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Matilda Söderlund (* 21. Mai 1992 in Stockholm) is a Swedish sports climber. She is the first Scandinavian woman who climbed a route with a rated grade of 9c.
Career
[edit]Söderlund started climbing at the age of 11. After only three months, she got second place in the junior Swedish championships. At the age of 20, she was the first Swedish person to qualify for a final in the world championship. 2013 she placed sixth in the World Games in Cali.[1]
2017 she changed her focus from competitive climbing to outdoor climbing. Two years later, she conquered the route Elderstatesman, which is rated 9a. This makes her the first Scandinavian woman to successfully climb a route of this difficulty.[2]
In 2022, together with Sasha DiGulian and Brette Harrington she climbed Rayu (8c), a big wall route in Peña Santa de Castilla. It's the first ascent for a female team and only the second ever successful attempt overall. Additionally, it's the hardest rated ascent of an exclusively female team of a big wall route.[3]
2022 she opened the climbing gym Moumo in Stockholm.[4]
Highlights
[edit]Sports Climbing
[edit]- Niemisis (9a), Niemisel, Sweden – 2023
- The Elderstatesman (9a), Frankenjura, Germany – 2019 – first female ascent, first ascent of a 9a graded route of a Scandinavian woman
- The Last Rites (8c+), Frankenjura, Germany – 2019 – first female ascent
- Pure Imagination (8c+), Red River Gorge, USA – 2018
- Golden For A Moment (8c), St. George, USA – 2019 – first female ascent
Big Wall Climbing
[edit]- Rayu (8c, 610 m), Peña Sanda de Castilla, Spain – 2022 – first repeat and first female ascent, with Sasha DiGiulian und Brette Harrington
- Parzival (8b, 150 m), Alpstein, Switzerland – 2021 – first female ascent[5]
Weblinks
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "About — Matilda Söderlund". Retrieved 2022-12-15.
- ^ "Matilda Söderlund scores her first 9a route with The Elder Statesman". LACRUX Klettermagazin. 2019-10-21. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
- ^ "NEWS: First Repeat of Rayu 8c by DiGiulian, Söderlund and Harrington". Retrieved 2022-12-15.
- ^ Julia HoffmanText (2022-08-21). "Stjärnan öppnar nytt gigantiskt klättergym i Stockholm" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-12-15.
- ^ "Matilda Söderlund punktet schwierigste Route des Alpsteins: Parzival (8b, 150m)". LACRUX Klettermagazin (in German). 2021-08-26. Retrieved 2022-12-15.