Dai Koyamada - The Wheel of Life [TRAILER]

In 2004, Koyamada journeyed to Australia and repeated every problem at the Hollow Mountain Cave (HMC) in the Grampians, problems put up by Fred Nicole and Klem Loskot and some of Australia's top boulderers. He then proceeded to link-up the problems in the HMC for the first ascent (FA) of The Wheel of Life (V16/8C+) on 2004 May 12.

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[pavehawkdown]

when did Dai say he was better than everyone else? unless you speak Japanese...but you probably dont, then you are jumping to conclusions. FYI, he is better than just about everyone, remember that.

[mpackey1337]

i think you missed the point in which i was getting at i think its cool that climbers make videos however its the context in which the video was made whenever you see sharma or graham in a video the last thing they talk about is the grade... sharma rarly even gives his problems a grade

[atrichornis]

@Dynosaur85 Agreed, this video is shocking, but Dai is not generally known for being arrogant. And "some idiot nobody"? I assume you're talking about Chris Webb, who is far from an idiot nobody. Check out his 8a.nu ranking at the moment.

[LucaBoulders]

@waterbuffalo727 when has he ever said he's better than everyone else?

[LucaBoulders]

@mpackey1337 what does it matter if koyamada talks about grades?

[LucaBoulders]

@Dynosaur85 all he did was say he did it in two days, it's a well big achievement, i think he can be proud of it without being called a tool!

[gheib1]

@Kyler1478 9/10 times most pro climbers are very laid back and humble people. Great to hang out with.

[pavehawkdown]

who said Koyamada wanted this guy to make this video? you need a jump to conclusions mat

[phished69]

While The Wheel of Life looks very impressive, it's hard to say that it should qualify as a boulder problem. It seems more like one of those problem/route hybrids. I would like to see how it would compare to cutting edge shorter power problems like Terremer, In search of time lost, the island etc.

[hatedrivesus]

sure they do