Lynn Hill

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Lynn Hill in Stavanger (2015)

Lynn Hill (born January 3, 1961 in Detroit ) is an American climber . She became famous in the 1980s when she was one of the world's best sport climbers. At least since she was the first person to freely climb the route " The Nose " on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park , she has been one of the best and most famous sport climbers.

Life

Originally from Detroit, Michigan , Lynn Hill grew up in southern California . It became clear early on that she was endowed with a lot of athletic talent: at the age of six she won swimming competitions, and from the age of nine she was a good gymnast . She started climbing when she was 14 years old and went on a climbing vacation with her sister and her fiancé. During the 1980s she became part of the climbing scene at the time, mainly focusing on climbing in the Camp Four area of the Yosemite Valley. She has also appeared on numerous television shows, including a candidate for the TV show Survival of the Fittest .

In 1979, Lynn Hill became the first woman to master the difficulty level 5.12 + / 5.13 in the route Ophir Broke in Ophir , Colorado. In 1984 she managed the first ascent of the Yellow Crack route (5.12 R // X onsight , the "R" stands for "Run out", the "X" for unsecured) in the Shawangunks (Indian name, read: Shongums). From 1986 to 1992 she was one of the world's best sport climbers: she won over 30 international titles, including five victories at the prestigious Arco Rock Master . Of the 38 competitions she competed, she was able to win 26. In 1991 she set another milestone with a red dot repetition of the 8b + route Masse Critique in Cimai, France. This made her the first woman who could climb the French level of difficulty 8b +. In 1998 she also managed the first women's ascent of the Midnight Lightning boulder .

After quitting competitive climbing, Lynn Hill turned back to traditional rock climbing. In 1993 she was accompanied by her partner Brooke Sandahl, the first person ever to freely climb the famous route The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. A year later she even surpassed this achievement when she was the first to conquer the entire route in a single day. Lynn Hills' initial rating for the Free Nose was 5.13b. The free ascent of the Nose and the free ascent in just one day remained for over ten years to Lynn Hills unrepeated first ascent - despite numerous attempts by some of the best big wall -Kletterer the world. For this reason, some climbers suggested increasing the difficulty level for this route to at least 5.14a, making the two free ascents of the Nose from now on definitely one of the most impressive achievements in climbing history. Finally, on October 14, 2005, Tommy Caldwell and Beth Rodden managed to free the nose as well, and on October 16, 2005, Caldwell climbed the route in less than 12 hours.

In 1988, Lynn Hill married her rope partner Russ Raffa. At the wedding party, the two of them rappelled over a rock in wedding clothes. Their marriage ended in 1991.

In 2002 she published her autobiographical book Climbing Free , which she co-authored with Greg Child.

Owen was born on April 14, 2003, to Lynn Hill and her partner Brad Lynch.

In 2011 she shot the documentary Outside the Box , in which she conveys experiences as a first-generation female climbing star to two European top climbers of the next generation, Juliane Wurm and Anna Stöhr , while climbing cracks at the Castleton Tower in Utah.

literature

Web links

Commons : Lynn Hill  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hill, Lynn / Child, Greg (2005): Climbing Free. In the steepest walls in the world . Munich, Piper ISBN 978-3-492-40402-0 . P. 253.
  2. ↑ About the film Outside The Box on the European Outdoor Film Tour .
personal data
SURNAME Hill, Lynn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American climber
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Detroit , United States