Strong North American Boulderers

The best North American boulderers.

This list aims to list any North American boulderer who has climbed 8B+ or harder. It attempts to be definitive in terms of the people included but does not attempt to enumerate every relevant ascent.

Big thanks to eric.jerome for compiling and maintaining this list.

Got any corrections? Send them to corrections@climbing-history.org

207 entries on the list.

Climber Grade Climbs
1 Shawn Raboutou 9A Megatron, Alphane
2 Daniel Woods 9A Return of the Sleepwalker
3 Drew Ruana 8C+ Sleepwalker, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Bloody Sunday SDS, Insomniac, Distortion, The Ice Knife SDS, Bookkeeping, Maxwell's Demon Low, Howl at the Moon SDS
4 Matt Fultz 8C+ Hypnotized Minds, Sleepwalker, Grand Illusion, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Brace For the Cure, Moonlight Sonata, Vecchio Leone SDS, Big Z
5 Jimmy Webb 8C+ Creature from the Black Lagoon, Sleepwalker, Ephyra, Off the Wagon Low, Poison the Well, Insomniac
6 Dave Graham 8C+ Creature from the Black Lagoon, Hypnotized Minds, Euclase, Fuck the System, Celestite
7 Andy Lamb 8C+ Creature from the Black Lagoon, Insomniac, Sleepwalker, Event Horizon
8 Griffin Whiteside 8C+ Creature from the Black Lagoon, Sleepwalker, Howl at the Moon SDS
9 Zach Galla 8C+ Grand Illusion, Sleepwalker, The Process
10 Carlo Traversi 8C+ Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Dark Side
11 Sean Bailey 8C+ Grand Illusion, Devilution
12 Nathan Williams 8C+ Sleepwalker, Creature from the Black Lagoon
13 Pablo Hammack 8C+ Sleepwalker, Creature from the Black Lagoon
14 Sam Weir 8C+ REM, Fuck the System
15 Noah Wheeler 8C+ Sleepwalker, Insomniac
16 Nathaniel Coleman 8C+ Grand Illusion
17 Paul Robinson 8C+ REM
18 Dylan Barks 8C+ Creature from the Black Lagoon
19 Taylor McNeill 8C+ Moonlight Sonata
20 Colin Duffy 8C+ Bookkeeping
21 Austin Purdy 8C+ Insomniac
22 Liam Andrews-Bancroft 8C+ Insomniac
23 Keenan Takahashi 8C+ Insomniac
24 Zander Waller 8C+ Sleepwalker
25 Kai Whaley 8C+ Sleepwalker
26 Ben Burkhalter 8C Blade Runner, The Game, Railway, Paint it Black, Southern Drawl, Echalo
27 Nicholas Milburn 8C Southern Drawl, Paint it Black, The Game
28 Nick Bradley 8C Paint it Black, Delirium, The Game
29 Tristan Chen 8C Dreamtime, Pegasus, Desperanza
30 Brian Squire 8C Pegasus, Sound of Violence, Paint it Black
31 Jon Cardwell 8C The Game, Dreamtime
32 Everett Sloane 8C Variant, Traffic
33 Zach Wilson 8C Sound of Violence, Pegasus
34 Katie Lamb 8C Box Therapy, Equanimity
35 Chris Sharma 8C Witness the Fitness
36 Daniel Beall 8C Terremer
37 Christopher Schulte 8C The Big Island
38 Sam Davis 8C Desperanza
39 Ashima Shiraishi 8C Horizon
40 Tanner Bauer 8C Traffic
41 Jon Glassberg 8C The Nest
42 John Cohee 8C Ebony and Ivory
43 Eric Jerome 8C Forever Endeavor
44 Austin Hoyt 8C Monkey Wedding
45 Brooke Raboutou 8C Box Therapy
46 Andre Branchizio 8C Paint it Black
47 Beckett Hsin 8C The Game
48 Palmer Larsen 8C The Nest
49 Samuel Hsin 8C Paint it Black
50 Adam Shahar 8C The Understanding
51 Matty Hong 8C Dreamtime
52 Ian Dory 8C Paint it Black
53 Will Anglin 8C Variant
54 John Brock 8C The Nest
55 Ethan Pringle 8C The Nest
56 Jake Scharfman 8C G-Master
57 Isabelle Faus 8B+ Amandla, Memory is Parallax, Sinwav, Crème de la Crumb SDS, Emasculator, The Grinch, Spidey, Mirta, Shadow Walker, The Grey
