
26 June 2019
Is Babsi Zangerl the best gender equality athlete in the world?
When it comes to big walls and multi-pitches, Babsi Zangerl is totally superior among the female. In 2017, she made the first repeat of Tommy Caldwell's Magic Mushroom, a 30 pitch 8b+, together with her boyfriend Jacopo Larcher. The 30 year old Austrian has also done the first female ascent of the 900+ metres El Nino 8a+, Zodiac 8b and Pre-Muir 8b. It should be noted that grade wise these efforts should, in comparison to bolted one pitch sport routes (in spain), probably warrant at least two grades more.
Lat year 2018 she did the FFA of Odyssee on the Eiger North Face, 33 pitches up to 8a+ (hardest free climb on the Eiger). She has also done the FFA of the Alpine trilogy; Kaisers neue Kleider 8b+, Silbergeier 8b and End of Silence 8b+.
Adding another dozen big multi-pitches 8a and harder mainly in the Alps, she just might have the Top-5 most impressive ticklist out there, also counting the male. If so, Babsi might be the very best female athlete out there in the world, counting all sports, in comparison to the male?
It should be mentioned that most of her hardest big wall/multi-pitches ascents, she has done together with Jacopo Larcher who is also among the best in the world in this discipline. Surely, he is also part of the success story of making Babsi an unique female in the world. (c) Heinz Zak
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