Katie Lambert

Age: 32, Years climbing: 15, Hometown: California, Favorite product: Miura Womens

blog: www.katielambert.wordpress.com

Do you clip bolts, plug cams, stack pads, or crush ice?

Clip bolts - yes indeed Plug cams - what could be better stack pads - the more merrier Crush ice - eh, only for drinks

How long have you been an athlete with La Sportiva?

3 years now

What are some of your lifetime climbing goals?

To climb Midnight Lightning, freeclimb El Cap, onsight 8a, redpoint 5.14b

Do you have a claim to fame?

not sure I have one

Do you have any vices?

Coffee

What makes you tick as a climber and in the real world?

Inspiration

What drives you to climb? The money? The groupies? The fame? What?

The serene locations, the beauty of aesthetic lines, the people in the places we go, overcoming the suffering and the toiling involved sometimes, the fun of it, the pain of it, and because I can.

What is your favorite movie?

Dead Man

Do you have any nicknames? Explain:

Katiebird - had it since childhood - it always seems to come around

What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep? Why?

A bit over 24 hours - it was an unplanned open bivy in the rain.

If you had to be named after one of the 50 states, which would it be?

Louisiana

What did you have for lunch yesterday?

homemade pho

If you could hook up a thought monitor to your head, would you see pictures, hear words or would music be playing?

Pictures

What really scares you about climbing?

Choss

If your life was made into a movie, what would it be called?

Against All Odds

Where would you live if it could be anywhere in the world?

France

Have no food or have no gasoline?

Depends on the situation at the time

Do you wish you had sexier feet?

Not really, I rather like my hobbit feet