58 Ben Blackmore 8B+ Memory is Parallax, Jumpman, The Grey, Mind to Motion, Mécanique Élémentaire, The Wheel of Wolvo, The Other Side of Infinity
59 Elijah Kiser 8B+ Levity, Brass Knuckles, Bone Saw, Third Eye Awakening, Severed Arm, Uncertainty
60 Alex Puccio 8B+ Jade, New Base Line, The Penrose Step, Hailstorm, Tigris SDS
61 Sam Struthers 8B+ The Wheel of Rabbits, Andromeda, Memory is Parallax, Gecko Assis, Dark Side of the Compass
62 Benn Wheeler 8B+ The Phoenix, Stockholm Syndome, The Wheel of Wolvo, Vulpine, Ghost Circles
63 James Litz 8B+ Esperanza, Dreamtime (pre break), Warpath, Insurgency
64 Phil Schaal 8B+ Jade, Amandla, Echale, Midnight Express
65 Bryce Viola 8B+ Kintsugi, Mind to Motion, Nuclear Base, Book of Bitter Aspects Low
66 Jonah Kreitzberg 8B+ Esperanza, Reverse Cowgirl, Neon Desert, Echale
67 Sam Rothstein 8B+ Yellow Cake, Cosmogram, Andromeda, Fallen Angel
68 Chase Martinez 8B+ Echale, Midnight Express, The Penrose Step, Meadowlark Lemon
69 Michaela Kiersch 8B+ Hailstorm, New Base Line, Tigris SDS, Amandla
70 Joel Unema 8B+ Shelob, Doublecross, Angmar, Polyphemus
71 Milo Timberlake 8B+ Trieste, Cosmic Artifact, Motorhead, Menage a Trois
72 Daniel Fong 8B+ Warrior Up, The Wheel of Wolvo, Dark Waters Low, Mind to Motion
73 Kevin Jorgeson 8B+ Ode to a Modern Man, The Mandala SDS, Ode to the Modern Man
74 Brion Voges 8B+ Lost in the Hood, Wood Grain Grippin', Esperanza
75 Matt Gentile 8B+ Angmar, Throwback, Doublecross
76 Michael O'Rourke 8B+ The Phoenix, Warrior Up, Mirror Reality
77 Simon Hibbeler 8B+ Echale, Be Kind, Be Kinda Soft
78 Matt Nunes 8B+ Levity, Uncertainty, Bone Saw
79 B.J. Tilden 8B+ Esperanza, Zef, Neon Desert
80 Owen Whaley 8B+ Hailstorm, Trieste, Meadowlark Lemon
81 Shawn Diamond 8B+ Goldfish Trombone, The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2), Direct North
82 Luke Gerhardt 8B+ Insurgency, Meadowlark Lemon, Direct North
83 Kiernan Tong 8B+ Zef, Direct North, Insurgency
84 Cyrus Johnston 8B+ Andromeda, Yellow Cake, Cosmogram
85 Tyre Taft 8B+ Brass Knuckles, Bone Saw, Severed Arm
86 Nate Draughn 8B+ Bone Saw, Show Your Scars
87 Dalton Bunker 8B+ Show Your Scars, Hailstorm
88 Jeramie Claussen 8B+ Kenny Loggins, Dark Waters Low
89 Josh Muehring 8B+ Show Your Scars, Zef
90 Duke Lettieri 8B+ Jade, Trieste
91 Davis Stewart 8B+ Brass Knuckles, Levity
92 Ethan Freudenheim 8B+ Show Your Scars, Kenny Loggins
93 Siara Fabbri 8B+ New Base Line, Compass North
94 Andrew Nimmer 8B+ Esperanza, Direct North
95 Charlie Barron 8B+ Predator Pounce Low, Shadow Walker
96 Sam Enright 8B+ Show Your Scars, No Peace Prize
97 Kyle Howard 8B+ Big Kat, The French Connection
98 Thomas Betterton 8B+ Warrior Up, When Life Gives You Lemons Low
99 Tanner Mack 8B+ Goldfish Trombone, Trieste
100 Conor Wellman 8B+ The Phoenix, The Multiverse
101 Ray Hansen 8B+ Book of Bitter Aspects Low, A Man Escaped
102 Ben Herrington 8B+ The Holy Hand Grenade, The Book Club
103 Isaac Dunk 8B+ Severed Arm, Levity
104 Paul Nadler 8B+ Gecko Assis, The Penrose Step
105 Isaac Leff 8B+ Nuclear Base, Flashing Lights
106 Itai Axelrad 8B+ Jade, Ode to the Modern Man
107 Kyle Hilton 8B+ Jade, Mirror Reality
108 Brian Nugent 8B+ Get Railed, Kintsugi
109 Caleb Franchere 8B+ 9 Lives, Hoop Dance
110 Brett Walker 8B+ Trieste, Direct North
111 Cody Fults 8B+ Meadowlark Lemon, Trieste
112 Jess Walker 8B+ Warrior Up, Echale
