One Year After Her Historic V16, Katie Lamb Deconstructs the Mental Side of Bouldering
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Almost exactly one year ago, just minutes from Camp 4’s parking lot, 27-year-old Katie Lamb did something extraordinary: She pulled onto the crimps of Yosemite’s hardest boulder, The Dark Side, and began traversing to the right.
Unlike most V16s, The Dark Side isn’t steep. In fact, it’s barely overhanging, but its notoriously glassy sloper rail and lack of footholds makes it one of the most technical climbs in the world. Carlo Traversi, who made the first ascent in 2023, called it his “most impo
Unlike most V16s, The Dark Side isn’t steep. In fact, it’s barely overhanging, but its notoriously glassy sloper rail and lack of footholds makes it one of the most technical climbs in the world. Carlo Traversi, who made the first ascent in 2023, called it his “most impo
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