Strong American Boulderers

The best American boulderers.

This list aims to list any 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

245 entries on the list.

Climber Grade Climbs
1 Aidan Roberts 9A Alphane, Spots of Time, Arrival of the Birds
2 Sean Bailey 9A Shaolin, Alphane, Arrival of the Birds
3 Shawn Raboutou 9A Alphane, Megatron
4 Noah Wheeler 9A Return of the Sleepwalker, Shaolin
5 Zach Galla 9A Shaolin, Return of the Sleepwalker
6 Daniel Woods 9A Return of the Sleepwalker
7 Nathaniel Coleman 9A No One Mourns the Wicked
8 Adam Shahar 9A Return of the Sleepwalker
9 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
10 Matt Fultz 8C+ Hypnotized Minds, Sleepwalker, Grand Illusion, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Brace For the Cure, Moonlight Sonata, Vecchio Leone SDS, Big Z, Deep Fake
11 Jimmy Webb 8C+ Livin' Large, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Sleepwalker, Ephyra, Off the Wagon Low, Poison the Well, Insomniac
12 Dave Graham 8C+ Creature from the Black Lagoon, Hypnotized Minds, Euclase, Fuck the System, Celestite, Curve Ball
13 Andy Lamb 8C+ Creature from the Black Lagoon, Insomniac, Sleepwalker, Event Horizon
14 Austin Purdy 8C+ Insomniac, Sword of Damocles, Bookkeeping, Distortion
15 Griffin Whiteside 8C+ Creature from the Black Lagoon, Sleepwalker, Howl at the Moon SDS
16 Sam Weir 8C+ REM, Fuck the System, Poison the Well
17 Carlo Traversi 8C+ Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Dark Side
18 Nathan Williams 8C+ Sleepwalker, Creature from the Black Lagoon
19 Pablo Hammack 8C+ Sleepwalker, Creature from the Black Lagoon
20 Liam Andrews-Bancroft 8C+ Insomniac, Creature from the Black Lagoon
21 Keenan Takahashi 8C+ Insomniac, The Dark Side
22 David Fitzgerald 8C+ Big Z, Last Line of Defense
23 Owen Whaley 8C+ Grand Illusion, Sosa
24 Eli Perry 8C+ Grand Illusion, Sleepwalker
25 Paul Robinson 8C+ REM
26 Dylan Barks 8C+ Creature from the Black Lagoon
27 Taylor McNeill 8C+ Moonlight Sonata
28 Colin Duffy 8C+ Bookkeeping
29 Zander Waller 8C+ Sleepwalker
30 Kai Whaley 8C+ Sleepwalker
31 Katie Lamb 8C+ The Dark Side
32 Brian Squire 8C+ Grand Illusion
33 Beckett Hsin 8C+ Creature from the Black Lagoon
34 Luke Gerhardt 8C+ Sleepwalker
35 Ben Hanna 8C+ Grand Illusion
36 Miles Perry 8C+ Grand Illusion
37 Austin Hoyt 8C+ The Process
38 Ben Burkhalter 8C Blade Runner, The Game, Echalo, Railway, Paint it Black, Southern Drawl
39 Daniel Beall 8C Terremer, Rising From the Shadows, The Enigma Variation, The Wheel of Milk, The Outer Gates
40 Tristan Chen 8C Paint it Black, Dreamtime, Pegasus, Desperanza
41 Nick Bradley 8C Paint it Black, Delirium, The Game, Railway
42 Nicholas Milburn 8C Southern Drawl, The Game, Paint it Black
43 Facundo Langbehn 8C The Nest, Alma
44 Everett Sloane 8C Variant, Traffic
45 Zach Wilson 8C Sound of Violence, Pegasus
46 Ethan Pringle 8C The Outer Limits, The Nest
