Sasha DiGiulian – best rock climber?

Dave Adlard and others have been sharing these links.

Surprisingly, the teen attempting more difficulty at a younger age than anyone else, is a bit of a girly girl. 🙂

Sasha DiGiulian … is an American rock climber who in 2011 became the first American woman to climb grade 9a (5.14d). In the same year she finished three climbs of 5.14c, onsighted two of 5.14a and four of 5.13d. She won an overall gold medal at the World Championships in Arco, Italy. …

Just before graduating from high school, she redpointed Southern Smoke (5.14c) in the Red River Gorge, Kentucky where on 15 October 2011 she wrote her place in climbing history by climbing the 9a Pure Imagination, becoming the first American female to climb 9a, and the third woman of all time, after Spain’s Josune Bereziartu and Charlotte Durif of France. …

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Mail Online – The girl who could climb before she could walk: Teenager crowned the best female climber in the world

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