The
American is one of professional climbing’s biggest names. And she has channeled her fame into encouraging women to take up the sport
As plumes of spray from the roiling Yosemite Falls cascaded to their left, Sasha DiGiulian, Jon Cardwell and Marcus Garcia completed the first continuous free ascent of Yosemite National Park’s 1,700-foot Misty Wall.
The feat in 2017 took fourteen-and-a-half hours. The next day, DiGuilian posted dramatic images on her
Instagram feed that were liked by thousands of people and used by climbing websites that helped news of the achievement spread rapidly across the globe.