Climbing History
A selected history of climbing and mountaineering through the climbers, climbs and media.
4748 Climbers
8438 Climbs
22737 Ascents
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Laura Rogora
Laura Rogora is an Italian professional rock climber, known for excelling in both competition climbing and elite sport climbing. She rose to prominence as a youth competitor, winning multiple World and European Youth Championship titles and qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Rogora is one of the best sport climbers in the world, having climbed routes graded up to 9b+ and achieved several historic milestones. In 2021, she became only the third woman to redpoint a 9b route, and in 2025 she made history as the first woman to onsight an 8c+ route. Her 2026 ascent of Bibliographie (9b+) was done in just six days, by far the fastest ascent of a 9b+ at the time. She is also notable for her depth of experience in hard sport climbing, having climbed over 45 routes graded 9a or harder.
Rogora is one of the best onsight climbers in the world. Only Alex Megos and Adam Ondra have more hard onsights to their name, and the gap is closing.
Laura Rogora is an Italian professional rock climber, known for excelling in both competition climbing and elite sport climbing. She rose to prominence as a youth competitor, winning multiple World and European Youth Championship titles and qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Rogora is one of the best sport climbers in the world, having climbed routes graded up to 9b+ and achieved several historic milestones. In 2021, she became only the third woman to redpoint a 9b route, and in 2025 she made history as the first woman to onsight an 8c+ route. Her 2026 ascent of Bibliographie (9b+) was done in just six days, by far the fastest ascent of a 9b+ at the time. She is also notable for her depth of experience in hard sport climbing, having climbed over 45 routes graded 9a or harder.
Rogora is one of the best onsight climbers in the world. Only Alex Megos and Adam Ondra have more hard onsights to their name, and the gap is closing.
On this day 9th November
- 1908 Herbert Hartley was born
- 1923 Elizabeth Hawley was born
- 1938 Yvon Chouinard was born
- 2003 James Pearson climbed The Zone E9 at Curbar Edge
- 2009 Chris Davies made the first ascent of A Life Aesthetic 8B at Moel y Gest Quarry
- 2019 Jakob Schubert climbed Perfecto Mundo 9b+ at Margalef
- 2023 Jennifer Wood made the first ascent of Troppo 8b+ at Masouri Area
- 2025 Austin Hoyt made the first ascent of The Abominable Low 8B+ at Boone
Pics + Vids
Featuring 11120 pictures and videos. Try searching for a climber, climb or summit to see pics and videos.
Camille Coudert on Soudain Seul 9A
Aidan Roberts on Raggamuffin 8B+
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Fancy a look around? You can browse by climber or by climbs, or you can check out some lists. For example
- 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 4401 podcasts. Try searching for a climber to see podcasts with them, or check out some of these podcasts:
- Dustin Bowen on The Enormocast (2022)
- Adam Ondra on Jam Crack Podcast (2023)
- Seb Bouin on The RunOut Podcast (2022)
- Sarina Ghaffari on CIA - Climbing Intelligence Agency (2026)
Library
Featuring 16251 items in the library. Try a search to see what you can find, or check out these library items:
- The Aid Climbing Rant (2007) Film
- Alpine Journal 1903 Vol 21 412-414 Conway Glissade (1903) Journal
- Plymouth Bouldering (2025) Guidebook
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