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) | 01 Apr 1992 (approx) | ||
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First ascent. Date not exact http://novebi.ning.com/group/smithrockclimbing/forum/topics/1389802:Topic:20521 |
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| Marc le Menestrel | Lead (Worked) | 01 May 1994 (approx) | ||
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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) | 01 Apr 1995 (approx) | ||
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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) | 01 Apr 1997 (approx) | ||
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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) | 01 Oct 1997 (approx) | ||
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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) | 01 Oct 1999 (approx) | ||
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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) | 01 Jan 2000 (approx) | ||
| Ethan Pringle | Lead (Worked) | 15 May 2006 (approx) | ||
| Enzo Oddo | Lead (Worked) | 01 Oct 2010 (approx) | ||
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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) | 08 Jun 2011 (approx) | ||
| Ryan Palo | Lead (Worked) | 19 May 2012 (approx) | ||
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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) | 01 May 2014 (approx) | ||
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| Drew Ruana | Lead (Worked) | 22 Nov 2014 | ||
| Said Belhaj | Lead (Worked) | 01 Nov 2015 (approx) | ||
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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) | 13 Oct 2017 | ||
| Ted Kingsnorth | Lead (Worked) | 02 Jun 2018 | ||
| Adam Ondra | Lead (Onsight) | 10 Nov 2018 | ||
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An incredible onsight given the technical nature of the climbing.
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