[fatneck]

 

[a dense loner]

Why? It's a serious question, why do you find it inspiring what a small girl can do? You're not smaller girls so why would it inspire you?

[jwi]

Dunno... Lynn Hill is a small girl, when she freed the nose in short order, Scott Burke got inspired to a 300 day siege of the same

[Oldmanmatt]

My 10 year old daughter is very much inspired by her and I think Ashima is "inspirational"; in as much as any athlete is such.

Sas has quite rightly pointed out that "girls" are rapidly closing in on their male peers at the top of the game. I use the inverted commas around girls because I feel the distinction is increasingly redundant. She is first and foremost a Climber (deliberate capitalisation) and along with many of the current crop of top climbers who happen to be female, challenging the very notion of what a female climber "should" be.

Pooch is a shit hot climber, regardless of gender, who seems to be oft criticised for being "too masculine"; when the principle difference between genders is only really that muscle mass/strength. In other words, the criticism is for developing exactly those attributes that would be much praised in a male counterpart (if we can argue safe BMI/%BF as a separate, cross gender, matter).

The fact is, they (along with their contemporaries) are PROVING that gender is not relevant and considering the centuries of second class treatment women have endured (and still endure) from us, the male, I can't see it as anything less than inspiring.


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[slackline]

On the flip side you've got the quote from Dave Graham that Cheque uses in his signature to keep things in perspective...

Never think you're that cool - you're still just climbing rocks...in the woods...with bugs...and everyone thinks you're crazy.

[SA Chris]

Plus she's releasing a new range of fashion accessories soon; Ashima's Pashminas. For the fashion conscious lady about crag.

[Sasquatch]

Why? It's a serious question, why do you find it inspiring what a small girl can do? You're not smaller girls so why would it inspire you?

She's a climber, and I'm inspired by the feats of other climbers.  I've met many small girls who can do lots of things, and they don't inspire me because the things they're doing don't inspire me. 

[Fiend]

when the principle difference between genders is only really that muscle mass/strength

PROVING that gender is not relevant

 

[Oldmanmatt]

when the principle difference between genders is only really that muscle mass/strength

PROVING that gender is not relevant

 

....in developing those attributes...


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[finbarrr]

this could have been a tragedy:
http://www.rockandice.com/climbing-news/ashima-shiraishi-injured-in-45-foot-ground-fall

[Ged]

Does she still climb? Not heard any news about her in long time

[jwi]

she got 13 in the women's world cup in lead, that's not bad eh? Not everyone can be Janja Garnbret.

[Muenchener]

Not everyone can be Janja Garnbret.

True, but plenty of people thought Ashima was going to be.

[Teaboy]

She just came second or third in a pan American bouldering comp. It was won by Sierra Blair Coyle and she beat Kyra Condie who seems strong AF but that doesn't translate to comp results. So she's still competing but here trajectory seems to have levelled off or taken a dip even.

[jwi]

It's very common that the performance dips a bit while getting used to a new weight distribution. Happens to a lot of young climbers, both boys and girls. Some get over it, some not.

[Nibile]

She just came second or third in a pan American bouldering comp. It was won by Sierra Blair Coyle and she beat Kyra Condie

This says it all.

[gme]

That Pan american thing isnt much of an indicator as you would struggle to name more than 2 or 3 people in the comp. Other than Ashima there isnt a world cup finalist in the lead.

Seems like she is not finding the adult comps as easy as the american hype machine thought she would. Hopefully this is temporary though as she was something quite exciting.

Looks like she has moved to Japan as well now so focused on the olympics.