>An award-winning journalist and photographer, Andrew McLemore brings greater than 14 years of expertise to his place as Associate News Editor for Lola Digital Media. 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