47 Jake Scharfman 8C G-Master, Chicken Nuggets
48 Bruce Zou 8C The Game, Pegasus
49 Bryce Viola 8C The Youngster's Roof, King Condor
50 Chris Sharma 8C Witness the Fitness
51 Shawn Diamond 8C Le Dernier Fléau
52 Tyler Landman 8C Satan i Helvete Assis (pre-December 2013)
53 Jon Cardwell 8C The Game
54 Chris Schulte 8C The Big Island
55 Ian Dory 8C Paint it Black
56 Sam Davis 8C Desperanza
57 Ashima Shiraishi 8C Horizon
58 Daniel Fong 8C Paint it Black
59 Matty Hong 8C Dreamtime
60 Tanner Bauer 8C Traffic
61 John Brock 8C The Nest
62 Jon Glassberg 8C The Nest
63 John Cohee 8C Ebony and Ivory
64 Will Anglin 8C Variant
65 Eric Jerome 8C Forever Endeavor
66 Brooke Raboutou 8C Box Therapy
67 Andre Branchizio 8C Paint it Black
68 Paul Nadler 8C Monkey Wedding
69 Wes Walker 8C Ego Death
70 Palmer Larsen 8C The Nest
71 Samuel Hsin 8C Paint it Black
72 Austin Geiman 8C Defying Gravity
73 Michaela Kiersch 8C Dreamtime
74 Ray Hansen 8C Sound of Violence
75 Caleb Franchere 8C The Lazarus Pit
76 Elijah Kiser 8C That Hideous Strength
77 Ben Blackmore 8C Paint it Black
78 Isaac Dunk 8C Trap King
79 Dom Speranza 8C G-Master
80 Danny Popowski 8C The Singularity
81 Ben Kim 8C Lucid Dreaming
82 Sean Houchins-McCallum 8C Echalo
83 Isabelle Faus 8B+ Amandla, Memory is Parallax, Sinawav, Crème de la Crumb SDS, Emasculator, Shadow Walker, Spidey, Mirta, The Grey
84 Alex Puccio 8B+ Jade, New Base Line, The Penrose Step, Super Low Chimichanga Right, Reverse Logic, Hailstorm, Tigris SDS
85 Benn Wheeler 8B+ Ghost Circles, Stockholm Syndome, The Wheel of Wolvo, Vulpine, The Phoenix, Crash Out, Power of Now
86 Sam Struthers 8B+ The Wheel of Rabbits, Andromeda, Memory is Parallax, Gecko Assis, Dark Side of the Compass, Direct North
87 Jack Martinus 8B+ Cosmogram, Echale, The Traphouse, Mécanique Élémentaire, The Traphouse
88 Vance Stanfield 8B+ Aracnobatics, Murder Mitten, Paper Halo, Paper Halo, White Pony
89 Jesse Grupper 8B+ Starstruck, Esperanza, No Peace, Warpath, The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
90 James Litz 8B+ Esperanza, Dreamtime (pre break), Warpath, Insurgency
91 Phil Schaal 8B+ Jade, Amandla, Echale, Midnight Express
92 Matt Gentile 8B+ Angmar, Throwback, Doublecross, Thirst Trap Low
93 Ben Herrington 8B+ The Penrose Step, The Reckoning, The Holy Hand Grenade, The Book Club
94 Brian Nugent 8B+ Mécanique Élémentaire, The Penrose Step, Get Railed, Kintsugi
95 Jonah Kreitzberg 8B+ Esperanza, Reverse Cowgirl, Neon Desert, Echale
96 Sam Rothstein 8B+ Yellow Cake, Cosmogram, Andromeda, Fallen Angel
97 B.J. Tilden 8B+ Esperanza, Zef, Neon Desert, The Multiverse
98 Joel Unema 8B+ Shelob, Doublecross, Angmar, Polyphemus
99 Julian Bresler 8B+ A Man Escaped, Echale, New Base Line, The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
100 Milo Timberlake 8B+ Trieste, Cosmic Artifact, Menage a Trois, Motorhead
101 Brion Voges 8B+ Lost in the Hood, Wood Grain Grippin', Esperanza
