2015-03-23

rydra_wong: Angelica Lind stretches for a hold during a bouldering competition (climbing -- reach)
[personal profile] rydra_wong2015-03-23 09:14 pm
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She's on fire

Ciudad de Dios, 9a/+, by Ashima

My impression is that this is a "slash grade", where it's widely accepted as between the grades; it was cited as "9a/+" when Magnus Midtbø and Jakob Schubert did it.

I believe Josune Bereziartu's still the only other female person to have climbed 9a/+, so this is pretty monumental in itself, and confirms that she's climbing at an extraordinary level (even if the 9a+ on Open your mind direct doesn't stick).