Katie Malinowski does Power Slave (8A+)

Katie Malinowski, with seven 8A boulders under her belt, has done Power Slave (8A+) in Gateway Canyon.

Can you tell us more about the ascent?
So psyched to have done my first v12! This culminates just under one year of work over seven sessions. Living and working as a routesetter and coach for touchstone 600 miles away from this boulder made this one difficult to project for various reasons. I fell going to the jug on my third session and it has been a mental battle to finish it off since. The morning of the send I realized I left my climbing bag at home and had to scramble to buy new shoes. I did the boulder 3rd go of the day in brand new Scarpa Drago LVs. This is the longest I’ve ever worked on a boulder, and I’m looking forward to trying even bigger projects.