27 December 2014

Climber of the year 2014 - Draft

Here is a preliminary list of Climber of the year 2014. Please feel free to update the list and also add some guys we have missed. The list is based on officiell sport climbing performances and we also give extra credit for the ones being an active role model in the climbing community, performing at top level in different disciplines including MP and opens FAs. Even if Adam Ondra is totally superior, it seems that the other top guys have reached a new level. Interesting is that none out of the Top-11 are active 8a members but maybe there are some more guys up there who are not public with their ascents? 1. Adam Ondra: Double world Champion 2. Alex Puccio: #2 in World Champion 3. Jan hojer: #1 in the World cup 4. Angy Eiter: New level of of female route and boulders 5. Jimmy Webb: New level of male bouldering 6. Ashima Shiraishi: 8B+ and 8c+ 7. Alex Megos: Multiple 9a's and 8B+ and harder, 8c MP 8. Ramonet Puigblanque: #2 in the World Champion 9. Jule Wurm: #1 in the Boulder World Champion 10. Domen Škofic #5 in World Cup, #4 World Champion 10. Jakob Schubert: #1 in the Lead World Cup 10. Daniel Woods: Some 20 FA between 8B - 8C Mina Markovic, Jernej Kruder: #2 in Boulder World Champion, Stefano Ghisolfi, Shauna Coxsey, Nalle Hukkataival, Akiyo Noguchi, Jain Kim, Gui-Gui Mondet, Sasha Digiulian, Paul Robinson, Gabri Moroni, Sean McColl, Katharina Saurwein, Anak Verhoeven, Sachi Amma, Dima Sharafutdinov David Graham, Kilian Fischhuber, Magdalena Röck, Mathieu Bouyoud, David Firnenburg, Martin Stranik, Magnus Midtbö, Nina Caprez, Mina Leslie-Wujastyk, Chris Sharma, Fabian Buhl, Isabelle Faus, Emilie Pellerin, Karoline Sinnhuber, Jorg Verhoeven, Dani Andrada, Manon Hily, Alfons Dornauer, Lukasz Dudek, Pablo Barbero, Nancho Sanchez
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