Pamela Pack

Pamela Shanti Pack (born circa 1976)[1] is an American rock climber who specializes in off-width crack climbing.

As a child she was a competitive gymnast, but stopped after getting a stress fracture in her spine.

[3] She earned a degree in art and architecture from Yale University,[4] and studied painting in Vermont and Paris before setting up an art studio in Seattle.

[3] She was formerly an ice climber, until a 2006 attack of compartment syndrome forced her to choose a climbing style that involved less gripping.

[1] In 2009, Climbing magazine gave her their Golden Piton award for establishing Gabriel, a 5.13 crack route on Angels Landing in Zion National Park.