Tournament Rd 2: Peeps Region

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• Notable boulder problem FAs such as Mandala (V12), Witness the Fitness (V15),




• Long list of groundbreaking route FAs including Necessary Evil (5.14c), Realization (5.15a) and the Es Pontas DWS arch

• Quick repeats of Terremer (V15), Jade (V15) and Ode to the Modern Man (V14) along with FAs of Mandala Direct SDS (V14) and Don’t Get To Greedy (V13)




• Reigning ABS National Champion

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• Perhaps America’s most prolific hard climber




• Notable boulder problem FAs include Story of Two Worlds (V15) and From Dirt Grows Flowers (V15) in Switzerland




• Just as solid on a rope with ascents of Coup de Grace (5.15a, FA), Realization (5.15a) and Action Directe (5.14d)

• Notable ascents include The Beautiful and Damned (V13), Goldfish Trombone (V14) and Realization (5.14d?)




• First person to suggest dropping a downgrade on Realization to 5.14d




• 2007 Climbing Magazine Golden Piton winner for Sport Climbing

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• Reigning 2-time ABS National Champion




• Two time defending Teva Mountain Games Champion




• Outdoor boulders up to V11

• Recently completed one of the hardest traditional pitches in the world with her ascent of Meltdown in Yosemite




• First U.S. woman to do the FA of a 5.14b sport route with her ascent of The Optimists at Smith Rocks, OR

• One of the most well-rounded climbers in the world




• Sport climbing up to 5.15a with his FA of the still unrepeated Flex Luthor




• Traditional climbing feats include freeing two routes on El Cap in under 24 hours – one of which was The Nose




• Bouldering up to V13




• Much of this was done after he cut off half his pointer finger

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• 2nd person to free solo Astroman and Rostrum in Yosemite in one day




• Recently onsighted Bushido (5.13) and repeated Hong Kong Phooey (5.13+) both difficult crack climbs in UT