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.
Surely has a lot to do with the rarity of the name and surnames are more distinctive than first names usually. Ashima and Nalle are both very distinctive, at least to us English speakers. They're also easier to pronounce than their surnames. Shauna is part of the UK field and there aren't that many really good female climbers out there. Mina is also referred to by her first name in the UK, and again easier to pronounce than her surname. We don't get her confused with the Slovenian climber.
> I'd exclude 'Shauna' and 'Nalle', but that could just be me!
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