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NEWS: Two more ~8c+'s for Ashima

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 UKC News 07 Oct 2013
Ashima Shiraishi on 24 carats, 8c+, Red River Gorge, 4 kb12 year old Ashima Shiraishi has spent a few days in the Red River Gorge, Kentucky, where she has the habit of stunning the world with a slew of world class ascents every year.
This year was no different as she managed to climb two routes in the 8c-8c+ range in two days:
The very technical...

Read more at http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=68396
 Dandan 07 Oct 2013
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Amazing, and scary too, to be that good that young!
Out of interest what was a 12 year old Adam Ondra ticking?
 Fraser 07 Oct 2013
In reply to Dandan:

> Out of interest what was a 12 year old Adam Ondra ticking?

Wiki says: " In 2005 (at age twelve) he onsighted 8b (5.13d) routes."


You can't really say 'big things are predicted' for Ashima - she's already doing them - so impressive!
 Fraser 07 Oct 2013
I maybe should also have pasted the next sentence, listing his performance when aged 13:

"Then he became famous on climbing magazines and in 2006 he managed to climb his first 9a (5.14d) Martin Krpan at Misja Pec."
 James Oakes 07 Oct 2013
In reply to UKC News: According to his 8a log he did 10 8c's and an 8c+ in 2005 and he was born in 1993.
 Fraser 07 Oct 2013
In reply to James Oakes:

That's why I've never fully trusted wiki pages!
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