Climber of 2007 - Top-100

Climber of the year 2007-10-17

1. (1) Usobiaga
   #1 8a Lead:
   #1 WC Lead:
   #2 World Champion
   #1 Dima Rock Master
   http://www.patxiusobiaga.com/
   , Black Diamond, Ternua, Kirolgi
   
   Patxi has competed since the mid 90’s and he has been runner up in the three last world championships. Since 2003, he has done 44 straight WC and overall he has been: 4 – 5 – 6 – 1 and 2007. Outdoors he has done more than 20 onsights 8b+ and harder. Since a year boyfriend and trainer to #46 Irati Anda. – This is a very good but tough challenge for me. You know, previously I just focused on my self in the gym now it is like a battle of frustration for me. Very hard indeed but I do like it. She is tough but truly wonderful.
   
   
2.  (9) Graham
   #3 8a Lead:
   #3 8A :
   Petzl, Prana, BEAL, 5.10
   
   Dave has been the 8a Climber of the year five years out of seven. Last year he was injured for four months. But besides from that he has more or less 72 straight months of being the superior combined 8Aa ranking leader.
   
   Dave is very outspoken with opinions and beta on all the hard routes/boulders in the world. He is something like a genius, as he can describe and display, in detail, all the hard sequences including how his friends do them. Strong ideas on ethics and grades. He was actually the first person who stopped the inflation grades in bouldering, downgrading some 15 of the hardest ascents he had done. Dave has a very strong interest and passion for the climbing community and he says that we have to make climbers ‘mature’ when it comes to ethics and grades. 8a thinks that Dave is a very good role-model and inspiring climber who always creates headline.
   
   A funny thing is that in all interviews and whoever he is talking to, he always says he is not strong. It is like a mantra that – I am not as strong as the rest of the gang. He says it so often and with a such sincere meaning that you actually understand that this must be his inner feeling. – I am so weak so I could kill myself! That is what you hear while he is working the crux’.
   
   
3.  (8) Maja Vidmar -85
   #3 8a Lead:
   #2 WC: Lead
   #3 World Champion
   #13 European Boulder Champion
   http://www.majavidmar.com/
   
   
4. (10) Ramon J Puigblanque -81
   #3 8a Lead:
   #1 World Champion
   #3 WC Lead:
   #1 Serre Chevalier & Arco Rock Master
   
   
5. (19) Adam Ondra -93
   #3 8a Lead:
   #1 World Youth Champion
   #1 European Youth Cup
   
   
6.  (17) Dai Koyamada -76
   8A :
   
   
7. (1) Chris Sharma -81
   #1 Salt Lake Boulder
   Three degrees of seperation, 9a
   , 8b+ OS
   
   
8. (13) Dani Andrada -75 SPAIN
   
   
9. (4) Eiter
   Claudio Cafe, 8c+
   Bodybuilding, 8c
   Nobody is perfect, 8c
   #1 Dima Rock Master
   The best female competition climber ever with 32 WC victories in total. A very sweet always smiling little girl who you wouldn’t think could do 40 pull-ups.
   
   
10.  (7) Tomás Mrazek -82 CZECH REP.
    #4 8a Lead:
    #4 WC Lead:
    #4 WC :
    #3 World Champion
    #3 European Boulder Champion
    http://www.tomasmrazek.com/
    Ocún, Rock Pillars
    
    
11. (5) Charlotte Durif -90 FRANCE
    #1 8a Lead:
    #10 World Champion
    #1 World Youth Champion
    #1 Serre Chevalier
    #5 WC Lead:
    
    
12. (12) Kilian Fischhuber -83
    #1 WC : 2 – 3 – 1 – 4 – 1 – 4 – 2
    #17 WC Lead: 24 – 11 – 21 – 18 - 11
    
13. (49) Ethan Pringle -86
    8a Lead:
    8A ::
    
14.  (15) Natalija Gros -84 SLOVENIA
    
15.  (6) Jorg Verhoeven -85
    #3 World Championship
    #4 WC Lead:
    
