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

208 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, The Game, Paint it Black
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 Shawn Diamond 8C Le Dernier Fléau
37 Daniel Beall 8C Terremer
38 Christopher Schulte 8C The Big Island
39 Sam Davis 8C Desperanza
40 Ashima Shiraishi 8C Horizon
41 Tanner Bauer 8C Traffic
42 Jon Glassberg 8C The Nest
43 John Cohee 8C Ebony and Ivory
44 Eric Jerome 8C Forever Endeavor
45 Austin Hoyt 8C Monkey Wedding
46 Brooke Raboutou 8C Box Therapy
47 Andre Branchizio 8C Paint it Black
48 Beckett Hsin 8C The Game
49 Palmer Larsen 8C The Nest
50 Samuel Hsin 8C Paint it Black
51 Adam Shahar 8C The Understanding
52 Jake Scharfman 8C G-Master
53 Will Anglin 8C Variant
54 John Brock 8C The Nest
55 Ethan Pringle 8C The Nest
56 Ian Dory 8C Paint it Black
57 Matty Hong 8C Dreamtime
58 Isabelle Faus 8B+ Amandla, Memory is Parallax, Sinwav, Crème de la Crumb SDS, Emasculator, The Grinch, Spidey, Mirta, Shadow Walker, The Grey
59 Ben Blackmore 8B+ Jumpman, Memory is Parallax, The Grey, Mind to Motion, The Other Side of Infinity, Mécanique Élémentaire, The Wheel of Wolvo
60 Elijah Kiser 8B+ Levity, Uncertainty, Severed Arm, Bone Saw, Brass Knuckles, Third Eye Awakening
61 Alex Puccio 8B+ Jade, New Base Line, The Penrose Step, Hailstorm, Tigris SDS
62 Sam Struthers 8B+ The Wheel of Rabbits, Andromeda, Memory is Parallax, Gecko Assis, Dark Side of the Compass
63 Benn Wheeler 8B+ The Phoenix, Vulpine, Ghost Circles, Stockholm Syndome, The Wheel of Wolvo
64 James Litz 8B+ Esperanza, Dreamtime (pre break), Warpath, Insurgency
65 Phil Schaal 8B+ Jade, Amandla, Echale, Midnight Express
66 Bryce Viola 8B+ Kintsugi, Mind to Motion, Nuclear Base, Book of Bitter Aspects Low
67 Jonah Kreitzberg 8B+ Esperanza, Reverse Cowgirl, Neon Desert, Echale
68 Sam Rothstein 8B+ Yellow Cake, Cosmogram, Andromeda, Fallen Angel
69 Chase Martinez 8B+ Echale, Midnight Express, The Penrose Step, Meadowlark Lemon
70 Michaela Kiersch 8B+ Hailstorm, New Base Line, Tigris SDS, Amandla
71 Joel Unema 8B+ Shelob, Doublecross, Angmar, Polyphemus
72 Milo Timberlake 8B+ Trieste, Cosmic Artifact, Menage a Trois, Motorhead
73 Daniel Fong 8B+ Mind to Motion, The Wheel of Wolvo, Warrior Up, Dark Waters Low
74 Kevin Jorgeson 8B+ Ode to a Modern Man, The Mandala SDS, Ode to the Modern Man
75 Brion Voges 8B+ Lost in the Hood, Wood Grain Grippin', Esperanza
76 Matt Gentile 8B+ Angmar, Throwback, Doublecross
77 Michael O'Rourke 8B+ The Phoenix, Mirror Reality, Warrior Up
78 Simon Hibbeler 8B+ Echale, Be Kinda Soft, Be Kind
79 Matt Nunes 8B+ Levity, Uncertainty, Bone Saw
80 B.J. Tilden 8B+ Esperanza, Zef, Neon Desert
81 Owen Whaley 8B+ Hailstorm, Trieste, Meadowlark Lemon
82 Cyrus Johnston 8B+ Cosmogram, Yellow Cake, Andromeda
83 Tyre Taft 8B+ Severed Arm, Brass Knuckles, Bone Saw
84 Luke Gerhardt 8B+ Insurgency, Direct North, Meadowlark Lemon
85 Kiernan Tong 8B+ Insurgency, Direct North, Zef
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 Conor Wellman 8B+ The Multiverse, The Phoenix
97 Kyle Hilton 8B+ Jade, Mirror Reality
98 Thomas Betterton 8B+ When Life Gives You Lemons Low, Warrior Up
99 Isaac Leff 8B+ Nuclear Base, Flashing Lights
100 Brett Walker 8B+ Trieste, Direct North
101 Paul Nadler 8B+ The Penrose Step, Gecko Assis
102 Tanner Mack 8B+ Goldfish Trombone, Trieste
103 Brian Nugent 8B+ Kintsugi, Get Railed
104 Ray Hansen 8B+ Book of Bitter Aspects Low, A Man Escaped
105 Isaac Dunk 8B+ Severed Arm, Levity
106 Itai Axelrad 8B+ Jade, Ode to the Modern Man
107 Caleb Franchere 8B+ Hoop Dance, 9 Lives
