Talk:History of rock climbing

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Anyone have any objection to changing "List of notable rock climbers" to "List of distinguished rock climbers" ? This list should be a subset of List of climbers. Silentrunner 04:25, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Trying to clean this up a bit, alphabetize and add to list, etc. Hopefully not offend anyone. Silentrunner 04:08, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

After some thought I have placed the list of rock climbers here, at least temporarily. This should be simply a subset of the more complete List of climbers, and perhaps it doesn't need to be in this article, particularly since it doesn't fit into an informative narrative of the subject. At the present this article is merely a collection of benchmarks that should be woven into a more complete analysis of the history of the sport. If you feel strongly that this list should be reinserted in the article, please do so, with rationale. If it were to go back in, it should be redesigned and include not only many more prominent rock climbers of the past and present, but more information on each entry, tying that climber into a historical context. Silentrunner 18:42, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

[edit] List of distinguished rock climbers

Main article: List of climbers

[edit] A

Pierre Allain (French rock climber and early boulderer 1930s)
Pat Ament (First Colorado 5.11, author)

[edit] B

John Bachar (Initiated free solos of extreme difficulty)
Henry Barber (Known as Hot Henry)
Fred Beckey (Most prolific climber in American history)
Chris Bonnington (British rock climber & Himalayan great)
Jim Bridwell (Big Wall master and mentor of a generation)
Roger Briggs (The Diamond via the longs peak marathon)
Joe Brown (Top climber in England, 1950s)

[edit] C

Tommy Caldwell (Second to free the Nose of El Capitan)
Pete Cleveland (First ascent of Superpin in the Black Hills)
Peter Croft (Free soloed Astroman)

[edit] D

Johnny Dawes (Gritstone Ace)
John Dunne (Gritstone master)
Jack Durrance (the Grand Tetons and K2)

[edit] E

Patrick Edlinger (French rock star of 1980s)

[edit] F

[edit] G

Jerry Gallwas (Pioneer Yosemite climber, 1950s)
John Gill (Father of modern bouldering)
Wolfgang Güllich (Action Directe first 5.14d)

[edit] H

Warren J. Harding (First ascent of the Nose of El Capitan)
Tom Higgins (Piece de Resistance on Fairview Dome with Vern Clevenger)
Lynn Hill (First to free Nose of El Capitan)
Yuji Hirayama (World Cup champ and big wall freeclimbing master)
Jim Holloway (American bouldering star, 1970s, first V11)
Leo Houlding (British rock ace and para-alpinist)
Thomas Huber (Big wall free climber)

[edit] I

[edit] J

[edit] K

Bob Kamps (First ascent of the Diamond)
Ron Kauk (Yosemite great, Midnight Lightning)
Layton Kor ("Layton Kor was a unique phenomenon. It has been my pleasure to climb with many superbly talented rock climbers but never, I think, with any who possessed the qualities of Kor." -Royal Robbins)
Hans Kraus (Gunks pioneer)

[edit] L

John Long (Noted author & rock climbing ace)
Greg Lowe (Crack of Doom, city of rocks)

[edit] M

Jim McCarthy (Early Gunks climber, president of AAC)

[edit] N

Fred Nicole (Prolific boulderer)

[edit] O

[edit] P

Paul Piana (Free climbed Half Dome)
Dean Potter (2nd freesolo of Astroman)
Chuck Pratt (Offwidth specialist, Big Wall, Guide)

[edit] Q

[edit] R

Dave Rearick (First ascent of Diamond)
Royal Robbins (Climbing royalty during the 1950s)

[edit] S

Frank Sacherer (Sacherer's Cracker, and Direct North Buttress of Middle Cathedral)
Chris Sharma (Mandala, bouldering ace)
John Stannard (Early Gunks climber)