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THE LOWDOWN: Jena Lupia onsights 7C+!

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Björn Pohl - UKC 13 Feb 2009

[The LowDown: Jena Lupia onsights 7C+!, 2 kb]

Jena Lupia, only 16, has made the FFA of Sit Twist, a 7C+ at the Temple, NM, first done by Jon Cardwell. Not only was it the first female ascent, but she actually climbed it onsight. I know, it's debatable whether the term onsight exists in bouldering, but let's just say she did it first try...

Read more at http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=54982

Some of these replies were posted on Björn's old blog website, and so won't be from registered UKC users

Anonymous 28 Sep 2009

V6 MAX! Seen it, done it, not V10.

Anonymous 28 Sep 2009

flash, dude, flash

btw
impressive

Anonymous 28 Sep 2009

By the way, the problem in the photo is not even at the same area as the so-called "Sit Twist".

Anonymous 28 Sep 2009

Actually, this is not a boulder problem at all. It was a joke, a "silly human trick" if you will. It doesn't even involve putting your hands on the rock. Not sure why anyone is willing to call it a "problem".

OP Björn Pohl - UKC 28 Sep 2009

Yeah well, I guess flash is probably more accurate, but I've no idea what the problem looks like, so... I mean if it's really tall and you can't touch the holds from the ground, perhaps you could call it an onsight of some sort?