Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Melissa Andersen


Gender: Female

Height: 170cm

Nickname: Mel

How old are you: 18

Where are you from: Wambion, Pretty much Canberra though

School/job: Graduated year 12 Merici College 2008, Currently Part Time work at South Canberra Rocks and National Convention Centre looking at doing qualifications to be an outdoor Guide

When and where did you first start climbing: Canberras North side Gym Mitchell in 2006 to gain strength in my ankle, after a couple of months i was told i had a osteio oedema (some form of tumour) so i had to take the rest of the year off due to surgery and such. Got back into it in 2007 and have been climbing ever since =]

Favourite Climbing Gym: There all cool in their own different ways, i don’t really have a main favourite gym

Hours Training per week: 3 nights a week ranging from 1.5hours a session to 2.5hours

Favourite Climbing area: Outdoors is pretty sweet don’t get to much though

Best Competition result: 3rd in a national comp

Why do you climb: Because its fun and after finishing a hard climb you know its not the end theres always something harder about


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