Live?

Mount Victoria, Blue Mountains, NSW

Born?
Salzburg, Austria

Occupation?
Project Manager

Star sign?
Pisces

Sponsors?
Scarpa, BD, Sterling Rope & Aussie Bodies

Years climbing?
13

Ideal places to climb?
Taipan wall above a beach

Overseas Accomplishments?
29 onsight, 31 redpoint (whilst 14 weeks pregnant), 30 first ascent

Inspiration?
The places I haven’t gone to yet, I want to keep travelling to new areas and push my climbing to new levels.

Training?
Not enough

Goals?
To improve my trad skills so that I can tackle a wider range of climbing.

What’s been your worst injury?
Shoulder subluxation (I’ve done both but not at the same time).

If you could climb with anyone regardless of time in history, who would it be and why?
Louise Shepherd, because she’s a super talented, all rounded climber who mixed it with the best of them in the heyday of Australian climbing.

What’s your weight?
Before or after Xmas?

Favourite climber?
Michael Law, the colour and bountiful positive energy that he brings to climbing is a godsend.

What makes you scared?
Bad rock.

Is there something you like to do everyday?
Crack one of my toes that I dislocated when I was an acrobat.

Where you excited to know that you were staring in Smitten?
Oh yeah, I wet myself with excitement.

Have you ever been into other sports?
Elite gymnastics and acrobatics for ten years.

What age did you start climbing?
Far too late - 24ish

How does an average day go for you?
Get up at 6am with the girl (Coco 2 years old), go climbing or train in the gym, chase around after Coco for the rest of the day, dinner then bed. Repeat.

Stranded on an island with one thing?
Broccoli

What’s the weirdest thing that you’ve ever done at a crag and under what circumstance?
Climbed with two left shoes on, it went quite well actually I learnt a lot that day apart from the obvious.

If you could throw one thing off a cliff, what would it be?
Facebook.

Last words?
No regrets.