A Portrait in Speed: Iranian Speed Climber Farnaz Esmaeilzadeh
Iranian climber Farnaz Esmaeilzadeh explodes up the walls. She’s a competition speed climber—the goal isn’t whether she can get to the top but how quickly. She leaps from blob to blob, reaching the top of the 15-meter wall in sub-10 seconds; it looks like she’s throwing the holds down to the ...