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Show your Scars 8B+ by Allison Vest: Updated
Allison has been an active competition climber since age ten and she has just focused on outdoors for a couple of years. In the 8a ranking game, the 26-year-old is #2.
Is this the first 8B+ you have tried?
This is the first. You told me to try one so many times I just finally listened ;)
What about that #45 Mitchell T-shirt?
He’s the point guard for the Utah Jazz here in Salt Lake. I don’t know what it is but I’ve done most of my hardest boulders wearing it now. It’s almost a mental cue that it’s game time.
What is next?
This was a big goal for 2022 so I’m excited to already have checked it off. Time to find another project and focus on going to places I’ve never been before to climb new styles.
How do you live your climbing life? How much and How do you train?
It depends. I get really obsessed with single boulders sometimes so for Show Your Scars the past few weeks I’ve been doing very little training and mostly climbing. But I love training so when I’m not focused on a boulder, I’m training a lot.
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