| From: | USA 🇺🇸 |
| Date of birth: | 3rd Sep 1946 |
| Age: | 79 years old |
| Gender: | Male |
| Contemporaries | |
| John Gill | |
| Jim Holloway | |
Pat Ament started climbing in 1958. He is known for early hard ascents in Colorado, establishing some of the first 5.11s. He was also an early proponent of bouldering in the US alongside contemporaries such as John Gill and Jim Holloway.
He has written biographies of Gill [2] and Royal Robbins [3].
[1] https://www.climbing.com/news/the-complete-pat-ament-interview/
[2] Ament, P. (1977). Master of Rock: the Biography of John Gill. Alpine House
[3] Ament, P. (1998). Royal Robbins: Spirit of the Age. United States: Stackpole Books.