Katie Lamb Makes History With V16 Send
The top American boulderer skipped V15 after climbing six V14s to make the fourth ascent of Box Therapy
Katie Lamb has become the first woman to climb a V16 with her fourth ascent of Box Therapy, a steep problem first climbed by Daniel Woods in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park.
Lamb, 24, has sent at least six V14s, including Spectre, Jade, New Baseline, The Penrose Step, Book Club and Direct North. Her send of Spectre earlier this year, a hard Dave Graham problem, was what she called her hardest and proudest send to date – read about it here.
Box Therapy takes two hours to reach and is at an altitude of 3,169 metres, which is higher than Mount Rundle in Banff National Park. The problem is a sit start to Tommy Caldwell’s Spread Eagle V11. The V16 start had only been repeated by Sean Bailey and Drew Ruana.
Earlier this year while talking to Magnus Midtbø, Shawn Raboutou said that his sister Brooke Raboutou nearly climbed Box Therapy in a day – watch here (starts two minutes in). In 2016, Ashima Shiraishi became the first female, and youngest climber ever, to climb V15 with her repeat of Horizon. Watch Woods, Bailey and Ruana climb Box Therapy below.
Box Therapy V16 FA
Box Therapy Repeat
Bailey on Box Therapy
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