113 Ely Wilde 8B+ Esperanza
114 Nick Duttle 8B+ Esperanza
115 Seth Allred 8B+ Midnight Express
116 Brian Hedrick 8B+ The Mandala SDS
117 Jim Merli 8B+ L'Étoile Du Nord
118 Jonathan Siegrest 8B+ Jade
119 Liam Vance 8B+ The Mandala SDS
120 Hunter Damiani 8B+ Midnight Express
121 Ben Hanna 8B+ The Saadhu
122 Zach Arenberg 8B+ Muscle Car
123 Brian Antheunisse 8B+ Neon Desert
124 Matt Desantis 8B+ Show Your Scars
125 Gordon Anderson 8B+ Dicktopia
126 Dan Andrei 8B+ When Life Gives You Lemons Low
127 Jack Martinus 8B+ Cosmogram
128 Jake Plasco 8B+ Perpetual Motion
129 Vincent Mollicone 8B+ Judge Judy
130 Mike McClure 8B+ Hypothetical
131 Manny Quintana 8B+ North Ridge
132 Kelly Birch 8B+ Muscle Car
133 Cozmo Rothfork 8B+ The Saadhu
134 Aidan Callan 8B+ There and Back Again
135 Conrad Piper-Ruth 8B+ Hypothetical
136 Shunei Asao 8B+ Squoze
137 Sam Dospoy 8B+ Bone Saw
138 Wesley White 8B+ Dark Side of the Compass
139 Giovanni Traversi 8B+ Direct North
140 Chris Chen 8B+ Echale
141 Jake Kim 8B+ Echale
142 Rowland Chen 8B+ Echale
143 Josh Haynes 8B+ Esperanza
144 Clay Gordon 8B+ Trieste
145 Logan Tetu 8B+ Echale
146 Pete Lowe 8B+ Show Your Scars
147 Randy Puro 8B+ Junebug (Pre-Break)
148 Ben Spannuth 8B+ Esperanza
149 Cole Bradburn 8B+ Speed of Sound
150 Jack Felix 8B+ Jumpman
151 Chris Deuto 8B+ Shadow Walker
152 Wes Walker 8B+ Shadow Walker
153 Kirby Mccoy 8B+ Show Your Scars
154 Joe Meiners 8B+ Amandla
155 Mike McCracken 8B+ Nuclear Base
156 Matt Willis 8B+ Breaking the Wheel
157 Alex Biale 8B+ Mind to Motion
158 Solomon Barth 8B+ The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
159 Henry Ritterpusch 8B+ Levity
160 Sam Wolff 8B+ The Penrose Step
161 Nicolas Bass 8B+ Levity
162 Alex Mcintyre 8B+ Epidote Extension (Left)
163 Andrew Rothner 8B+ Aslan
164 Marc Bourguignon 8B+ The Reckoning
165 Oliver Kuang 8B+ Hoop Dance
166 Aj Flynn 8B+ Sailor's Delight
167 Eric Breed 8B+ The Holy Hand Grenade
168 Adam Taylor 8B+ Esperanza
169 Julian Bresler 8B+ A Man Escaped
170 Peter Torphy 8B+ A Man Escaped
171 Dalen Gray 8B+ Third Eye Awakening
172 Danny Seo 8B+ Echo Chamber
173 Eric Wu 8B+ Goldfish Trombone
174 Luke Parady 8B+ Midnight Express
175 Mike Foley 8B+ The Reckoning
176 Miles Perry 8B+ Unwind
177 Jesse Grupper 8B+ The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
178 Taylor Kiley 8B+ Hypothetical
179 Roman Yalowitz 8B+ Momentum
180 Chad Greedy 8B+ Sinwav
181 Tyler Thompson 8B+ Levity
182 Tim Kang 8B+ Goldfish Trombone
183 Cameron Hörst 8B+ Breaking the Wheel
184 Bobby Taft-Pittman 8B+ Dicktopia
185 Jason Kehl 8B+ Seventh Circle
186 Zach Lerner 8B+ Memory is Parallax
187 Adlai Marquez 8B+ Match Made in Heaven
188 Porter Geddes 8B+ Show Your Scars
189 Matt Bosley 8B+ Perpetual Motion
190 Vincent Lee 8B+ Meadowlark Lemon
191 Eli Perry 8B+ The Book Club
192 Scotty Grayson 8B+ Skincifer
193 Gp Salvo 8B+ Blunt Sit
194 Sam Stewart 8B+ Hello Kitty Sds
195 Timmy Fairfield 8B+ Throwback
196 Chris Watts 8B+ An Empty Smile
197 Danny Popowski 8B+ Show Your Scars
198 Isaac Caldiero 8B+ Bling
199 Fitz Allen 8B+ Muscle Car
200 Rocco Bochichio 8B+ New Base Line
201 Josh Levin 8B+ The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
202 Max Smerek 8B+ Echale
203 Stefan Fellner 8B+ Zef
204 Rob D'Anastasio 8B+ Echale
205 Ben Kim 8B+ Direct North
206 Ryan Sewell 8B+ Echale
207 Sander Pick 8B+ Direct North