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

217 entries on the list.

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