16. (14) Daniel Woods -89
    #1 Bouldering
    #2 Lead
    
    
17. Irati Anda -82
    #7 8a Lead:
    #5 World Champion
    #5 WC Lead. 14 – 7 – 26 – 21 – 4 – 2 – 9 – 2
    #3 Arco Rock Master
    
    
18. (35) Juliette Danion -82
    #1 Europe Champion
    #1 WC : 2 – 8 – 9 – 1 – 4 – 5 – 1
    #5 World Champion
    
    
19.  (29) Anna Stöhr -88 AUSTRIA
    #1 Boulder World Champion
    #1 Arco Rock Master
    
    Anna only did four comps in total in 2007.
    
    
20.  (11) Josune Bereziartu -72
    
    
    
21. (34) Cedric Lachat -84 SWITZERLAND
    #6 WC Lead: 4 – 3 – 7 – 4 – 7 – 1
    #3 Lead World Champion
    #3 Boulder World Champion
    Underground, 9a+
    
    
22. (3) David Lama -90
    #1 Europe Boulder Champion
    #7 WC lead: 1 – 7 – 25 – 9 – 5 – 4 – 10
    
    
23. (41) Kleman Becan -82
    
    
24. (30) Rosta Stefanek -77 CZECH REP.
    
    
25. (55) Paul Robinson -87 USA
    
    
26. (27) Sean McColl -87
    8a Lead:
    8Aa Combined:
    
    
27. Laura Griffiths -89
    8A :
    
    
28. (36) Emily Harrington -86
    
    
29. (48) Tyler Landman -90
    
    
30. (24) Martina Cufar -77
    #14 8a Lead:
    
    
31. Dmitry Sharafutdinov -86 RUSSIA
    #1 World Boulder Champion
    #11 World Speed Champion
    #4 European Boulder Champion
    #2 WC Boulder
    
    
32. (33) Olha Shalagina -83
    #2 Europe Champ
    
    
33. Magnus Midtbö -88 NORWAY
    #1 European Youth Cup: 2 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 1
    #10 WC Lead: 20 – 17 – 16 – 6 – 6 – 5
    #8 World Lead Champion
    #20 World Boulder Champion
    
    In the end of the season he move down to Innsbruck to train at Tivoli. It seems that this had an impact to his results.
    
    
34. Martin Stranik -90 CZECH REP.
    
    
35. Michael Fuselier -81
    #3 Serre Chevalier
    Nice to eat you, 9a FA
    50 years of pump, 8c+ FA
    
    
36. Nalle Hukkataival -86
    #4 8A :
    #2 European Champion
    #8 WC Boulder
    #2 Arco Rock Master
    
    
37. Mina Markovic -87 SLOVENIA

38. (28) Flavio Crespi -80
    
    
39. Muriel Sarkany -74
    #2 World Champion
    
    
40. (26) Katharina Saurwein -87
    
    
41. (55) Chris Webb-Parsons -85
    
    
42. Anne Gray -61
    
    
43. (37) Iker Pou -77 SPAIN
    Gilette, 8B Wazabi, 8B, Begi Puntuan
    
    
44. (16) Sandrine Levet -82
    
    
45. (25) Barbara Bacher -82
    #12 8a Lead:
    #15 World Champion
    #15 WC Lead:
    #16 WC :
    
    
46. (60) Daila Ojeda -81
    #11 8a Lead:
    
