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First Female Ascent of Punks in the Gym

ajfclark

29-Oct-2012
7:40:34 PM

Goes to Mayan!

http://www.onsight.com.au/2012/10/mayan-does-punks/
http://www.facebook.com/VerticalLifeMag/posts/285695714881847

Miguel75

29-Oct-2012
9:28:30 PM

Woohoo... Super-duper rad. Congrats to Mayan.

ajfclark

1-Nov-2012
7:35:50 AM

Mayan's post about it: http://mayangobat.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/punks-in-the-gym-the-first-female-ascent/

shortman

1-Nov-2012
7:46:17 AM

Thanks ajfclark.

maxdacat

1-Nov-2012
9:42:09 AM

Nice one.....what a milestone!

dalai

1-Nov-2012
10:09:25 AM

Brilliant news indeed!

IdratherbeclimbingM9

2-Nov-2012
8:59:17 AM

Indeed; simply A_WE^SO_ME!!

Thanks for the link ajf, as her first hand account makes for excellent reading.

Nick Clow

2-Nov-2012
9:54:33 AM

Only the other night I watched ‘Smitten’ (in which Jarmila tries Punks). Jarmila says she will do ANYTHING to (tick) Punks. Evidently, from Simon Carter's site, this would even include moving to Victoria!

I am not normally a fan of blogs, facebook etc, but I found Mayan's blog insightful into the driven, twisted world of hard red-pointing.

I believe Mayan is from NZ and has done plenty of bouldering at Castle Hill, so I can see that the required focus on friction and body-position from that would certainly help on the bulging, blank and technical bits of Punks.

kieranl

2-Nov-2012
10:13:21 AM

Really great effort.
Some trivia:
India, first 29 in Aust, FA 1982. First female ascent 1986 (Christine Gambert (France). She then spent the rest of the trip belaying her husband on it. He didn't get it.).
Punks, first 32 in Aust, FA 1985. First female ascent 2012.

* I know India is now considered 28, but it was 29 at these times. (edited to change Punks to India, haven't bothered to learn how to do strikethrough)

pecheur

2-Nov-2012
10:21:17 AM

On 2/11/2012 kieranl wrote:
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>* I know Punks is now considered 28, but it was 29 at these times.

And now you're downgrading Punks to a mere 28 just because a woman's done it, geez Kieran ;)

rodw

2-Nov-2012
10:42:34 AM

What its only 28 now!!!!...thats it its off my wish list I'm not gonna bother now :)

kieranl

2-Nov-2012
10:44:29 AM

Wow, I have got fat fingers this morning. Should of course have been India not Punks is 28.

ajfclark

8-Nov-2012
9:43:07 AM

Some more pics: http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13607-punks-in-the-gym-the-first-female-ascent-mayan-smith-gobat

ajfclark

9-Nov-2012
9:36:29 AM

Click for full resolution:

benjenga

9-Nov-2012
11:22:56 AM

Good article.

maxdacat

9-Nov-2012
4:50:28 PM

11mm rope....maybe that's why it took her so long :p

Rupert

11-Nov-2012
7:00:37 PM

Congratulations - amazing stuff!!

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