UKC

Eye of Odin, 8c+, by Paige Claassen

© UKC News

Paige de Kock on Eye of Odin, 8c+, Flatanger, Norway  © Neely Quinn
Paige de Kock on Eye of Odin, 8c+, Flatanger, Norway
© Neely Quinn
Paige Claassen has repeated fellow American Ethan Pringle's Eye of Odin, 8c+, in the Hanshelleren cave, Flatanger, Norway. This was the first female ascent.

Paige wrote on Instagram:

A check off the life list. Eye of Odin(5.14c/8c+) was the main reason I wanted to spend September in Flatanger. It felt just as hard as every other burn, but after getting through the wetter than normal traverse section, I tried extra hard through the eye crux and then didn't punt at the top. Amped!

Sometimes all you have to do is simply try extra hard.

Paige also has an important message to the global climbing community:

Now I can move on to my secondary project of trash cleanup around the crag - the global climbing community should be embarrassed by all the trash that is tucked beneath that talus field. We're all to blame, as it's easy to accidentally leave things behind, but c'mon folks. We can definitely do a better job to keep our crags trash free!


This post has been read 6,718 times

Return to Latest News


Claassen has climbed a number of stunning routes in the high 8's, including Just Do It (8c+) at Smith Rock, Odin's Eye (8c+) at Flatanger and Necessary...

Paige's Athlete Page 7 posts 3 videos



21 Sep, 2017
I may be wrong but this is a significant departure from Paige's previous style considering in the past she's been known for more vertical routes such as Just Do It. Impressive stuff!
22 Sep, 2017
Yeah definitely. She's interviewed on TrainingBeta.com about just that and other stuff as she's out there with Neeley, the TrainingBeta interviewer.
22 Sep, 2017
Maybe also worth mentioning that Adam Ondra's partner, Iva Vejmolova, did the first female ascent of Nordic Plumber (8c) about a week back too.
22 Sep, 2017
Very cool. Strong new surname too
23 Sep, 2017
"Very cool. Strong new surname too" Not so strong surname anymore?!?! Can somebody explain what happened?
More Comments
Loading Notifications...
Facebook Twitter Copy Email