Let Us Now Praise Female Burl

Back in the day, only a handful of American female climbers could boast this kind of buffed-out rip. Sharon was one of 'em. After a steady, multi-year diet of 5.11 and 5.12 cracks, big walls, french limestone, alpine epics, hard bouldering, and multi-month road trips, she had some serious cut. Here she is in her prime, Spring 1987, warming up on some generic Jtree mega-classic...guess the route!