Babsi Zangerl on Learning, Growing and Flashing El Cap

Alpinist by Alpinist Magazine

Apr 5, 202543:15Sports & Recreation

Last year, Babsi Zangerl did something no one has ever done before—she flashed a route on El Capitan. Thousands of feet of hard climbing with no falls. Her partner, Jacopo Larcher, came really close, taking just one fall...

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