La Sportiva Strange Heroes: Barbara Zangerl

Barbara Zangerl is, without a shadow of doubt, one of the most versatile rock climbers in the world, with 8c+ redpoint and 8b onsight on sports climbs to her name, as well as 8B bouldering, dangerous trad climbing up to E10 and a vast selection of some of the hardest alpine sports climbs across the Alps and big wall climbs up El Capitan in Yosemite where the Austrian recently pulled off the first repeat of Magic Mushroom with her climbing and life partner Jacopo Lacher.

While we add the finishing touches to the translation of our big wall interview, here's a great video portrait of Zangerl which forms part of the La Sportiva Strange Heroes series. So after Jacopo Larcher climbing at Cadarese and Patxi Usobiaga at Oliana, here's Zangerl climbing at Voralpsee in Switzerland, battling against Beat Kammerlander masterpiece Speed.



Info: FB Barbara Zangerl, barbara-zangerl.at, La Sportiva

MULTI-PITCH CLIMBS
First female ascent of Alpine Trilogy
2013 Kaisers neue Kleider (Wilder Kaiser) (6c+,7c+,8a+/b,7b+,8b+,8a,6b,8b+,6c)
2013 Silbergeier (Rätikon) (8b,7c+,8a+,7a+,8b+,7c+)
2012 End of Silence (Berchtesgaden) (7a+,6c,6a+,6a,7b+,7c+,7b,8b,8b/+,7c,7a+)

2017 Magic Mushroom, El Capitan, Yosemite (5.13d/14a)
2016 Zodiac, El Capitan, Yosemite (5.13d)
2016 New Age (7a, 7c, 8a+, 7a+, 7b)
2016 Golden Shower Verdon (7a+,8b+,8b+,7c+/8a)
2015 El Nino, El Capitan, Yosemite (5.13c, 8 days ascent together with Jacopo Larcher)
2015 Unendliche Geschichte (Rätikon) (6a,6b+,6c+,7b+,7c+,8b,8b+,6b,7a+,6b,7b+,7a)
2015 Bellavista (Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Dolomites) (7b,6c+,6a+,7a+,7b,8b+,7c+/8a,7a,6c,6b Via Cassin to the top)
2015 La Ramirole, Verdon (8a+,8a,8b,8a+,7a)
2014 Moonlight Buttress, team ascent (Zion-Utah) (5.12+)
2012 Super Cirill, Ticino (7a+,7a+,7b+,7c+,6a+,8a/+, 6c+,6c,6a+)
2012 Delicatessen, Corsica (8b,7c+,7c,8a,6c)
2011 Hotel Supramonte, Sardinia (7b+,7c+,8b,8a+,8b,7c,7a+,7b,7b,7b,6b)
2010 Via Acacia, Rätikon (7+,9,9-,8-,9-,9-,7+,8,9+)

TRAD CLIMBS
8b E9/10
2017 Gondo Crack first repeat, first female ascent (Cippo, Switzerland)
2014 FFA Prinzip Hoffnung (Vorarlberg)

E9/6c (r8b)
2016 first repeat Achemine (Dumbarton / Scotland)

E8/6b (r8a)
2016 Requiem (Dumbarton / Scotland)

SPORT CLIMBING
8c+
2017 Chikane (Siurana)

8c/+
2016 Harry’s dirty brother (Vorarlberg)
2015 Helel Ben Schachar (Vorarlberg)

8c
2017 Gondo Crack first ascent (Cippo, Switzerland)
2016 Standhaft (Vorarlberg)
2015 Schwarzer Schwan (Ötztal)
2015 Nobody is perfect
2014 Mind control (Oliana)
2014 Fish eye (Oliana)
2011 Erntezeit (Vorarlberg)

BOULDER
8B 
2008 FFA Pura vida (MagicWood, Avers)
8A+/8A
2005 X-Ray (Silvretta)
2008 Zwiederwurtz (Silvretta)