The first 8c+ in the USA. Bolted by Alan Watts in 1989.
17 recorded ascents.
Climber | Style | FA | Ascent Date | Suggested Grade |
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Jean-Baptiste Tribout | Lead (Worked) | ✓ | April 1992 | |
References[1] https://fanatic-climbing.com/il-etait-une-voie-once-upon-a-line-just-do-it/ [2] http://novebi.ning.com/group/smithrockclimbing/forum/topics/1389802:Topic:20521 |
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Marc le Menestrel | Lead (Worked) | May 1994 | ||
2nd ascent - see news report from Allez magazine issue 4 http://king-dino.blogspot.com/2011/04/allez-southern-californias-crag-mag.html Pic by Steve Lewis who met him out there and witnessed the ascent. I understand there are further pics in On the Edge mag in 1994 or maybe 1995 https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crags/smith_rock_or_smith_rocks-3025/ |
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Jean-Paul Finne | Lead (Worked) | April 1995 | ||
3rd ascent - see news report from Allez magazine issue 4 http://king-dino.blogspot.com/2011/04/allez-southern-californias-crag-mag.html |
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Chris Sharma | Lead (Worked) | April 1997 | ||
First American ascent. 3 days' work, famously taking jumper off mid-route. https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/climbing/alan-watts-climbing-interview.html |
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Marko Lukic | Lead (Worked) | October 1997 | ||
8 days' work https://www.kozjak.org/odprava_prikazi.php?pid=23 https://www.libreriadesnivel.com/revistas/escalar/indice/?page=79&order=titulo |
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David Hume | Lead (Worked) | October 1999 | ||
In only 4 tries, soon after establishing Thanatopsis 8c in the RRG https://www.saclimb.co.za/news1999.html https://www.mountainzone.com/climbing/99/interviews/brown/ |
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Sonnie Trotter | Lead (Worked) | 2000 | ||
Ethan Pringle | Lead (Worked) | May 2006 | ||
Enzo Oddo | Lead (Worked) | October 2010 | ||
https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/climbing/enzo-oddo-does-just-do-it-at-smith-rock.html |
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Jonathan Siegrest | Lead (Worked) | June 2011 | ||
Ryan Palo | Lead (Worked) | May 2012 | ||
First central Oregonian to climb 5.14c! https://www.bendsource.com/bend/the-paleo-diet-local-crusher-ryan-palo-recently-became-the-first-central-oregonian-to-climb-514c-at-smith/Content?oid=2178460 https://vimeo.com/56333259 |
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Paige Classen | Lead (Worked) | May 2014 | ||
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Drew Ruana | Lead (Worked) | 22nd November 2014 | ||
Said Belhaj | Lead (Worked) | November 2015 | ||
https://www.8a.nu/news/said-belhaj-just-did-just-do-it-8c https://lyofood.com/pages/said-belhaj-in-the-usa |
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Kilian Fischhuber | Lead (Worked) | 13th October 2017 | ||
Ted Kingsnorth | Lead (Worked) | 2nd June 2018 | ||
Adam Ondra | Lead (Onsight) | 10th November 2018 | ||
An incredible onsight given the technical nature of the climbing.
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