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NEWS: Ashima Shiraishi doesn't do Horizon, ~8C

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UKC News 03 Jan 2016

So, some might say this is a piece of non-news, but I find it very interesting that Ashima Shiraishi, 14, came very close to repeating Dai Koyamada's Horizon, ~8C, at Mount Hiei, Kyushu, Japan.

This is the project I spent a few days on but fell 3 times from the last hold that was...

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jsmcfarland 03 Jan 2016

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Holy crap. :O

1poundSOCKS 03 Jan 2016

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The girl's leaning fast...always have a good excuse if you can't get up something.

AMorris 04 Jan 2016

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oh man, I am bracing myself for a historic repeat! Incredible stuff to even almost climb this

Rachel Slater 04 Jan 2016

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Plus, a week ago she did Phenomena (8b+) in 30 mins...

DWS gibraltar 04 Jan 2016

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Didn't CS say she was the most talented climber he had ever seen.

JJL 04 Jan 2016

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My niece is 7. She didn't do Chilam Bilam.

Xavierpercy 05 Jan 2016

In reply to JJL:

Was she coming off the thin off-vertical section at the very end. I expect reach may have been an issue for her.

douwe 07 Jan 2016

In reply to Xavierpercy:

Also would like to know where exactly she fell. I saw the horizom video, and i imagine falling of the end slab section three times would be quite brutal. It is pretty high.