The Angie 8b story just gets more amazing

Angie Scarth-Johnson who had a personal best of 6c+ in 2012 and before her trip to RRG, it was 7c. Now, being 9 years old, she has done Swingline becoming the youngest ever to have done an 8b. The amazing thing is that her parents do not climb at all and that she does not have a coach. "Usually she will train herself about 1 hour, three days a week and then just climbs outdoors usually every weekend for a couple of hours", says her mother Claudia who also helped us out with the interview below. "She is extremely self-motivated and she has to work every climb from the ground up. She never top ropes anything and completely works out her own beta and mostly picks what she wants to climb." Since u do all ur own training, what would u do differently to prepare for climbing at RRG? I knew I had to have a lot of endurance so I just picked a climb and did laps on it but now I know that is not enough. I should have picked a long route of moderate grade and climbed it slowly over and over again until I got so pumped that I didn't think I could climb any more and then jump on a harder climb and send it. What do u like doing when ur not climbing? I love playing basketball with my best friend Josie and just really acting silly :) What r ur barriers when u climb? Well most people think that it would be my height but most of the time if u look hard enough u can always find something to use. It may be tiny but if it is there it is possible. It's just weather ur strong enough to use it, that's what u have to work on :)