[remus]

Anyone know who this is? https://www.instagram.com/p/CFVHlRijzDC looks like a potential new entrant for the list!

Ed: note to self, read the bio next time. Mystery solved.

[Duma]

Another of my cat sitters makes the list!

[Rowman Pughe]

Elle Partington creeping onto the list if you're allowing holiday grades with intermezzo 7C

https://www.instagram.com/ellepartington/?hl=en

[remus]

Sweet! Strong effort!

https://github.com/bourbonspecial/UKStrongPeople/blob/master/women_boulders.md

[submaximal gains]

Jen Wood did Hellebore back in June https://www.instagram.com/p/CBJLcePjruw/

Also, does the name of this thread not need to be changed to 'UK women who have bouldered >= 7C'?

[RobK]

Rachel Daly has done Lycan It 8A

https://www.instagram.com/p/CHyEFnTjUib/

[remus]

Thanks for the updates both, added their ascents to the list https://climbing-history.org/

I noticed on UKC that Jen's done quite a few 7Cs so added those in as well.

[yetix]

Do the Lambrini and Tau Zero are 7B+ in the new guide I think Remus

[remus]

Do the Lambrini and Tau Zero are 7B+ in the new guide I think Remus

Thanks, didnt realise they'd changed. I've updated them on the list.

[Yossarian]

Does anyone know the youngest UK woman / girl to climb 8A was / is?

[remus]

Hmm, good question. A few candidates from the list:

Molly TS did Dead Cant' Dance around may 2017, I think she's early 20s now, so that'd make her somewhere between 18-22 at the time.

Rebecca Stephens is at uni and has done hathatrocity recently, so she's somewhere between 18 and 22.

Ruby Petch is 18 and did The Revolution is Coming this year https://www.instagram.com/p/CDR6uXADsps/

[Yossarian]

I know of one 12ish girl who has done 7C, which is quite a lot less than 18 - I assumed someone 15-16 might’ve ticked one...

[yetix]

 Think Remuss reply is 8A.

[remus]

I know of one 12ish girl who has done 7C, which is quite a lot less than 18 - I assumed someone 15-16 might’ve ticked one...

You thinking of Hannah Toward? https://climbing-history.org/climber/375 Or is there another young wad on the scene?

[Yossarian]

No, Livvy Gent - Mr Poppers

https://www.chimeraclimbing.com/posts/the-project

[remus]

Cool! Added her to the list https://climbing-history.org/climber/531

[T_B]

Does anyone know the youngest UK woman / girl to climb 8A was / is?

Coxsey climbed Pilgrim age 18.

[cheque]

Gwyneth Uttley, Naomi Cokell, Katherine Schirrmacher, Malcolm Smith, Mathew Wright, Molly Thompson-Smith, Rhoslyn Frugtniet, Anne Arran, Frances Bensley & Mina Leslie-Wujastyk all have incorrectly-spelt names in your list Remus. Dave MacLeod, Lily Fitzgibbon & James Noble are missing capitals from their surnames. 

Also sports climbing? 

https://www.chimeraclimbing.com/posts/the-project

Great bit of bullshit in that first paragraph about all climbers having a project. This is from a climbing wall website too, they know full well that most climbers are content to bumble about aimlessly.

[Yossarian]

I didn't really read it - I was just interested in the numbers. Ashima did a v11 when she was 9 apparently. There must be some UK comp teenagers who've done an 8A?

[remus]

Gwyneth Uttley, Naomi Cokell, Katherine Schirrmacher, Malcolm Smith, Mathew Wright, Molly Thompson-Smith, Rhoslyn Frugtniet, Anne Arran, Frances Bensley & Mina Leslie-Wujastyk all have incorrectly-spelt names in your list Remus. Dave MacLeod, Lily Fitzgibbon & James Noble are missing capitals from their surnames. 

Also sports climbing? 

Amazing! Great attention to detail, corrected all those (except for sport/s climbing, Im sure shark pointed that one out but I think I got overzealous and 'corrected' it in too many places. Will have a close look and make sure I've got the spelling right).

[wasbeen]

I didn't really read it - I was just interested in the numbers. Ashima did a v11 when she was 9 apparently. There must be some UK comp teenagers who've done an 8A?

Yes, as pointed out above. Livvy Gent climbed 7C at 11 (not 12). I think that makes her the youngest to climb the grade.

My daughter,  Hannah Toward, climbed 7C+ this year at 12 years old. As far as I know, no one in the current generation has bettered that. Alas, there is not much chance of Hannah getting an 8A though as she has retired - at the grand old age of 13!

So my best guess at the youngest to climb 8A would be Emily Phillips climbing La Cucina:

https://dmmclimbing.com/Climbers/Emily-Phillips

[gme]

I read La cucina as a route? no idea if this is true or not but it reads that way 8a not 8A

[T_B]

Yes La Cucina dell'inferno in Massone is a route 8a, not a boulder (or should I say “bloc”)

[Bradders]

Molly T-S doing Full Power:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CM2mcbCDu3P/?igshid=1he3b2fz1nd62

I know she's already on the list with a few 8As, but scrolling through it looks like she's the first woman to do a grit 8A that isn't Back Street Mime Artist? Not that BSMA doesn't count or anything, just interesting that 3 women have done that but there aren't any other grit 8s mentioned for women, which I think is interesting / significant. Like first grit 8 by a woman that's not a traverse, or something? I presume Shauna or Mina have done grit 8s before? I dunno. Discuss.

[Duma]

Mina did Careless Torque