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

262 entries on the list.

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