Vasya Vorotnikov

blog: www.vasya-vorotnikov.blogspot.com/

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

I clip bolts, stack pads, and crush (no ice).

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

Since 2003

What are some of your lifetime climbing goals?:

Keep reaching new limits by climbing stunning high-difficulty routes.

Do you have a claim to fame?:

I climb hard umm... and I'm going for a PhD.



Do you have any vices?:

I leave chalk on all of my climbs.

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

I try to get away from the "real world"

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

What doesn't? Everything about it, probably besides the money... not much there at the moment.

What is your favorite movie?:

tough one, I love movies... gonna go with pulp fiction (can't go wrong with bruce willis)

Do you have any nicknames? Explain:

Full name Vasiliy --> Vasya --> Vas whichever one you can pronounce...

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

3 days, nights. Physics project, getting visa to Spain, and something to do with a linearity final as a sophomore in college.

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

Kansas



What did you have for lunch yesterday?:

couscus

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

You'd see pictures of the crux of the route I'd like to get done with equations and Fortran syntax all over it

What really scares you about climbing?:

Climbing high

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

Starsky and Vasya

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

Slade, KY

Have no food or have no gasoline?:

no food. i drive a lot as embarrassed as I am to admit it.

Do you wish you had sexier feet?:

yes, all the time. Thanks for asking.