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2nd ascent of Nuclear war, ~8B+, by Ashima

© Kenji Tsukamoto

Ashima Shiraishi on Blood Meridian, ~8B, Bishop, CA  © Kenji Tsukamoto
Ashima Shiraishi on Blood Meridian, ~8B, Bishop, CA
© Kenji Tsukamoto
Ashima Shiraishi, still only 14, has made the second ascent of Matt Bosley's Nuclear war, ~8B+, in southern New York state.

In 2006 Matt added a sit start to War cry, ~8A, and suggested 8B+. Since then no one has been able to repeat it and it has been suggested it could have broken.

Along comes Ashima: V11, V12 and V14 in a DAY! Holy CRAP!!!!!! I had the best day climbing today!!!! It's been a while since I climbed on some REAL ROCK!!!! Started off the day by sending Worthless V11 then Wetness the Fatness V12 pretty quickly! Later on, I decided to give Nuclear War V14 a try and managed to send it!!!! Nuclear War hasn't seen a 2nd ascent in 9 years (when Matt Bosley did it). Psyched to have gotten the 2nd and 1st Female Ascent! 

This was Ashimas 3rd "harder than 8B", after Golden shadow, ~8B+, and The Swarm, ~8B/+. She has done a further six 8B's.

Ashima Shiraishi is sponsored by: Clif Bar, Evolv, Petzl and The North Face

 


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12 Oct, 2015
Fine effort, but really could do with more exclamation marks methinks!!!!!! Side query: are there any other climbers out there now only known by a single name?
12 Oct, 2015
Ondra, Gaskins, Puccio & Sharma... Though "First name only" is rarer... Shauna & Nalle?
12 Oct, 2015
I think if you said Sasha everyone would know who you meant
12 Oct, 2015
Outrageous!
12 Oct, 2015
Mmmm, maybe yes, perhaps not 'Puccio' though. Personally, I'd exclude 'Shauna' and 'Nalle', but that could just be me! I was actually meaning more in terms of headline reporting but your suggestions are valid.
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