Ashima Shiraishi climbs possible 9a+
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Open your mind direct, ~9a+, by Ashima Shiraishi
The route was previously graded at a "very solid" 9a, but then a hold broke; Shiraishi is the first person to climb it after this.
If the 9a+ grade sticks (which is a big if, since no-one else has climbed the route in this form, and there's also a mysterious tendency for hard routes climbed by women to experience sudden downgrades), then she's:
a) the only female person in the world (with the possible exception of Josune Bereziartu, who climbed a 9a/9a+) to have climbed this grade;
b) the youngest person in the world ever to climb this grade, beating Adam Ondra by two years.
Even if it's "only" a 9a, that adds her to the very select six female people to have climbed 9a.
Open your mind direct, ~9a+, by Ashima Shiraishi
The route was previously graded at a "very solid" 9a, but then a hold broke; Shiraishi is the first person to climb it after this.
If the 9a+ grade sticks (which is a big if, since no-one else has climbed the route in this form, and there's also a mysterious tendency for hard routes climbed by women to experience sudden downgrades), then she's:
a) the only female person in the world (with the possible exception of Josune Bereziartu, who climbed a 9a/9a+) to have climbed this grade;
b) the youngest person in the world ever to climb this grade, beating Adam Ondra by two years.
Even if it's "only" a 9a, that adds her to the very select six female people to have climbed 9a.
