Dawn Glanc

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

I clip bolts, plug big and little cams, and take a few swings at the ice. I also mix it up with tools and crampons on the rock in the winter.

How long have you been an athlete with La Sportiva?:

2 years

What are some of your lifetime climbing goals?:

climb new ice lines around the world onsight hard mixed lines climb beautiful limestone sea cliffs in the mediterranean

Do you have a claim to fame?:

I was on the weather channel show Epic Conditions and extreme sports. I won the women's division at the Ouray Ice festival in 2009. I also made the cover of the Alpinist issue #27



Do you have any vices?:

I am a neat freak. I need things to be neat and tidy.

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

I get inspired by other people. I hear their stories and I want to get after it as well.

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

What drives me to climb is my addiction to the simple life. I hate emails and running errands. I would rather go climbing to experience the adventure and spend time with my climbing partners.

What is your favorite movie?:

I love comedies. I like any movie that makes me laugh out loud.

Do you have any nicknames? Explain:

I have had a few nicknames throughout my life. D-money Dawn Patrol and most recently I have been named the D-train.

What's the longest you've gone without sleep? Why?:

28 hours is the longest I have ever gone without sleep. I was guiding a group down Denali, and we went from 17 camp to base camp in one long push. The clients slept while we, the guides, made water and dug up caches. It was brutal. I was hallucinating by the end of it all.

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

Wyoming. I love that state. It is beautiful and has a lot of different landscapes. It is one of the most unique states I have ever visited.



What did you have for lunch yesterday?:

A sugar bomb granola bar and some nuts. I was out climbing, so I did not eat much.

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

The thought monitor would see images and music. The monitor would get a glimpse into Dawn's world. It is nice there, kind of like a corona commercial.

What really scares you about climbing?:

losing my partners in an accident.

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

I am uncertain of the title, but it would be a comedy for sure.

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

I still have not found the perfect place to live. I have been looking for the past few years for the climber's utopia.

Have no food or have no gasoline?:

No Gasoline. I am plenty fit, so I fell I could still be mobile. Without food I am just too grouchy.

Do you wish you had sexier feet?:

Hell yes. I have ugly gnarled climber feet. Any time I wear dressy shoes I feel like the ugly step sister trying on cinderella's glass slipper.