Can you imagine ticking 23s when you’re just 6 years old? For sisters Ayla, 11, and Amelie Beaudoin, 9, that’s just another day at the crag. Born into a climbing family and raised beneath the sandstone giants of the Blue Mountains, the girls learned about drop knees before they could walk and led their first route at Disneyland—not the one with rollercoasters, but the one at Mt Victoria.
Their dad, Jacques Beaudoin, is a local legend. Known for hard trad leads, first ascents, and a starring role in the YouTube film Mother Earth, Jacques and his wife Kuva’s love for climbing has clearly trickled down the family tree—if not by genetics, then by endless weekends on belay.
Now, still in primary school, Ayla and Amelie are ticking routes most adult…
