Climbers

Very strong female boulderer from the South East of the US. Climbs mainly in NC and on the moonboard.

John Kirk is a British climber who was an active part of the Stoney Middleton scene from 1973 until 1980. He retired from climbing at age 23 with a shoulder injury.

Killian Fishhuber is an Austrian climber known for his success in bouldering world cups. He won the world cup five times, including in three consecutive years: 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011.

Important early developer of sport climbing in North America at Rifle, New River Gorge and El Potrero Chico. One of only a few climbers to have a shoe named after him.

References

[1] https://www.outsideonline.com/business-journal/brands/independent-sales-rep-kurt-smith/

[2] https://open.spotify.com/episode/2HdoMrUcGe11ZyxWAYmL5n?

[3] https://www.rockmillclimbing.com/beta-blog/kurt-smith

[4] https://www.weighmyrack.com/shoe/evolv-general

Landers Gaydosh is a younger climber who started at the age of three in a family-owned gym that his father worked at in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Landers family moved to the Asheville, NC area where Landers would find his love for climbing outdoors. Landers spent most of his time bouldering and trad climbing at Rumbling Bald and on Looking Glass Rock in the Pisgah National Forest. Currently he is based out of the Salt Lake, Utah area where he has excelled in all disciplines of climbing. At the age of 12 he became a world champion in ice climbing and has won multiple USA Climbing youth national championships in sport climbing. In the summer of 2025 he participated in the IFSC Youth World Championships in bouldering, placing fifth. Some of his notable outdoor ascents are freeing Moonlight Buttress (E6) at the age of 13, The Big Smile (8c) and Transience (8B+).

References

[1] Interview with Adrian Berry April 2003 https://web.archive.org/web/20061022044639/http://www.planetfear.com/article_detail.asp?a_id=68

References

[1] https://www.8a.nu/news/loic-debry-sends-four-8c-%2B-in-3-months-0finq