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

221 entries on the list.

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