Michaela Kiersch does Everything is Karate (8c+)

Michaela Kiersch has repeated Ethan Pringle’s Everything is Karate (8c+) in Pine Creek. 18 routes graded 8c+ and beyond now feature on The Doctor in Hand Therapy’s impressive tick list, alongside 17 boulders graded 8B or harder. Remarkably, nearly all of the 30-year-old’s hardest ascents have come within the past 3 years. She also holds the distinction of being the first woman to climb both a 9a+ route and an 8C boulder.

Can you tell us more about the ascent?
I visited Pine Creek for the first time a few weeks ago after leaving Spain due to unending rain. Everything is Karate was an obvious choice. The first few days I was battling extremely windy and cold conditions but I returned to Bishop for 2 more weekends and was able to float my way up on the send.