Name that Climber
The man who completed the first-ever free solo climb of El Capitan's 3,000-foot Freerider route.
Who is Alex Honnold?
The first V17 ever ascended in the world.
What is Burden of Dreams?
You wear these on your feet on the wall.
What are climbing shoes?
The Yosemite Decimal System (YDS) System, vertical rock climbing grades all start with this number.
What is 5?
When you complete a climb in only one attempt.
What is flashing?
Often considered the best climber of all time.
Who is Adam Ondra?
The name of the most famous face on El Capitan in Yosemite (hint: body part).
What is The Nose?
Something used to remove chalk from holds.
What is a brush?
The lowest climbing grade and highest (official) climbing grade on the V-scale.
What is VB and V17?
The easiest type of climbing hold to hold on to.
What is a jug?
Who is Janja Garnbret?
Widely considered the hardest sport climbing route (5.15d / 9b+).
What is Silence?
Name of the self-locking belay device commonly used to teach new belayers.
What is a GriGri?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: The V in V-scale stand for this.
What is Vermin?
When you climb down a route instead of rappelling or jumping off.
What is downclimbing?
The person who has ascended the most V17 routes in the world (Two choices).
Who is Will Bosi / Simon Lorenzi?
The climb that was proposed for V18 in 2025.
What is Exodia?
A type of rope that is stretchy in order to absorb the energy of the fall.
What is a dynamic rope?
What is 5.10 / 5.10a?
Rock that is loose, crumbly, rough, uncomfortable, and/or unsafe to climb on.
What is choss?
They won the most recent World Climbing Series Event.
What is Drifter's Escape?
These are the two core parts of protection when trad climbing.
What are nuts and cams?
Convert a 5.13a route to the French scale.
What is 7c+?
Term given to very long bouldering routes that blur the line between a boulder and a short free solo.
What is a highball route?