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Athlete or Model? 12-Apr-2015 At 5:39:26 PM Wendy

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On 11/04/2015 capt_planit wrote:
>For shame Chocky! Four pages of rant about this also-ran and not a whisper
>on the forums about Hazel Findlay's da moving to Natimuk and her recent
>visit to Oz. Simey even has a pic
>on her facebook! She's climbing Totem Pole, which has gotten many mention
>recently, but when someone Alex Honnold has mentioned as possibly the "best
>female climber" climbs it there is not a word on the forums. At least post
>it up so all can slag it off (a la Sharma). :(

Aside from Steve moved to Nati a wee while ago now, since when did someone's father moving to Nati become news???

Hopefully a fair few chockstoners caught Hazel's slideshow, where you could have drooled about her onsighting araps 25s at 18 before she'd even discovered working routes. Or freeing 31s on El Cap. Then the rest of her trip can be summed up by a single day in which she and Alex warmed up on Coming on Chris, did Trojan, Hazel flashed Masada on Alex's gear, Alex sent 2nd shot, they then moved onto Slopin Sleazin before Alex did a lap on Punks. my only question is - what sort of a warm up for all of that is Coming on Chris?

I don't think anyone is going to dispute that Hazel is way more diverse a climber and climbing a truckload better than SBC. I don't think there's anyway to put that that would not be an understatement. Hazel has awesome biceps as well :) But why does one have to compare them? And just because someone else has done something doesn't preclude talking about other things ... in this thread, I'm much more interested in talking about the sexualised marketing of women athletes then arguing about whether SBC can climb. Why not just start a new thread about what you admire about Hazel's climbing and her trip here?