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Margo Hayes joins Bad girls' club, 9a

© Margo Hayes

Bad girls' club, 9a, Rifle  © Margo Hayes
Bad girls' club, 9a, Rifle
© Margo Hayes
Margo Hayes, 18, is officially a bad girl. Matty Hong made the first ascent of this Rifle test piece in 2011, and Margo is now, paradoxically, the first female member of this exclusive club.

Hey boys, I'm joining the club. Officially a bad girl😼

It should come as no surprise Margo has now climbed her first 9a, as she has already climbed two 8c+'s, Pure imagination and The Crew, this year.

Bad girls' club was bolted by Joe Kinder and has previuosly been climbed by Matty Hong, Joe Kinder, Jon Cardwell, Jonathan Siegrist, Dan Mirsky, Dave Graham, Daniel Woods and Carlo Traversi.

Margo Hayes is sponsored by: La Sportiva and Petzl


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14 Aug, 2016
Impressive. I wonder how long it'll be before a woman sets a new 'hardest climb in the world'? A decade?
14 Aug, 2016
Glad to see my DownStalker on here. I really can't see anything wrong with ruminating on the possibility that women may overtake men in a sport.
14 Aug, 2016
I thought Beth Rodden's Meltdown was once cited as the hardest climb (yes on gear, not sport). Awesome work by Margo!
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