| From | Austria 🇦🇹 |
| Date of birth | 24th Feb 1988 |
| Age | 38 years old |
| Gender | Female |
| Climbing | |
| Hardest Boulder (Worked) | 8A+ |
| Hardest Sport (Worked) | 9a+ |
| Hardest Trad (Worked) | E11 |
| Hardest Trad (Flash) | E8 |
| World Cups | |
| Appearances | 1 |
| Notable Partnerships | |
| Jacopo Larcher | |
Barbara Zangerl is an Austrian climber best known for her trad. and multi-pitch climbing. Together with her partner Jacopo Larcher she has climbed many of the hardest big wall and multi-pitch routes in the world: Magic Mushroom (E10), The Nose (E9), Bellavista (E9), Silbergeier (8b+), Des Kaisers neue Kleider (8b+) and End of Silence (8b+) to name a few.
Babsi started off as a boulderer, notably climbing Pura Vida (8A+) in Magic Wood in 2008. This was one of the hardest problems ever climbed by a woman at the time.
While she has largely stopped bouldering at the highest level she is a very capable sport and trad climber, operating at or near the cutting edge in both disciplines. In 2014 she made the first female ascent of Prinzip Hoffnung (E9), then in 2016 she made the second ascent of Achemine (E9) at Dumbarton Rock. In 2017 she made the second ascent of Gondo Crack (E9) and the first female ascent of Muy Caliente! (E9) in Pembroke. In 2023 she repeated Meltdown (E11) in Yosemite, one of the hardest traditional pitches in the world at the time and only the fourth ascent since Beth Rodden made the first ascent in 2008.
In 2024 Babsi cemeted her place in history by becoming the first person to climb a free route on El Capitan first go by flashing Freerider (E7).
Alongside being a professional climber she also works part time as a radiographer in Austria.
[2] Interview with Sonnie Trotter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_KQe7o3zoc
| From | Austria 🇦🇹 |
| Date of birth | 24th Feb 1988 |
| Age | 38 years old |
| Gender | Female |
| Climbing | |
| Hardest Boulder (Worked) | 8A+ |
| Hardest Sport (Worked) | 9a+ |
| Hardest Trad (Worked) | E11 |
| Hardest Trad (Flash) | E8 |
| World Cups | |
| Appearances | 1 |
| Notable Partnerships | |
| Jacopo Larcher | |
Barbara Zangerl is an Austrian climber best known for her trad. and multi-pitch climbing. Together with her partner Jacopo Larcher she has climbed many of the hardest big wall and multi-pitch routes in the world: Magic Mushroom (E10), The Nose (E9), Bellavista (E9), Silbergeier (8b+), Des Kaisers neue Kleider (8b+) and End of Silence (8b+) to name a few.
Babsi started off as a boulderer, notably climbing Pura Vida (8A+) in Magic Wood in 2008. This was one of the hardest problems ever climbed by a woman at the time.
While she has largely stopped bouldering at the highest level she is a very capable sport and trad climber, operating at or near the cutting edge in both disciplines. In 2014 she made the first female ascent of Prinzip Hoffnung (E9), then in 2016 she made the second ascent of Achemine (E9) at Dumbarton Rock. In 2017 she made the second ascent of Gondo Crack (E9) and the first female ascent of Muy Caliente! (E9) in Pembroke. In 2023 she repeated Meltdown (E11) in Yosemite, one of the hardest traditional pitches in the world at the time and only the fourth ascent since Beth Rodden made the first ascent in 2008.
In 2024 Babsi cemeted her place in history by becoming the first person to climb a free route on El Capitan first go by flashing Freerider (E7).
Alongside being a professional climber she also works part time as a radiographer in Austria.
[2] Interview with Sonnie Trotter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_KQe7o3zoc
[3] https://www.onsight.com.au/2014/04/barbara-zangerl/