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This land, now open to the public, is a commitment to preserving and sustaining climbing access in the Red River Gorge indefinitely. [2] In the 1990s, as climbing grew in popularity as a sport, the RRGCC Coalition formed with the intent of permanently securing access to climbing in the Red River Gorge region.
Brockmann currently competes in the USA Climbing Youth Series as a foreign national. She was a Midwest division finalist in both bouldering and lead from 2021to 2024, placing 2nd [3] [4] and 3rd [5] at the 2024 and 2025 USA Climbing Division 6 Youth Boulder Divisional Championships in Indianapolis, IN, respectively.
USA Climbing is the national governing body of the sport of competition climbing in the United States. [1] As a 501(c)3 non-profit, they promote Sport Climbing which comprises three competition disciplines: bouldering , lead climbing , and speed climbing , in elite, youth and collegiate formats.
The Access Fund became its own 501(c)3 organization in 1991. The organization is based out of Boulder, Colorado and has a small full-time staff. Additionally, the Access Fund has a nationwide network of volunteers and local climbing organizations that work locally to keep climbing areas open and preserved for future climbers. [3]
[11]: 347 As a member of the American Alpine Club Spitzer established the "Lyman Spitzer Cutting Edge Climbing Award" which gives $12,000 to several mountain climbing expeditions annually. [12] Mary Jobe Akeley, who explored the Selkirk Mountains and much of British Columbia between 1907 and 1914, was an early member. [13]
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The Combined ranking offers an Overall comparison of Athletes across the three Sport Climbing disciplines of Bouldering, Lead and Speed. The formula is simple: competitors must compete in all three disciplines to qualify and are ranked based on the aggregate of their places in the individual disciplines, in ascending order (lowest score is best).
First-free-ascents that set new grade milestones are important events in rock climbing history, and are listed below. While sport climbing has dominated absolute-grade milestones since the mid-1980s (i.e. are now the highest grades), milestones for modern traditional climbing, free solo climbing, onsighted, and flashed ascents, are also listed.