108 Ben Herrington 8B+ The Book Club, The Holy Hand Grenade
109 Jess Walker 8B+ Warrior Up, Echale
110 Cody Fults 8B+ Meadowlark Lemon, Trieste
111 Kyle Howard 8B+ The French Connection, Big Kat
112 Sam Enright 8B+ Show Your Scars, No Peace Prize
113 Ely Wilde 8B+ Esperanza
114 Josh Haynes 8B+ Esperanza
115 Nick Duttle 8B+ Esperanza
116 Seth Allred 8B+ Midnight Express
117 Brian Hedrick 8B+ The Mandala SDS
118 Jim Merli 8B+ L'Étoile Du Nord
119 Giovanni Traversi 8B+ Direct North
120 Jonathan Siegrest 8B+ Jade
121 Liam Vance 8B+ The Mandala SDS
122 Hunter Damiani 8B+ Midnight Express
123 Ryan Sewell 8B+ Echale
124 Ben Hanna 8B+ The Saadhu
125 Zach Arenberg 8B+ Muscle Car
126 Brian Antheunisse 8B+ Neon Desert
127 Sander Pick 8B+ Direct North
128 Matt Desantis 8B+ Show Your Scars
129 Gordon Anderson 8B+ Dicktopia
130 Dan Andrei 8B+ When Life Gives You Lemons Low
131 Jack Martinus 8B+ Cosmogram
132 Clay Gordon 8B+ Trieste
133 Vincent Mollicone 8B+ Judge Judy
134 Jake Plasco 8B+ Perpetual Motion
135 Mike McClure 8B+ Hypothetical
136 Manny Quintana 8B+ North Ridge
137 Kelly Birch 8B+ Muscle Car
138 Cozmo Rothfork 8B+ The Saadhu
139 Aidan Callan 8B+ There and Back Again
140 Conrad Piper-Ruth 8B+ Hypothetical
141 Ben Kim 8B+ Direct North
142 Shunei Asao 8B+ Squoze
143 Sam Dospoy 8B+ Bone Saw
144 Wesley White 8B+ Dark Side of the Compass
145 Josh Levin 8B+ The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
146 Ilias Hosain 8B+ Muscle Car
147 Chris Chen 8B+ Echale
148 Jake Kim 8B+ Echale
149 Rowland Chen 8B+ Echale
150 Logan Tetu 8B+ Echale
151 Jack Felix 8B+ Jumpman
152 Chris Deuto 8B+ Shadow Walker
153 Wes Walker 8B+ Shadow Walker
154 Kirby Mccoy 8B+ Show Your Scars
155 Joe Meiners 8B+ Amandla
156 Mike McCracken 8B+ Nuclear Base
157 Randy Puro 8B+ Junebug (Pre-Break)
158 Alex Biale 8B+ Mind to Motion
159 Solomon Barth 8B+ The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
160 Henry Ritterpusch 8B+ Levity
161 Ben Spannuth 8B+ Esperanza
162 Nicolas Bass 8B+ Levity
163 Alex Mcintyre 8B+ Epidote Extension (Left)
164 Andrew Rothner 8B+ Aslan
165 Marc Bourguignon 8B+ The Reckoning
166 Oliver Kuang 8B+ Hoop Dance
167 Aj Flynn 8B+ Sailor's Delight
168 Eric Breed 8B+ The Holy Hand Grenade
169 Cole Bradburn 8B+ Speed of Sound
170 Julian Bresler 8B+ A Man Escaped
171 Peter Torphy 8B+ A Man Escaped
172 Dalen Gray 8B+ Third Eye Awakening
173 Danny Seo 8B+ Echo Chamber
174 Eric Wu 8B+ Goldfish Trombone
175 Matt Willis 8B+ Breaking the Wheel
176 Miles Perry 8B+ Unwind
177 Sam Wolff 8B+ The Penrose Step
178 Adam Taylor 8B+ Esperanza
179 Luke Parady 8B+ Midnight Express
180 Taylor Kiley 8B+ Hypothetical
181 Mike Foley 8B+ The Reckoning
182 Jesse Grupper 8B+ The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
183 Roman Yalowitz 8B+ Momentum
184 Chad Greedy 8B+ Sinwav
185 Tyler Thompson 8B+ Levity
186 Tim Kang 8B+ Goldfish Trombone
187 Bobby Taft-Pittman 8B+ Dicktopia
188 Cameron Hörst 8B+ Breaking the Wheel
189 Zach Lerner 8B+ Memory is Parallax
190 Danny Popowski 8B+ Show Your Scars
191 Porter Geddes 8B+ Show Your Scars
192 Matt Bosley 8B+ Perpetual Motion
193 Eli Perry 8B+ The Book Club
194 Scotty Grayson 8B+ Skincifer
195 Gp Salvo 8B+ Blunt Sit
196 Sam Stewart 8B+ Hello Kitty SDS
197 Jason Kehl 8B+ Seventh Circle
198 Chris Watts 8B+ An Empty Smile
199 Timmy Fairfield 8B+ Throwback
200 Vincent Lee 8B+ Meadowlark Lemon
201 Fitz Allen 8B+ Muscle Car
202 Adlai Marquez 8B+ Match Made in Heaven
203 Isaac Caldiero 8B+ Bling
204 Rocco Bochichio 8B+ New Base Line
205 Max Smerek 8B+ Echale
206 Stefan Fellner 8B+ Zef
207 Rob D'Anastasio 8B+ Echale
208 Pete Lowe 8B+ Show Your Scars