Climbers / Index

All climbers

Ordered by the number of ascents recorded.

Climber Name # Ascents Recorded Notes
Rachel Pearce 26
Tristan Chen 26
Tuukka Simonen 26
Wolfgang Güllich 26

A man doesn't go to drink coffee after climbing, coffee is integral part of the climbing.

A sport climbing pioneer. Wolfgang established the first 8b with Kanal im Rücken, 8b+ with Punks in the Gym and 8c with Wallstreet as well as one of the first 8c+/9as with Action Directe.

References

[1] At Raven Tor in the 80s

[2] https://www.facebook.com/climbing.in.the.80s/photos/a.270388289694020/2698243753575116

[3] https://www.facebook.com/climbing.in.the.80s/photos/a.270388289694020/1465090346890469

[4] https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/climbing/remembering-wolfgang-gullich-one-of-greatest-climbers-of-all-times.html

[5] A collection of articles from http://www.wolfgangguellich.com/

[6] Hepp, T., Güllich, W. (1994). Wolfgang Güllich: Life in the Vertical : a Biography. Germany: Boulder Edition.

[7] Training on the original campus board https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbXKhGeMOYU/
Luke Dawson 25
Toshi Takeuchi 25
Alberto Rocasolano Jaudenes 24
Dave Pegg 24

Dave sadly took his own life in 2014.

I remember laughing like a drain hearing about him smearing Vaseline on the holds of a project at Kilnsey to stop a French superstar stealing it. [1]

Dave was a lovely guy. I first met him up in Newcastle when I was just starting my climbing career, and kept in touch when he moved to Sheffield. He had lots of time and patience for a shy kid. I was once coming down to sheffield for a competition and Dave offered for me to stay in his room for the weekend. He was going away but, with typical kindness, told me to help myself to anything in his food cupboard. After he left I went to the kitchen to make myself some dinner and opened the cupboard to find six bottles of fat burner pills and a mouldy potato. [2]

References

[1] https://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,25009.msg465272.html#msg465272

[2] https://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,25009.msg465387.html#msg465387

[3] Features in The Width of Life

[4] https://www.dailycamera.com/2014/11/18/chris-weidner-a-lost-goodbye-to-colorado-climber-dave-pegg/

[5] https://rockandice.com/lates-news/dave-pegg-king-of-rifle-has-died/

[6] https://rockandice.com/lates-news/living-with-a-very-serious-climber/
Erik Bäcklin 24
Franco Cookson 24

North York Moors enthusiast and latterly Llanberis slatehead. Cookson has ploughed his own furrow, initially on highball boulders and micro routes, more recently on the technicalities of the North Wales slate quarries.

Jonny Woodward 24

References

[1] On The Edge Issue 71, page 50
Mark Katz 24
Mejdi Schalck 24

Medji Schalack is a competition climber from Chambery in France.

References

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd4C6haxPDY
Michiel Nieuwenhuijsen 24
Robin Mjelle 24
Sachi Amma 24
Trym Skuggen Landmark 24
Alexander Huber 23

References

[1] Features in Am Limit (German) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgjwhkE67to

[2] Interview in On The Edge 118, page 40

[3] https://open.spotify.com/episode/5RyHgKL5QS3eThUoWPOrZ8?

[4] Interview with Magnus Midtbø 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSepsUJKdHs
Allison Vest 23

References

[1] https://www.climbing.com/people/allison-vest-poem-female-climbers/
David Fitzgerald 23

References

[1] Soul Revolution

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK7GsUGqT7I

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