Mixtresses

http://www.outsideonline.com/2057971/why-you-should-know-women-mixed-climbing

This particular article is a fun tidbit about women in mixed climbing. I chose it because it really gripped me by stating that unlike a lot of other areas of mountaineering and climbing mixed climbing is actually really balanced evenly between the two sexes. Furthermore women are able to keep up with the men, as stated by Anne Bannister “Mixed climbing lends itself much more to women. It’s graceful, tools give women a height advantage, and we have flexibility and weight-to-strength benefits.” Currently there is a documentary being made about women’s mixed climbing called Mixtress – which is probably the singular best title for this that ever is, was, or will be.

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