Ashima Shiraishi
| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | American/Japanese |
| Born |
April 3, 2001 New York, NY |
| Occupation | Student and Rock Climber |
| Climbing career | |
| Type of climber | Bouldering, Sport Climbing |
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Ashima Shiraishi (born April 3, 2001 in New York, NY) is an American rock climber. She is known for being one of the strongest young climbers of all time. She started climbing at age six in Central Park and at Manhattan Plaza Health Club and The rock club and Brooklyn Boulders.
The New York Times has called her a "bouldering phenom".Outside Magazine has described her as a "young crusher". At age 13 she became the second female, and youngest person, to climb a sport route with a difficulty grade of 9a+ (5.15a). Very few athletes in the world can climb at this level. In 2016 she became the first female climber to complete an 8C (V15) boulder problem, which she did at Mount Hiei in Japan.
Ashima was born in New York, NY in 2001. Her parents, Tsuya and Hisatoshi Shiraishi, immigrated from Japan in 1978 to New York, NY. Her father, Hisatoshi Shiraishi was trained as a dancer in Butoh. When Ashima was 6, her parents took her to Central Park and she discovered Rat Rock where she first started to rock climb and later started climbing at Brooklyn Boulders in Gowanus, Brooklyn.
Ashima first made a name for herself by bouldering at a very high level at a very young age. At age 8, Ashima climbed the challenging boulder problem Power of Silence (V10). At age 9, she climbed Chablanke (V11/12), Roger in the Shower (V11), and several other difficult boulders. At age 10, Ashima climbed Crown of Aragorn (V13). She is the youngest person ever to climb this grade, and one of very few female climbers to climb a confirmed V13.
Ashima has also excelled in sport climbing. In October 2012, at age 11 she climbed Southern Smoke at the Red River Gorge, a grade 5.14c sport climb. Ashima is the youngest person to climb a sport climbing route of this difficulty.
In 2013, Ashima continued to excel at both bouldering and sport climbing, adding 5.14a at Céüse, then two more V13s with One Summer in Paradise and Automator, and finally two 5.14c's (24 Karats and 50 Words for Pump) to her already impressive ticklist. In July 2014, she climbed what might be her first V14, Golden Shadow; however, there is a suggestion Golden Shadow is V13 or V13/V14. She was the second officially recorded female climber (after Tomoko Ogawa) to successfully climb a V14 problem. On the first day of 2015, Ashima climbed her second V14 (V13/V14), The Swarm, claiming the first female top-out of the problem.
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