Lena Herrmann Climbs 5.14c in Frankenjura
Seven years after becoming the first German woman to send 5.14c, she does it again
Lena Herrmann, 29, has redpointed Shangri-La 5.14c on the Schlaraffenland wall at Germany’s Frankenjura. She had made it her main objective after trying it a few years ago.
In 2016, Herrmann became the first German woman to climb 5.14c with a send of Battle Cat at Hängender Stein. Her last IFSC World Cup was in 2015 where she placed 30th in Lead at Kranj. Her best finish was in 2013 when she won gold at the European Youth Bouldering Cup.
Shangi-La was first climbed back in 1995 by Guido Kostermeyer as one of the first in the world at the grade. The first ever route agreed to be 5.14c was Hubble in the U.K. by Ben Moon in 1990. The second Just Do It at Smith Rock in 1992 by Jean-Baptiste Tribout; and the third was Super Plafond in France in 1994 also by Tribout.
Hermann has repeated other hard routes at Frankenjura, including Klondike Cat 5.14b and Father and Son 5.14b
Battle Cat 5.14c
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