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INTERVIEW: Perfect Partners #17 - Lynn Hill and Nina Caprez

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 UKC Articles 18 Apr 2019
Lynn Hill and Nina Caprez. In 1993 Lynn Hill made climbing history by becoming the first person to free climb The Nose on El Capitan, perhaps the world's most famous rock climb. A year later she returned to make a one-day free ascent. As of 2019 only seven climbers have made free ascents of The Nose. Like Lynn before her, Swiss German Nina Caprez has climbed from a young age. Highlights of her climbing career so far include ascents of Mind Control 8c+ in Oliana, Infinite Story, a 420m long 8b+ in the Ratikon, and Divine Providence on Mont Blanc's Grand Pilier d'Angle.

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 Anti-faff 18 Apr 2019
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Great stuff. The second portaledge photograph is amazing.

 olddirtydoggy 18 Apr 2019
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Great interview from 2 inspiring climbers and not a mention of gender. Good to see 2 people just getting on with it and enjoying it.

 planetmarshall 19 Apr 2019
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> Great interview from 2 inspiring climbers and not a mention of gender.

Well, at least until that one anyway.

 JTM 19 Apr 2019
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Interesting how Nina's recollection of their first climbing day together is subtly different from Lynn's

 olddirtydoggy 19 Apr 2019
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Just weaving that one in as the whole gender debate seems to be a current theme of the website. Simply steering the article back on topic.

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 SenzuBean 19 Apr 2019
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If you could change one thing about Nina what would it be?

Lynn: I think I would have her place more protection on traverses.

hehehe.

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