Climbers from USA

American rock climber and mountaineer notable for many first 'clean' ascents of Yosemite walls in the early 1970s thus helping pave the way to a wider adoption of hammerless climbing. Died after falling through a cornice on Trisul, in the Indian Himalayas.

References

[1] https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12197657900/Bruce-Allan-Carson-1951-1975

[2] https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12197405800

References

[1] https://archive.org/details/climbtalk-6-23-2011

[2] https://archive.org/details/climbtalk-7-9-2010a

Cole was a Southern Californian who started climbing locally and was an early developer of Joshua Tree. Often in tandem with Steve Grossman he established a number of hard new aid routes on El Capitan in the early 1980s. Cole was particularly adept at slab climbing which lead to an interest in developing better climbing shoes. The result was stealth rubber and the 5.10 company which he led until selling to Adidas in 2011.

References

[1] https://www.climbing.com/news/remembering-five-ten-founder-charles-cole/

[2] https://ukbouldering.com/threads/adidas-acquires-five-ten.18945/page-2#post-337473

Yosemite friction-climbing guru of the late 1970s-early 1980s and wood artist. Prime mover behind the multi-year siege of Hall of Mirrors (E6) at times receiving criticism for the expedition-style approach used to overcome the route at a time when ground-up tactics were the dominant style.

References

[1] https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ip0Vm7GUJ8ALuHAgnHeub?

[2] Interview with climbing.com Jan 2025 https://www.climbing.com/people/enormocast-chris-kalous-300-episodes/

Coloradan early-adopter and evangelist of sport climbing ethics in the US. Proprietor of Verve climbing clothing.