    
47. (54) Said Belhaj -81
    
    
48. (53) Markus Bock -79
    Zugszang, 8c+ FA Odd Fellows, 8c+ FA
    
    
49. Erik Lopez -91
    
    
50. Steve McClure -71
    
    
51. Silvie Rajfova -89 CZECH REPUBLIC
    
    
52. (59) Andrea Szekely -89
    
    
53. Yuka Kobayashi -87 JAPAN
    
    
54. Akiyo Noguchi -89 JAPAN
    
    
55. (21) Olga Bibik -76 RUSSIA
    
    
56. David Gambús -84 SPAIN
    
    
57. Gareth Perry -73 UK
    Berezina, Blindfolded
    
    
58. Kevin Jorgeson -84 USA
    The beautiful and damned, 8B, 35', Ode to the modern man, 8B+
    
59. Tino Lois -78
    #12 8a Lead:
    
    
60. Christophe Zehani -74 FRANCE
    
    
61. (42) Yuji Hirayama -69 JAPAN
    
    
62. Bernhard Schwaiger -75 AUSTRIA
    
    
63. Alexandra Taistra -82 POLEN
    
    
64. (22) Christian Core -74
    
    
65. (31) Alex Chabot -81
    PuntX, 9a+
    
    
66. Gabriele Moroni -87
    
    
67. Jenny Lavarda -82 ITALY
    #1 Ice WC: 1 – 2 – 1
    
    
68. Sylvain Millet -78
    #11 World Champion
    #14 WC lead:
    
    
69. Alex Puccio -89
    
    
70. Barbara Zangerl -88
    
    
71. (52) Dave Macleod -78
    
    
72. Gabor Szekely -90
    #24 8a Lead:
    #9 8Aa Combined:
    
    
73. (39) Jon Cardwell -89
    #1 Lead
    
    
74. Olena Ostapenko -76
    
    
75. Chris Lindner -84
    
    
76. Layla Mammi -75
    
    
    
77. Yulia Abramchuk -82
    #2 Arco Rock Master
    
    
78. Stephane Julien -77
    #4 World Champion
    #5 WC :
    #6 European Champion
    
    
79. Akito Matsushima -82 JAPAN
    #12 World Boulder Champion
    #10 WC Lead Japan
    #12 WC Boulder:
    
    
80. (44) Evgeny Krivosheytsev -69
    #1 Ourey Ice
    #1 Ice World Champion
    
    
81. Tony Lamiche -77 9a, San ku Kai in Entraigues
    
    
82. Pablo Barbero -81SPAIN
    #29 World Championship
    
    

83.  Sonnie Trotter -79 CANADA
The Path, 8c R means mandatory run-outs
www.sonnietrotter.com

84.  (23) Caroline Ciavaldini -85
Alter Ego, 8b OS, Geminis, 8b+

85.  Vasya Vorotnikov -87 USA

86.  Cedric Lo Piccolo -82
The Abysse, 9a

87.  Jarmilla Tyrill -76 AUSTRALIA

88.  Chloé Gratitaux -87 BELGIUM

89.  Alexandra Eyer -81
#12 World Champion
#24 World Champion

90.  Ekaitz Maiz -?

91.  Tatiana Ruyga -78

92.  Melissa Lippani -75
8A (7C+) Negro Negro

93.  Sachi Anma –89 JAPAN
#1 World Youth Championship

94.  Sang-Won Son -82 JAPAN
#5 World Champion

95.  Joey Kinder, #21 8a lead

96.  Alex Johnson -? USA
#1 Salt Lake Boulder

97.  Sabine Bacher -84

98.  Fabian Dugit -84
#10 World Champion
#9 WC Lead

99.                  Jacinda Hunter -78
Mother of two boys, Kaden (9), Kyler (7), and two girls, Jayne (4), Olivia (2). ‘My husband and I both work full time as registered nurses.  We try to climb either at the local gym during the week, or in our small basement gym my husband built. We climb mostly outside on the weekends.  My husband Mike, and I take turns going out while the other stays home to watch the kids.  Sometimes we get a babysitter and climb together, but we end up going out together with the kids a lot too.  The girls love to play and run around in the dirt while we climb, and the boys have started to like bouldering.’

100.                  Monique Forestier -73

101.                  Justin Hawkins -77
8c Streetfighter, 8B

102.                  Andreas Bindhammer -51
, 9a(+), Broadway, 8c+

103.                  Antoine Vandeputte -86
Kheops ss, FA, Gecko assis, 8B+ FA
164 cm

104.                  Johanna Ernst – 92

105.                  Christina Schmid -89