| From: | USA 🇺🇸 |
| Date of birth: | 3rd September 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.
2 recorded ascents.
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| Climb | Grade | Style | Ascent Date | Suggested Grade |
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| Climb | Grade | Style | Ascent Date | Suggested Grade |
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| Jules Verne | E5 | Alternate Leads | 1965 | |
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First ascent. With Larry Dalke. With some points of aid.
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| Supremacy Crack | E3 | Lead | worked | 1966 | |
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First ascent. With Royal Robbins and Don Whillans. 1 point of aid.
First ascent made with a rest on a piton placed on lead. Ament reports he "later returned and climbed it without any sort of rest." [1]. Sometimes claimed as the first 5.11 in Colorado [2]. References[1] https://www.mountainproject.com/route/105751363/supremacy-crack [2] Jones, Chris (1976). Climbing in North America. Berkeley, CA, USA: University of California press (for the AAC). pp. 297 |
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