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There was a moment when Emily Harrington did not think she would make it. Hanging from the 3,000-foot granite wall of El Capitan in Yosemite, she was bleeding from the head and had just spent more than 30 minutes on one difficult pitch 鈥� and failed.

About 10 hours later 鈥� after more than 21 hours on the rock 鈥� Ms. Harrington last week became the first woman to free-climb the Golden Gate route of El Capitan in one day. 鈥淚 just had one of those attempts where it was an out-of-body experience, like, 鈥業 can鈥檛 believe I鈥檓 still holding on, I can鈥檛 believe I鈥檓 still holding on,鈥� and then I was finished with the pitch.鈥�

She鈥檚 now the fourth woman to climb El Capitan in a day.聽Lynn Hill was the first, using a different route in 1994, and her success began with controlling thought. As you struggle, 鈥測ou see your mind start to go,鈥� she told Gripped, a climbing magazine. 鈥淵ou can either keep persevering or you can kind of mentally give up.鈥� Ms. Hill persevered because she was determined to shatter limits imposed on women. 鈥淚t鈥檚 really important ... to know that it鈥檚 possible because it鈥檚 the mind and belief that drives us,鈥� she said.

That same belief drove Ms. Harrington. 鈥淚 chose it exactly for that reason,鈥� she wrote on . 鈥淚mpossible dreams challenge us to rise above who we are now to see if we can become better versions of ourselves.鈥