British pro climber Shauna Coxsey needed only two attempts to climb Olympiad, an 8b route above the sea in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK. Coxsey became the first woman to complete the route – and made the fastest ascent of the climb to date.

🧗‍♀️: Shauna Coxsey

u/redbullgivesyouwings — 26 days ago
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Sasha DiGiulian is the first female to ever ascend El Cap platinum wall (she was also stuck for 10 days)

🧗‍♀️: Sasha DiGiulian

🤝: Red Bull Adventure

American climber Sasha DiGiulian became the first woman to free climb Yosemite’s El Capitan’s longest route: the Platinum Wall. The climb took 23 days to complete. For nine of those days, she was stuck on a portaledge, a hanging tent climbers use to sleep on vertical rock faces, while enduring relentless storms with heavy rain, snow and fierce winds that battered the wall.

“It’s the proudest climb of my career. I can’t believe it!” she texted from the summit with swollen, taped fingertips. DiGiulian summited the 3,000ft wall after a three-season effort on the route, earning the first female ascent of the line.

u/redbullgivesyouwings — 1 month ago