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

211 entries on the list.

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