*promote the awesome that is Sasha

Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Friday, December 9th, 2011 1:06pm PST - promote requested by eric3579.

this is some *quality climbing

Boosting this quality contribution up in the Hot Listing - declared quality by carneval.

I love you...please to be marrying me now kthxbye.

EDIT: Nevermind she seemed older.

>> ^Yogi:

I love you...please to be marrying me now kthxbye.
EDIT: Nevermind she seemed older.


Well, she's 18. Use that information as relevant to you...

*happy!

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My screen got a little blurry there at the end.

bad ass

Between this and the 18 year old girl who created a new way to fight cancer I realize I've done nothing with my life. Absolutely amazing.

>> ^carneval:

>> ^Yogi:
I love you...please to be marrying me now kthxbye.
EDIT: Nevermind she seemed older.

Well, she's 18. Use that information as relevant to you...


Which is legal!

I want to bottle that smile and inject it into my veins.

*skillful

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Ok... Payback's jaw dropped when he realized she wasn't merely climbing UP...

I have done enough climbing that I can only start to appreciate how hard this is!
Way to go Sasha!

http://www.sasha-digiulian.com/

What was the music?

>> ^Fletch:

What was the music?


The main track was Emancipator - First Snow (ooah remix), here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXT4dxCrmEI&feature=related

Although I think there was some bits of Emancipator - Lionheart in there too, but I'm too lazy to go back and check for sure.

Speaking of which this is *electronica

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I wonder if anyone has ever been insane enough to freeclimb that... = \

>> ^Asmo:

I wonder if anyone has ever been insane enough to freeclimb that... = \


What she did is termed freeclimbing, ie. not using anything other than your limbs in contact with the rock to get up. You meant soloing, ie. no rope.

in Vatican city, she's been legal for 6 years!>> ^dannym3141:

>> ^carneval:
>> ^Yogi:
I love you...please to be marrying me now kthxbye.
EDIT: Nevermind she seemed older.

Well, she's 18. Use that information as relevant to you...

Which is legal!

>> ^rottenseed:

in Vatican city, she's been legal for 6 years!>> ^dannym3141:
>> ^carneval:
>> ^Yogi:
I love you...please to be marrying me now kthxbye.
EDIT: Nevermind she seemed older.

Well, she's 18. Use that information as relevant to you...

Which is legal!



Well in soviet russia, she's legal and you're not ...

>> ^fissionchips:

>> ^Asmo:
I wonder if anyone has ever been insane enough to freeclimb that... = \

What she did is termed freeclimbing, ie. not using anything other than your limbs in contact with the rock to get up. You meant soloing, ie. no rope.


Ah k, thanks for the clarification. =)

I wonder if anyone's been insane enough to solo that... ; )

No one is insane enough to try to free solo that - yet - maybe never.


Even for the world's strongest climbers 5.14d is going to involve moves that they have a low percentage chance of making. The exception being Adam Ondra who this year on-sited (climbed first time, no beta) several 14c's.

Still I can't see even someone at his level attempting a free solo like this anytime soon.

To put it in perspective Alex Honnold who is getting ALOT of press for free soloing typically is climbing very far below his max. That is - he solo's 5.12 routes but is a 5.14+ climber.

-Kevin

>> ^kevingrr:

No one is insane enough to try to free solo that - yet - maybe never.
Even for the world's strongest climbers 5.14d is going to involve moves that they have a low percentage chance of making. The exception being Adam Ondra who this year on-sited (climbed first time, no beta) several 14c's.
Still I can't see even someone at his level attempting a free solo like this anytime soon.
To put it in perspective Alex Honnold who is getting ALOT of press for free soloing typically is climbing very far below his max. That is - he solo's 5.12 routes but is a 5.14+ climber.
-Kevin

Care to explain the rankings?

Higher is hard presumably, but what do the letters/numbers after the decimal mean?

In the USA for roped climbing most climbers rate the difficulty with the Yosemite Decimal System (YDS).

First to explain the five in a "5.14d" understand the below:

Class 1: Walking with a low chance of injury.
Class 2: Simple scrambling, with the possibility of occasional use of the hands. Little potential danger is encountered.
Class 3: Scrambling with increased exposure. A rope can be carried but is usually not required. Falls are not always fatal.
Class 4: Simple climbing, with exposure. A rope is often used. Natural protection can be easily found. Falls may well be fatal.
Class 5: Technical free climbing involving rope, belaying, and other protection hardware for safety. Un-roped falls can result in severe injury or death.


So that explains the "5" in a 5.14d

Now 5.1-5.9 with each .1 you have another level of difficulty. From 5.10-5.15 you have 5.10a,5.10b,5.10c,5.10d and so on. Each letter change represents a full level or degree of difficulty.

Thus the difference between a 5.14a and a 5.14d is the same difference between a 5.6 and a 5.10a - or four levels of difficulty. While this may seem subjective climbers usually come to a consensus regarding the grade of a route over time.

Most people I would consider in reasonable shape can climb 5.6-5.8 in the first few times they climb. In contrast I have been climbing for about sixteen years and I climb about 5.13a (with many many attempts!).

Pure imagination may cater to Sasha's particular climbing style - thin crimpy moves. She is amazingly strong.


That said I have been to the base of this route and am amazed ANYONE is able to climb it.

One last thing. For some more footage check this out:

Jonathan Sietgrist On Pure Imagination

>> ^Yogi:

I love you...please to be marrying me now kthxbye.
EDIT: Nevermind she seemed older.


Why is it that whenever a woman accomplishes something, somebody will comment on how she looks?

11-Year-Old Girl Shatters Climbing Records has been added as a related post - related requested by eric3579 on that post.