Published July 2, 2021 12:12PM
VIDEO: Molly Thompson-Smith Outwits Routesetters
"Beta breaker," Molly Thompson-Smith writes on Instagram. "When they say jump, I say… no thanks?"
Shown here competing. Shown in video below doing something a different, and way cooler, way than anyone expected. (Photo: Eddie Fowke)
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“Beta breaker,” Molly Thompson-Smith writes on Instagram. “When they say jump, I say… no thanks?” When they said jump, she answered with … a pirouette? Just wow.
Thompson-Smith, a top British competitor, was featured in Rock and Ice, January 2021. See that short profile here (membership content).
She is currently quarantining in Italy for 10 days so that she can compete in the next two IFSC Lead World Cups, in Chamonix and Briançon, France, July 12-13 and 17-18.