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RP3

Big Wall climber
Twain Harte
Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 19, 2014 - 11:30pm PT
First time two El Cap Routes were climbed in a day by an all female team.

The British Wideboyz came a hair's breadth away from flashing Freerider.

Lots of rarely repeated El Cap routes are seeing action. Check out Tom's site.

Woohoo!
clinker

Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
Oct 20, 2014 - 06:01am PT
The girls and boys are back in town.
GDavis

Social climber
SOL CAL
Oct 20, 2014 - 08:37am PT
Bump! Buncha bad asses! 22 Hours is nuts :O

One thing I love about climbing is that sex and age have a lot less to do with accomplishments - more tenacity, drive and dedication than anything. Pretty awesome.
Ed Hartouni

Trad climber
Livermore, CA
Oct 20, 2014 - 08:41am PT
congrats to Quinn and Libby, Sibylle mentioned that they were going for it when I met up with her in Oakdale but we hadn't had any news

and I ran into Tom and Pete in the Caf during FaceLift and was tuned into their plans...good show!

neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
Oct 20, 2014 - 10:44am PT
hey there say, RP3... say, thanks for the share... sure do love to hear all the valley action... though i do not know all the folks 'in that action' ... i sure love to hear it!

congratulations to Quinn and Libby from me, as well, and thanks for the link to tom's phoots, :)
JEleazarian

Trad climber
Fresno CA
Oct 20, 2014 - 10:51am PT
Most excellent.

John
le_bruce

climber
Oakland, CA
Oct 20, 2014 - 11:52am PT
Yeah, that's awesome.

http://www.elcapreport.com/content/elcap-report-10182014
BooDawg

Social climber
Butterfly Town
Oct 20, 2014 - 01:47pm PT
Congratulations to all who are living their dreams, especially the women who, sometimes, have to overcome male prejudice.

The recent Oakdale gathering was inspiring on all levels, illustrating, convincingly, that women are able to climb as well or better than dudes.
this just in

climber
north fork
Oct 20, 2014 - 01:52pm PT
Pretty amazing on both accounts. Thanks for the share RP3.
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Oct 20, 2014 - 02:09pm PT
BooDawg's got it right.

I met Libby two years ago in the SAR site and asked her how she trained for her record Nose climb with Chantel.

"What training?" was her reply, loosely.

This was a good reason for both ladies to have missed out on the Woman's Reach presentations at the Oakdale CF. They were out making history themselves!

Congratulations, LOUD CONGRATULATIONS, Libby and Quinn!
RP3

Big Wall climber
Twain Harte
Topic Author's Reply - Oct 28, 2014 - 03:05pm PT
New woman's speed record on the Nose: 5:02!!!!!

Go Libby and Mayan!!!
DickSilly

climber
cutlass supreme
Oct 28, 2014 - 04:13pm PT
Kev if you keep spouting the reverse sexism thing your gonna get the Ban Hammer, even if you are right.
Chief

climber
The NW edge of The Hudson Bay
Oct 28, 2014 - 05:55pm PT
Smokin' Crag Bettys!
phylp

Trad climber
Upland, CA
Oct 28, 2014 - 06:03pm PT
I love seeing everybody/anybody fulfilling their goals and dreams. I doubt the women mentioned think of their accomplishments in terms of being "women". They are climbers, climbing.

That's not to say that there isn't a slightly different vibe when women climb together.
Congrats to all involved.
Flip Flop

Trad climber
Truckee, CA
Oct 28, 2014 - 06:03pm PT
Stoke Volume Eleven.
Ed Hartouni

Trad climber
Livermore, CA
Oct 28, 2014 - 06:53pm PT
thanks for the dispatches from the front RP3,

and great to hear that Mayan and Libby are crushing!
Ed Hartouni

Trad climber
Livermore, CA
Oct 29, 2014 - 08:48am PT
Isn't it kinda sexist to make a big deal out of females doing something for the first time that men first did years ago?

perhaps, but there the aspiration has been voiced to match or better the current fastest time, and I don't see any reason why that can't happen no matter the gender of the team.

it will be exciting to watch this unfold as the level of climbing increases for everyone.
Vitaliy M.

Mountain climber
San Francisco
Oct 29, 2014 - 08:53am PT
Seems like those girls really like orange juice. Cool stuff!
Barbarian

climber
Oct 29, 2014 - 09:05am PT
Super accomplishments for these great climbers!
velvet!

Trad climber
La Cochitaville
Oct 29, 2014 - 09:27am PT
Thanks for the kind words from Supertopo-land. Always a treat.

As for the question about whether or not its sexist to give special kudos to all women teams doing things that men have done ages ago...

The Alpinist will address this in a little e-blurb they are going to release about my day out with Quinn but since I love you guys so....my $0.02

I really want men and women to be equal in all things. Pay, rights, climbing abilities....but look at who is climbing El Cap. How many female climbers are up there on it? Regardless of the skill issue, far fewer woman are going up there, either with a male or female partner.

And as much as I want us all to hug and get along and be a harmonious one, I can recognize that men and women are different. It is easier for me to see myself in the place of a woman climber. I would hypothesize that that is true for a majority of women climbers out there. So if having these female-centric acknowledgements helps motivate more woman climbers to leave the gym and challenge the captain, I'm all for it, no question.

I hope that one day it wont be noticeable when two women do something on El Cap and all records and accomplishments will be gender neutral, but until we need to get more equal numbers of ladies and men on the wall, I'm gonna strongly advocate the female specific records.

:)
lib
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