Beth Rodden sends her hardest route March 10, 2008
- First ascent
- Hardest redpoints
- Rock climbing
Beth Rodden completed the first ascent of Meltdown (5.14c) in Yosemite, CA.
She worked on the route for 4 months through the stormy Sierra winter contending with feet of snow. The route is protects completely natural and she placed all of the gear on lead.
I worked harder on this route than any other single pitch climb I have done
. Rodden is hesitant to give the route a letter grade, but considering she has redpointed several 5.14a's and did the first ascent of the Optimist (5.14b) in roughly half the time, Meltdown is most likely the hardest climb redpointed by an American woman, and the hardest traditional climb completed in the world by a woman. If it is 5.14c it puts her in an elite category of two or three women ever to have climbed the grade of 5.14c.
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