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To prove her ascent of Open your mind direct the other day was not just blind luck, she has now gone ahead and done Ciudad de Dios, 9a/+, as well, still in the Santa Linya, cave.
According to Henning Wang, This route is a link-up of the same direct start (8c+) she did for Open your Mind and the...

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In reply to UKC News:

420 Shrecking it.

In reply to UKC News:

Could we be witnessing the foreshadowing of the first female 9b? Time will tell...

In reply to UKC News:

Very close to being the best female climber in the world? Certainly if we are talking about 'max grades' though of course people like Sasha and lots of Euros have far more ticks just below the cutting edge I imagine. Looking forward to seeing what she can do in the future, 9b or more seems perfectly possible

In reply to UKC News:

"Impressive if she was 15"!!!!! It's impressive when twenty six year old climbers do it! 8c makes the news on here if it's a British woman! If she isn't classed as the best female climber now she soon will be.

In reply to UKC News:
Not to reduce the amzingness of Ashima's efforts, this was reported on the news page of 8a.nu yesterday.

"Ignacio Sandoval Buron, who has been our Spanish editor for 13 years now, has received several comments from well known Spanish climbers saying that it is correct that one hold broke making one sequence harder at the same time as other breaking's have made the route easier. Furthermore, Ashima did not climb all the way to the top, skipping the last 15 meters of 8b+, so some guys think what she did was an amazingly quick 4 days ascent of a 9a.

It should be noted also that some guys think Ashima did a 9a+ but they might not have known she did not climb to just the 9a anchor? Ignacio and his 8a co-worker, Esteban Diez, will follow up the story and present more facts, the next week".

I guess we'll have to wait for the full facts.

In reply to Fishmate:

That's about Open Your Mind direct not Ciudad de Dios.

In reply to winhill:

You are correct

In reply to Fishmate:


That could be some pretty significant ground to miss out, less so if there's a really good rest before it though: where she finished may well have a logical end point or good rest.

In reply to stp:

Even though this refers to Open Your Mind Direct as above, the following was confirmed on 8a.nu.

"Later a 9a first "anchor" was established after 25 meters, which is included in the topo, skipping the final 15 meters of 8b+ climbing, which often is wet. Recent repeaters, including Ashima, have climbed it to the 9a anchor".

I suspect few would doubt she'll come back and complete the 9a+ (?) finish at some point. Edu Marin is apparently working the full route to establish its grade.