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

220 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 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 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 Pegasus, Sound of Violence, 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 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 Will Anglin 8C Variant
60 Daniel Fong 8C Paint it Black
61 Ian Dory 8C Paint it Black
62 John Brock 8C The Nest
63 Jake Scharfman 8C G-Master
64 Wes Walker 8C Ego Death
65 Ray Hansen 8C Sound of Violence
66 Isabelle Faus 8B+ Amandla, Memory is Parallax, Sinawav, Crème de la Crumb SDS, Emasculator, Shadow Walker, The Grinch, Spidey, Mirta, The Grey
67 Ben Blackmore 8B+ Memory is Parallax, Jumpman, The Grey, The Other Side of Infinity, Direct North, The Wheel of Wolvo, Mécanique Élémentaire, Mind to Motion
68 Elijah Kiser 8B+ Levity, Uncertainty, Nausicaä, Brass Knuckles, Severed Arm, Bone Saw, Third Eye Awakening
69 Sam Struthers 8B+ The Wheel of Rabbits, Andromeda, Memory is Parallax, Gecko Assis, Dark Side of the Compass, Direct North
70 Benn Wheeler 8B+ Vulpine, The Phoenix, Moonstruck, The Wheel of Wolvo, Stockholm Syndome, Ghost Circles
71 Alex Puccio 8B+ Jade, New Base Line, The Penrose Step, Hailstorm, Tigris SDS
72 James Litz 8B+ Esperanza, Dreamtime (pre break), Insurgency, Warpath
73 Phil Schaal 8B+ Jade, Amandla, Echale, Midnight Express
74 Bryce Viola 8B+ Kintsugi, Mind to Motion, Nuclear Base, Book of Bitter Aspects Low
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 Kevin Jorgeson 8B+ Ode to a Modern Man, Ode to the Modern Man, The Mandala SDS
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 Kind, Be Kinda Soft
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 Jesse Grupper 8B+ Starstruck, Esperanza, The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
91 Cyrus Johnston 8B+ Cosmogram, Yellow Cake, Andromeda
92 Tyre Taft 8B+ Bone Saw, Brass Knuckles, Severed Arm
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 Kyle Hilton 8B+ Jade, Mirror Reality
114 Conor Wellman 8B+ The Multiverse, The Phoenix
115 Tanner Mack 8B+ Goldfish Trombone, Trieste
116 Paul Nadler 8B+ Gecko Assis, The Penrose Step
117 Isaac Leff 8B+ Flashing Lights, Nuclear Base
118 Itai Axelrad 8B+ Ode to the Modern Man, Jade
119 Thomas Betterton 8B+ Warrior Up, When Life Gives You Lemons Low
120 Brian Nugent 8B+ Kintsugi, Get Railed
121 Kyle Howard 8B+ The French Connection, Big Kat
122 Sam Enright 8B+ Show Your Scars, No Peace Prize
123 Ely Wilde 8B+ Esperanza
124 Josh Haynes 8B+ Esperanza
125 Nick Duttle 8B+ Esperanza
126 Seth Allred 8B+ Midnight Express
127 Johnny Goicoechea 8B+ The Mandala SDS
128 Brian Hedrick 8B+ The Mandala SDS
129 Jim Merli 8B+ L'Étoile Du Nord
130 Giovanni Traversi 8B+ Direct North
131 Jonathan Siegrest 8B+ Jade
132 Liam Vance 8B+ The Mandala SDS
133 Hunter Damiani 8B+ Midnight Express
134 Ryan Sewell 8B+ Echale
