Climbing History | Examples of Chipped Climbs

In the rock climbing, chipping is the practice of artificially modifying a climb. In practice this can mean a lot of things, from a wobbly, existing hold being removed and then re-attached with glue to preserve the character of a climb to full-scale manufacture of routes by drilling holds in blank rock for large sections of the climb.

This is a list of some routes that have been chipped. These routes have been chipped in the sense they have had holds created.

	Climb	Grade	Climb Type
1	La Joker	7A	Boulder problem
2	Le Carnage	7B+	Boulder problem
3	The Angel's Share	7C	Boulder problem
4	The Keel	7C	Boulder problem
5	Rock Atrocity	7C	Boulder problem
6	La Balance	7C+	Boulder problem
7	Seven	8B+	Boulder problem
8	Body Machine	7c+	Sport route
9	Manic Strain	8a	Sport route
10	La Rose et le Vampire	8b	Sport route
11	Dalliance	8b+	Sport route
12	Bronx	8c+	Sport route
13	Bizi Euskaraz Extension	8c+	Sport route
14	Hugh	9a	Sport route
15	De L'Autre Côté du Ciel	9a	Sport route
16	La Dura Dura	9b+	Sport route
17	Cheat	E3	Trad climb
18	Colossus	E3	Trad climb
19	Oedipus! Ring Your Mother	E4	Trad climb
20	Downhill Racer	E4	Trad climb
21	Linden	E6	Trad climb
22	Linden	E6	Trad climb
23	Jumpin' on a Beetle	E6	Trad climb
24	The First and Last Wall	E6	Trad climb