American Brooke Raboutou has made the third ascent of Excalibur (9b+/38) in Drena, Italy. She is the first woman to climb a route of this grade, the previous hardest ascents by women are from Angie Eiter, Laura Rogora, Anak Verhoeven and Julia Chanbourdie, who have all climbed 9b/37 routes.
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