Paige Claassen

Paige Claassen sends Groove Train (5.14b/8c) in Australia’s Grampians National Park. 

With a month in the Fins ahead of her, Paige Claassen set her sights on Algorithm, a project she put down surprisingly fast. First climbed by Jonathan Siegrist in 2012, Claassen's send marks the first repeat of the route, proposed as 5.14d by Siegrist.

Claassen makes quick work of Idaho's formidable Algorithm (5.14d), claiming an impressive second ascent.

Slaydies(noun, plural): fierce ladies who slay on the rock. Ex: Margo Hayes, Paige Classen and Emily Harrington.

Kiersch reflects on the process of projecting one of the most famous sport climbs in America.