Climbers

Climber Name # Ascents Recorded Notes
Rubén Díaz Torres 5
Sam Foreman 5
Samuel Hsin 5
Samuel Ometz 5
Sergii Topishko 5
Simon Jones 5
Simon Young 5
Štěpán Volf 5
Stephan Vogt 5
Thea Cameron 5
Tim Marsh 5
Timo Užnik 5
Todd Skinner 5

Todd Skinner (1958-2006) was one of the early developers of sport climbing in the USA. He continued to establish many sport climbing routes throughout his lifetime.

Skinner sadly died while attempting to free a route on the Leaning Tower in Yosemite National Park when his belay loop failed.

Notable ascents

Skinner was notable for pushing redpoint tactics in sport climbing, at a time when many of the big name climbers (particularly John Bachar and many of the Yosemite locals) were advocating a ground-up style.

Because of Skinner's ability and his willingness to accept redpoint tactics his routes were near the cutting edge of what was being done in the United States at the time.

References

[1] Hangdog Days, by Jeff Smoot https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hangdog-Days-Conflict-Change-Race/dp/1680512323/

[2] https://open.spotify.com/episode/4IMQ1Kr0z7yHcvst6pTtx6

[3] https://open.spotify.com/episode/7bwpZYUNfI40GyNp43gNKU

[4] https://open.spotify.com/episode/79vrOpq1HrIGZljGncmcpw

[5] https://open.spotify.com/episode/3MqgKPQm5cNqR8QVFe8vwk

Tom Briggs 5
Tomoa Narasaki 5

References

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmYuLRm3Xec

Tom Williams 5
Tony Lamiche 5

References

[1] http://www.zebloc.com/rubriques/tony-lamiche-2/

Trevor Hodgson 5

A stalwart of the 1980s climbing scene in Llanberis.

https://footlesscrow.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-final-pitch.html

Remember one of his stories about soloing on slate. He used to solo listening to music on a Walkman. Can’t remember which one but he was soloing an E5 and then disaster struck - the tape ran out!. He said turning the tape over was the crux. [1]

[1] https://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,30612.msg608272.html#msg608272

Vail Everett 5
Victor Guillermin 5

References

[1] https://www.grimper.com/news-interview-victor-guillermin-enchaine-cadafist-9a-vise-plus-haut

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