Episode 138: Sasha DiGiulian, World Champion Rock Climber & Founder SEND bars

December 29, 2022
Sasha DiGiulian began climbing in 1998 at six years old. She won the World Championships for Female Overall, a Silver in the Bouldering World Championships, as well as Bronze in the Duel. Sasha was also the undefeated pan-American Champion for over a decade. Outdoors, Sasha is the first North American woman to climb the grade nine-a, five-fourteen-d. Additionally, she has on-sighted multiple eight-b-pluses, five fourteen-a’s, ascended groundbreaking, multi-pitch routes of over fifteen hundred feet of eight-c climbing, AND accomplished multiple First Ascents and over thirty First Female Ascents around the World.

Sasha is a graduate of Columbia University in New York City where she studied Non-fiction Writing and Business. She is on the Board of the Women’s Sports Foundation, and is an Athlete Ambassador for Right to Play, Up2Us Sports, Access Fund, and American Alpine Club. She is the founder of SEND Bars and Female Focused Adventures, plus is a co-founder of RoamTV.

Sasha’s website
use SENDFAM for 20% discount off your order of SEND bars
Sasha on Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter
Treadwall Rotating Walls
Moonboard & Kilter Board
No Days Off.redbull.com/se-en/shows/no-days-off, Redbull Series of Sasha exploring
Redbull High Performance Training Center
Blendtec blenders
Lyo freeze dried foods
What Women Should Know About Adaptogens by Stacy Sims
Excellent, personal account of Sasha’s Rayu trip with Brette Harrington and Matilda Söderlund, Outside Magazine, December 6, 2022
Lynn Hill
Beth Rodden
Katie Brown
I’m pretty sure Sasha was fighting a cold when we chatted. Check out her recipe for feeling better.
Women’s Sports Foundation
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