22 February 2023
Olivia Ogier does Lethal Design 8A+
Olivia Ogier, who did her first and only 8A last November, has done in Red Rock (NV).
Can you tell us a little more about Lethal Design?
I first got on Lethal in December, and I only gave it a couple of tries as it is very sharp and I had other goals. I came back to it a couple of weeks ago and fell on the last hard move, and I got extremely motivated to go back, but the weather kept me from trying it until this past weekend. I decided to make a solo trip out there, arrived at the boulder to find that most of the stash pads had been taken, and I had to make 4 small pads stretch across the whole boulder, including the highball top out ๐ . I fell 8 times at the last hard move in the morning, almost gave up but decided to try again in the evening and I sent with no warm-up!
What's your climbing background?
I climbed competitively from the ages 9-15, then decided to only focus on outdoor climbing, with my hardest sends being Rodeo Free Europe 5.14a (8b+) this summer and then Lethal this weekend. I also in the past year decided to start competing again, with intentions of doing the 2023 elite USA climbing circuit.
Can you tell us a little more about Lethal Design?
I first got on Lethal in December, and I only gave it a couple of tries as it is very sharp and I had other goals. I came back to it a couple of weeks ago and fell on the last hard move, and I got extremely motivated to go back, but the weather kept me from trying it until this past weekend. I decided to make a solo trip out there, arrived at the boulder to find that most of the stash pads had been taken, and I had to make 4 small pads stretch across the whole boulder, including the highball top out ๐ . I fell 8 times at the last hard move in the morning, almost gave up but decided to try again in the evening and I sent with no warm-up!
What's your climbing background?
I climbed competitively from the ages 9-15, then decided to only focus on outdoor climbing, with my hardest sends being Rodeo Free Europe 5.14a (8b+) this summer and then Lethal this weekend. I also in the past year decided to start competing again, with intentions of doing the 2023 elite USA climbing circuit.
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