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description: Stephanie has been climbing since 2001. Her hardest redpoint is Burning Down the House, 5.14b, which had she not followed point 3, would never have been completed.
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#### Stephanie

Stephanie has been climbing since 2001. Her hardest redpoint is Burning Down the House, 5.14b, which had she not followed point 3, would never have been completed.

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## [How to climb "5.Next": Six Mental Tips to Climb Harder](https://blog.movementgyms.com/how-to-climb-5.next-six-mental-tips-to-climb-harder)

 By: [Stephanie](https://blog.movementgyms.com/author/stephanie)

Above photo: Approaching the crux on Cannibals, 5.12d at Donner Summit. This isn’t going to be another train harder, work out more, get stronger fingers-type article—because, while these articles are important and valuable, they’ve already been written. Instead, this is what I do mentally when I want to climb harder. Let’s face it, we all want to get better. It’s why we love climbing. There’s always a challenge, whether you’re looking to climb your first 5.10 or 5.13. In my 14+ years of climbing, these are my time-tested tips on how to push your climbing level to the next grade.

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