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VIDEO - Michaela Kiersch and The Golden Ticket 8c+

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Natalie Berry UKC

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22 year-old US climber Michaela Kiersch recently climbed The Golden Ticket (5.14c) (5.14c/8c+) at  The Chocolate Factory (RRG), Red River Gorge, Kentucky - her third route of the grade. A successful competition climber, coach and full-time student, in this video Michaela talks about finding balance and achieving a career best.

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Michaela Kiersch
Chicago

Michaela Kiersch was the first—and remains the only—woman in the world to climb both 9a+ and 8C. She is a former USA Climbing Team member. 

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Dandan
17 Jan, 2017
Fabulous, really enjoyed that.
mikeski
17 Jan, 2017
Goes to show that a lot of the excuses we all come up with are just that.
afx22
17 Jan, 2017
Brilliant. Great to watch such dedication.
Dave Todd
18 Jan, 2017
Really really great to watch! Crazy dedication with an unknown outcome - inspiring stuff!
Rough neck
18 Jan, 2017
I found this really inspiring, it's really impressive that she got stuck into a route with one of those lowest of low percentage moves...an all points off dyno to a slot and that wasn't even the crux. Adam Ondra onsighted this! https://vimeo.com/groups/113227/videos/53636034 and he does the dyno move almost statically. Does anyone know the reason that he skipped the clip before the crux making a monster run-out
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