Rock Climbing in the 21st Century

By sheaph55
  • Period: to

    Alex Honnold sends first "roped solo"

    The "Yosemite Triple Crown " (Mt. Watkins, El Capitan, and Half Dome); it took him 18 hours and 50 minutes

  • Adam Ondra climbs "Change"

    Flatanger, Norway, 9b+

  • Eric Daft, Mark Fisher, Chris Nance, Andy Tyson, Molly Loomis Tyson, and Pyae Phyo Aung

    first ascent of the Himalayas Mountains in Gamlang Razi

  • Alex Honnold became the first person to free-solo El Sendero Luminoso

    (the Shining Path), a climbing route in El Potrero Chico, Mexico.

  • An Chi Young and Seong Nakjong

    First ascent of Karakorum, Gasherbrum V

  • Dawn Wall

    Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson are the first to free climb "Dawn Wall", Yosemite Valley, California. (5.14c)

  • Chris Sharma made the first ascent of El Bon Combat at Cova de Ocell

    Near Barcelona, at a proposed grade of 5.15b/c, one of the five hardest routes in the world

  • Ashima Shiraishi climbed Open Your Mind Direct,

    in Santa Linya, Spain at only 13 years old. Originally rated as a 9a (5.14d), there has been some controversy over the rating due to a broken hold at the end of the route. Some claim the broken hold bumps the rating to a 9a+ (5.15a)

  • Margo Hayes

    Margo Hayes becomes the first woman to redpoint a 9a+ (5.15a) by climbing La Rambla at the Spanish crag Siurana

  • Alex Honnold

    Alex Honnold free solos the 3,000 foot wall of El Capitan in 3hrs and 56mins

  • Adam Ondra

    Adam Ondra climbs Silence in Flatanger, Norway, suggesting a grade of 9c (5.15d)

  • David Lama

    first ascent of Lunag Ri