The World's Best Female Rock Climber Might Be A 13-Year Old Girl — buzzfeed.com

At 13, she is also the youngest person — male or female — to climb something so hard. The climb is expected to be rated “5.15a,” a difficulty grade that only a handful of the world’s best male climbers have ever completed. The rating is awaiting consensus that will cement Ashima’s climb as a world record: A handhold on the route recently broke off, making Ashima the first person to climb the more difficult route.

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