First Female Ascent

Katie Lamb has racked up one of the most impressive bouldering ticklists of all time. But who is she?

Kiersch topped her longest ever bouldering project and Puccio follows.

“There’s a really strong generation of Canadian women coming up behind me. Hopefully this pushes them, shows them what’s possible.”

Goris made the third ascent (and first female) of the granite line in The Needles on August 25th

When it was first climbed by Boone Speed in 1994, roughly four months before Kiersch was born, Super Tweak was the hardest route in America established by an American.

Sasha DiGiulian spent most of 2020 convalescing as doctors reconstructed her hips, with the spectre of a recent tragedy in Mexico never far from her mind. Less than a year and a half after, she returned to the site of the tragedy with a rebuilt body and a new mindset.

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Chantel Astorga and Anne Gilbert Chase’s ascent of the Slovak Direct—from June 2 to 5—marks the first female ascent of the 9,000-foot route, and the second time an all-female team has climbed an Alaska Grade VI.

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