BURSTKate Kelleghan and Laura Pineau have set the new women’s speed record on the Naked Edge in the Eldorado Canyon, Colorado. They simul-climbed the 150-metre route in a bridge-to-bridge time of 37 minutes 8 seconds.
The first ascent of the Naked Edge was by Rick Horn and Layton Kor in 1964. It was first freed in 1971 by Jim Erickson and Duncan Ferguson at 5.11b. Watch Lynn Hill on the Naked Edge below.
“The secret to beating the record?” Kelleghan and Pineau wrote on social media. “For Kate: 78 laps on the route over several years. For Laura: The willingness to sprint down 5th class slab in TC pros.” They added on Planet Mountain, “On the big day, our warm-up lap went smoothly. Then, we fumbled a little on our speed lap. Some shoelace issues and a loose rope coil landed us 10 seconds too late. We were a bit heartbroken but figured with half a day left… why not just try one more time? A third lap, max effort. A few hours later, we sprinted across the bridge at 37 minutes and 08 seconds, slicing 32 seconds off the previous record.”
Prior to the new speed record, it was held by Becca Droz and Kate Kelleghan at 37 minutes 40 seconds. The men’s record stands at 22 minutes 44 seconds, set by Stefan Griebel and Joe Kennedy.
Lynn Hill on the Naked Edge
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