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VIDEO: Molly Thompson-Smith Outwits Routesetters

"Beta breaker," Molly Thompson-Smith writes on Instagram. "When they say jump, I say… no thanks?"

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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.

 

 

 

 

Film: How Matt Cornell Free Soloed One of America’s Classic Hard Mixed Routes

"The Nutcracker" explores the mental challenges of solo climbing and the tactics Cornell used to help him send the route.