102 Michael O'Rourke 8B+ Mirror Reality, Warrior Up, The Phoenix
103 Chase Martinez 8B+ Echale, Midnight Express, The Penrose Step
104 Kiernan Tong 8B+ Direct North, Insurgency, Zef
105 Matt Nunes 8B+ Uncertainty, Bone Saw, Severed Arm
106 Andrew Nimmer 8B+ Esperanza, Direct North, Amandla
107 Jack Felix 8B+ Jumpman, The Mantra, Echale
108 Tim Kang 8B+ Trieste, Borrowed Time, Goldfish Trombone
109 Tyre Taft 8B+ Brass Knuckles, Severed Arm, Bone Saw
110 Cyrus Johnston 8B+ Cosmogram, Yellow Cake, Andromeda
111 Timmy Fairfield 8B+ The Saadhu, Throwback
112 Josh Haynes 8B+ Esperanza, Goldfish Trombone
113 Max Zolotukhin 8B+ Direct North, No Peace Prize
114 Mark Heal 8B+ Amandla, New Base Line
115 Alex Waterhouse 8B+ New Base Line, The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
116 Simon Hibbeler 8B+ Echale, Be Kinda Soft
117 Charlie Barron 8B+ Shadow Walker, Predator Pounce Low
118 Nate Draughn 8B+ Bone Saw, Show Your Scars
119 Cody Fults 8B+ Trieste, Squoze
120 Isaac Leff 8B+ Nuclear Base, Flashing Lights
121 Dalton Bunker 8B+ Show Your Scars, Hailstorm
122 Jeramie Claussen 8B+ Kenny Loggins, Dark Waters Low
123 Josh Muehring 8B+ Show Your Scars, Zef
124 Duke Lettieri 8B+ Jade, Trieste
125 Ethan Freudenheim 8B+ Show Your Scars, Kenny Loggins
126 Siara Fabbri 8B+ New Base Line, Compass North
127 Brett Walker 8B+ Trieste, Direct North
128 Jess Walker 8B+ Warrior Up, Echale
129 Conor Wellman 8B+ The Multiverse, The Phoenix
130 Cozmo Rothfork 8B+ The Saadhu, Hoop Dance
131 Logan Tetu 8B+ Echale, Muscle Car
132 Matt Willis 8B+ Breaking the Wheel, Direct North
133 Shunei Asao 8B+ Squoze, Line of Fire
134 Wesley White 8B+ Dark Side of the Compass, Cosmogram
135 Melina Costanza 8B+ Direct North, The Mantra
136 Jordan Shepard 8B+ Birch Problem, Thirst Trap Low
137 Erik Cmiel 8B+ Breaking the Wheel, Zef
138 Kevin Celommi 8B+ Avalanche, Mind Shift
139 Itai Axelrad 8B+ Jade, Ode to the Modern Man
140 Sam Stewart 8B+ Dark Side of the Compass, Hello Kitty SDS
141 Vincent Lee 8B+ Trieste, Fatal Attraction
142 Kyle Hilton 8B+ Jade, Mirror Reality
143 Thomas Betterton 8B+ When Life Gives You Lemons Low, Warrior Up
144 Kyle Howard 8B+ The French Connection, Big Kat
145 Sam Enright 8B+ No Peace Prize, Show Your Scars
146 Tanner Mack 8B+ Trieste, Goldfish Trombone
147 Ely Wilde 8B+ Esperanza
148 Nick Duttle 8B+ Esperanza
149 Kevin Jorgeson 8B+ Ode to the Modern Man
150 Seth Allred 8B+ Midnight Express
151 Jason Kehl 8B+ Seventh Circle
152 Jim Merli 8B+ L'Étoile Du Nord
153 Mirko Caballero 8B+ Golden Shadow
154 Giovanni Traversi 8B+ Direct North
155 Jonathan Siegrist 8B+ Jade
156 Hunter Damiani 8B+ Midnight Express
157 Ryan Sewell 8B+ Echale
158 Mike McCracken 8B+ Nuclear Base
159 Eric Breed 8B+ The Holy Hand Grenade
160 Zach Arenberg 8B+ Muscle Car
161 Brian Antheunisse 8B+ Neon Desert
162 Sander Pick 8B+ Direct North
163 Matt Desantis 8B+ Show Your Scars
