- Numerous 8a onsights, Several 5.14 redpoints, V10 boulder problems and 8a+ trad lines.
- Numerous First Free and First Female Ascents from 5.12 to 5.14 including:
A Su Prima -5.13 La Mojarra, Colombia – First Female
Acapulco Gold – traditional 5.12cR Tuolumne Meadows – Second Ascent
Airstream – 5.13b – mixes, Incredible Hulk, CA – First Female
Bombs Over Tokyo – traditional 5.13R Tuolumne Meadows – First Free Ascent
Brain Dead – 5.13b Bear Crag; Devils Post pile, CA – First Female
Broken Arrow -5.13d/14a mixed, Tuolumne Meadows, CA- 3rd ascent, first female
Casablanca – traditional 5.13 Yosemite Valley – First Female
Fight Club – 5.13b Owens River Gorge – First Female
Golden Rose – 5.13c Tuolumne Meadows – First Female
High Times – mixed – 5.13 Tuolumne Meadows – First Female
Holey Wars a.k.a Lesbian Pig Stabber – 5.13c Owens River Gorge – First Female
Holy Mackerel – 5.13d Owens River Gorge – First Female
Keeper of the Flame – 5.13a Yosemite Valley – First Female
La Temperatura 5.12d La Mojarra, Colombia – First Female
Lord Gales – 5.13 La Mojarra, Colombia – First Female
Mule Skinner – 5.13d Pine Creek, CA – First Female – 4th Ascent
Night Shift – 5.12R Tuolumne Meadows – 2nd ascent
Orion – 5.13 La Mojarra, Colombia – First Female
Planet X – 5.13b Pine Creek, CA – First female, 3rd ascent
Positivity – 5.13 – traditional -Tuolumne Meadows – First Female
Pretty Strong – 12c – Owens River Gorge – First Ascent
Rise and Fall of the Albatross – 5.13b -mixed – Tuolumne Meadows (5.10, 5.11, 5.12, 5.12, 5.13b) – First Female, 3rd ascent
Shart Attack – 5.14a Pine Creek; Bishop, CA – First female, 3rd ascent
Short but Stout – 5.13 Pine Creek; Bishop, CA – First female, 3rd ascent
Solar Flare -5.12dR traditional/mixed – Incredible Hulk, CA (5.10c, 5.10bR, 5.11c, 5.11c/d, 5.12b/c, 5.10d, 5.12c, 5.12d, 5.12R) – First Female
Steel Fingers Traverse – V8 Tuolumne Meadows – First Female
Steel Fingers Low Traverse – V10 Tuolumne Meadows – First Female
The Phantom – 5.13R traditional – Yosemite – First female
Top Gun, – 5.14 mixed – Tuolumne Meadows, CA – 3rd ascent, First Female
Other Notables
Airstream – 5.13b (traditional/mixed) Incredible Hulk, Ca (5.10, 5.11, 5.11, 5.11, 5.12c, 5.13b, 5.12c, 5.10, 5.10) – First Female, 3rd or 4th ascent
Astroman and Rostrum link-up in a day – Traditional – approx 2,000 ft of climbing, 5.11c, Yosemite, CA – first all female team ascent
At Dawn We Ride – 5.12c – Mt.Proboscis, Canada – 14 pitches, new route with Ben Ditto, Mason Earl, Bronson Hovnanian – First Ascent
Father Time – 5.13 V Mixed – Yosemite National Park – 20 pitches
Locker vom Hocker – 5.11dR IV traditional – Wetterstein, Austria
Lotus Flower Tower – 5.10c V Traditional- Cirque of the Unclimbables
Moonlight Buttress – 5.12d V Traditional- Zion National Park
Murciana 78 – IV 5.13a (mixed) Free in a day – Picu Urriellu, Picos de Europa Spain
Original Route free Variation (aka Women at Work) – 5.12R V Traditional- Mt.Proboscis, Canada – 16 pitches – first female to send in a day all free
Pichenibule – 7c+ – mixed multipitch – Verdon Gorge, France
Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome – free in a day – V 5.12b Traditional Yosemite Valley
Romantic Warrior – V 5.12b Traditional The Needles, CA
The Venturi Effect – IV 5.12 Traditional – The Incredible Hulk, CA
West Face of Leaning Tower – free in a day- V 5.13b Traditional Yosemite Valley
January 4th, 2014 at 5:11 pm
[…] down to earth. At age 34, Katie is a fixture in Yosemite, where she has repeated numerous 5.13 trad routes, including multiple routes rated 5.13R. Recently, Katie pushed the physical boundaries of her many ascents, across the pond to Spain, and […]
July 31st, 2014 at 7:41 am
I’m serching photo of Phoenix yosemite. Do you have?