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INTERVIEW: Margo Hayes on Her Semester in France, Three Gold Medals at the World Youth Championships, and Gaining Confidence Through Climbing Outside

Margo Hayes is one of American’s top female climbers both indoors and outside. She has ticked well over a dozen 5.14s, including the first female ascent of Bad Girls Club (5.14d), while consistently taking the podium indoors nationally and internationally, most recently winning three gold medals (lead, bouldering and combined) at the World Youth Championships in China. She’s also…

INTERVIEW: Claire Buhrfeind on Embracing Herself as a Strong Female Climber, Her Transition to College, and Climbing for Team Texas

Claire Buhrfeind began climbing for Team Texas eight years ago and since then has become one of the country’s top female competition climbers, most recently taking silver for her combined lead, bouldering, and speed scores at the IFSC World Championships in Paris, France, last month. This fall, she began her first semester at the University of…