Tournament Rd 3: 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

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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)

• 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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• 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