22 July 2012
First 8c by Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou (49)
Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou has copied what her daughter Brooke (11) did last week, an amazing ascent of Welcome to Tiujana, 8c in Rodellar. Between 1992 and 1995 she won the Lead World Cup four straight years before she stopped competing.
Robyn was one of the first female to do 8b+ in 1993 and now 20 years later she did her first 8c! One month ago she did an 8b+ in Rodellar commenting, "I don't train. I usually get to boulder inside twice a week with friends. We climb a couple of hours. I've been coaching the Team and we built a new gym in Boulder. I think I'm just happy to be climbing beautiful routes outside."
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