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Martina Demmel presentation
Martina Demmel started climbing at age 15. Four years later she did her first 9a at the same time she was #1, including the males, in the Top-50 8a onsight game. Interestingly, she has during the last three years almost exclusively only been training outside and not done any physical training. 9a interview from last spring
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