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THANK YOU!

To everyone who attended Woman Up Climbing Festival 2025—THANK YOU! It is always so magical to see everyone rally, and this year was no exception as our Northern California climbing community uplifted one another, crushed it on the walls, and had an overall blast.

Watch some of the highlights:

 

Watch the Open Finals Livestream (show starts at ~39:00, climbing at ~103:45):

Open Finals Livestream


ABOUT WOMAN UP 2025

Touchstone’s sixth annual Woman Up Climbing Festival was brought to you by Touchstone Climbing + Flashed Climbing. Hosted at Pacific Pipe on August 15th – 17th, Woman Up 2025’s proceeds were donated to BORB (Bay Area Outreach & Recreation Program)—a nonprofit that empowers people with disabilities through sports and recreation.


COMPETITION

Our sixth annual Woman Up competition was nothing short of incredible! After battling their way through the Qualifiers, only six competitors made it to the onsight Finals round to go head-to-head for a $10,000 cash purse!

Woman Up finalists


Open Finals Ranking Name
1st Helen Gillett
2nd Evelyn Orton
3rd Melina Costanza
4th Maya Madere
5th Claire Lin
6th Sara Boyers

We were psyched to see so many climbers hyping each other up and cheering as everyone pushed themselves to their limits in our Citizens competition. What an impressive turnout of everyday crushers from the extra-pep-in-their-step newbies to the Olympic athletes!

You can find the results for the Citizens Competition here:

WU 2025 Citizens Results

Open Qualifiers Scores


Name Score
Melina Costanza 99.7
Maya Madere 99.4
Evelyn Mary Orton 99.2
Helen Gillett 94.8
Claire Lin 93.8
Sara Boyers 92.9
Ayaka Morita 89.3
Lily Tsai 89.2
Cloe Coscoy 89.1
Reimer Tran 78.4
Isabel Grace Patajo 74.9
Kara Herson 73.9
Micaela Patajo 69.5
Danica Avery 69.1
Sarah Sturgeon 69
Giuliana Pignatello 67.8
Noemie Nguyen 64.2
Praj Dela Cruz 64.2
Maya Dao 64.2
Susan Christensen 58.9
V Wong 58.6
Olivia Shaeffer 58.6
Stella Tao Tran 54.6
Savannah O’Meara 13.5
Lavender Subhi Potts 10
Nicole Beedle 8.7

 


THE ROUTESETTERS

Of the many things that make the Woman Up Climbing Festival so special is our all-women and nonbinary routesetting crew. In 2025, Touchstone’s very own Claire Miller led the talented group of setters for her second time and absolutely crushed it! (While also blessing all livestream watchers with the presence of her new baby!)

Woman Up setters

 

Meet the Woman Up Routesetters of 2025: Claire Miller, Lesley Ladlad, Tan Shi Hui, Nataleigh Bell, Maggie Butterfield, Abby Wilson, Soomin Kim, Rosie Bates, Megan O’Brien, Maggie Gierard, and Katie Malinowski.

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CLINICS AND WORKSHOPS

A woman Up clinic

Sunday is Funday at Woman Up! Clinics and workshops took place on August 17th led by routesetters, local instructors, and pros: Abby Wilson, Lesley Ladlad, Claire Miller, Maggie Gierard, Lissette de la Rosa, Emily Seelenfreund, Flannery Shay-Nemirow, Beth Roden, Ellie Rubin, Cloe Coscoy and Helen Gillett, Cloe Coscoy, Nat Bell, Natasha Barnes, Cristina Bourassa, and Bandaloop.


COMMUNITY MARKET

After cruising the community market, did you regret not buying that cute cat bento box or the handmade stickers from Bolt and Revolt? No worries, all market attendees are below. Scroll through memory lane or add that painting by Rebecca Alarcon and that print by Ramblin Toad Press your shopping cart!

2025 Community Market Attendees


KEYNOTE

A keynote address by Emily Seelenfreund hit us in the heart right before the finals round on Saturday! Her heartfelt share highlighted the power of determination, strength, and support in achieving goals and reaching new heights. 

Emily giving her keynote

SPONSORS

Woman Up 2025 sponsors logo list


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