14 January 2012

Mayan Smith Goban Interview

What is your plan/goal for 2012?
I have lots of ideas for this year, but no fixed plans. At the moment I am in BIshop, bouldering and focusing on training my biggest weakness - Power. I will most probably stay in the US until mid March, then head back down to Australia, to attempt to make the first female ascent of Punks in the Gym. Over Summer I hope to be in Europe, sport climbing in Ceuse and doing some long routes in the Dolomites and the Swiss Alps. Then in the Fall I will be returning to Yosemite Valley.

How do you train?
I mainly train by climbing... I consciously choose routes, or boulders which will work my weaknesses. And occasionally, when I am based in one place for a while, I do a block of power training - Weighted Pull-ups, Campusing and hang-boarding, but this is very rare at the moment.
How is the competitive environment for the different disciplines?

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