Ashima: The Competitor’s Mind

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. 

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Music by: Amy Stolzenbach  •  Cordelia Zars  •  Brendan O’Connell

Tracks provided with permission from the artist.