30 December 2013

Climber of the year 2013 - Draft

Here is a draft of the 8a Climber of the year 2013. We foremost value climbers doing different sport climbing disciplines and multiple ascents including FA's. Please give feedback of who you want higher up and who we are missing, especially some french guys. It has never been such a close race since for the Top-10 since we begun in 2000 even if Adam Ondra's #1 position is unchallenged. 1. Adam Ondra (1 also in 2012) 2. Anna Stöhr (17) 3. Alexander Megos (29) 4. James Webb (30) 5. Daniel Woods (3) 6. Jakob Schubert (2) 7. Ramon Julian Puigblanque (7) 8. Ashima Shiraishi (8) 9. Chris Sharma (19) 10. Sasha Digiulian 11. Jain Kim, Jan Hojer, Muriel Sarkany, Dmitry Sharafutdinov, David Graham, Mina Markovic, Akiyo Noguchi, Sean McColl, Alex Puccio, Guillaume Glairon-Mondet, Sachi Amma, Kilian Fischhuber, Paul Robinson, Shauna Coxsey, Nalle Hukkataival, Gabri Moroni, Nina Caprez, Markus Bock, Mathieu Bouyoud, Tommy Caldwell, Nina Williams, Momoka Oda, Lukasz Dudek, Carlo Traversi, Nicky van Bergen, Juliane Wurm, Niccolo Ceria, Felipe Camargo, Samuel Ometz, Angie Payne, Chris Webb Parsons, Dai Koyamada
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