Women's Health Australia

New Heights

It's not unusual for kids to zone out during class, but had Angie Scarth-Johnson's teachers known where her mind was wandering, they might have been more concerned. “I'd be picturing how I could climb the walls of the school - where I'd put my hands and feet,” recalls the now-18-year-old, an athlete for The North Face, from her home in NSW's Blue Mountains.

“I've always had the urge to be up high. I'd climb trees, I'd climb the

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