Mar. 18th, 2015

rydra_wong: Angelica Lind stretches for a hold during a bouldering competition (climbing -- reach)
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No way this could wait until Friday ...

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.

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