ABOUT

 

Mayan on El Salto del Tigris 8a, Spain. Photo: Ben Heason

 

Currently I am known as the best female rock-climber in New Zealand and am ranked within the top few women climbers in the world. Since 2002 I have dedicated my life to this vertical game, quickly working my way up to the highest level in NZ.

In recent years, I have spent most of my time living on the road in Europe where there are more opportunities to challenge myself and further my climbing skills.

At the moment I am training for a trip to Yosemite, California in 2009, where I intend to take my climbing to the next level. I will attempt to free climb a 1000m high wall with very high level of technical difficulty.

 

If I succeed it will be the first free female ascent of this 43-pitch route on El Capitan (the most famous rock face in the world!). For a Kiwi woman to claim this achievement would be ground breaking, both within New Zealand and internationally.