Climbers

Alan Watts is a US climber best known as one of the early proponents of sport climbing style in the US, and one of the key developers of Smith Rock in Oregon.

Together with contemporaries such as Todd Skinner and Lynn Hill, Alan was among the first climbers in the US to embrace bolting on rappel and more extensive working of routes. While these practices were common in Europe at the time, the prevailing ethic in the US had been that any bolting should happen from the ground up and that practicing routes was not allowed.

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/B8ZFlVQpnjT/

[2] Interview with planetmountain https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/climbing/alan-watts-climbing-interview.html

[3] https://open.spotify.com/episode/4FjBxA5DE8uThD93tsz9XM?

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2015/07/dan_dark_horse_mcmanus-69822

References

[1] On The Edge Issue 71, page 50

References

[1] https://www.commonclimber.com/louise-shepherd.html

[2] https://verticallifemag.com/articles/louise-shepherd/

[3] https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/features/andy_pollitt_and_louise_shepherd-10558

References

[1] Interview with http://escalade9.wifeo.com/, October 2010 http://escalade9.wifeo.com/pirmin-bertle.php