Angie Scarth-Johnson

Angie started climbing when she was seven years old. By the age of nine she’d set the record as the youngest person to ever lead a 8b/5.13d climb – ‘Swingline’ at Red River Gorge, USA. A year later, at the age of ten, she became the youngest person to send 8c/5.14b — ‘Welcome to Tijuana’ in Rodellar Spain.

At the age of 18, Angie moved to Europe, where she currently lives, spending her time training hard to send high grade routes and connecting with her Spanish heritage.

In 2021, Angie became the first Australian woman to climb 9a/5.14d on Victimas del Futur, and nine months later became the first female to successfully climb Victimas Perez (9a) in Margalef, Spain - a route that requires consistent climbing on one and two finger pockets.

When back on home soil in Australia, Angie returns to her local crag in the Blue Mountains, visits family and gives back to the climbing community through workshops and mentorship for up and coming local climbers. Angie lead her first series of workshops with Affinity Initiative and ClimbingQTs in 2022, and will continue with the second series in 2023.
 

Accomplishments

• Víctimas del futur 9a - 2021 – age 17 - First Australian woman and one of very few people in Australia to have climbed this grade.
• Victimas perez 9a - 2022 – age 18 - Maragelf, Spain
• Pornographie 9a - 2022 – age 18 - Ceuse, France