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Rat Rock, also known as Umpire Rock, is an outcrop of Manhattan schist which protrudes from the bedrock in Central Park, Manhattan, New York City. It is named after the rats that used to swarm there at night. [1] It is located near the southwest corner of the park, south of the Heckscher Ballfields near the alignments of 62nd Street and Seventh ...
With this achievement she became the first female climber as well as, at the time, the youngest climber to climb this bouldering grade. [27] (In 2019, Mishka Ishi overtook Ashima as the youngest person to climb 8C/V15.) [28] A few months later, she climbed Sleepy Rave, another V15 (or V14 according to some), [29] in Grampians National Park ...
As well as being an early adopter of bouldering as a sport, through his books and writings, Sherman played an important role in the promotion and development of the sport around the world. [1] Sherman was the author of the notable 1991 bouldering guidebook , Hueco Tanks Climbing and Bouldering Guide , [ 6 ] which launched the important V-grade ...
Elizabeth Barlow Rogers (born 1936) is an American environmentalist, landscape preservationist, author of numerous books and essays, and a former park administrator. Her most notable achievement was her role in the revitalization of New York City's Central Park in the 1980s and 1990s.
Tommy Caldwell (born August 11, 1978) is an American rock climber who has set records in sport climbing, traditional climbing, and in big-wall climbing.Caldwell made the first free ascents of several major routes on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.
Pedro/Peter Brown Hoffmeister is an American author, poet, and rock climber.His books include Too Shattered For Mending, [1] This Is The Part Where You Laugh, [2] [3] The End of Boys, [4] [5] Let Them Be Eaten By Bears – A Fearless Guide To Taking Our Kids into The Great Outdoors, [6] Graphic the Valley, [7] Confessions of the Last Man On Earth Without A Cell Phone, and American Afterlife.
Warren Harding (June 18, 1924 – February 27, 2002) was one of the most accomplished and influential American big wall climbers and aid climbers of the 1950s to 1970s. He was the leader of the first team to climb El Capitan, Yosemite Valley, in 1958.
Bouldering is a form of rock climbing that is performed on small rock formations or artificial rock walls without the use of ropes or harnesses.While bouldering can be done without any equipment, most climbers use climbing shoes to help secure footholds, chalk to keep their hands dry and to provide a firmer grip, and bouldering mats to prevent injuries from falls.