diff --git a/day9/src/grid.rs b/day9/src/grid.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index c71b60c..0000000
--- a/day9/src/grid.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-/// A virtual 2d grid in an ordinary vector. Taken from day 8's puzzle solving implementation
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct Grid<T> {
-    width: usize,
-    pub vec: Vec<T>,
-}
-
-impl<T> Grid<T> {
-    pub fn new(width: usize) -> Self {
-        Grid {
-            width,
-            vec: Vec::new(),
-        }
-    }
-
-    // Convert x,y coordinate into linear array index
-    pub fn xy_idx(&self, x: usize, y: usize) -> usize {
-        (y * self.width) + x
-    }
-
-    /// Convert linear array index to x,y coordinate
-    pub fn idx_xy(&self, idx: usize) -> (usize, usize) {
-        (idx % self.width, idx / self.width)
-    }
-
-    pub fn get(&self, idx: usize) -> Option<&T> {
-        self.vec.get(idx)
-    }
-
-    pub fn get_mut(&mut self, idx: usize) -> Option<&mut T> {
-        self.vec.get_mut(idx)
-    }
-
-    pub fn row_first_idx(&self, row: usize) -> usize {
-        let idx = row * self.width;
-
-        if idx < self.vec.len() {
-            idx
-        } else {
-            self.vec.len()
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn row_last_idx(&self, row: usize) -> usize {
-        if (row + 1) > self.num_rows() {
-            return self.vec.len();
-        }
-
-        self.row_first_idx(row + 1) - 1
-    }
-
-    pub fn num_rows(&self) -> usize {
-        self.vec.len() / self.width
-    }
-
-    pub fn num_cols(&self) -> usize {
-        self.width
-    }
-
-    pub fn get_row(&mut self, row_num: usize) -> &mut [T] {
-        let start = self.row_first_idx(row_num);
-        let end = self.row_last_idx(row_num);
-
-        &mut self.vec[start..=end]
-    }
-
-    pub fn get_row_indexes(&self, row_num: usize) -> Vec<usize> {
-        let start = self.row_first_idx(row_num);
-        let end = self.row_last_idx(row_num);
-
-        (start..=end).collect()
-    }
-
-    pub fn get_column_indexes(&self, col_num: usize) -> Vec<usize> {
-        let mut indexes = Vec::new();
-
-        if col_num >= self.num_cols() {
-            panic!(
-                "Asked for column {}, there are {} columns",
-                col_num,
-                self.num_cols()
-            );
-        }
-
-        for r in 0..self.num_rows() {
-            let idx = self.width * r + col_num;
-            indexes.push(idx);
-        }
-
-        indexes
-    }
-}
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diff --git a/day9/src/main.rs b/day9/src/main.rs
index dd1fc26..0cebe63 100644
--- a/day9/src/main.rs
+++ b/day9/src/main.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,98 @@
-mod grid;
+use std::collections::HashSet;
 
-use grid::Grid;
+#[derive(Debug)]
+enum Direction {
+    Up,
+    Down,
+    Left,
+    Right,
+}
+use Direction::*;
+
+struct Move {
+    dir: Direction,
+    amount: usize,
+}
+
+impl Move {
+    fn from_line(line: &str) -> Self {
+        let parts: Vec<&str> = line.split_ascii_whitespace().collect();
+
+        let dir = match parts[0] {
+            "U" => Up,
+            "D" => Down,
+            "L" => Left,
+            "R" => Right,
+            _ => panic!("Invalid direction!"),
+        };
+        let amount = parts[1].parse::<usize>().unwrap();
+
+        Move { dir, amount }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Copy, Clone, Eq, Hash, PartialEq)]
+struct Location {
+    x: usize,
+    y: usize,
+}
+
+impl Location {
+    fn new(x: usize, y: usize) -> Self {
+        Location { x, y }
+    }
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+struct Rope {
+    head: Location,
+    tail: Location,
+    head_visited: HashSet<Location>,
+    tail_visited: HashSet<Location>,
+}
+
+impl Rope {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Rope { ..Rope::default() }
+    }
+
+    pub fn move_head(&mut self, moves: Move) {
+        let from = self.head;
+
+        for _ in 0..moves.amount {
+            let mut x = from.x;
+            let mut y = from.y;
+
+            match moves.dir {
+                Up => y += 1,
+                Down => y -= 1,
+                Left => x -= 1,
+                Right => x += 1,
+            }
+
+            let to = Location::new(x, y);
+
+            self.move_tail(to);
+            self.head = to;
+            self.head_visited.insert(to);
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn move_tail(&mut self, head: Location) {}
+}
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 fn main() {
     let file_str = include_str!("input.txt");
+    let mut rope = Rope::new();
+
+    file_str
+        .lines()
+        .map(Move::from_line)
+        .for_each(|m| rope.move_head(m));
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -15,4 +102,4 @@ mod tests {
     fn get_data() -> &'static str {
         include_str!("test-input.txt")
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}