, in Camp 4, in Yosemite; unlike Hill, Rands did not toprope the boulder in advance, and took two days to solve the problem. In March 2001, Rands made the first female ascent (FFA) or Plain High Drifter, becoming the first-ever American female to climb a V11-graded boulder, and only the second-ever female in history to climb a boulder after French climber who ascended Sale gosse assis in 1998. Rand was also featured bouldering in the 2002 climbing film, Dosage Volume 1 (2002), where she discusses her preference for "big guy problems" (e.g. committing intimidating lines with powerful moves). In July 2002, Rands climbed a second , Du Cote de Seshuan in the Magic Wood, Switzerland, and in March 2003, Rand made the third and fourth-ever female ascent in history, of an 8A/8A+ V11/V12 boulder, solving both Chbalanke and Sarah SDS on successive days at Hueco Tanks in Texas. Rands won an honorable mention in Climbing magazine's 2003 Golden Piton Awards for Bouldering, for her ascents. In 2006 and 2007, Rands made trips to Rocklands, South Africa, where she put up new boulder problems such as Pinotage SDS, Lisa's Arete, and Backbone at , and did the FFA of classic routes such as Fred Nicole's Nutsa . Her Rocklands climbs have been captured in several climbing films including Specimen (2006), and The Players (2009). In January 2007, her ground-up ascents of intimidating highball problems in the Buttermilks such as her first female ascent of This Side of Paradise , were captured in the Sender Films climbing film, The Sharp End (2007). In January 2008, aged 32, Rands became the first female to succeed on Chris Sharma's famous problem from 2008, The Mandala at . Her highball bouldering and her ascent of The Mandala were featured in two segments of NBC's Jeep World of Adventure Sports, with Rands saying: "Women are perfectly capable of climbing all the hard tall scary things that the guys climb... I really like to put myself out there on the line. 30 feet off the ground you really have to focus to relax yourself. You have to flip your mind back and fourth from this raw power to a very calm state". Traditional climbing Rands has also repeated some of the most intimidating traditional climbing routes in the sport, and particularly in the English Peak District, where she made many first female ascents, and onsights, of