Canadian Amanda Berezowski Sends Her First 5.14a

West coaster Amanda Berezowski has sent her first 5.14a, Dinosaur Highway at Horne Lake. Berezowksi is the seventh Canadian woman on record to climb 5.14. A long-time comp climber, Berezowski began climbing at 16 in Calgary and now lives on Vancouver Island.

She sent her first 5.13 this spring with a tick of Globetrotters 5.13c at Horne. She went on to send a number of 5.13s at Horne Lake including: Young Blood 5.13a, Jesus Save the Pushers 5.13a, Ahead by a Century 5.13b, Fast Cat 5.13c and Moment of Silence 5.13c.

Today was the day!!! I SENT Dinosaur Highway!!! ??✨ This is my first 5.14 and just 5 months ago I did my first 5.13. SO relieved to have won the race with the rainy season as everything's starting to seep. Today when I checked the weather it said rain and 97% humidity…but, I took the chance! ? On my first burn today I fell literally going for the last hold at the anchor… I felt a bit heart broken but, forced myself to keep it together. As I rested before the last crux on my second try of the day, I looked out at the lake and asked the universe if today can just be my day…in return I got that positive intuitive feeling in my stomach when you just know things are aligning. ✨ Thank you to Andrew and Simen who belayed me as this was a bit of a longer climb… and congrats to @kinclimbing for starting this rainy day send train!!!Photo credit; @juliabobak #sendage #neverletgo #climbing #climbing_is_my_passion #rockclimbing #trainhardclimbhard #climblikeagirl #womenwhoclimb #climbyourimpossible #strongmindstrongbody @lasportivana @sendclimbing @forceclimbing

A photo posted by Amanda Berezowski (@freeyourmindandclimb) on Oct 26, 2016 at 5:53pm PDT

The first Canadian woman to send 5.14 was Ellen Powick on Pipedream at Maple Canyon, then Josie Hetyie from Vancouver, then Vikki Weldon sent Eulogy at Maple, Leslie Timms sent Magnum Opus in Lime Kiln Canyon, Marieta Akalski sent Geminis at Rodellar, Spain, and Emilie Pellerin sent Tom et je Ris. Weldon and Hetyie had sent Dinosaur Highway over the past few years. Marcel Arden recently sent Dinosaur Highway for his first 5.14.