Beautiful cross from Bishop (California) for the American climber Melina Costanza who offers herself as her first 8B+ boulder “Direct North”, an iconic highball located on Grandma Peabody (opened by Shawn Diamond in 2009). Known in the competitive world with 5 US bouldering championship titles, and a double difficulty/boulder recently at the national championships a month ago, Melina is now relaxing in a natural environment and achieving her hardest and highest bouldering! Motivated by her friend Alex Johnson who had shown her videos of the bouldering, Melina replied that she would never complete a passage of this height. “Direct North” is a direct exit from “Direction” 8B into “Magnetic North” 7C, for approximately 8/9 meters of physical climbing on small arches. “Turns out I’m not as stubborn as I thought.” She concludes! The video of the winning attempt at the end of the article!
A great send from Bishop (California) for American climber Melina Costanza, toping out her first 8B+ boulder, “Direct North”, an iconic highball on Grandma Peabody (opened by Shawn Diamond in 2009). Well-known in the world of competition, with 5 US bouldering titles under her belt, and a lead/boulder double win at the national championships a month ago, Melina is now focused on climbing outdoors, and doing her hardest and highest boulder yet! Motivated by her friend Alex Johnson, who had shown some videos of the boulder, Melina had answered that she would never complete a passage of this height. “Direct North” is a direct exit from ‘Direction’ 8B into ‘Magnetic North’ 7C, for around 8/9 meters high of physical climbing on small crimps, on of the hardest problem of the place. “Turns out I’m not as stubborn as I thought!” she concludes! Watch the video of the send just below!
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