Female Climbing Athletes

Female Rock Climbing Athletes:
These are not all of the athletes, just a few since there are so many, Go Climbers!!!

-Sasha Digiulian (left)- Was the first American woman to ascend a 5.14d (9a). Below are also some of her other climbs.
(9a) 5.14d Era Vella, Margalef, Spain, Red Point, First Female Ascent
(9a) 5.14d Pure Imagination, Red River Gorge, USA, First Female Ascent
(8c+) 5.14c Cosi Fan Tutte, Rodellar, Spain, Red Point, First Female Ascent
(8c+) 5.14c Lucifer, Red River Gorge, USA, Red Point, First Female Ascent
(8c+) 5.14c Southern Smoke, Red River Gorge, USA, Red Point, First Female Ascent
(8b+) 5.14a Atonement, VRG, Utah, Red Point, First Female Ascent

                                             

-Alex Puccio (left)- is an American Boulderer and she made the first female assents in all of these climbs below.
V12 the centaur, RMNP, CO
V12 Tequila Sunrise, Huenco TX
V12 A Maze of Death, Bishop, CA
V12 Trice, Flagstaff, CO
V11 Gentleman Jack, Joes Valley, UT

-Beth Rodden (right)- was the youngest climber to climb a 5.14a, age and is one of the only women in the world to have redpointed a 5.14c 8c traditional climb. In 1998 she redpointed the sport route To Bolt or not to be, the historical first 5.14 established in America. She also became the youngest woman to ascend a 5.14a.

-Ashima Shiraishi (left)- she is a 10 year old rock climber. She has climbers Crown of Argone in Hueco Tanks state park a V13, a level only few female climbers have reached. In 2010 on a different trip to Hueco, she climbed a V10 called Power of Silence. The following year, she ascended a V11/12 named Chablanke. This summer she will be accompanying a group of American climbers on an expedition in South Africa, she will be the only child in the group.




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