Angy Eiter Becomes the First Woman to Climb 5.15b (Story + Photo Gallery)
On Sunday, October 22, Austrian Angy (Angela) Eiter completed La Planta de Shiva, the first 9b (5.15b) climbed by a woman. Eiter began work on the 45-meter route (150 feet) in Villanueva del Rosario in southern Spain, in October 2015, sending the first pitch of it, rated 8c (5.14b), that year. “I ...