| From: | Australia 🇦🇺 |
| Gender: | Female |
| Hardest Trad (Onsight): | E6 |
| Notable Partnerships | |
| Kim Carrigan | |
Australian rock climber, guide and author. One of the best women climbers in the world in the early 1980s.
[1] https://www.commonclimber.com/louise-shepherd.html
[2] https://verticallifemag.com/articles/louise-shepherd/
[3] https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/features/andy_pollitt_and_louise_shepherd-10558
10 recorded ascents.
| Climb | Grade | Style | Ascent Date | Suggested Grade | |
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| Diazepam | 7a | Lead | 1985 | ||
| First ascent. | |||||
References[1] Mountain Issue 104, page 12 |
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| Climb | Grade | Style | Ascent Date | Suggested Grade |
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| Climb | Grade | Style | Ascent Date | Suggested Grade | |
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| Denim | E6 | Lead | ground up | 1984 | ||
| Second go. | |||||
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A very impressive second go effort, placing all the gear on lead. Potentially the first female ascent of a 26 in Australia? References[1] https://www.thecrag.com/en/climbing/australia/arapiles/bluffs/route/12902953 |
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| Lord of the Flies | E6 | Lead | onsight | 1985 | ||
| First female ascent. | |||||
| London Wall | E5 | Lead | onsight | 1980s | ||
References |
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| Separate Reality | E5 | Lead | onsight | 1980-1982 | ||
| Crimson Cringe | E5 | Lead | onsight | 1981 | ||
References |
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| Warmonger | E5 | Lead | onsight | 1981 | ||
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The first time an Australian woman climbed a grade 24. |
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| Trojan | E5 | Lead | onsight | 1981 | ||
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The first person to onsight the route and likely one of the first women to onsight a route this hard.
References[1] https://verticallifemag.com/articles/louise-shepherd/ [2] https://verticallifemag.com/articles/first-at-the-grade/ |
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| Strolling (Right Hand Variant) | E5 | Lead | onsight | 1981 | ||
| Life in the Fast Lane | E4 | Lead | onsight | 1981 | ||
| Climb | Grade | Style | Ascent Date | Suggested Grade |
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