Ashima Shiraishi: The Competitor's Mind

Climbing Gold

Duct Tape Then Beer

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 849 Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

What’s Ashima Shiraishi been up to? Since she was eight, Ashima made waves with staggering ascents beyond her years. In 2021, Ashima helped bring us into the mind of a competitor walking us through in meticulous detail of what it’s like to compete in a World Cup. Today, we reshare that short segment and then find out about Ashima’s new path through climbing far from the spotlight of the competitive circuit. Thanks to our sponsors The North Face COROS Use code CLIMBINGGOLD to get a free watch carabiner with the purchase of a VERTIX 2s watch when both items are in your cart. LMNT Use link to get a free LMNT sample pack with any order Dr. Squatch Use code CLIMBINGGOLD to get 20% any purchase (new customers only) AeroPress use promo code CLIMBINGGOLD to save 20% off your order . Watch Climbing Gold on YouTube

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0:00.0	Hey everyone. So we're on a super quick break before we turn our attention to our Olympic coverage.
0:08.8	Alex is running around in Europe, getting ready to be in Paris, and I'm editing away over here.
0:14.2	We wanted to run a snippet from one of our shows in 2021 and also updated with a short interview. That year, Shima Shara
0:25.0	joined us to talk competition and her path through it. During the interview, Alex asked her to
0:30.5	walk us through what a World Cup was like inside a competitor's mind. And it seemed that Ashima almost went into a trance. Recalling
0:40.7	all these incredible tiny details from a recent World Cup she'd been in. And we edited it all
0:45.6	together to provide a unique glimpse in the pressure, the struggle and triumph of elite competition.
0:53.5	If for some reason you are not familiar with Ishma,
0:56.6	she burst on the scene about 15 years ago.
0:59.1	By her early teen, she was sending double-digit boulder problems.
1:02.4	She boulder V15, climbed 514D, won national championships,
1:07.6	and dominated in youth worlds.
1:09.8	She had Olympic aspirations in 2020, and she was considered by many to be the future of the sport.
1:16.6	It also came with a lot of pressure.
1:18.6	Since we talked with her last, Ashima has had a big reset and taking her climbing in her own unique direction.
1:25.6	She stepped away from competition, but very much remains a part of our sports future.
1:31.3	We'll be back with more new episodes.
1:34.3	In the meantime, enjoy. The
1:47.0	The I have to go to the bathroom multiple times because it's kind of like a nervous instinct I have.
2:11.6	Sometimes my hands are sweating, my toes, my feet are sweating.
2:18.3	Sometimes I just kind of have a hard time breathing easily.
2:24.3	So I take deep breaths and just remember that it's just climbing and it's going to be fun.
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