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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.
Nima Jangmu Sherpa, 28, made the historic ascent on Mount Kanchenjunga on 23 May 2018 morning and became the only woman in the world to climb Nepal's three highest peaks (Mount Everest -14 May 2018, Mount Lhotse - 29 April 2018, Mount Kanchenjunga – 23 May 2018) above 8,000 metres in a single season within 25 days.
B1 was "the highest level of difficulty in traditional roped climbing" (which was about American YDS 5.10 (or French 6a / UIAA VI+) at that time, [14] B2 was "harder than anything in B1", [14] and B3 was a "route that had been tried on multiple occasions by more than one party but had only been climbed once" (i.e. if a B3 was repeated it would ...
They became the first mother/daughter duo to complete the "Seven Summits" challenge, climbing the highest peak of every continent. [183] May 25 – Mostafa Salameh became the first Jordanian to climb Everest, planting the Jordanian flag on the peak. [184] May – Nimdoma Sherpa, 16 years old, becomes the youngest woman to reach the summit. [185]
Beth Rodden (born 1980) US, rock climber and first female to match the highest male grades in traditional climbing with Meltdown 5.14d (9a) Jordan Romero (born 1996) US, became the youngest person to climb Everest on May 22, 2010, aged 13 years, 10 months, 10 days [ 4 ]
Upon climbing Vinson Massif in December 2011 at the age of 15 years, 5 months, 12 days, Romero became the youngest person in the world to complete the Seven Summits (highest mountains on each of the continents), a title previously held by George Atkinson. After this experience, Romero wrote a novel for children called No Summit Out of Sight. [5]
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Woods climbing Thor's Hammer (9a+ 5.15a) in the Hanshelleren Caves, Flatanger Municipality, Norway in 2019 In 2003, Woods climbed his first bouldering problem rated 8A (V11), Fuck You Finger . The following year, at the age of 15, he made the first ascent of Echale , grading it 8B+ (V14).