rock-climbers

"Heritage was the block I tried since November along with Versace. When I arrived in Ticino, I had in mind that I wanted to do this one but I didn't know if mentally I would be able to give my all in a hard high ball, because the final part of the recovery is not that easy and the fall may not be very good"

"A movement was causing me problems for 6/7 sessions, until the day we went with Mélissa (LeNeve) and Brooke (Raboutou) and we focused on “finding the method”. After that I was able to start testing. But mentally I always said to myself “if I manage to make the movement of recovery I give myself the option of not continuing, if I do not feel confident in the future.""

"It is who I am. Who I have always been. I have embraced this attitude as a young girl. They used to call me a tomboy when I was small. I thought that label was kind of insulting because it was taking away the fact that I was a girl and a woman. Calling girls a tomboy makes it seem that you are less of a woman just because you have athletic skills."

"I just went ahead and followed what was true for me because it was sincere. I figured out that people were wrong judging me. The inner authentic choice I made was to follow my passion in this way. Very early on, I realised that I should not assume that the judgments, culture, or even traditions are right for me."

"The more you prepare before you start, the more you will be relaxed. You have to recognise that you might be scared, you might be stuck, not knowing what to do. You might feel uncomfortable. You might get distracted by something in the audience. Mostly, I just accept that if that happens I am not going to try to resist it."

"So I am scared, pumped, not sure what to do. If that happens, I take a very quick pause, a sort of a reset button which I call a mental shift. I stop. I make a quick assessment."

"I do not climb to put myself in real danger like that. I climb because it is a lifestyle. It is fun. If I had to risk my life every time I climb, I would not think that would be fun"