prAna: Sustainable Clothing

Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Angie Payne started climbing when she was 11. In the next dozen years she’s pulled off impressive sends of hard boulder problems including European Human Being (V12), No More Greener Grasses (V12) and most recently the classic RMNP line The Automator (V13). Payne’s ascent of The Automator is notable as this is likely the first time an American woman has sent V13. Although Barbara Zangerl climbed Pura Vida (8A+/8B) back in 2008, The Automator could very well be the hardest problem by any woman! Congratulations Angie! Kelly McBride,  Jamie Emerson, Peter Beal and Climbing Narc have all chimed in on her achievement. Angie counts pretzels, caffeine and her dog Jake among her main interests. She hopes to someday get a banjo and volunteer as a veterinarian for the Iditarod dog race in Alaska… but not necessarily at the same time

*We hear there is video footage of the climb and are excited to see it…