Breaking Barriers: 7 Climbers Who Changed the Game
Namah Ropes
May 7, 2024
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Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary (1953)
The first duo to reach the summit of Mount Everest, setting a precedent for human endurance and spirit.
Lynn Hill (1993)
Redefined what's possible in climbing by being the first person to free climb The Nose on El Capitan in a single day.
Alex Honnold (2017)
Achieved the impossible by free soloing El Capitan, a feat that brought climbing into mainstream consciousness.
Reinhold Messner (1978)
The first to climb Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, advocating for a purer form of mountaineering.
Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson (2015)
Captured the world's attention by free climbing the Dawn Wall, the hardest climb in the world at the time.
Chris Sharma (2008)
Pushed the limits of sport climbing by ascending Jumbo Love, then considered the hardest climb in North America.
Ashima Shiraishi (2016)
Broke gender and age barriers in climbing by ascending two of the most difficult boulder problems by a female at just 14.
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