Lisa Rands Climbs Grit E8
From www.planetfear.com
Lisa Rands is no stranger to Hard Grit. Last year she bacame only the second woman ever to lead a Grit E7 (White Lines at Curber; Airlie Anderson was the first with her ascent of Masters Edge at Millstone). Yesterday she made a quantum leap to become the first woman to lead a Grit E8. The route? The benchmark classic E8 - End Of The Affair at Curbar (E8 6c). Awesome.
Lisa almost went for it on Sunday, but didn't feel right. Walking into the crag yesterday the weather was super windy, but the window presented itself and she tied onto the sharp end in the afternoon. Of the ascent itself she said 'I felt more relaxed leading it than I did top roping it!'.
Lisa Rands is no stranger to Hard Grit. Last year she bacame only the second woman ever to lead a Grit E7 (White Lines at Curber; Airlie Anderson was the first with her ascent of Masters Edge at Millstone). Yesterday she made a quantum leap to become the first woman to lead a Grit E8. The route? The benchmark classic E8 - End Of The Affair at Curbar (E8 6c). Awesome.
Lisa almost went for it on Sunday, but didn't feel right. Walking into the crag yesterday the weather was super windy, but the window presented itself and she tied onto the sharp end in the afternoon. Of the ascent itself she said 'I felt more relaxed leading it than I did top roping it!'.