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In 1993, elite rock climber Lynn Hill became the first person to free climb the Nose, a route on El Capitan in the Yosemite Valley. Though she’d already won competitions all over the world, she faced the same challenges as other women in terms of gender discrimination. When some attributed Hill’s success to the fact that she had small fingers and a petite frame, she responded:

Both are true facts, but there were other sections of the route that were perhaps more difficult for me because of my small size. I think those statements indicate hints of jealousy that come from sexism and the idea that men always have to be better—if a woman does something before a man, some men try to find a reason to undermine the achievement instead of just recognizing the beauty and vision of the ascent. No matter what size you are, you still have to be a very good climber to free climb the Nose, so why couldn’t they accept the fact that a woman is capable of making such a breakthrough ascent? I don’t see a point in dwelling on people’s smallminded ego problems. It’s not my problem; it’s their problem.