Margo Hayes

Margo Hayes
Personal information
Nationality United States
Born February 1998 (age 19)[1]
Boulder, Colorado, U.S.
Occupation Professional rock climber
Height 160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Website MargoHayes.com
Climbing career
Type of climber Lead climbing
Highest grade
Known for Being the first female to climb a 9a+ route
Updated on 1 August 2017.

Margo Hayes (born February 1998)[1] is an American rock climber from Boulder, Colorado. Originally a gymnast, Hayes began climbing at age 10[2] and joined Team ABC, a renowned youth climbing program in Boulder, shortly after. On February 26, 2017, Hayes became the first woman to climb a route graded 5.15a, the most difficult route known to completed by a woman, when she sent Ramón Julián Puigblanque's La Rambla.[3] (The most difficult route ever completed is currently 5.15c.) While two other female climbers—Ashima Shiraishi and Josune Bereziartu—had recorded 5.14d/5.15a ascents, Hayes's completion of La Rambla remains the first female ascent of a consensus 5.15a.[3]

As part of the US National Team, Hayes has competed in all three events (lead climbing, speed climbing, and bouldering) of the International Federation of Sport Climbing world cup competitions. In the IFSC World Youth Championships in Guangzhou in 2016, she competed in the Juniors category, winning both the bouldering and lead events, placing 15th in speed, and placing first in the overall standings.[4] In the same event in 2015 in Arco, Italy, Hayes won silver in bouldering and lead, behind Janja Garnbret,[5] but in 2016 Garnbret was competing in a different category.[4] Hayes won a Golden Piton award from Climbing in 2016 for successfully climbing 14 routes graded 5.14.[6]

Climbing Accomplishments

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References

  1. 1 2 Gates, Zoe (May 17, 2017). "By the Numbers: Margo Hayes and the Road to 5.15". Climbing. On her 18th birthday in February 2016
  2. ↑ "Bio". MARGO HAYES. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
  3. 1 2 Haas, Liz (February 27, 2017). "Margo Hayes Climbs La Rambla, Becomes First Woman to Send 5.15a". Climbing.
  4. 1 2 "World Youth Climbing Championships: Bouldering brings second gold for Janja Garnbret, Margo Hayes & Ashima Shiraishi". Planet Mountain. November 14, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Ashima Shiraishi wins two golds at world climbing championships". San Jose Mercury News. September 5, 2015.
  6. ↑ "2016 Golden Pitons: Sport Climbing". Climbing Magazine | Rock Climbing, Mountaineering, Bouldering, Ice Climbing. Retrieved 2017-05-31.
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