Ashima Shiraishi is a rockclimbing
prodigy. Just a week
before her 15th birthday, the New
York City high schooler scaled a
massive boulder on Japan’s Mount
Hiei without ropes or harnesses.
The climb had a difficulty rating of
V15 out of V16—about as tough as
a boulder climb can get. That makes
Shirashi not only the first woman to
complete a V15 but also the youngest
person—male or female—to
ever do so. “Ashima is unstoppable
right now,” says Angie Payne, a top
U.S. climber. “I don’t see that slowing
down anytime soon
Jonathan the giant tortoise is feeling his freshest in 184
years. Hatched in 1832, the world’s oldest living animal got
his first-ever bath last week in preparation for a British royal
visit to his home on St. Helena, a British territory in the South
Atlantic Ocean. Using a soft brush, loofah, and surgical soap,
island vet Joe Hollins
spent an hour
scrubbing nearly two
centuries’ worth of
grime from Jonathan’s
shell. “He looks so
much cleaner, and he
seemed to enjoy the
whole experience,”
Hollins said. “Hopefully
he won’t have to
wait another 185 years
before his next bath.”
When 5-year-old Allison Anderwald
noticed that her mom,
Tracy, was lying motionless at the
bottom of their backyard pool,
the fearless Texas girl dove right
in. Allison pulled her mom to the
shallow end and lifted her head
above the water before running to
get help. Tracy had suffered a seizure
and fallen unconscious, and
would likely have drowned had
her daughter not acted fast. “It is
truly amazing that this little girl,
who’s actually also pretty small
for her age, was able to save my
sister,” said Allison’s aunt, Tedra
Hunt. “She’s our little mermaid
and my little hero.
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