164 Gordon Anderson 8B+ Dicktopia
165 Chris Deuto 8B+ Shadow Walker
166 Peter Torphy 8B+ A Man Escaped
167 Dan Andrei 8B+ When Life Gives You Lemons Low
168 Clay Gordon 8B+ Trieste
169 Davis Stewart 8B+ Brass Knuckles
170 Chad Greedy 8B+ Sinawav
171 Jake Plasco 8B+ Perpetual Motion
172 Vincent Mollicone 8B+ Judge Judy
173 Mike McClure 8B+ Hypothetical
174 Danny Seo 8B+ Echo Chamber
175 Manny Quintana 8B+ North Ridge
176 Kelly Birch 8B+ Muscle Car
177 Aidan Callan 8B+ There and Back Again
178 Taylor Kiley 8B+ Hypothetical
179 Conrad Piper-Ruth 8B+ Hypothetical
180 Sam Dospoy 8B+ Bone Saw
181 Cameron Hörst 8B+ Breaking the Wheel
182 Josh Levin 8B+ The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
183 Ilias Hosain 8B+ Muscle Car
184 Caleb Robinson 8B+ Zef
185 Graham Owens 8B+ Vulpine
186 Courtney Arnold 8B+ Birch Problem
187 Luke Vincent 8B+ The Other Side of Infinity
188 Dawson Bauer 8B+ Sinawav
189 Chris Terry 8B+ The Penrose Step
190 GP Salvo 8B+ Blunt Sit
191 Vail Everett 8B+ Judge Judy
192 Dylan Enriquez 8B+ Sit Propera
193 Anderson Bouton 8B+ Motorhead
194 Adlai Marquez 8B+ Match Made in Heaven
195 Erik Libbe 8B+ Direct North
196 Sierra Blaire-Coyle 8B+ Birch Problem
197 Jeremy Holmes 8B+ Fatal Attraction
198 Casey Webb 8B+ Apotheosis
199 Andrew Moore 8B+ Direct North
200 Jonny Hork 8B+ Sinawav
201 Nick Ranelli 8B+ Avalanche
202 Liam Foster 8B+ Echo Chamber
203 Derek Southward 8B+ Kintsugi
204 Clay Klein 8B+ Midnight Express
205 Ryan Devlin 8B+ Starstruck
206 Ross Fulkerson 8B+ 1-Up
207 Pete Lowe 8B+ Show Your Scars
208 Zach Lerner 8B+ Memory is Parallax
209 Porter Geddes 8B+ Show Your Scars
210 Matt Bosley 8B+ Perpetual Motion
211 Bobby Taft-Pittman 8B+ Dicktopia
212 Scotty Grayson 8B+ Skincifer
213 Isaac Caldiero 8B+ Bling
214 Roman Yalowitz 8B+ Momentum
215 Mike Foley 8B+ The Reckoning
216 Chris Watts 8B+ An Empty Smile
217 Luke Parady 8B+ Midnight Express
218 Adam Taylor 8B+ Esperanza
219 Sam Wolff 8B+ The Penrose Step
220 Quinn Spadafora 8B+ Echale
221 Cole Bradburn 8B+ Speed of Sound
222 Jake Croft 8B+ The Holy Hand Grenade
223 Mike Pacaro 8B+ Kook Slams Extension
224 Ben Spannuth 8B+ Esperanza
225 Randy Puro 8B+ Junebug (Pre-Break)
226 Rowland Chen 8B+ Echale
227 Eric Wu 8B+ Goldfish Trombone
228 Dalen Gray 8B+ Third Eye Awakening
229 Urs Moosmuller 8B+ Direct North
230 Jake Kim 8B+ Echale
231 Chris Chen 8B+ Echale
232 Rob D'Anastasio 8B+ Echale
233 Aj Flynn 8B+ Sailor's Delight
234 Oliver Kuang 8B+ Hoop Dance
235 Marc Bourguignon 8B+ The Reckoning
236 Stefan Fellner 8B+ Zef
237 Andrew Rothner 8B+ Aslan
238 Alex Mcintyre 8B+ Epidote Extension (Left)
239 Solomon Barth 8B+ The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
240 Alex Biale 8B+ Mind to Motion
241 Max Smerek 8B+ Echale
242 Rocco Bochichio 8B+ New Base Line
243 Joe Meiners 8B+ Amandla
244 Kirby Mccoy 8B+ Show Your Scars
245 Fitz Allen 8B+ Muscle Car