135 Ben Hanna 8B+ The Saadhu
136 Eric Breed 8B+ The Holy Hand Grenade
137 Zach Arenberg 8B+ Muscle Car
138 Brian Antheunisse 8B+ Neon Desert
139 Sander Pick 8B+ Direct North
140 Matt Desantis 8B+ Show Your Scars
141 Gordon Anderson 8B+ Dicktopia
142 Chris Deuto 8B+ Shadow Walker
143 Dan Andrei 8B+ When Life Gives You Lemons Low
144 Clay Gordon 8B+ Trieste
145 Henry Ritterpusch 8B+ Levity
146 Jake Plasco 8B+ Perpetual Motion
147 Vincent Mollicone 8B+ Judge Judy
148 Mike McClure 8B+ Hypothetical
149 Tyler Thompson 8B+ Levity
150 Danny Seo 8B+ Echo Chamber
151 Manny Quintana 8B+ North Ridge
152 Kelly Birch 8B+ Muscle Car
153 Aidan Callan 8B+ There and Back Again
154 Taylor Kiley 8B+ Hypothetical
155 Conrad Piper-Ruth 8B+ Hypothetical
156 Ben Kim 8B+ Direct North
157 Nicolas Bass 8B+ Levity
158 Shunei Asao 8B+ Squoze
159 Sam Dospoy 8B+ Bone Saw
160 Cameron Hörst 8B+ Breaking the Wheel
161 Wesley White 8B+ Dark Side of the Compass
162 Josh Levin 8B+ The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
163 Ilias Hosain 8B+ Muscle Car
164 Caleb Robinson 8B+ Zef
165 Melina Costanza 8B+ Direct North
166 Colin Wills 8B+ The Mandala SDS
167 Graham Owens 8B+ Vulpine
168 Jon Kannapell 8B+ Levity
169 Solomon Barth 8B+ The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
170 Randy Puro 8B+ Junebug (Pre-Break)
171 Alex Biale 8B+ Mind to Motion
172 Alex Mcintyre 8B+ Epidote Extension (Left)
173 Andrew Rothner 8B+ Aslan
174 Ben Spannuth 8B+ Esperanza
175 Marc Bourguignon 8B+ The Reckoning
176 Oliver Kuang 8B+ Hoop Dance
177 Aj Flynn 8B+ Sailor's Delight
178 Cole Bradburn 8B+ Speed of Sound
179 Julian Bresler 8B+ A Man Escaped
180 Peter Torphy 8B+ A Man Escaped
181 Dalen Gray 8B+ Third Eye Awakening
182 Rowland Chen 8B+ Echale
183 Eric Wu 8B+ Goldfish Trombone
184 Mike McCracken 8B+ Nuclear Base
185 Matt Willis 8B+ Breaking the Wheel
186 Sam Wolff 8B+ The Penrose Step
187 Adam Taylor 8B+ Esperanza
188 Luke Parady 8B+ Midnight Express
189 Mike Foley 8B+ The Reckoning
190 Jake Kim 8B+ Echale
191 Joe Meiners 8B+ Amandla
192 Kirby Mccoy 8B+ Show Your Scars
193 Chris Chen 8B+ Echale
194 Roman Yalowitz 8B+ Momentum
195 Chad Greedy 8B+ Sinawav
196 Rob D'Anastasio 8B+ Echale
197 Tim Kang 8B+ Goldfish Trombone
198 Stefan Fellner 8B+ Zef
199 Bobby Taft-Pittman 8B+ Dicktopia
200 Max Smerek 8B+ Echale
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 Scotty Grayson 8B+ Skincifer
206 Gp Salvo 8B+ Blunt Sit
207 Sam Stewart 8B+ Hello Kitty SDS
208 Jason Kehl 8B+ Seventh Circle
209 Chris Watts 8B+ An Empty Smile
210 Timmy Fairfield 8B+ Throwback
211 Rocco Bochichio 8B+ New Base Line
212 Pete Lowe 8B+ Show Your Scars
213 Quinn Spadafora 8B+ Echale
214 Isaac Caldiero 8B+ Bling
215 Adlai Marquez 8B+ Match Made in Heaven
216 Jake Croft 8B+ The Holy Hand Grenade
217 Lucas Parker 8B+ Levity
218 Mike Pacaro 8B+ Kook Slams Extension
219 Jordan Shepard 8B+ Birch Problem
220 Fitz Allen 8B+ Muscle Car