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18 year old Anak Verhoeven from Belgium has made the 4th female ascent of Chris Sharma's Era Vella, 9a, at Margalef, Spain.
No other 9a has seen as many female ascents, and lately it has really gained in popularity. I guess I'd go there myself if I wanted to do a long, beautiful 9a without any...

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In reply to UKC News:

What's with the unnecessary remark about her faith? I'm no supporter of religion, but I don't understand why you need to mention it at all (let alone try and get a joke out of it?).

In reply to UKC News:

is she related to jorg?

In reply to Jon Read:

Well he could have said it 'Seems to have worked miracles'.

In reply to teltrabm:

She's Belgian, Jorg Dutch. No relation as far as I know.

In reply to Jon Read:

Well her website does have its own 'faith' page, and so I imagine it's an important aspect to her persona.
Also in her biog it states 'I climb for Jesus' but what does that mean? Why would Jesus care if she can climb 9a or not?

In reply to Jon Read:


I guess you'd have to follow the link to understand it?

In reply to UKC News:

Nice to see a positive story about a young female climber.