Episode 7

"Failure of a Climber" (クライマー失格, Kuraimā Shikkaku) is the seventh episode of the Hang On! Sport Climbing Girls anime series.

Characters

 * Jun Uehara
 * Sayo Yotsuba
 * Nonoka Sugiura
 * Asuka Fujimura
 * Kikuko Goto
 * Juzo Goto
 * Konomi Kasahara
 * Kaoru Niijima
 * Kurea Ooba
 * Masumi Fujita
 * Chinari Iwamine
 * Rina Samura
 * Chigusa Kumagai
 * Anne Kurusu
 * Hifumi Benibana

Summary
Hearing the cheers Jun and Sayo guess Konomi managed to climb it again. Jun comments that if they manage to match her and also climb three or more, there is chance for them to be the champions.

Konomi comes out for her last wall, while Kaoru Niijima for her third and Kurea Ooba for her second. Konomi again stays to analyze, while the rest start climbing. Juzo Goto notices that Konomi isn't in great shape and she do takes more time to attempt to solve it, but is unable to. Feeling pressured by time, she starts climbing it, but slips and falls and time runs out. Most of the next few girls constantly fall and are unable to climb any walls, causing the crowd to become silent. The pressure of Konomi oneshotting the walls, causes them to think is easy and they end up making mistakes after mistakes.

Jun comes out for her first wall. She decides to clear it on her first time, but as she reaches the crux, she jumps and falls, realizing that you must not swing on it and is surprised that Konomi managed to clear it on her first time. Kurea finally admits to herself that Konomi is better and releases a cry, but manages to secure a zone. However, Jun's time runs out without she managing to clear or reach a zone. Jun attempts the remaining walls but keeps falling unable to climb any of them. She recalls how in middle school a classmate Haruna approached her while she was training her grip strength. They ended up talking and Haruna eventually came watching her climb and even attempted it herself. She considered joining her, however Jun told her that climbing isn't a game and if she isn't serious and only doing it to have something in common to talk, then its better to not bother and find something else she likes and take it serious. Haruna then stopped bothering Jun, leaving her again to eat lunch by herself. Jun was fine with that as climbing is everything for her. Jun ends up having time for one final attempt on the fourth wall, but she fearing she may fall again, she freezes and times run out. Backstage, she cries thinking she is a failure of a climber.