Climbing History
A selected history of climbing and mountaineering through the climbers, climbs and media.
3504 Climbers
6906 Climbs
17922 Ascents
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Dave Graham
Dave Graham is an American boulderer and sport climber who is known for his extremely technical climbing style that makes a lot of use of toe hooks and knee bars, as well as his longevity in the sport and his extensive collection of first ascents.
Graham started climbing in 1997 and very quickly worked his way through the grades, climbing his first 8b+ sport route just a year later. By the end of 2000, he had climbed 9a, bouldered 8B and made a historic flash of C'Était Demain (8A). But that was just the start.
Some of his notable ascents include The Story of Two Worlds (fa), Action Directe (fourth ascent), From Dirt Grows the Flowers (fa), The Island (fa) and The Ice Knife (fa).
References
[1] Interview with Udo Neumann in Céüse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2bZsFZdpgs
[2] Interview with PlanetMountain.com, 2001 https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/interviews/dave-graham.html
[3] Interview with climbing.com 2022, https://www.climbing.com/people/what-ive-learned-dave-graham/
Dave Graham is an American boulderer and sport climber who is known for his extremely technical climbing style that makes a lot of use of toe hooks and knee bars, as well as his longevity in the sport and his extensive collection of first ascents.
Graham started climbing in 1997 and very quickly worked his way through the grades, climbing his first 8b+ sport route just a year later. By the end of 2000, he had climbed 9a, bouldered 8B and made a historic flash of C'Était Demain (8A). But that was just the start.
Some of his notable ascents include The Story of Two Worlds (fa), Action Directe (fourth ascent), From Dirt Grows the Flowers (fa), The Island (fa) and The Ice Knife (fa).
References
[1] Interview with Udo Neumann in Céüse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2bZsFZdpgs
[2] Interview with PlanetMountain.com, 2001 https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/interviews/dave-graham.html
[3] Interview with climbing.com 2022, https://www.climbing.com/people/what-ive-learned-dave-graham/
Pics + Vids
Featuring 8631 pictures and videos. Try searching for a climber, climb or summit to see pics and videos.
Dylan Parks on A1 (8B+)
Matt Fultz on Delirium (8C)
Barbara Zangerl on Le Voyage (E10)
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- All sport ascents of 9b or above
- British women who have climbed 7C or above
- British men who have climbed 8c or above
Podcasts
Featuring 3906 podcasts. Try searching for a climber to see podcasts with them, or check out some of these podcasts:
- Lucy Stirling on The Layback Podcast, April 2019
- Heather Weidner on TrainingBeta, January 2015
- John Kettle on TrainingBeta, March 2019
- Tyler Nelson on TrainingBeta, February 2023
Library
Featuring 11020 items in the library. Try a search to see what you can find, or check out these library items:
- Dave Macleod - Pressure Film
- North America, United States, Alaska, Brooks Range, Arrigetch Peaks, Samurai Savitz and Rock Jock (2005) Journal
- Bulletin of New Climbs (1964) Guidebook
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The thing about wide cracks is, you get so many points of contact on the rock that you’d have to have a heart attack or something [to fall]. When face climbing it’s easy to slip. [1]
References
[1] https://gripped.com/news/greg-cameron-master-of-free-solos-and-offwidths-dies/