23 January 2021
Hungry Hungry Hippos 8A+ by Katie Lamb
Katie Lamb, who did six 8B's in 2020, has done her 13th 8A+, Hungry Hungry Hippos in Red Rocks. In the 8a ranking game, she is #4.
"I was inspired by the recent K2 winter summit by a Nepali team and found many lessons to learn from them in seeking my own desert summit. To name a couple โ push through the finger frostbite pain barrier and find power in the sun, and pray to the mountain for safe passage. Even though it was warmer than negative 76 Fahrenheit, I had trouble getting my skin warm enough to grab sandstone grips. My friend Shuggie Bain gave me some inner warmth and then summit was trivial! First session I did the stand, next session I did the full sit."
"I was inspired by the recent K2 winter summit by a Nepali team and found many lessons to learn from them in seeking my own desert summit. To name a couple โ push through the finger frostbite pain barrier and find power in the sun, and pray to the mountain for safe passage. Even though it was warmer than negative 76 Fahrenheit, I had trouble getting my skin warm enough to grab sandstone grips. My friend Shuggie Bain gave me some inner warmth and then summit was trivial! First session I did the stand, next session I did the full sit."
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