Jakob Schubert Styles a Classic Red Rock V15

Jakob Schubert just arrived in Red Rock, Nevada. His objectives of the trip are the areas two V17s, but in the meantime, he managed a quick tick of Daniel Woods’ The Nest V15. The ultra classic climb was evidently impossible for Schubert to resist. Struggling with his skin, he journeyed out to The Nest and gave it high praise.

“Started the session with another big split on Shaolin [V17] and decided to take the one hour hike and finish the day on this beauty,” said Schubert on Instagram. “Definitely worth it, especially the first half of the boulder has the most amazing holds on perfect rock.”

The Nest was established by Woods in 2013. Jimmy Webb made the second ascent one day after the FA, and Paul Robinson was only a few days behind. Nalle Hukkataival was the fourth ascensionist, and his send came less than one month after Woods’ FA. All this is to say that from the very beginning, The Nest has been drawing the best climbers in the world. And the approach time of one hour says even more about the quality and allure of the climb.

“The temperature dropped, and the air was slightly humid,” said Woods in a detailed account of his send, which can be found here. “The holds felt in mint condition. I pulled on and began the intro with a clear head and a light body. The iron cross went smooth and natural. I grabbed the miserable two-finger razor and pulled into it as hard as possible, not caring anymore if my tip split. I reached to the final block pinch and came into the right-hand gaston. I kept tight and reached to the final rail.

“I climbed the remaining 10 feet of V1 and was on top of the raddest boulder I have ever climbed. I still felt in the zone and could not believe what just happened. The Nest (V15) was born and it had given me such a great experience. There was only one way I could’ve been happier: if Jimmy could climb it, too.”

Ethan Pringle joked on Instagram about the absurdity of iconic problem as a “consolation prize” for Schubert on a day when he was struggling with a split tip. In his footage of the send, Schubert absolutely styled the problem.

Schubert had a huge year in 2023 when he became the first climber in the world to tick both the hardest sport climbing grade and the hardest bouldering grade in the world with his ascents of ‘Project Big’ in Flatanger, Norway, which he named B.I.G. and proposed a difficulty of 5.15d and Shawn Raboutou’s Alphane V17 in Ticino, Switzerland.

For the two-time Olympic bronze medallist, 2025 was a year mostly defined by his struggles with injuries. But after a long absence from climbing news, he surprised many with his second ascent of Mount Doom V17 in November 2025. He has climbed at least two V17s and three V16s. Perhaps this trip to Red Rock will continue to grow his resume of next-level sends.

Daniel Woods and Jimmy Web Climbing The Nest V15