Katie Lamb On Becoming the First Woman to Climb V16 (Again!)
After sending 'Box Therapy' in 2023, which was then downgraded, Katie Lamb has climbed Yosemite's 'The Dark Side.'
After sending 'Box Therapy' in 2023, which was then downgraded, Katie Lamb has climbed Yosemite's 'The Dark Side.'
Plus: Jesse Grupper flashes 5.14c; Kai Whaley skips two grades to climb V16; Katie Lamb knocks down two more V14s; and a podcast host finds his best bouldering form yet, thanks to not training.
Plus: Domen Škofic doesn't need no kneepads; Connor Herson rips Air Swedin (5.13 R); A bold attempt on Greenland's Mirror Wall; and more.
Katie Lamb recently made history by becoming the first woman to climb a proposed V16. But she was simply motivated to find the next big step in her climbing.
Lamb has long been one of the leading boulderers in the United States
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